Kindergarten - Excellence in Learning - A Beka Book

®1. Learn to recognize the short vowels2. Learn to recognize the consonants3. Learn to blend two letters together4. Learn to sound one-vowel words5. Learn to recognize long vowelsand to sound two-vowel words6. Learn to read special sounds®Phonics Steps(tÅ)(tÅp)(t¡pe)(ch, ow, thr)With this intensive phonics approach,students are able to begin reading actualwords very early. As soon as students areable to read words, phonics skills are appliedin meaningful, character-building stories thatcorrelate with the phonics concepts they havelearned. This phonics approach is carriedthrough in all areas of instruction. Intensivephonics is taught systematically to ensurecontinued growth in skills. It is reinforcedwith daily seatwork activities, including alphabet sequence andrecognition, identification of vowel and consonant sounds,blends, one- and two-vowel words, words containing specialsounds, and sentence compre hension. These concepts are reinforcedin the Letters and Sounds K book.Reading• Books That PromoteThe books used with theA Beka Book KindergartenProgram can be a valuablepro motional tool for yourschool.• Provide IncentiveThe children are fascinatedwith the idea of having theirown books and of actuallybeing able to read them.• Give a Sense of AccomplishmentThe small size of the books allows children tosee their progress. As soon as they finish a bookin class, they take it home and keep it there.Then they are ready to begin the next book.This gives them confidence in their ability andhelps them want to read more.• Keep Parents InformedParents are able to see what their kindergartenchildren can do. They frequently express surprisethat their children are actually reading. Parentsare grateful to the school for this means of lettingthem know how their children are progressing.• Publicize Your ProgramWhen the books go home, parents become soldon the program. Their children read the booksover and over again at home for sheer pleasure,and some even read them to show off for guests.This gets everyone talking about your excellenteducational program.1

NumbersNumbers time in kindergarten emphasizes thebasics in counting, number recognition, and numberconcepts up to 100. Simple combinations are easilylearned using the colorful Animal Flashcards forAddition and Subtraction. Children also learn moneyvalue, telling time, number words, and numbersequence. These concepts are reinforced duringseatwork time with numbers activities from theNumber Skills K activity book.ScienceStudents learn about themselves andthe world around them with God’s World,the A Beka Book science work text forkindergarten. This colorful science bookhelps kindergartners learn about God’splan for seeds, animals, the seashore,health, weather, and seasons. A completeteacher edition is available with suggestedactivities and teaching procedures for each unit.WritingThe kindergarten handwritingbook Writing with Phonics K5is correlated with the basic phonicsprogram to help students learnand review phonics as theypractice correct cursive writingformation. This practicalstu dent book saves hours of preparation time by showingsample letters exactly as they are to be written.Kindergarten Writing Tablet offers practice and is an essentialsupport for an effective cursive handwriting program.The Numbers Writing Tablet has guidelines for writingnumbers vertically. It helps with correct formation andnumber recognition as children practice writing numbers in“families” and writing to 100 by 1s, 10s, 5s, and 2s.Social Studies KStudents learn about communityhelpers and simple safety rules, beginningsof American history, and childrenof 10 different countries including simplegeography. Colorful work sheets includea number of enjoyable activities.2

BibleBible is the most important subject in the Christian school. TheA Beka Book Bible Pro gram presents the Bible in story form throughuse of A Beka Book color Flash-a-CardsR. The lessons flow from theWord of God, through the heart of the teacher, to the heart of thestudent. A daily curriculum guide includes daily lessons, planning tips,Bible doctrinal drill, hymns and choruses, and Scripture memory.Character TrainingCharacter training is one of the supreme goals ofChristian education. Children must be faithfullytrained, line upon line, precept upon precept, dayafter day after day. It is not enough to merely presenta list of character traits and definitions for students tomemorize and then suppose that the job of charactertraining has been accomplished. Every subject area,every teaching method, every attitude, every action ofstudent or teacher is a means of training character. Inthe A Beka Book Kindergarten Program, character istaught through Biblical discipline, through traditionalteaching methods and curriculums, through Bibleteaching, and through the formation of habit.Fine ArtsThe fine arts are an important part of the A Beka Book KindergartenProgram. Oppor tunities for acting out drama and nursery rhymesare featured during the activity time. The beautifully illustrated bookMy Favorite Kindergarten Poems introduces children to the wonderfulworld of poetry.Art experiences include cutting, pasting, coloring, tracing, drawing,and working with various textures. Art Projects K5 contains projectsfor your students’ enjoyment. The Readiness Skills K book also hasother activities designed to aid the kindergarten child in the developmentof writing readiness, eye-hand coordination, visual perception,listening and thinking skills, and good character.In Sing unto the Lord, students are given a full repertoire of hymns andchoruses to be used during Bible time as well as at other times. Song Timefor Kindergarten is a collection of traditional, patriotic, and learning songsthat will help expand your music program. Sing-along CDs are availablefor both music books to aid learning.3

K4 ProgramFour-year-olds love to learn—especially when theyare taught with the A Beka Book Four-Year-Old KindergartenPro gram. Students are given a solid learningfoundation in an enjoyable atmosphere. This givesthem a desire to continue learning.Students are taught to read with the same intensivephonics approach that has resulted in such extraordinarysuccess in the five-year-old kindergarten program.The Little Books 1–10 and Little Owl Books allow eachchild to progress at his own reading level and use verysimple words that have been carefully selected so thatchildren are not pressed to read difficult words untilthey are ready. Students find these stories delightfuland enjoy their appealing illustrations. Each book isshort enough for a child to complete in one or twosessions.ABC-123 is a phonics and numbers workbookthat reinforces what the children have learned. Thenumbers pages introduce number concepts and theformation of numbers 1–20. Children enjoy countingand coloring the familiar objects for each numberand forming the numbers. The phonics-based readingreadiness pages are full of carefully sequenced activitiesin recognition, sound, and vowel formation (long andshort), consonants, consonant-vowel blends, and onesyllablewords with one or two vowels. Children colorthe pictures after completing their work. The pagesare perforated for easy removal and sorting.The ABC Writing Tablet has enough pages for the entireyear. It saves hours of preparation time by showingsample cursive letters exactly as they are to be writtenin the size students are to write them. Samples for tracingprovide ample practice in proper formation.Writing with Phonics K4 gives children extra practicein cursive writing as they review their phonics sounds.The pictures to color are correlated to the letter sounds.Language Development lessons expose children to afascinating world of animals, people, and places. Thefull-color flashcards with stories, songs, poems, andgames will encourage children to think and strengthenvocabulary and language skills.Children learn to draw, color, cut, and paste in K4.Art Projects K4 has colorful projects. Readiness Skills K4is designed to aid a young child in developing writingreadiness, eye-hand coordination, visual perception,and listening and thinking skills.Four-year-olds can also develop a love and appreciationfor good poetry and music. The new and traditionalfun songs, poems, and finger plays in PreschoolFun Songs, Poetry for You and Me, and Preschool Poemsand Finger Plays delight young children.4

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