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The Cobb County Kindergarten program is concerned with establishing a classroom atmosphere to provide a means by which each child develops:
- self-confidence and self-worth through secure relationships, and independence through successful learning experiences
- responsibility for one's own behavior
- positive feelings toward learning
- responsibility for completing assigned tasks
- good habits in care of self and materials
- ability to share, to cooperate and to live democratically with others
- appreciation of family, neighborhood and country
- language through sensory experiences, conversation and listening
- readiness for formal reading and math
- ability to observe, experiment, discover, think and generalize through concrete learning experiences
- awareness of health and safety habits
- physical development through use of large and small muscles
- potential in all areas of learning
- opportunity for aesthetic appreciation
The Cobb County kindergarten curriculum is specifically designed for the five-year-old. The curriculum is flexible and covers these major areas:
- Social Development
- Emotional Development
- Work Habits
- Academic Development
- Physical Development
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