Kindergarten Curriculum

LANGUAGE ARTS MATH SCIENCE
  • Develop print awareness
  • Develop phonemic awareness through oral blending, segmentation to word parts and rhyming, decoding and word recognition
  • Begin development of comprehension skills
  • Development of study skills, listening, organizational skills
  • Develop emergent reading and writing skills
  • Practice communicating using oral and written processes
  • Continue to explore number awareness, number patterns, measurement, geometry, algebraic thinking, and relationships
  • Develop strategies for answering questions, rote counting, count to tell how many, recording numbers, ordinal numbers, two & three dimensional shapes, patterns, logic, measurement, addition and subtraction, place value, and positions
  • Be able to communicate mathematical ideas, work in cooperative learning groups, and understand mathematical terms
  • Use appropriate tools to gather data and draw conclusions
  • Develop a scientific vocabulary and encourage correct usage
  • Develop an understanding of daily weather, seasons, animals coexisting with plants as well as other animals, five senses, fire safety, food & nutrition, insects, ocean life and birds
 
SOCIAL STUDIES FOREIGN LANGUAGE PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Developing concepts on how people grow and change, communities, holidays, Black history, U.S.  Presidents,  and U.S. flag
  • Developing ways to communicate their thoughts, show independence, organization and responsibility and working in a classroom community
  • Continue to introduce the French language through the use of songs, finger plays, puppets, and various hands-on materials
  • Developing greetings, numbers to 20, family names, colors, nouns, simple food words, weather expressions and simple phrases
  • Explore cultural experiences from France
  • Identify body parts, movement of the body, different positions, directions, levels, patterns, and designs the body can make
  • Develop concepts of space, time and force
  • Manipulate large and medium size objects
  • Follow simple verbal directions
  • Learn to respect one another’s feelings and practice good sportsmanship
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
MUSIC DRAMA STUDIO ART
  • Identify loud and soft, discriminate pitches, long and short sounds, use beat in movement, melody as pitch, and sing two and three pitch songs
  • Using the ORFF instruments, accompany songs, poems and stories with simple bordun
  • Folk dancing
  • Participate in choral presentations
  • Learn to work in groups to develop and use imagination, and critical thinking skills through the use of creative dramatics, readers theatre, and vocal interpretation
  • Use vocal and facial expressions for characterization
  • Develop stage presence
  • Develop and practice public speaking techniques
  • Recognize the different styles and periods of art
  • Use appropriate art vocabulary
  • Identify and recognize two and three dimensional forms, forms and styles of art
  • Apply elements of art to their work
  • Use a variety of media to create art projects
 
TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY/CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT  
  • Introduction of computer basics
  • Recognize and use the letter, number and symbol keys
  • Introduce and develop skills using word processing, drawing and graphics, peripherals, presentations, electronic references, curriculum based websites, and internet
  • Introduction and development of internet safety
  • Identify librarian, helpers, and location of easy section
  • Use proper behavior, listening, sitting/enjoying stories, and follow library procedures
  • Exhibit proper check-out procedures, care of books, and return of materials
  • Identify parts of the book and use listening skills and viewing skills while observing different materials
  • Develop an appreciation for literature and story telling
  • Develop skills in self-awareness, relationships,  decision making and safety awareness