wanna know what the schools do? :)

going through this little kindergarten package is fun actually ;) it tells you what curriculum they use and what skills they are taught ;) I think this is mostly interesting because I am curious what will be the case when my grandkids are in kindergarten ;) I hope to still be blogging then!
Science:

Our science curriculum is Foss and focuses on the five senses in kindergarten

We'll learn how we use or senses to learn about our environment.

Math:

Our math curriculum is Math Expressions.

Many of the skills and concepts are taught through explorations, activities, and games.

Your child will learn about numbers, addition, subtration, geometry, algebra, measurement, time, money, and problem solving.

Writing:

Our handwriting curriculum is Zaner-Blozer manuscript

We use Picture/Word Dictionaries to practice handwriting

Spell Phonetically by segmenting letter sounds

Write high frequency words correctly

Write to a topic

Label pictures

Practice punctuation

Reading:

Recognize and learn sounds of letters Aa-Zz

Blend sounds to read words

Learn high frequency words

Increasing vocabulary

Read pre-decodable and decodable books

Recite familiar rhymes, songs, and poems

Learn various reading strategies

Learn phonemic awarness and phoneme isolation

yikes, that seems like a lot! way to go Elijah and Kindergarteners!!! :)