Kindergarten CurriculumKINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
Reading - Emphasizing phonics to teach short vowels, consonant sounds; logical/chronological sequencing; auditory/visual discrimination; classifying; rhyming; reading 20 phonics storybooks Spelling - Identifying word beginnings and endings; controlled vocabulary of short vowel words; key words Writing Composition - Developing fine motor control; option of printing letters, words, simple sentences Grammar - Developing oral expression; constructing asking/telling sentences Mathematics - Number ideas from 1–30; patterns, shapes, understanding data from pictures; properties of addition and subtraction; problem solving; graphing; ordering numbers; matching sets; probability Science - Seasons; five senses; space; differences among land, air, water; weather; natural resources History - Famous people and events Geography - Where people live, families, communities, animal habitats Poetry/Music - Enjoying and memorizing poems, rhymes, traditional children’s songs, and finger plays |