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Curriculum – Preschool & Kindergarten
Rhein International Academy’s preschool and kindergarten curriculum is designed to establish a strong foundation of learning for each child.  The curriculum and instruction is developmentally appropriate, hands on, and responsive to individuals’ abilities and interests.
The development of each student's social/emotional skills is a major emphasis of our curriculum. Activities, lessons, play, and a nurturing environment stimulate the students to increase their verbal, sharing, and listening skills. The students are encouraged and supported by the teachers to acquire self-help skills such as zipping, buttoning, and tying.
Through integrated, thematic, hands-on literature rich lessons, basic readiness skills are developed in reading, writing, math, health, science, and social studies. Letter and number recognition, letter sounds, shapes, sorting, counting, and distinguishing colors are highlighted. Fine motor skills are strengthened through cutting, coloring, tracing, and writing.
The Science curriculum provides opportunities for the students to become familiar with the process of science investigation: observation, gathering information, making predictions, designing an experiment, and drawing conclusions. Topics covered include the seasons, weather, animals, and plants.
The students interact in learning centers to reinforce skills, to use their imagination, interpersonal skills, and creativity. The students will utilize classroom computers and gym, art, German, and music will be part of their weekly program.

Topics

Language Arts
Preschool and Kindergarten

  • Reading strategies
  • Phonemic Awareness
  • Oral Blending (sounds)
  • Writing (Creating group and individual stories)
  • Rhyming Words
  • Basics of Story Elements
  • Basics of grammar (nouns, verbs, simple punctuation and capitalization)
  • Reading and Poetry

Mathematics
Preschool

  • Position and Directions
  • Sorting and Classifying
  • Shapes
  • Patterns
  • Number Sense (Counting)
  • Geometric Solids
  • Making a Graph
  • Time (morning, noon, afternoon, etc.)
  • Measurement (Tall, short, etc.)

Kindergarten

  • Position and Classifying
  • Sorting
  • Data and Graphs
  • Patterns
  • Numbers 0 to 100
  • Money (Currencies:  US, Euro and Swiss Francs)
  • Measurement
  • Time
  • Addition and Subtraction Concepts
  • Geometry and Fractions

Science
Preschool and Kindergarten

  • Learn about your world (5 senses)
  • Learn about plants
  • Learn about Animals
  • A Home called Earth
  • Weather and Season
  • Make Things Move

Social Studies
Preschool and Kindergarten

  • Culture:  Friends and Family
  • Geography: Where We Live
  • Government:  Working Together
  • Citizenship:  I am a Citizen
  • Economics:  People Work
  • History:  Things Change
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