Kindergarten Curriculum Overview

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Kindergarten

We just completed our first year of homeschooling - KINDERGARTEN. As a homeschooling mom, I am constantly looking for reviews of curriculum. So, for those who’d like to see an overview of what we used, here is the list. I will link a second blog at the bottom if you’re interested in more details about how it went and what/when we worked on the items below. I will link as many of these items as I can.

The Curriculum

Math

• Dimensions Math KA & KB (Singapore Math, Inc.)

• Sum Swamp game

Science

• Getting Started with Science

• Ranger Rick, Jr. magazine subscription

• 365 Science Experiments (Lisa Gillespie, et al.) ©2021

• Multiple visits to local science museum

• Kiwi Crates - approx. one per month

Reading - Language Arts

• All About Reading Level 1

• All About Reading Level 2 - started, continue in 1st grade

• The Logic of Handwriting: Manuscript- started, switched during 2nd semester

• Handwriting Skills Simplified: Level A – First Grade - started, continue in 1st grade

• Daily Word Ladders K-1 - supplemental resource

• Explode the Code: Essential Lessons for Phonics Mastery, Level 2 (Nancy Hall & Rena Price)

• First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind Level 1 - Lessons 1-65, continued in 1st grade

Social Studies - History - Geography

• Kumon World Geography, K & Up

• What Your Kindergartener Needs to Know - supplemental book

• The Tuttle Twins - 12 picture book series

  1.  …Learn About The Law

  2.  …and the Miraculous Pencil

  3.  …and the Creature from Jekyll Island

  4.  …and the Food Truck Fiasco

  5.  …and the Road to Surfdom

  6.  …and the Golden Rule

  7.  …and the Search for Atlas

  8.  …and their Spectacular Show Business

  9.  …and the Fate of the Future

  10. …and the Education Vacation

  11. …and the Messed Up Market

  12. …and the Leviathon Crisis

• Map Skills Unit - I bought a couple of different activity packs from TeachersPayTeachers.com which we used

Music

• Musik at Home - subscription

Art

• Art for Kids Hub (YouTube) - They since have created a subscription app

• I Can Draw Animals (Usborne)

• How to Draw 101 Animals: Easy Step-by-Step Drawing

• KiwiCrates - some art elements within each crate

Critical Thinking Skills

• Kumon Logic K & Up

• Kumon Spatial Reasoning

• Can You Find Me? Building Thinking Skills

• Logic Puzzles for kids using pattern blocks

• Critical Thinking Coloring Book: Level 1 - supplemental book

• Mind Benders: Level 1

Bible

• The Beginner’s Gospel Story Bible

• Big Book of Bible Story Coloring Pages (David C. Cook) ©2017

• Catechism Songs - Ask Me WhoOo (Diana Beach Batarseh)

  • Volume 1 – on Apple Music

  • Volume 2 – on Apple Music

• What Every Child Should Know About Prayer

• God’s Bible Story Coloring Book (Great Commission Publications)- started, continue into summer

Physical Education

• Playing outside

• Baseball, spring semester

Further Reading

All About Reading Curriculum Review

What Do the Letters Say? How to Teach the Sounds from A to Z

How to Start Homeschooling

25 Items I Can’t Homeschool Without