KINDERGARTEN

SPIRITUAL/SOCIAL LIVING

By the end of kindergarten, students have developed

relationships

with God:

1. Grow in faith in God.

2. Know that God sent Jesus as a baby.

3. Know that Jesus died and lives again for them.

<*dv_2*>4. Celebrate God's greatness.

5. Grow in thankfulness.

6. Pray at all times.

with others:

7. Share God's Good News.

8. Grow in kindness and goodness.

9. Eagerly learn God's Word.

10. Know that God gives them pastors and teachers.

11. Know that missionaries tell others about Jesus.

with the world:

12. Grow in awe and wonder at all that God created.

13. Take care of God's creation.

14. Know that God made them and sent Jesus to save them.

15. Accept and help people everywhere.

16. Know that God is always with them.

COMMUNICATION ARTS

By the end of kindergarten students will be able to

1. Recite the alphabet in order.

2. Print their whole name accurately and legibly.

3. Say the name of each letter when they see it.

4. Say the name of a consonant sound when they hear it at the

beginning of a word.

5. Copy written words and simple sentences.

6. Print upper and lower case letters.

7. Create and tell new stories about objects and pictures.

8. Read the names of Jesus, God, and classmates.

9. Read the names of the days of the week.

10. Suggest a title for a picture or an experience story.

11. Sequence a set of story pictures in a logical order and tell

the story.

12. Convey meaning nonverbally through expression and body

language.

13. Identify simple signs such as STOP or EXIT.

14. Suggest an ending to an unfinished story.

15. Consistently page through books from front to back.

16. Identify part-whole relationships by assembling a simple

puzzle of up to 10 pieces.

<*dv_0*>17. Distinguish likenesses and differences by matching objects,

shapes, colors, sizes, letters, and words.

18. Choose a story or poem to listen to when given options.

19. Discuss their favorite story characters.

20. Follow two- and three-step oral directions.

21. Listen attentively to stories and poems.

22. Recognize rhyming words when they hear them.

23. Retell simple stories, including main characters and the

correct sequence of events.

24. Recite their full name, address, including city and state,

and 10-digit telephone number.

25. Express their ideas in complete sentences.

26. Identify questions as different from statements.

27. Read experience charts orally from left to right.

28. Identify and discriminate among common speech sounds.

29. Speak clearly enough to be understood.

30. Ask questions and respond to the questions of others.

EXPRESSIVE ARTS

By the end of kindergarten students will be able to

Art History

1. Recognize that art has been created in many different places

and at many different times.

2. Distinguish between the works of selected different artists.

3. Discuss simple characteristics of style or period for selected

works of art.

4. Use terms such as landscape, still life, and portrait to

classify works of art.

The Creation of Art

5. Use art as a means to tell stories and relate experiences.

6. Identify textures by sight and touch.

7. Create a planned image which utilizes lines, shapes, colors,

and color families.

8. Create a planned image which utilizes light and dark colors,

and warm and cool colors.

9. Use techniques of cutting and pasting to compose a collage.

10. Use tempera paint to mix secondary colors.

11. Model a clay sculpture.

12. Interpret music with tempera paint and a brush.

13. Create drawings and paintings based on the child's

imagination.

14. Develop skills in expressing ideas and feelings through craft

media and techniques (e.g., weaving, modeling, constructing).

15. Create an ordered relief print from found objects or other

relief print media.

16. Create an applique paper, cloth, or mixed media banner which

conveys an idea or feeling.

17. Develop skills of Christian character as he/she works with

fellow students.

Art Criticism and Analysis

18. Engage in simple conversations about the ideational content

of works of art.

19. Explain how an artist made a work of art look a particular

way.

20. Engage in simple discussions about the aesthetic mood and

composition of a work of art.

21. Identify primary and secondary hues on the color wheel and in

works of art.

22. Identify warm and cool colors on the color wheel and in works

of art.

23. Express their own ideas about what an abstract work of art

means to them.

24. Roleplay or pantomime selected works of art.

Aesthetics

25. Recognize art as a gift of God.

26. Discuss Christian values in relationship to selected works of

art.

27. Empathize with the content of a work of art.

28. Use works of art to tell stories and express feelings.

Singing

29. All match pitch by the end of the year.

30. Sing question and answer singing games in group and alone

(e.g.,: "Please tell me your name." "My name is Mary" to the

pitches G-E-A-G-E [Sol-mi-la-sol-mi]; this pattern should be

taught using Kodaly hand signals).

31. Continue to explore high voice using relaxed breath, good

posture.

32. Sing simple songs from a variety of styles, genres, and

cultures covering the range of an octave (starting at middle C

and up.), varying loudness and speed express words and music.

