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KINDERGARTEN CURRICULUM
RELIGION
- Realize the world was created by God
- Developing the concept of being unique and special to God.
- Take part in the Mass and formal and informal prayer.
- Learn the basic truths of the Catholic faith: Trinity, Church Hierarchy, Sacraments (Baptism) sin, forgiveness, and Mary
- Become familiar with the Saints and their stories, the Bible and stories from the Old and New Testament
- Learn the difference between good and bad choices, and the consequences
- Develop a knowledge of Jesus as the Son of God,
- Listen to stories and act out stories about Jesus and His miracles
- Discuss the need to trust and have faith in Jesus
- Holy days and Feasts: Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter
- The Mysteries of the Rosary and Stations of the Cross
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Say the alphabet
- Identify upper and lower case letters
- Recognize own name in print
- Distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming words
- Compare and contrast same and different pictures
- Name and identify short and long vowel sounds
- Write upper and lower case letters
- Identify short vowel sounds in cvc words
- Distinguish between singular and plural nouns
- Sequence 3 to 4 pictures/events
- Name and identify eight basic colors
- Use and understand directional words
- Identify and name basic shapes
- Summarize a story
- Identify: main idea, make predictions and draw conclusions, Identify cause and effect
- Distinguish between questions and statements
- Follow 3 step directions
- Follow left to right progression
- Follow top to bottom progression
- Print first and last name using upper case letters in first position only
- Identify parts of a book
- Distinguish between real and make believe
- Tell address, birthday, phone number, parent’s names
SOCIAL STUDIES
- World map/ an overview of the continents
- An overview of the oceans.
- Native American Peoples
- Early exploration and settlement
Christopher Columbus
Pilgrims
- Families, communities, and community helpers
- Various Christmas cultures
- Famous Americans:
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Dr. Martin L. King
SCIENCE
Animals
- kinds of animals
- animal growth and movement
- body parts and coverings
- Plants
- kinds of plants and plant parts
- seeds and plant growth
- how people use plants and animals
- Earth’s Land, Air, and Water
- landforms, rocks, and soil
- water on Earth
- changes in the sky
- natural resources
Weather
- keeping track of weather
- spring, summer, fall, and winter
- predicting the weather
- Objects Around Us
- sorting and moving objects
- magnets
- shadows
- Investigating Water
- characteristics of wate
- sink and float
- how water changes.
MATHEMATICS
- Count by 1’s, 2’s, 5’s and 10’s
- Count backwards
- Match sets and numbers
- Identify, read and write numbers to 30
- Order numbers
- Identify equivalent sets
- Compare sets through 20
- Identify greatest, least, more, same, and less
- Identify numbers on a 100 chart
- Identify numbers before, after, between
- Estimate and count objects to 100
- Identify even and odd numbers, original position, one more and one less numbers
- Act out addition and subtraction problems/find answer using picture
- Count forward and backward on a number line
- Divide sets into equal numbers
- Identify one half and one fourth
- Identify and count pennies, nickels, dimes, quarter and dollar bill
- Write money amount using cent sign
- Select coins for a given amount
- Identify, sort and compare geometric shapes
- Make and cover design using pattern blocks
- Identify line of symmetry
- Use positional words
- Use and understand a calendar
- Identify hour and half-hour
- Make real and picture graph
- Compare and order objects by length, size
- Weigh objects using non standard measure
- Identify cup, quart, and follow a recipe and measure
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS & WORK HABITS
- Exhibit self-confidence, self control, and adapt to difficult situations
- Cooperate in group activities
- Show respect for self and others
- Follow school and classroom rules
- Listen attentively, understand and follow directions
- Work independently
- Attempt to solve own problems and work independently
- Make good use of time
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
- Run, hop, skip, slide
- Jump, gallop
- Catch, throw, dribble, kick
MUSIC
- Use musical instruments to imitate sequence of sounds
- Move to music using a sequence of steps
- Identify sounds with instrument that makes them
- Clap hands to imitate beats in time with music
- Introduce classical selections
- Introduce religious selections
