Kindergarten

Kindergarten at SWS is designed to help children feel safe, known, and excited about learning. Through our dual-language immersion model, students begin their journey toward becoming bilingual and bi-literate while developing strong academic skills, independence, and a love of school.

Our Kindergarten classrooms blend play, structure, routine, and hands-on learning to build confidence during this important transition year.

What Students Learn in Kindergarten

Academic Foundations

• Early reading and writing skills in Spanish and English

• Phonological awareness: letter–sound mastery, blending, segmenting

• Math readiness: numbers 0–20, patterns, shapes, comparing, composing/decomposing numbers

• Listening, speaking, and vocabulary development in Spanish immersion

• Science and history content from the Core Knowledge Sequence

Inside Our Kindergarten Curriculum

Spanish Language Arts (Maravillas)

• Letter–sound introduction and syllable blending

• High-frequency Spanish vocabulary

• Shared reading, storytelling, and retelling

• Early writing through pictures, labels, and modeled sentences
  
  

English Literacy Foundations

• Daily phonics and spelling (SOR, Words Their Way, Spelling Secret Stories)

• Reading & writing integrated into science and history

• Reading comprehension through rich informational texts

• Hands-on vocabulary and comprehension practice

Math (Math in Focus - Singapore Model)

• Counting, comparing, and representing numbers 0–20

• Patterns, shapes, composing / decomposing numbers

• Word problems through pictures and manipulatives

• Concept-based instruction focused on problem-solving and math language in Spanish

Science & History (Core Knowledge)

• Observation, vocabulary, listening comprehension

• Hands-on investigations and content-rich lessons

Special Classes

Students also attend weekly specialist classes — Music, Art, PE, and Character Education — with a full rotation on Wednesdays.