Students entering the Transitional Kindergarten program must meet the following criteria:
Will be 5 by September 1st OR will be 5 by November 1st on the year starting AND have completed at least one FULL school year in Pre-K. (***Please see below for more information and restrictions)
Our transitional kindergarten program includes:
Daily use of Walking With God and His People Bible Curriculum for Kindergarten
Frog Street Press Curriculum
High Scope Curriculum
Science experiments weekly
Handwriting Without Tears Curriculum for Kindergarten
Gross Motor practice
Foreign language
Teacher and student led activities
Structured centers
Circle time structured like Kindergarten
Fine Motor skill practice
Sensory integration
Focus on upper and lower case letter recognition
Exposure to basic letter sounds
Literature practice through book readings, dramatic reenactments, discussion, and other activities
Problem solving and conflict resolution through play based learning activities
Mature dramatic play
Incorporation of work plans to help children develop responsibility and confidence
Conflict resolution through discussion and solution building
Problem solving through play based learning
Discovery based learning
Curriculum driven by Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Kindergarten
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**Transitional Kindergarten is a 4-day program and students will attend Monday-Friday from 9am-2pm.
***The transitional kindergarten classroom is a place where children who just miss the public kindergarten cut off can enjoy enrichment and where a child that is kindergarten age can refine skills before approaching kindergarten. Kinder TEKS (Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills) have been used to create the curriculum and lesson plans for the Transitional Kindergarten classroom. RDS has chosen specific TEKS in which to practice as there is no way we can possibly cover all TEKS. This is because RDS school begins after and ends before public school, RDS school day is shorter, and RDS is not in school on Fridays.
