Curriculum for Kindergarten Readiness
LANGUAGE ARTS:
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Recognize and write the alphabet in upper and lower cases.
Recognize and write the alphabet in upper and lower cases.•Write own name.
Write own name.•Learn the letter sounds
Learn the letter sounds (Vowels and Consonants).
•Read and blend simple words
Read and blend simple words phonetically.
•Identify and name colors.
Identify and name colors.•Identify and name of basic and more complex shapes.
Identify and name of basic and more complex shapes.•Understand the calendar. Name the months and days of the week.
Understand the calendar. Name the months and days of the week.•Develop attention span, vocabulary, and listening skills through book reading program.
Develop attention span, vocabulary, and listening skills through book reading program.•Develop ability to translate personal thoughts, recall events, and articulate into sentences and talk in front of group through show and tell activities.
Develop ability to translate personal thoughts, recall events, and articulate into sentences and talk in front of group through show and tell activities.MATHEMATICS:
•Recognize, count and write numbers.
Recognize, count and write numbers.•Develop basic math concepts such as patterning,
Develop basic math concepts such as patterning,sorting, addition and subtraction.
•Recognize and compare shapes, sizes, and
Recognize and compare shapes, sizes, and quantities.
. Do simple addition & subtraction.
CHARACTER EDUCATION:
•Good-character traits are introduced
Good-character traits are introducedthrough daily reading of Award Winning
“Help Me Be Good” book series. (i.e. Theme
such as Obedience, Tell the Truth, Selfish,
Destructive …)
•Good-character concept is reinforced
Good-character concept is reinforced through repetitive discussion, explanation,
demonstration and application to daily activities
where it is appropriate.
•Develop concepts of good citizenship and a
Develop concepts of good citizenship and a value system.
SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
•Develop the ability to assume responsibility and work independently.
Develop the ability to assume responsibility and work independently.•Learn to interact, share, and cooperate within a peer group.
Learn to interact, share, and cooperate within a peer group.•Learn the disciplinary of rules and the carrying out of consequences.
Learn the disciplinary of rules and the carrying out of consequences.•Learn to identify feelings in one self and others.
Learn to identify feelings in one self and others.ARTS and CRAFTS:
•Develop creativity, imagination and ideas
Develop creativity, imagination and ideas through art projects, songs and dances.
•Express feelings and build self-confidence.
Express feelings and build self-confidence.LOGIC/THINKING SKILLS:
•Reason out, patterning, sequencing, likeness
Reason out, patterning, sequencing, likeness and difference, before and after, etc.
SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES:
•Develop the curiosity necessary to wonder why, what, when, and where through basic science activities.
Develop the curiosity necessary to wonder why, what, when, and where through basic science activities.•Develop an awareness of facts related to nutrition and health.
Develop an awareness of facts related to nutrition and health.•Learn through dramatic/role play about: Seasons, Safety, Community Service, Transportation, Animals, Insects, Dinosaurs…
Learn through dramatic/role play about: Seasons, Safety, Community Service, Transportation, Animals, Insects, Dinosaurs…COMPUTER:
•Learn to use the computer through
Learn to use the computer through Educational preschool games.
FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT:
•Develop small muscle control through writing, coloring, cutting, computer usage and puzzles.GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT:
•Foster the ability to run, gallop,
Foster the ability to run, gallop, jump, hop, skip, throw, and dance
through participation in individual and
group games and playground activities.
