The Kindergarten program is specifically designed to provide a warm, safe, enriching, and educational environment that is conducive to the developmental needs of the children. The classroom space is open, bright, and charming. The children are actively involved in lessons that foster character development, diversity awareness and service. Academically, the program offers a solid curriculum in language arts, math, science, and social studies that is engaging and stimulating. Learning is facilitated through games, hands-on activities, developmentally appropriate materials, and projects. As in all grades, the curriculum is differentiated to meet the needs of each student at their level of readiness. Students work independently, one-on-one with the teacher, and in both small and large groups.

Students also enjoy an enriching co-curricular program, including woodshop, art, Spanish, animal science, library, music and more. Throughout the year, they explore the Ojai environment with field trips, service projects and culminate their experience with a spring hiking trip to Rose Valley Falls.

In the classroom, Kindergarten students learn literacy skills to support their development of reading and writing. A foundational part of the program is one-on-one individualized instruction with the teacher. This meets the needs of each child and builds upon their prior knowledge. Using the phonetic approach, students learn to decode texts and write words. In math, students are introduced to number value, number symbols, geometric shapes, patterns, single-digit addition and subtraction, and place value. These math concepts will serve as a foundation as students learn measurement, time, money, and fractions. Social studies and thematic science units include are integrated into other core subjects like language arts and math as well as taught in a designated science period.

Although every year brings milestones in development, Kindergarten is a very special year for children. It is a preparatory year, from which children emerge ready to accept the adventures and challenges of formal grade school.