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Kindergarten – Success Starts Here

Kindergarten is a time of exploration, wonder, and preparation. Five-year-olds are little sponges, soaking up information and learning from their experiences. In Kindergarten class, learning and fun are interwoven through individual and group thematic activities that encourage students to speak, listen, share, and observe. In addition to learning math, reading, and writing, it’s also an important time to practice the skills they’re going to need in elementary school and beyond — communication, relationship building, problem-solving, self-discipline, and self-regulation. Kindergarten days are filled with fun and joy — lots of movement, music, and play — as well as time for calm and quiet. It’s the perfect balance of independent instruction and small group collaboration.

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  • Full Day, five-day-a-week sessions from 8:05 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
  • Full curricular morning program
  • Lunch/recess break
  • Afternoon enrichment, including specialty classes in art, music, and physical education:
  • Curriculum enrichment
  • Relaxation/rest time


At Faith Christian School, elementary students are encouraged to do their best and to participate. Students’ efforts, study habits, and personal development of values, such as responsibility, respect, cooperation, and honesty, are as important as subject content. We are committed to helping students discover new things and teaching them to love learning.

Academic Overview

Faith Christian School’s Kindergarten program is a great fit for your child’s inquisitive and growing personality. FCS’ environment will capture their imagination while teaching them key fundamentals creating a love of learning. Kindergarten provides our youngest learners with a solid foundation for their academic, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being and prepares them for first grade. Faith is a place where your child will be loved and known; where they will learn from a biblical worldview and see Christian character modeled for them every day.

Faith Christian School believes in a strong partnership between school and home. Prior to your child’s first day of Kindergarten you’ll meet with their teacher for Kindergarten orientation giving us the opportunity to learn about your child from the people who know them best — you. We’ll meet, at minimum, twice more throughout the year during Parent/Teacher Conferences to ensure we’re all on the same page about your child’s development and progress.  Careful attention is paid to your child’s growth and learning to ensure your child is learning the right material at the right time. Teachers track student development and share their findings with you through quarterly reports.

Kindergarten is located in our Lower Elementary building (K-Grade 2) on the Lincoln Avenue side of our Roseto campus.

Educational Approach

Five year olds are sponges, soaking up information and learning through instruction, play, and their experiences. You will be amazed as your little ones skills in reading, writing, and arithmetic grow and they will enjoy showing off their new skills.

Kindergarten is also an important time for them to hone their communication skills, critical thinking and problem solving abilities, and learn how to build relationships by showing compassion for others and self-control.  

A day in the life of a Kindergartener is full of laughter, lots of movement, music, and play – as well as time to be calm and quiet while developing and practicing their new academic skills.

Come see why so many Monroe and Northampton County families choose Faith Christian’s Kindergarten program.

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A Challenging Curriculum: For language development, Kindergarten takes a multisensory approach to everything from phonemic awareness to comprehension. We incorporate different techniques to build proficiency in reading and writing. Math uses visual models to help simplify complex concepts for better comprehension and retention. Hands-on lessons in science open up a whole new world for kindergarten students. As they explore the beauty and diversity in God’s creation, they learn to make their own observations and develop analytical skills. In social studies, they learn about communities, community helpers who serve and protect us, and their responsibilities as good citizens.

Social and Emotional Learning: Kindergarten and through the elementary years are a time of great emotional growth. When students learn how to manage feelings and relationships, they gain emotional intelligence, a key trait for success in school and life.  Dedicated time for small group activities throughout the day helps students practice skills that are critical for continued success in school, such as sharing, taking turns, sitting still, and not interrupting. Time for independent activities helps foster self-reliance and improve self-regulation.

Christ-Centered learning: Faith believes God’s claim in every subject, not just in biblical studies/chapel. The overall purpose of a Faith Christian education is to encourage students to use their heads, hearts, and hands for God and to use discernment to create a worldview that is formed through the lens of faith. Every teacher is a strong Christian who is dedicated to being a role model and mentor for students by showing them love and grace every day, modeling kindness and compassion, and proclaiming God’s love and salvation to them.