33. Grow in pitch and rhythm accuracy, togetherness of ensemble.

34. Sing echo songs (e.g., "Down by the Bay.")

Playing (instruments)

35. Play simple rhythms on Orff instruments (play one or two

notes at the same time in a constant rhythm of quarter notes or

half notes).

<*dv_3*>36. Keep a beat on various rhythm instruments.

37. Experiment with melody instruments (keyboard, Orff-type).

Movement/Drama

38. Start and stop moving when music starts and stops.

39. Run, skip, gallop, and do circle dances to music as it is

heard to express tempo.

40. Echo clap simple four beat patterns from the teacher.

41. Show high and low, loud and soft, long and short sounds with

movement (e.g., big and small steps, arm motions, etc.).

42. Do simple actions to interpret words of a song.

43. Create a puppet dialog.

44. Roleplay different characters.

Listening

45. Hear short pieces of music from various styles, genres, and

cultures.

46. Hear music with voices alone, with instruments alone, and

with both.

47. Identify common sounds (e.g., dog barking, wind blowing, cat

purring, car engine, airplane, etc.).

Improvising

48. Color, fingerprint, and/or draw to react to music as it is

heard (e.g., scribble draw low/high, fast/slow, loud/soft, then

later allow students to be free with their own interpretation).

49. As a group, make up rhyming words for songs.

Reading

50. See and identify stick notation (note stems only, no note

heads) of quarter notes to show the beat (apply stick notation to

words in rhythm to demonstrate this).

51. Identify sounds as low, high, or the same.

Composing

52. Create free melody to go with a short poem (based on other

songs, models previously sung and learned. Melodies will be

unstructured, sing-song patterns that will meander, but will give

children a chance to explore their voices and their inner ears.).

53. Make AB, ABA forms in drawings.

Comparing

54. Learn a song in a foreign language, then talk about how

sounds are different, cultures are different (see pictures, taste

foods, etc.).

55. Listen to a high-quality children's choir recording, then

talk about the sound, comparing to how they now sing.

56. Grow in joy as they celebrate through music God's gift of

Jesus.

57. Know that God gives them musicians to help them praise God

with music.

WELLNESS

By the end of kindergarten students will be able to

Demonstrate acquisition of movement concepts.

1. Travel in different ways with control, avoiding collisions and

eliminating falling.

2. Travel with control in forward and sideward directions.

3. Respond quickly to signals for stopping and changing

directions/ways.

4. Move fast and slow; make large and small shapes; use high and

low levels; make body parts tight and loose.

5. Use straight, curved, and zigzag pathways.

6. Position objects on, under, over, and to side of self;

position self to be on, under, over, and to side of objects.

7. Move into open space in large-group activities.

8. Select a personal space for individual activities.

9. Use "partner space" and general space with another person.

Demonstrate acquisition of fundamental movement patterns/skills.

10. Move forward and sideward on a low balance beam.

11. Roll sideways continuously.

12. Practice balancing activities.

13. Use mature form components while running fast toward a

designated goal.

14. Jump a swinging rope held by others.

15. Use an overhand and an underhand pattern to throw an object

with force.

16. Toss a ball and catch it from a bounce.

17. Kick a stationary ball from a moving approach.

Demonstrate acquisition of fitness skills and behaviors.

18. Participate daily in moderate physical activity.

19. Demonstrate the ability to sustain an activity over a brief

period of time.

Demonstrate acquisition of cognitive elements related to movement

experiences.

20. Identify selected body parts, skills, and movement concepts.

21. Recognize that skill development requires practice.

22. Recognize that physical activity is good for personal

well-being.

23. State guidelines and behaviors for safe use of equipment and

apparatus.

24. Recognize that the heart beats fast during physical activity.

25. Know that my body and my movement skills are gifts of God.

Acknowledge and demonstrate responsible personal and social

attitudes and behaviors for movement experiences.

26. Identify feelings that result from participation in physical

activities.

27. Enjoy participating alone and with others.

28. Look forward to fitness lessons.

29. Share and take turns while using equipment.

30. Follow directions.

31. Grow in wonder at the creation of their own bodies.

32. Identify healthy foods and lifestyles that make strong

bodies.

DISCOVERY ABOUT THE WORLD

By the end of kindergarten students will be able to

1. Estimate and verify which of two objects is longer, heavier,

or contains more.

2. Sort objects into different sets on the basis of color, size,

shape, or some other attribute.

3. Identify to which set (up to four sets may be given) an

element belongs.

4. Identify and write the numerals 0 through 20.

5. Count the number of objects in a set containing between one

and 20 objects and count by rote up to 100.

6. Identify the missing number, given a sequence of consecutive

<*dv_4*>counting numbers no greater than 10 with one number missing.

7. Identify the number that occurs just before or just after a

specified number, given several numbers no greater than 10.

