Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum

Getting ready for kindergarten is a process that starts long before kindergarten begins.

At All About Kids, teachers in our pre-kindergarten classroom make every effort to ensure your child has the skills needed to confidently enter kindergarten. We even have homework! We make sure that all children entering kindergarten classes are academically, socially, emotionally and physically ready for school.

Language Arts
Recognize and write all letters of the upper and lower case alphabet
Write his first and last name
Learn sounds corresponding to vowels and consonants
Use initial consonant sounds and sound patterns to read words

(for example, f + an = fan; r + an = ran)
Identify several sight words, including names of colors
Recognize and use rhyming words
Retell a story including details
Repeat events of a story in order
Write simple sentences using sight words and phonics skills

Listening and Communication
Listen attentively
Raise hands or wait to speak
Act on instruction and repeat spoken directions
Engage in question-and-answer dialog with classmates and teachers
Work as a team on projects or problem-solving

Math
Sort and classify objects using one or more attributes
Recognize and write numbers to 30
Count orally by ones, five, and tens
Name ordinal numbers first through tenth
Add and subtract using manipulative's (Cheerios, candy or other objects that can be picked up)
Understand spatial relationships (top/bottom, near/far, before/behind)
Compare quantities by estimating, weighing, and measuring
Use graphs to gather information
Recognize patterns and shapes
Tell time to the nearest hour
Count coins
Recite the days of the week and months of the year

Life skills
Art and music: Experiment with different materials and methods
Health and physical education: Learn essentials about nutrition and functions of the body
Social studies: Identify major religious and civic holidays and historical figures; appreciate similarities and differences across individuals, families and traditions; understand different roles in communities
Science: Use all senses to observe and experiment with plants and animals, weather and temperature

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Pre-Kindergarten Curriculum