Kindergarten Curriculum Overview

Math

• Identify plane and solid shapes

• Recognize and create patterns

• Identify, write and count numbers 0-100 by 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s

• Recognize, create and interpret tables, graphs and fractions

• Solve simple addition and subtraction problems

• Identify and value coins

• Use calendars and clocks to measure time

• Compare and measure length, height, weight and capacity

Language Arts

• Develop and apply phonemic awareness

• Recognize high frequency words

• Utilize decoding skills and strategies

• Understand and apply critical thinking skills when responding to literature

• Utilize writing strategies and skills 

• Apply research strategies and skills

Social Studies

• Explore communities

• Recognize, create and utilize maps

• Appreciate and distinguish similarities and differences between “long ago and today”

Science

• Identify the five senses

• Properties of materials – states of matter, sink or float, magnets

• Classification of plants and animals as living things

• Animal habitats, ecosystems, and the importance of protecting the environment

• Distinguish seasons and weather patterns

• Water cycle

Religion

• Acknowledge that God gives us many gifts

• Recognize that God is our creator

• Appreciate Jesus and how He shows us God’s love

• Understand that Jesus wants us to share God’s love