8. Use one-to-one correspondence to determine whether two sets

(up to 20 elements) are equivalent and, if not, identify which

set contains more and which set contains fewer elements.

9. Order sets of elements (up to 20) by number from least to

greatest.

10. Identify a coin by name, given a picture of or shown a penny,

a nickel, or a dime.

11. Exchange pennies, nickels, and dimes for equivalent amounts.

12. Work addition and subtraction problems involving basic facts

by modeling them with various manipulatives.

13. Identify figures which have the same shape.

14. Identify two-dimensional geometric figures which are circles,

squares, rectangles, or triangles.

15. Identify three-dimensional shapes such as boxes and balls.

16. Read and use a calendar.

17. Determine time by the hour and by the half-hour on both face

<*dv_1*>and digital clocks.

18. Determine how many nonstandard units are in a given length or

area to the nearest whole number up to 20.

19. Order a set of objects given some measurable attribute.

20. Use the attributes of length, capacity, weight, area, and

time.

21. Collect data and make a bar graph or a pictograph containing

up to five categories.

22. Recognize one-half, one-third, or one-fourth of a set of

objects or a region.

23. Duplicate, continue, and reverse a pattern of concrete

objects.

24. Tend plants and animals to learn of their needs, development,

and characteristics.

25. Classify animals by their body coverings and looks (fish,

birds, mammals, etc.).

26. Determine criteria and decide on which animals will make good

pets.

27. Determine criteria and classify plants (e.g., trees, grasses,

weeds, etc.).

28. Compare and plant seeds from various fresh fruits and

vegetables. Nurture young plants. Observe requirements for

growth.

29. Identify and classify materials as solid, liquid, or gas.

State classification criteria.

30. Name and observe several solids that change to liquids when

heated and return to solids when cooled.

31. Explain that the material of which an object is composed

remains the same even when an object changes states.

32. Describe changes when various objects (e.g., metal, wax,

etc.) are warmed and decide which objects are good conductors and

which are poor conductors of heat.

33. Identify the direction of movement of the liquid in a

thermometer as the temperature gets warmer or colder. Read the

temperature. Measure their body temperature.

34. Observe rainbows made with both prisms and diffraction

gratings and compare the order of the colors.

35. State the order of colors in a spectrum with the ROY G. BIV

mnemonic (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo violet).

36. Observe colored objects and beams through colored filters and

record regularities observed.

37. Compare and contrast the appearance of the day sky and the

night sky.

38. Observe and record the shape and position of the moon for a

month.

39. Construct symbols that children select to represent weather

conditions (e.g., sunny, cloudy, rain, snow, warm, cold) and use

them to record the daily weather on a large calendar-type

bulletin board.

40. List the skin, eyes, ears, nose, and tongue as their sense

organs, demonstrate the use of all five senses and distinguish

between safe and unsafe situations when using each sense.

41. Learn good hygiene practices washing hands, bathing, brushing

teeth, etc.

42. Describe ways that plants, animals, and people use soil,

water, and air and what they can do to preserve these resources.

43. Compare lengths and weights of objects and/or materials

measuring lengths using both English and metric rulers.

44. Perform some experiments they can eat baking cookies, making

ice cream, etc.

45. Discuss the globe as the earth, our home and the home of all

living things, a place that needs tending with emphases on soil,

water, and air.

46. Use pictures to predict an outcome.

47. Describe each season of the year.

48. Explain what it means to be a helper in the classroom.

49. Explain impact of climate upon clothing and dress.

50. Tell a brief story in correct sequence.

51. Describe basic needs of all people (e.g., fresh water).

52. Demonstrate ability to respect authority.

53. Understand different family roles.

54. Share a story about family traditions.

55. Describe different jobs or professions.

56. Describe how people are both the same and different.

57. Distinguish between past, present, and future.

58. See how transportation has changed over time.

59. Understand and give an example of cause and effect.

60. Differentiate between reality and a folk tale.

61. Affirm the need to be a good neighbor.

62. Defend the practice of fairness between classmates.

63. Recognize traffic signs and their purpose.

64. Understand why she or he says the flag salute.

65. Explain the concept of more or less using objects.

66. Understand how climate changes from season to season.

67. Describe how geographical places are different.

68. Describe traditional holiday celebrations.

69. Know that a map represents a real place.

70. Know days of the week in proper order.

71. Understand how days are represented on a calendar.

72. Understand the use and importance of money for trade.

73. Understand direction (i.e., up and down, forward and

backward).

74. Know their street, community, and state.

75. Put things into a proper order or sequence.

76. Appreciate how people and traditions are different.

77. Know that God sends some missionaries to faraway lands to

tell others about Jesus.

78. Grow in their acceptance and love of all people everywhere.

79. Accept and help people everywhere.