Kindergarten Programs


Full Day Kindergarten

kindergartenOur full day kindergarten provides a combined secular/Judaic curriculum that emphasizes first grade readiness. Areas of concentration include reading, math, writing, social studies, science, art, music and physical education, which meets the New Jersey State Standards. Your child will acquire skills and a love of learning that will help him or her succeed academically and have a strengthened sense of the joy and richness of Jewish life.

TBS Kindergarten provides:

  • Early and late care hours
  • The latest research-based guided reading and math curriculums.
  • Secular/non-secular computer program taught in a state-of-the-art computer lab.
  • Handwriting Without Tears  (An instructional writing program using multi-sensory activities to teach letter formation at the kindergarten level.)
  • Science  (Taught in the Zalman Beigel Exploratorium by Garden State Discovery Museum using NJ State standard curriculum.)
  • Second Step Program  (A social skills program that proactively promotes social and emotional skills.)
  • Hebrew Language and Judaic Immersion  (Children go into the Mechina Aleph program in a special accelerated tracked class.)
  • Specialized Sports and Physical Education classes
  • Discounts on tuition
  • Most children are eligible for school district transportation.  (Rebates as high as $750, depending on the district in which you reside. You must reside within 20 miles of TBS to qualify.)

  

  

Kindergarten Enrichment 

(Optional Lunch)

torah flagsWe are pleased to offer an exciting enrichment program for children who already attend Kindergarten in public school. It is designed to enhance what your child is learning in Kindergarten as well as offer added experiences that will strengthen their academic skills. Integrated into this program is a concentration of Judaic learning that prepares children to excel in an accelerated Mechina Aleph track the following year in religious school.

Program Features:

* "Handwriting without Tears" program, Kindergarten level

* Supplemental Kindergarten reading activities

* Science activities developed in conjunction with New Jersey State Standards by the Garden State Discovery Museum

* Sports and Music Classes

* Weekly Challah Factory and Shabbat services

* Computer class in the class in the computer lab

* Library

3 and 5 Mornings or Afternoons available.

  

Transitional Kindergartentrans kindergarten

Recognizing that each child is an individual and develops at his or her own pace, TBS offers Transitional Kindergarten. This is for children who have completed the four-year-old preschool program, but have either missed the cut-off date for kindergarten, or need a little extra time for social developmental growth. Additional work in gross and fine motor skills, socialization, language development, self-help skills, and an enhanced readiness curriculum is incorporated into this program. Small class size, individual attention, and caring, creative teachers make this a fine experience for children who simply need the gift of time.
5 day a week program.

 

For additional information and registration forms, contact Preschool Director Ellen Berju or call 856-751-0994.