The Kindergarten is a period when the family needs supporting and a time when early skills are detected, encouraged and stimulated. San Joaquin's objectives for its Kindergarten are to accompany the families in the formation of their children, both intellectually as well as humanely, during these first stages of their development.

The Kindergarten is open to two year olds in the morning school, three and four year olds (morning and/or afternoon school) and pre-school, full day obligatory (Spanish-English).

The Kindergarten is bilingual as the children have their first contact with the English language here. Through games, two-year-olds start to integrate their first sounds, words and phrases. A psychogenesis approach is used in both languages.

San Joaquin School counts on a Ministerial resolution classifying the school as an Official bilingual school and this allows the programmes undertaken by the school to be articulated to the best of the institutions abilities. Themes or projects are studied in one or the other languages with a permanent exposure to English in both morning and afternoon sections.

From the two-year-old class the children are in contact with maths, reading and writing. The end of year for many pre-schoolers results in them reading and writing. Throughout the Kindergarten years, the library project, which encourages reading and writing, is articulated with the bilingual project of Speech, Drama and Art.

There is an abundant collection of material and videos that accompanies learning that is fun. The development of each stage of the child is followed and documented for teachers and parents control. Parents are invited periodically to share classes and meetings.

The timetable is:

Morning timetable: 8.00 - 11.45hs
Afternoon timetable: 1300. To 16.00hs

THE KINDERGARTEN IS A MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BILINGUAL SCHOOLS. A.Co.Bi.