Children learn appropriate social skills, an essential foundation for life. Children interact with others in the "give and take" of being part of a group and recognize the need to sometimes delay or defer their own immediate desires. Children establish a sense of self and personal responsibility and learn to function and work constructively in a group setting.

Reading and writing begin with phonemic awareness: matching the sounds of language to the symbols (letters). My Smart World uses fun musical phonics based methods to teach children reading. Students accurately acquire a solid foundation of reading using concrete skills.

• Level I - Children develop an awareness of print in their surrounding environments. They are introduced to the letters and sounds of the alphabet and begin to recognize individual sounds in words. They can identify and write their names.
• Level II - Children focus on matching sounds of speech to the 26 letters of the alphabet. They blend and read over 225 single vowel words using My Smart World's word family curriculum. Daily practice develops a solid phonetic skills.
• Level III - Kindergarten Extension expands reading by using the 2 & 3 vowel combination words and learning rules for spelling.

Children refine their eye-hand and eye-foot coordination skills, play group games and move their bodies expressively and creatively. Children run and play freely in a large gym or outside in a fenced playground area.

Reading from well-written literature enlarges children's comprehension, increases vocabulary and improves both listening and speaking skills. Children develop an understanding for characters and events that relate to life. Imaginations are stimulated enabling their minds travel to places they are unable to go. Story outcomes are predicted and values are learned. New ways of thinking and relating ideas are formed. Activities with stories include retelling, sequencing events in order of happening and art projects.

Children love learning with music. They enjoy listening, singing and moving to the rhythm. Music affords the opportunity to expand and clarify various concepts, such as "loud and soft volume, fast and slow rhythm and beat." Interpreting the words of a song with actions facilitates memorization, develops rhyming skills and fully engages the children’s attention. Rhymes further extend understanding and use of form and the function of language.

Group musical experiences are exciting class projects and further develop social skills. Children perform for their parents and friends in December and May.

Listening to instrumental works by composers such as Brahms, Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Schumann facilitate creative movement and identification of orchestral instruments.

Number Sense is developed by using manipulative objects. Children classify, group and regroup objects, recognize patterns in sequences, identify numbers and match numbers to the amountof a group. Children develop an understanding of addition "putting together" and subtraction "taking away" using story problems. Concepts and skills include counting by 1's, and 10's, covering and reproducing designs using patterning blocks and geo boards, measuring and comparing objects and reading and making graphs. Saxon Kindergarten math is taught.

Children develop a greater understanding of the Physical Living World around them by studying plants, animals, water, air, and human needs. Animals are classified according to their habitats or environment in which they live. Plant growth is observed noting the different parts of the plants. Human needs and the five senses are studied.

Art activities focus on children producing their own masterpieces along with examining and appreciating different art styles through the ages. Creative uses of various art forms and techniques provide rich opportunities for sensory exploration and manipulation. Works of art by Van Gogh, Matisse, Kandinsky, Michelangelo, Picasso and others are studied and reproduced.

Throughout the year, each child creates, paints and draws their own pictures on a keepsake quilt.