HIS Jr Kindergarten Curriculum
Children are a heritage from the Lord. .......Psalm 127:3
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Phonics
Instructional philosophy
Many times letters are introduced to children, in a manner that does not
leave or create an impression. It is therefore our duty to instruct them
bearing the truth of God’s hand and purpose for each one (letter) in order
to make meaningfull words. Nehemiah 8:8 “They read from the book of the
law of God, making it clear and giving the meaning was being read.”
Instructional goals
1. To provide the children with opportunities to use, learn and write the alphabet.
2. Encourage the children to realize each letter has sound, name that when these are blended make words.
3. Introduce reading circles to increase smoothness and speed in reading.
Instructional Objectives
The children should be able to:
1. Recognize the letters their names, sounds and formation.
2. Blend a consonant with a vowel.
3. Sound blends and one vowel words.
4. Know the one vowel rule and mark short vowel rule, marking long, silent, and short vowels.
5. Building speed in reading, increasing smoothness and interest.
Resources
A Beka book ABC-123
Little book 1-10
Little Owl books (8books)
Miniature Alphabet flash cards
Basic phonics sounds cassette
Large alphabet flashcards
Phonics charts & games
Letter-picture flashcards
One-vowel word cards
Blend ladders
Blend practice cards A
Felt upper and lower case alphabet
Scope & sequence
1. Name, sound and picture for Li, Uu, Ee, Aa,Oo, it first six weeks.
2. Name sound and picture for Li, Bb, Nn, Mm, Hh, Ss, Cc, Dd, Gg, blending a consonant with a vowel. Sounding blends and one vowel words, 2nd six weeks.
3. Name, sound and picture for Rr, Ff, Jj, Kk, Vv, Ww, Yy, Pp sounding blends and one vowel words. Reading circles begin, 3rd six weeks.
4. Name, sound and picture of Z, sounding blends and one vowel words, one vowel rule, making short vowels, reading sentences on chalk board, 4th six weeks.
5. Two-vowel rule, marking long, silent and short vowels, building speed in reading. Reading stories on chalkboard, 5th six weeks.
6. Increasing smoothness and speed in reading. 6thsix weeks.
Writing
Instructional Philosophy
We often greatly underestimate what young children can learn. Small children
are curious, they are born with a desire to learn. Expecting them to be
able to do their best, though practice and repetition are essential. “And
you shall write very clearly all the words of this law”… Deuteronomy 27:8.
Instructional Goals
1. To encourage each child to write letters learned in phonics.
2. Enhance writing patterns and manuscript handwriting.
3. Encourage good writing habits ie. pencil gripe, sitting posture, book position.
Instructional Objectives
Students will know that Jesus and God love them, that they are uniquely special to him and that they are just as
important to him as the “grown-ups” are.
Resources
A beka book ABC writing tablet
Writing with phonics K4
Cut out letter cards from sand paper
Scope & Sequence
1. Letters learned in phonics ( lower-case) 1st six weeks.
2. Letters learned in phonic ( lower- case).
3. Connecting letters ( conso-nant-vowel blends) 2nd six weeks.
4. Letters, blends and words. First name Begin capital letters ( A,T ) 4th six weeks.
5. Letters blends, and words. Capital letters G, H. 6th six weeks.
Environmental studies
Instructional Philosophy
Concepts related to environmental studies in early childhood must have
their beginnings and foundations with the children must be based on the
child’s own self-esteem. What ever is learnt or discovered should be
nurtured and bear fruit ( mark 4; 30-32)
Instructional goals
Familiarize, the children with their environments, various
cultures and develop their observation and discovery skills.
Encourage in establishing a personal hygiene program through discussion
of the important of good health a balanced diet, proper posture, adequate
exercise and rest.
Instructional Objectives
Children should be able to:
1. Identify family members and immediate neighbors
2. Know work done by family members (including children)
3. Identify types of homes.
4. know about safety in the home and neighborhood.
5. Talk about food eaten in various culture and homes.
6. Identify domestic animals, birds and wild animals birds.
7. Identify plants that are grown on a farm and at home.
8. Identify clothes worn in different cultures.
9. Identify clothes worn at different times depending on the weather.
Resources
Display charts & other visual aids
Scope & sequence
1. Oral discussion
2. Stories , poems, riddles, and songs.
3. News-telling
4. Experiments
5. Visits and nature walk.
6. Make believe activities and dramatic play.
Arts and craft.
Instructional Philosophy
Developing child artistic skills or creativity is a continuous process. The joy of discovery has it’s own reward and provides the incentives for continuing exploration and 1: 1-31 then God saw everything that he had made and indeed it was very good.
discovery. Even Gods work of creation took seven days Genesis
Instructional Goals
Give the children a chance to gain expertness in handling different materials
and relate them to their daily lives.
