Kindergarten
(This information taken from The Home School Manual by Theodore E. Wade, Jr. and Others)
Social Studies
Meanings of holidays, traditions, and
customs
Understanding and appreciating other
cultures
Individuals role in family, home,
school and community
Relationship of the individual to the
group
Work and jobs
Safety rules and symbols
Basic human needs
Self-respect and self-awareness
Awareness of others
Location of home and school
Science
Observations of everyday, familiar
things
Common animals and plants
Interrelationships of animals and plants
Classification of living things
Farm animals
Care of pets
Like and unlike plants
Indoor plants
The sun: our principle source of energy
Weather and seasons
Temperature
Light
Colors
Senses
Earth, moon, stars, planets
Simple measurement
Beginning experimentation
Language Arts
Reading-readiness activities
Phonics
Choral reading
Listening to literature, music, poetry
Nursery rhymes, fairy tales, fables
Social listening
Constructing visual images while
listening
Role Play
Oral communication skills
Following and giving directions
Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Organizing ideas
Experience stories
Relating events and experiences using
complete sentences
Listening for correct speech habits and
word usage
Beginning writing process
Manuscript handwriting
Beginning cursive writing
Health and Safety
Personal hygiene
Good eating habits
Good grooming
Care of teeth
Major body parts
Physical fitness
Safety to and from school
Mathematics
Simple counting to 20
One-to-one relationship
Concepts of more, less than, same
Sequence of events
Correspondence of quantities
Ordinal-cardinal relationships
Number-numeral relationships
Recognition of basic sets
Meaning of addition and subtraction
Introduction to number line
Estimation
Elementary geometry (shapes)
Calendar and clock
Denominations of money
Basic problem-solving Strategies
Basic Chart and Graph concepts
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