Teachers:
​Mr. Zack Grissom | Ms. Kathy Conaway
Principal:  Tina Struve

We believe that a child's first formal schooling experience must be filled with exploration and fun activities which promote curiosity in a young mind.  Egremont creates a safe, warm, and caring atmosphere for the Early Kindergarten students within a spacious classroom and a beautifully fenced playground area.  Here, each child is monitored closely and encouraged to develop according to his / her own readiness.

​The Early Kindergarten learning experience seeks to prepare children for the school years ahead.  Acquisition and mastery of new skills are celebrated by both the school and parents as the students are lovingly encouraged to challenge themselves throughout this learning process.

Our Early Kindergarten program encompasses language arts, phonemic awareness / initial consonant sounds, reading readiness, mathematics, science, art, music/movement, dance, development of social and personal skills, computer knowledge, physical education, and Spanish as a foreign language.

Upon leaving EK, students feel confident in following oral directions, completing multi-step tasks, identifying and recognizing colors, shapes, numbers, letters, and letter sounds.  They also exhibit a mastery of writing their numbers and upper / lower case letters, including their names. Students learn that they are competent and capable by independently carrying out tasks in taking care of themselves and others.  Through praise and positive reinforcements, students are inspired to use effective communication skills to verbalize their wants and needs in a positive manner.  

Egremont School's multifaceted approach to education helps our students meet the rigors of our academia as they learn to solve problems and become effective communicators.

Curriculum Overview

Curriculum Scope & Sequence by Units for Early Kindergarten:


September Units: Welcome, New Friends, My Family, My Friends, My School, My Neighborhood, Using Good Manners, Class Rules
Shape: Circle Letters: Mm, Dd, Ff, Aa Pre-Primer Sight Words: a, and, away, big

October Units: Harvest Happenings, fall on the farm, fall in the city, Fire Prevention Week, Community Helpers, Pumpkins & Halloween
Shape: Square Letters: Tt, Hh, Nn Pre-Primer Sight Words: blue, can, come, down

November Units: Early Explorers, Pilgrims, Mayflower, Scarecrows, Thanksgiving
Shape: Triangle Letters: p, b, g Pre-Primer Sight Words: find, for, funny, go

December Units: Holidays, Bears, Family Traditions & Celebrations
Shape: Rectangle Letters: Ss, Ee, and letter review Pre-Primer Sight Words: help, here, I

January Units: Wonders of Winter, Animals that Live in the Cold, Eskimos, Alphabet Soup
Shape: Star Letters: Ww, Jj, Rr, Ii, Pre-Primer Sight Words: in, is, it, jump

February Units: Famous Americans, Dental Health & Heart Health, Valentine's Day, Post Office
Shape: Heart Letters: Ll, Vv, Cc Pre-Primer Sight Words: little, look, make, me

March Units: Make it Move (Push/Pull/Go!), Wonders of Spring, Dr. Seuss's Birthday, St. Patrick's Day
Shape: Octagon Letters: Kk, Oo, Qq, Yy Pre-Primer Sight Words: my, not, one, play

April Units: Spring, Easter, Measurement, Gardens & Picnics
Shape: Oval Letters: Uu, Zz, Xx Pre-Primer Sight Words: red, run, said, see, yellow

May Units: May Day, Zoo Animals, Mother's Day, Ladybugs, How Things Grow
Shape: Shape Review Letters: Review Pre-Primer Sight Words: the, three, to, two

June Units: Oceans & Water Fun, Ocean Life, Boats, Father's Day, American Heroes
Practice fine motor skills and Review Emergent Readers: up, we, where, you
Classroom Learning Goals:
Adapted from the National Institute for Early Education Research

MATH/SCIENCE
NUMBER AND NUMERICAL OPERATIONS
Learning Objectives:
  • Know number sequence up to twenty and recognize number patterns beyond twenty
  •  Understand numbers and their relationship to the quantity
  •  Use counting strategies accurately to find the quantity and solve problems
  •  Identify and write numerals and associate numerals with quantities
  •  Compare quantities to determine more than, less than, and equal
  •  Identify new quantities when adding to or taking away from sets of objects

CLASSIFICATION AND ALGEBRAIC THINKING
Learning Objectives:
  •  Sort objects by one or more attributes and describe
  •  Organize objects by variations in attributes
  •  Identify patterns in the environment
  •  Identify, copy, and extend simple to complex patterns

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENT
Learning Objectives:
  •   Recognize and name common and irregular shapes and identify them by their attributes
  •   Compare and contrast attributes of two- and three-dimensional shapes
  •   Use knowledge of shapes to solve problems
  •   Compare and contrast various measurement attributes
  •   Order and compare objects by one or more measurable attributes
  •   Use standard or nonstandard measurement attributes to measure and compare

SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
Learning Objectives:
  •   Participate in investigations to form hypotheses, gather observations, draw conclusions, and form generalizations
  •   Describe and support predictions
  •   Observe and discuss similarities and differences among objects and materials, including cause and effect
  •   Collect, describe, and record information through a variety of means
  •   Use senses and tools (including technology) to gather information, investigate, observe, and record processes, relationships, and natural    phenomena

SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL/SOCIAL STUDIES
SELF-REGULATION
Learning Objectives:
  •   Use appropriate communication skills to express needs, wants, and feelings without aggression
  •   Develop independence in a range of activities, including classroom and health routines and tasks
  •   Use and accept negotiation, compromise, and discussion to resolve conflicts
  •   Demonstrate empathy and caring for others

​PLAY
Learning Objectives:
  •   Make independent decisions about tasks to engage in and materials to use in the classroom
  •   Participate in a variety of classroom activities and tasks and use a variety of materials
  •   Engage in a variety of tasks and activities
  •   Join in play with others and invite others to play
  •   Assume and negotiate roles in play with others
  •   Engage in cooperative group play
  •   The standards listed below are often observed through children's dramatic play:
    •   Identify a variety of jobs and the work associated with them
    •   Demonstrate an understanding of the family structure

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
ORAL LANGUAGE
Learning Objectives:
  •   Understand and use increasingly complex and varied vocabulary and sentence structure
  •   Participate in conversations with peers and adults
  •   Stay on topic in conversations
  •   Respond to questions from peers or adults
  •   Ask questions to get information, seek help, or clarify
  •   Retell stories

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS
Learning Objectives:
  •   Recognize separable and repeating sounds in spoken language
  •   Play with alliterative language
  •   Makeup and chant rhymes
  •   Discriminate syllables in words
  •   Move to different patterns of beat and rhythm in music
  •   Participate in repeating rhymes and chants
  •   Identifies letter-sound correspondences

PRINT AWARENESS
Learning Objectives:
  •   Recognize letters as a special category of visual graphics and understand that letters form words
  •   Identify letters, especially those in own name, family names, and environmental print
  •   Identify print such as classmates' names or signs and symbols in the environment
  •   Understand that print carries meaning
  •   Identifies and names alphabet letters

WRITING
Learning Objectives:
  •   Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing (scribbles, approximation of letters, or known letters) to communicate ideas
  •   Recognize that writing is a form of communication for a variety of purposes
  •   Writes name
  •   Writes the last name
  •   Writes some or most alphabetical letters (upper and lowercase)
  •   Writes some or most numbers 1-10

THE ARTS AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Learning Objectives:
  •   Develop gross motor control and balance
  •   Develop fine motor control
  •   Develop hand strength and eye-hand coordination
  •   Develop motor coordination and control of the body
  •   Participate in music activities
  •   Uses varying materials and techniques to make art creations
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