To integrate creative activity experiences with other curriculum areas.
Instructional Objectives
Children should be able to:
1. Develop their imaginations.
2. A wake their creative talents.
3. Express themselves through manipulation of activities.
4. Gain self-confidence, independence, and self-reliance and offer room for pleasure, enjoyment and relaxation.
5. Develop positive attitudes and appreciation of good work by others and themselves.
Resources
Practicing, dough, clay, paper mash, pieces of cloth, wool yarn, straws,
toothpicks, bark tissue sells, boxes of all sizes, plastic containers,
magazines, scissors, chalk boards, crayons, various seeds and grains,
glue, sand, paints, brush, sponge, string, leaves, maizecobs, potatoes,
banana fiber, egg shells, grass, flowers.
Scope and sequence
1. Modelling
2. Scrap models
3. Tearing and cutting
4. Scribbling and drawing
5. Pasting and sticking
6. Painting
7. Printing
8. Collage and Mosaic
9. Threading and pricking
10.Weaving
11. Crayon etching
12. Paper folding
Outdoor play & physical development
Instructional philosophy
Encourage every child to be involved in play uninhibited, can be very
fulfilling. Psalms 33:3 Regardless of our circumstances every time we
should play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Instructional goals
1. To provide the children with opportunities to explore the world around them.
2. To develop emotional, physical and social skills as they observe what God has made
while they start to make the transition between home and school.
Instructional Objectives
Children will be able to:
1. Develop their large and small motor skills.
2. Strengthen their body muscles.
3. Respect the right of others by taking turns.
4. Acquire vocabulary used during activities such as forward, backward, sideways, quick, slow,
over, under, throw, catch, clap, cut, march, inside, outside.
Resources
Monkey bars, swings, wheels, hula hoops, balls, tricycles, slides, tunnels,
see saws, sand pit, puzzles, scissors, blocks.
Scope and sequence
1. Free play-children choose activity but are only watched over.
2. Directed activities – for example relays, simple arobics.
Language Development
Instructional Philosophy
Children imitate or make the language of their family and neighbarhood their own language.
It is important to develop their use of proper language. Acts 2:6 God gave each his own language.
Instructional Goals
1. To encourage the children to observe, listen and participate.
2. Use poems, rhymes, songs and games because they play a very vital
role in acquisition of language skills.
Instructional Objective
Children should be able to:
1. Develop their vocabulary.
2. Use acceptable speech habits.
3. Express them-selves freely and confidently.
4. Speak clearly and fluently.
5. Improve their listening ability, concentration, understanding and memory.
6. Look at and interpret details in objects, pictures, symbols and signs.
7. Recognize and name basic colours.
8. Develop eye hand co-ordination.
9. Develop fine motor skills.
Resources
Puzzles, toys, legs, blocks, matching cards, language development cards,
story- books, opacities cards, threading cards, puppet shows.
Scope and sequence
1. Oral skills – reciting poems, rhymes, singing and playing cards games.
2. Reading readiness- looking at books, magazines videos and talking about the pictures.
3. Writing readiness- using dough, plastacine, sand tray, threading cards.
Mathematics
Instructional Philosophy
In understanding God’s nature we can see clearly how he valued order right
from the beginning. Genesis 1:5 and there was evening and there was
morning the first day. Knowing that he saw it good to work in order and
even number the days, children will appreciate the numbers as we learn to
count and use them everyday.
Instructional Goals
The overall goal of laying a firm foundation in mathematics and a future
interest in the subject is to make mathematics meaning full to the
children. The activities should be linked to real life experiences.
Instructional Objectives
The children should be able to:
1. Use and develop mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems.
2. Recognize numbers 1-100.
3. Count reliably up-to 100.
4. Say and use the number names in order in familiar contexts.
5. Use everyday words to describe positions.
6. Find one more or one less than a number from 1-10.
7. Use language such as more or less, greater or smaller, heavier or lighter to compare two numbers or quantities.
8. Talk about, recognition and recreate simple patterns.
9. Use language such as circle or bigger to describe the shape and size of flat shapes and solids.
10. Begin to relate addition to combining two groups of objects and subtraction to taking away, in practical
activities and discussion, begin to use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting.
11. Be able to write 1-20 and understand the concept of each number.
Resources
Blocks of wood (with various colors) puzzles, cut out shapes, number
cards, shape cards, feathers, beads, shells, seeds, leaves, bottle tops,
pebbles, assorted toys, yarn, placiticine, plastic bottles, large beads,
large buttons, tissue rolls, scissors, glue.
Scope and Sequence
1. Matching and pairing
2. ordering
3. Rote counting
4. Number recognition
5. Number value
6. Measurement experiences length, width and height.
7. Weight, volume and capacity.
8. Space and speed.
9. Time
10.Money
These topics are introduced very formally through fun activities.