Preschool

All-Day Kindergarten, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Of course, everything your child needs to know is learned in St. Martin’s Kindergarten program!

Our experienced and degreed teachers strongly emphasize phonics, reading readiness, handwriting, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies in our Kindergarten program. Equal emphasis is placed on the development of self confidence, self esteem, independent thinking, good listening skills, and good work habits. We strive to meet the special needs of each child through creative and fun small and large group activities. Children are encouraged to express themselves through music, art and free choice activities.

Reading and math skills are taught in small groups of six or seven children. Our excellent new language program stresses letter recognition, letter sounds, introduction to sight words, journals, reading readiness skills, correct letter formation, handwriting, listening skills and following directions. Our math program utilizes the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project (UCSMP) Everyday Mathematics curriculum. In a spiraling curriculum covering six content strands, students investigate mathematical ideas in greater depth each year meeting all skill levels and abilities. This hands-on math stresses number recognition, writing numbers, number correspondence, beginning addition and subtraction, and problem solving.

• Two degreed teachers: one specializing in language arts and one specializing in math
• Class size limited to 22 children
• Large, spacious classroom with up to date furnishings, instructional materials and equipment
• Degreed teachers for physical education, music, French, library and technology
• In Technology Lab students use Microsoft Word and Kid Pix in an integrated program to learn basic computer skills.
• Weekly Chapel
• The Library curriculum emphasizes reading aloud, learning one’s way around the school library and taking care of books.
• “Geo safari,” sand table, water table, listening center, art center, easel, dramatic play area and a block center
• Math, listening, reading center and a large selection of math and language manipulatives.
• Art: Directed and non-directed to encourage creativity, cutting, tracing and other fine motor skills
• Units of study in science and social studies 
• Builds self-worth and self confidence
• Large and small group activities
• Directed and free choice centers
• Development of gross and small motor skills indoors and outdoors
• Safe, completely fenced playground which includes swings, slides, climbing equipment, sandbox, teeter totters, balance beam and bike path for riding scooters, trikes and big wheels, soccer and baseball equipment, etc.
• Outside play daily - weather permitting
• No uniforms