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Area
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Concepts
and Skills
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Activities/Materials
to Support Development
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Community
Building/ Group Membership
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- Learning to solve conflicts
- Sharing
- Collaborating/teamwork
- Developing compassion
- Continuing to practice self-
- regulation & impulse control
- Accepting limits and routines
- Respect for others and oneself
|
 Circle
time and class meetings when problems arise, throughout the
day, and embedded in the curriculum Discussions Drawing Dictating
ideas and stories Collaborating
on class murals Singing Cooking Reading
books Making
class books Dramatic
play Classroom
responsibilities Whole-
and half-group projects and investigations Choice
time
|
|
Language
Arts
|
- Developing sense of being a “reader”
- Phonological awareness
- Sound-symbol correspondence
- Concepts about print
- Alphabet
- Handwriting
|
Songs Poems Reading
aloud Acting
out stories Drawing Dictating
stories Class
books Individual
alphabet books Rhyming
games Games
to reinforce knowledge of beginning sounds Books
as a source of information (beginning research)
|
|
Math
|
- Use of mathematical language
- Developing number sense
- Sorting/comparing/classifying
- One-to-one correspondence
- Predicting/estimating
|
Graphs Sorting
by attributes Recognizing
numerals Introduction
to writing numerals to 10 Recognition
of shapes Cuisenaire
rods Pattern
blocks Unifix
cubes Color
cubes Unit
blocks Other
manipulatives
|
|
World Language
|
|
Introduction
to French Simple
commands Numbers
1-10 Colors Parts
of body Total
Physical Response activities Songs Five
senses Cooking
activity
|
|
|
Introduction
to Spanish Simple
commands Numbers
1-10 Colors Shapes Sizes Zoo
animals Songs Five
senses Children’s
literature
|
| Inquiry
in Social Science |
- Observing
- Questioning
- Reporting
- Pooling ideas
- Research
- Awareness of similarities and differences among people
|
Class
visitors Field
trips Pictures
of self and family Art
projects Dramatic
play Blocks Group
time Study
of cultural differences (e.g. holidays, clothing, food, customs,
languages) Community
helpers |
| Inquiry
in Natural Science |
- Observing
- Questioning
- Reporting
- Pooling ideas
- Research
- Awareness of similarities and differences among people
|
Class
visitors Field
trips Pictures
of self and family Art
projects Dramatic
play Blocks Group
time Study
of cultural differences (e.g. holidays, clothing, food, customs,
languages) Community
helpers |
| Music |
- Orff approach to music and movement
|
Enjoying
making music together through singing/movement games Exploring
through improvisation of the Orff instrumentarium (percussion
and mallet instruments) Learning
to identify half, quarter, eighth, and dotted eighth and
sixteenth notes |
| Art |
- Emphasis on learning basic skills and becoming independent
in the art studio
|
Drawing
with a variety of materials Painting
with tempera and watercolors Collage
and image making with paper Printing
with stamps Sculpture
construction with wood and paper Rubbings
with crayons Daily
access to creative materials for self-expression and sensory
experiences in classrooms (bi-weekly visits to art studio) |
| Physical
Development |
Physical Education
- Group games
- Gymnastics
- Movement
- Yoga
- Fine Motor
|
Practicing
group skills (sharing, waiting for a turn, respect for peers,
cooperation) Exploring
body movements using different music (especially the difference
between slow and fast) Exploring
balance, stretching, and flexibility Climbing Running Jumping Building
with blocks Balancing Hopping Sense
of body in space Developing
skill with scissors Consolidating
pencil grip Using
brushes, pencils, crayons, and markers Supporting
children in representational drawing Daily
roof play Introduction
to upper and lower case letter recognition and upper case letter
formation |
