Kindergarten

Kindergarten Curriculum

Kindergarten Objectives

• Life Science
• Distinguishes identifiable characteristics and behaviors of fish, snails and worms
• Identifies the certain environmental conditions required by fish, snails and worms to survive
• Knows that different kinds of isopods can be identified by their structure and behavior
• Identifies the certain environmental conditions required by isopods to survive

• Distinguishes the identifiable characteristics of different kinds of fabric
• Understands that fabric is used for many things in our everyday lives
• Understands that fabrics are made by weaving threads together using alternating patterns
• Understands that some fabrics absorb water, while others repel water
• Understands that fabric can be permanently dyed in a wide variety of colors

• Write counts by 1’s forward to 100
• Counts backwards by 1’s from 20
• Counts by 10’s forward to 100
• Names 1-9 as digits
• Reads and writes numbers up to 100
• Reads and writes the number “before” and the number “after” to 100
• Identifies number words to ten
• Tells time by hour and half-hour
• Knows the concepts of an inch
• Identifies patterns
• Identifies common geometric shapes
• Identifies the terms less and more
• Identifies number family concepts
• Knows fractions “whole” and “half”
• Knows smallest to largest number concept
• Identifies more, less, least, most, between, before and after
• Identifies the symbols +, -, and =
• Identifies the terms add, addition, difference, equals, minus, plus, subtract, sum, height, length, longer, shorter, and taller

• Recognizes God made people special
• Understands people grow and change
• Understands man’s five senses
• Understands that all choices have consequences
• Understands families love one another
• Understands each family is special and unique
• Understands families have rules
• Understands families work together
• Understands families have fun together

• Learns forms of literature
• Listens attentively and follows single and multi-step oral directions
• Knows directionality
• Identifies all upper and lower case letters
• Says the alphabet
• Recognizes sight words
• Recognizes and says initial consonant and vowel blends
• Adds an ending consonant to a blend to say a word
• Reads words, phrases and sentences
• Recalls and/or re-reads to answer comprehension questions
• Recognizes punctuation
• Recognizes rhyming word pairs
• Reads orally both individually and in a group setting
• Choral reads as a group
• Reads using expression and pausing appropriately
• Learns role play

• Develops left to right eye tracking a
• Traces shapes and letters
• Draws a picture and writes a class related sentence
• Develops eye-hand coordination
• Draws a picture about a story
• Uses capitals at the beginning of sentences
• Uses punctuation at the end of sentences

• Holds pencils and crayons properly
• Draws and writes within spatial boundaries
• Accurately traces D’Nealian letters
• Forms D’Nealian letters, especially name with capital and lower case letters
• Holds paper properly
• Copies words and sentences using 3 lines
• LCS faculty members are registered through the Institute for Excellence in Writing.  Teaching Wrigint: Structure & Style is a complete syllabus for teaching writing skills to children in grades K-12.

• Recognizes the Bible as the ultimate guide for mankind
• Knows about sin/ Adam and Eve
• Knows God sent His Son to die for our sins
• Memorizes correlated Bible passages
• Knows about Christ’s death and resurrection
• Knows about Satan and that God is stronger
• Knows that God wrote the bible
• Understands that all the Bible is true
• Knows that there is only one God
• Understands and lists the three persons of God
• Understands how to ask for the forgiveness of sin
• Knows that Lucifer became jealous of God and wanted to be as great as He
• Knows that Satan is God’s enemy and the enemy of all Christians