Language & Communication

Language development encompasses listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Children are inherently better at learning languages than adults and can acquire multiple languages without significant confusion.

During the kindergarten years, teachers should aim to enrich children's experiences, enabling them to connect these experiences to their reading. Children enjoy listening to stories, relating characters and events to their own lives, and responding to stories through drama, art, and writing activities.

Children's oral language skills can be enhanced through opportunities to express themselves in conversational activities. Their language development can be furthered through a step-by-step approach, starting with simple language and progressing to more advanced stages in both books and spoken language.

Kindergarten students should engage in word play, listen and respond to children’s literature, and build reading and writing concepts, skills, and strategies.

In our kindergarten program, children will:

• Listen to and join in reading stories, sing songs, and recite poems

• Respond to music and movement, and engage in discussions on music appreciation, art, and drama

• Discover phonetic sounds, letter blends, and words

• Practice writing skills through drawing, tracing sandpaper letters, copying, and manipulating letter tiles

• Browse through a wide selection of children’s literature by self-selection

• Collaborate on projects with other children