Curriculum Goals for Kindergarten-Prep.

 Basics:

• Knows first & last name, age, gender, birthday, and phone number.

• Speaks clearly so people other than their own family and friends can understand them.

• Feeds themselves neatly using a fork or a spoon.

• Cleans up messes, food, and toys.

• Uses the restroom without help, flushes the toilet, wipes themselves, and remembers to wash hands & face.

• Is comfortable being away from parent or caregiver and is confident with teacher & peers.

• Understands that in school, it is important to listen to the teacher.

• Carries belongings to and from school and puts them in their proper place.

• Knows classroom routine and schedule.

• Able to get their own lunchbox, set out food, and open lunch items.

• Knows to eat healthy food first and to sit while eating.

• Able to throw trash in the garbage can.

Social Skills:

• Understands other people have rights and feelings just as they do and are not as egocentric.

• Uses words effectively to express needs, feelings, and thoughts in a socially acceptable way.

• Asks questions, hold a conversation, and makes eye contact when talking with teacher & others.

• Sits quietly for at least 10 minutes.

• Plays with a toy, concentrate on a task and listens to stories.

• Keeps occupied with toys & manipulatives and socialize with peers without help.

• Plays peacefully with other children, shares, listen to peers and uses conflict resolution.

• Follow 2-3 step directions and follows class work with teacher.

• Beginning to understand concept of games (winning/losing) and being able to play & follow rules of the game.

• Beginning to facilitate games with peers, making rules for the games, & communicating the idea of game.

• Able to stay on their mat calmly and quietly.

• Knows the difference between happy, sad, and mad.

• Says please and thank you.

• Respects others treat other with kindness and uses manners.

Academic Skills:

Reading/Writing

• Holds a pencil, crayon, marker, & paint brush, and knows how to use scissors correctly.

• Recognizes the colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, brown, grey, & white.

• Can write first name and recognize the letters in it.

• Writing or tracing last name and learning the letters in it.

• Knows alphabet phonics and vowel sounds.

• Looks at a picture and can tell you what is happening in it, or make up a story about it.

• Can read and write simple sight words.

• Begins reading small reading books.

• Mastering letter recognition.

• Beginning to show logic and reasoning.

Math

• Able to count at least to 30, but always encourage them to count higher.

• Mastering numbers recognition, 1-30.

• Recognizes 8+ shapes.

• Creates patterns.

• Can understand the concepts of number, size, & position. Beginning to learn about time.

• Can arrange items or pictures into small, medium, and large.

• Beginning to understand sequencing.

• Can arranges items or pictures into big, bigger, and biggest, small, smaller, smallest, etc.

• Understands ordinal numbers (1st - 5th)

• Learning about money

• Can add simple math problems using numbers or items (1-10)

• Introduction to measurement.

• Understands the concept of morning, afternoon, and night.

Language Development:

• Uses language effectively to express wants and needs.

• Can speak in sentences using 6 words or more.

• Can recognize letters and familiar words.

• Uses rhyming words.

• Gaining more phonemic awareness.

• Is asking a lot of questions with detail.

• Enjoys sharing information with adults and other children.

• Tells stories and can explain what is happening.

 Motor Development:

• Gaining control over large motor skills by walking a straight line, walking backwards, running, skipping, hoping on one foot, jumping, throwing and catching a ball, & climbing.

• Able to line up and follow the leader in a line.

• Gaining control over small motor skills by cutting a straight line, printing name with a pencil, thread small beads on a string, form recognizable shapes out of modeling clay, etc.

• Learning how to tie, button, snap, zip, and buckle different items.

• Hold the pencil properly and write firmly without help.

 Science:

• Exploring different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.

• Experimenting in different areas of discovery in physical, biological, and environmental sciences.

• Process and think about the world around them.

• Questions asked, observations made, and conclusions discovered about various topics and experiments.

• Reasoning, problem-solving, & teamwork.

Spiritual Development:

• Listens to Bible truths & responds to questions relating to Bible truth

• Recalls and retells Bible truth.

• Able to act out the Bible truth.

• Remembers key people from Bible.

• Sings Bible songs relating to Bible truth.

• Memorizes Bible Verse each week.

• Knows God is the creator of all things.

• Prays before meals, during circle time, and for friends.

• Knows Jesus is God’s son and God loves us so much He sent His son to die for our sins.

• Knows that just as God loves us, we need to show love to one another through our words and actions.