Kindergarten Customizable Curriculum Set

Product Description

Is your child ready for Kindergarten?
Kindergarten Scope & Sequence

We design our Kindergarten Curriculum for reading-ready children. These are usually 4-6 year old’s with the ability to count to ten, print their names, recognize most letters, rhyme words, and segment sounds. Our curriculum has been carefully developed over many years at Highlands Latin School—a school were kindergarteners test in the top 1% of the nation every year. The curriculum is written for five half-days, but can be adjusted to fit your schedule, whatever it may be.

The primary goal of Kindergarten, of course, is learning to read. Additional goals of no less importance are: correct pencil grip, correct letter and number formation, and basic arithmetic, including counting, addition, subtraction, telling time, and counting money. Here is a detailed look at what you will receive:

Curriculum Manual

Our Kindergarten Curriculum Manual includes lesson plans for a 34-week school year, so you have every day already planned out! Also included in the manual are teaching guidelines, recitation, prayers, activities, a calendar timeline, enrichment, and much more. Please note, if you would like to complete the Literature & Enrichment portion of the curriculum, you will need the weekly Read-Alouds and Supplemental Science & Enrichment. These can be purchased in a set from Memoria Press or gathered at the library, or you may already own many of these classic books.

Phonics & Reading

Our outstanding phonics and reading program provides extensive practice in the critical first step of learning to read and blending short vowels in three-letter words. To ensure reading success, we provide abundant reading practice. This includes 25 phonetic stories from First Start Reading, additional beginner books, and three colorful readers with short stories that will reward and motivate your beginning reader.

Math

In primary-level mathematics, mastery of addition and subtraction is key. Through introduction, practice, and consistent review, students attain mastery of these facts in both written and oral format. Rod & Staff Grade 1 Math, along with additional practice using Memoria Math Challenge Level A and other beginner books, ensures the steps toward mastery.

Christian Studies

Learning our history and heritage as Christians can and should be a key pillar of our studies. Through Scripture memorization—utilizing The Story Bible and Christian Studies Enrichment—we are equipping our students with knowledge that will always be with them regardless of their circumstance. Our curriculum does not teach doctrine—we leave that to the church, family, and particular school.

Penmanship

While students are learning correct pencil grip, and correct letter and number formation, they are not only learning how to write but also the beginnings of penmanship. Copybook I—alongside Composition & Sketchbook I—provides students extra practice through copying scripture from the King James Bible and passages of poetry.

Morning Work

Before the day begins, we complete an activity to get those finger muscles moving and to give the teacher time to take attendance or complete any other morning tasks. We have compiled these activities into a Kindergarten Morning Work workbook. We have scheduled them at the beginning of the day on Mondays and Wednesdays, but feel free to use these worksheets any way you choose – as a warm-up to your day, as independent work while you work with other students, early finisher work, etc.

Enrichment

Music and art supplements are enriching and deserving of your time and effort to present to your child. We also include activities and enrichment that introduce students to science, history, geography, and cultural studies. However, do not feel pressured to complete this part of the curriculum every week. Though very valuable, it is not as essential as reading, writing, and arithmetic.