kinder 1

Book 1: August, September, October

  • Vocabulary: Body,family, school things, school places
  • Concepts: Colors, shapes, weather, up & down, left & right, top & bottom, same & different, more & less, long & short
  • Math: dot cards, number words and numerals 1-5. Tracing and counting 1-5
  • Cross out, circle, first letter of your name
  • Conversation and manners:  Hello, my name is...  Good morning! Learning to ask for permission: raising your hand. Can I have more, please? May I go to the bathroom?
  • Cultures: México, Japan
  • Art: Velasco, Hokusai
  • Music:  Bach, Beethoven
  • Early reading

Book 2:  November, December

  • Vocabulary: Opposites, house, furniture
  • Concepts: Colors, shapes, days of the week, seasons, actions, classifying
  • Math: dot cards, number words and numerals 1-5. Tracing andcounting 1-5, identifying numbers and association to quantity.
  • Cross out, circle, writing your name.
  • Conversation and manners:  Good morning, How are you today? I´m fine, thank you.
  • Cultures: France, Netherlands
  • Art: Cézanne, Van Gogh
  • Music:  Offenbach, Mozart
  • Early reading

Book 3:  january, february

  • Vocabulary: Clothes, weather, nature, animals
  • Concepts: Colors, shapes, days, seasons, classifying, tall-long-short, inside-outside, being healthy
  • Math: dot cards, number words and numerals 1-10. Tracing and counting 1-10
  • Write your name. Global language
  • Conversation and manners:   May I borrow this? Listening to others when they speak. Sharing. I like, I don't like.
  • Cultures: Netherlands, England
  • Art: Van Gogh,Tolouse Lautrec
  • Music: Mozart, Rossini
  • Early reading

Book 4: March, April

  • Vocabulary: Food, means of transportation
  • Concepts: Colors, shapes, Months of the year, sequences: what happens next
  • Math: dot cards, number words and numerals 1-15. Identifying number and association with quantity. Beggining addition.
  • Highlighting vowels in global language.
  • Conversation and manners:  Clean up when you finish working. Put your chair inside your desk. Wait for your turn. Where is...? This is.... Who is...? First and last.
  • Cultures: Australia, Arab countries
  • Art: Gainsborough, Delacroix
  • Music:  Mendhelsson, Dvorak
  • Early reading

Book 5: May, June

  • Vocabulary: Workplaces, community helpers, toys, playground
  • Concepts: Colors, shapes, months of the year, matching opposite prepositions, noticing detail.
  • Math: Numbers 1-20 (recognizing, associating, tracing) simple addition in dots and numerals. Color coded activities.
  • Global language
  • Cultures: Russia, Costa Rica
  • Art: Rosseau, Caravaggio
  • Music: Tchaikovsky, Bocherinni
  • Early reading