Age Appropriate Technology Use: As technology continues to be a prominent tool for learning and living, Faith Christian kindergartners use it responsibly and under the guidance of their teachers. Promethean Boards are in every classroom, making interactive instruction accessible to all students. Chromebooks are used in focused, small groups for short periods of time for differentiated skill practice.

Prerequisites and Academics

The child should be able to do the following:

  1. Keep balance – walk on a straight line without losing balance, being able to go up and down stairs without stopping on each step.
  2. Maintain energy without easy fatigue (able to perform several tasks in a row without tiring).
  3. Attend to one’s self in the bathroom alone – observing necessary hygiene while there.
  4. Listen to a short story (orally read) and maintain attention.
  5. Answer several questions pertaining to orally read story.
  6. Awareness of the world around him/her (above-below, up-down, etc.).
  7. Auditory discrimination between words, (man-men, bit-bet).
  8. Tracing and drawing letters, numbers and designs using circular strokes, diagonals and straight lines.
  9. Knows simple shapes and colors.
  10. Knows some capital and lowercase letters.
  11. Can speak clearly and express himself/herself in complete sentences without “baby talk”.

BIBLE — Learning about God/Bible memory

READING — 1 and 2 vowel words, intro to phonics, listening skills and sequencing, spelling

MATH — Count by 1’s, 5’s and 10’s and recognize numbers up to 100, time, money, shapes and colors, addition and subtraction to 10.

SOCIAL STUDIES — Holidays, occupations, home, school, pilgrims, Native Americans

HEALTH and SAFETY — hygiene, eating habits, teeth, school safety, stranger awareness

ART — Once a week with the Art teacher

TWICE — Twice a week with the Music teacher

PHYSICAL EDUCATION — Twice a week with the PE teacher

Kindergarten Goals

  1. Give the name and sound for the letters of the alphabet.
  2. Blend a consonant with a vowel. (sa)
  3. Recognize an initial and final consonant of a word.
  4. Recognize and mark long, short, and silent vowels.
  5. Recognize and sound (or pronounce) consonant blends. (sl)
  6. Read words introduced in the Kindergarten reading curriculum.
  7. Read simple sentences and recognize capitals and periods.
  1. Recognize and count the numbers from 1-100.
  2. Recognize “before” and “after” specific numbers.
  3. Recognize larger than and smaller than a specific number.
  4. Add sums of numbers up to 10 and subtract from 10.
  5. Count by 10’s and 5’s to 100 and 2’s to 20.
  6. Understand simple concepts of time and money.
  1. Print capital and small letters of the alphabet.
  2. Print blends learned in Phonics.
  3. Print first and last name.
  4. Print numbers 0-100.
  5. Print number words one-ten.
  6. Print words introduced in Kindergarten reading books.
  7. Print simple sentences with correct placement of capitals and periods.
  1. Understand and appreciate Bible story truths.
  2. Know most memory verses taught.
  1. God’s plan for seeds.
  2. God’s plan for animals.
  3. God’s plan for the Seashore.
  4. God’s plan for the student.
  5. God’s plan for the weather.
  6. God’s plan for Seasons.
  7. Safety.
  8. Stranger awareness.
  1. Meaning of holidays.
  2. My school.
  3. Occupations.
  4. Current events.
  5. Pilgrims, Indians, Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln.
  1. Months of the year and days of the week; and seasons.
  2. Telephone number and address.
  3. Pledge to the Christian and American flags and to the Bible.
  4. Basic colors and shapes.
  5. Left and right.
  6. Directions (up-down, near-far, etc.)
  7. To button and to zip.
  8. Cut, paste, and color.
  9. Assemble simple puzzles.
  10. Clap, tap, and keep a simple rhythm.
  11. Be aware of opposites.
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