Kindergarten (JK & SK)
At Olivet School, our Kindergarten classes are where we really shine! We provide a safe, welcoming environment for your little ones to learn, build character and grow.
The classes are led by our teachers who have decades of experience in childhood education and are personally committed to the development of the whole child.
Let us share with your child the wonders of education in an environment that lets them be uniquely them.
Let’s start their journey of learning together at Olivet School. Book a tour today.
Olivet School offers both full-day or half-day programs for junior and senior kindergarten. Whether junior or senior, kindergarten is the first year some children are in a school environment, and we treat it as a transition year to the formal education process.
In addition, Olivet school offers an enriched Ontario curriculum in science, history, geography, literature, grammar, math, art, and writing. In kindergarten, the children at Olivet begin by working on number, colour, shape, and language skills, balanced with lots of attention on social development among their peers and teachers. We also use this time to teach basic skills through interactive learning that helps them succeed in reading and mathematics.
In kindergarten, we introduce foundational ethical ideas: helpfulness, teamwork, caring for the environment, respectfulness, and safety. Children of this age are also delighted by conversations about heaven, the presence of a loving Creator, and the constant care He provides through parents and angels.
This is a time to lay academic foundations in language and mathematics, but even more it is a time to instill a delight in learning. Making school fun is achieved through tons of movement, excursions to the creek and beyond, building and creating, telling stories, reciting poetry, and singing.
Schoolwork Geared to Individual Learning Habits
Our staff also work hard to help students experience and master the process of striving toward success, rather than focusing only on results. We do this by personalizing schoolwork to the student’s individual interests and abilities and avoiding applying stress with high-pressure expectations. At Olivet, we use interactive learning techniques, such as encouraging participation in conversations, role-playing activities and technology, to ignite critical thinking, analytic reasoning, and a collaborative environment.
I love my school because I trust that our son is deeply cared for in a personal way by his teacher and he will be paid close attention to in all aspects of his development; intellectual, emotional, social, physical. Also, I trust that she will be in close communication with us about how our son is doing in these areas throughout the year.