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Ages 2 to 5 Years

Kindergarten Curriculum

A transformative journey of exploration and discovery. Our thoughtfully designed program fosters holistic development and lays the groundwork for a lifelong passion for learning and a confident start to elementary school.

Kindergarten Curriculum classroom at Shining Star Montessori Preschool, Anaheim
What Children Learn

Curriculum areas

Practical Life

  • Introduction to the classroom environment
  • Grace & courtesy
  • Control of movement – grasp, wrist & arm
  • Care of the environment
  • Care of person/self
  • Food preparation

Sensorial

  • Pink Tower
  • Broad Stairs
  • Long Rods
  • Knobbed/knobless cylinders
  • Color Tablets I, II, III
  • Touch Boards I, II, III
  • Constructive Triangles
  • Geometric Cabinet

Language Arts

  • Pre-writing pencil control
  • Metal inset exercises
  • Tracing letters & name
  • Writing letters & name
  • Sandpaper letters a–z
  • Movable alphabet with objects
  • Picture cards, labels & objects
  • Beginning sight words

Mathematics

  • Number rods
  • Sandpaper numbers
  • Symbol & quantity association
  • Number tracing
  • Rote counting
  • Short bead stairs
  • Addition
  • Other math exercises

Cultural

  • Botany
  • Zoology
  • Geography
  • History
  • Social studies

Science

  • Heavy & light
  • Sinking & floating
  • Magnetic & non-magnetic
  • Human body
  • Color mixing
  • Life cycles

Interested in a tour of our Montessori preschool?

Visit on a weekday to see the uninterrupted Montessori work cycle in action. Children are always welcome to come along!

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