St. Joseph Kindergarten Students
Prepared for Success in 1st Grade and Beyond!
The St Joseph School Kindergarten Reading-Language Arts program, “Beginning to Read, Write and Listen,” according to the author Pleasant T. Rowland, is a comprehensive reading-language arts program. It contains and correlates reading, handwriting, auditory, and oral language skills for children who do not know how to read or write. Beginning provides children with a thorough understanding of the letters of the alphabet and their sounds- the most basic elements of our spoken and written language.
Beginning is the foundation for a child’s understanding of letters as written symbols for spoken sounds. In Beginning the child learns about the alphabet, the letter names, how to write letters, what sounds the letters represent, and what function the letters serve as their sounds are blended to form words.
Beginning is a multi-sensory program of visual, kinesthetic, and auditory activities, which meets the specialized needs of the beginning student. It develops manual dexterity, perceptual awareness, and other essential readiness skills. Above all else, it produces in the beginner a high degree of involvement and motivation, so vital for success at this early age.
After completing the Beginning to Read and Write and Listen program the kindergarten students at St. Joseph School are reading and writing with a great deal of success. They are ready to face the challenges of the First Grade Reading and Language Arts Curriculum.
