Classes

Kindergarten
5-6 year olds

Half-day Kindergarten

LUMP-K provides half-day kindergarten in Lebanon, Ohio. Our kindergarten is chartered by the Ohio Department of Education and our curriculum is aligned with the Ohio Common Core standards.

Morning Class

9:00- 11:30 a.m.

Monday – Friday

Afternoon Class

12:15 – 2:45 p.m.

Monday – Friday

Lebanon Ohio Kindergarten

Meet the Teachers

Sheri Lansing

My name is Sheri Lansing, and I live with my husband, my 3 girls, my dog Luna, my cat Mikey, and my turtle Shelly Pickles. I have been a part of LUMP/K since my girls went here back in 2012. I was on the LUMP/K board for 6 years and now I am in my 4th year of teaching. I am currently finishing my Masters in Early Childhood Education. My favorite thing to do is watch my 15 year old play soccer, my 12 year old play volleyball and basketball and my 9 year old flip at gymnastics. When I am not busy with that, my husband and I work on our current new project, our 4 acre property or as he likes to call it “our small farm.” One silly thing about me is I rotate between 3 coffee shops in town, one day Coffee Caravan, then the next time I stop is Carli’s Cookies, then the next time is Script Coffee. I never visit twice in a row so I can support all three.

Christy Helen-Sanders

My name is Christy Sanders and this is my first year teaching at LUMP/K as an assistant teacher in the kindergarten classroom. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Miami University. I am originally from Centerville, OH but moved around the country a bit after college before making Lebanon my home for the past 13 years. My husband and I have 3 children. Our 16 year old son goes to Moeller and loves playing soccer there and for his club team. Our 13 year old daughter and 10 year old son both attended Early Learning, Preschool and Kindergarten at LUMP/K and are now at Lebanon schools. I only wish we knew about LUMP/K for our oldest because we loved every minute of it! Our daughter plays soccer, basketball and lacrosse while our youngest plays football, basketball and lacrosse so much of our time is spent at some sort of a sporting event and I wouldn’t want it any other way! We also have 2 dogs (Nala and Murphy) who love to roam our 10 acres and catch all sorts of creatures for us. In my free time I love to travel, read and cheer on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Our family has been trying to visit at least one new state a year as we love to explore new places.

Daily Program

Sample Schedule

  • 9:00/12:15 Arrival/Outside Play/Indoor gross motor 
  • 9:20/12:35 Restroom break/Simon Says/phonics practice
  • 9:30/12:45 Morning work – math
  • 9:50/1:05 Independent reading/read aloud
  • 10:00/1:15 Circle Activities – welcome, pledge, calendar, shared reading, music
  • 10:15/1:30 Whole group table work – Superkids
  • 10:35/1:50 Centers: small group guided reading / math games / computer keyboarding / iPad apps / art / snack / blocks / dramatic play / Legos / puzzles
  • 11:20/2:35 Prepare for dismissal

Kindergarten in Lebanon, Ohio

Learning Opportunities

Kindergarten Students spend the greater portion of their day in reading readiness and mathematics readiness activities. LUMP-K uses the Zaner-Bloser Meet the SuperKids reading program. This program appeals to all five of the students senses and affords excellent results. Supplementary materials are used to further meet the individual needs of the kindergarten student.

The Kindergarten uses the Kindergarten CORE Units Math program. We feel that this program offers the young child the necessary base upon which to build his or her future math experiences.

The Science for Today & Tomorrow program provides an individual, hands-on approach to beginning science concepts, as the students explore the world around them using the scientific method.

A pre-screening and post-evaluation program is used to assess the children’s progress in all developmental areas including reading and math.