A Day in Abiding Heart's Kindergarten
Abiding Heart's Kindergarten Curriculum
Learning to Be: Reverence and Being
Daily Rituals
Awareness Meditation
The Compassionate Circle: Nurturing Love, Kindness, Empathy and Gentleness
Learning to be Together: Developing Social and Emotional Skills
Choices and Free play
Emotional Literacy
Celebrating the Contemplative Year
Learning to Know: Mathematics, Language, Social Studies and Science
Language Arts
Learning to speak English and Nepali (individual and group activities)
Our Kindergarten is Bilingual with English and Nepali as languages of instruction
Literacy
Storytellling
Puppetry
Reading Time
Phonics
Mathematics
Numbers and quality of numbers
Counting
Measuring
Sorting
Sequencing
Social Studies
Celebrating Cultural Festivals: Rejoicing in diversity and our common humanity
Science: Nature Based Learning
Nature Studies
Gardening
The Natural Year: Following the rhythm of nature: seasons; weather; the farming year and wilder
Outdoor play and activities
Learning to Learn: Arts and Crafts
Drawing
Painting
Modelling
Craft
Handwork
Learning to do: Practical and Life Skills
Cooking
Baking
Washing
Self-Care
For more information about our kindergarten curriculum please click here
Daily Schedule
9:30 - 11:30 Meditation/choices/individual learning/baking/ arts and crafts activities
11:30 - 11:45 Tidy up time/washing
11:45 - 12:00 Learning circle
12:00 - 12:30 Packed lunch (brought from home)
12:30 - 13:00 Outdoor play and activities
13:00 - 13:15 Washing/toilet
13:15 - 13:30 Story-time/puppetry/games and goodbye circle
1:30 End of day