Heritage International School

HIS Play Group Curriculum

Children are a heritage from the Lord. .......Psalm 127:3

Phonics-Letters

Instructional philosophy
When introducing these letters to the children, enable them to see the importance of each one in relation to the words and even in their names. Deuteronomy 27:8 “ And you shall write very clearly all the words of the law…”

Instructional goals
Introduce the shape & sound of each letter of the alphabet.

Instructional Objectives
To enable the children to :
1. Recognize the letters
2. Recognize the formation of each letter.
3. Learn and recognize the sounds of each letter in the alphabet.

Resources
Basic phonics sounds cassette
Animal alphabet friends
Flashcards
Letter picture flashcards
Felt alphabet
Cut out letters
Wall chart
Letter line with upper & lower case

Scope & sequence
Aa, Bb (name, sound & formation) wk 3-4
Cc, Dd (name, sound & formation) wk 5-8
Ee, Ff, Gg ( name, sound & formation) wk 9-12
Hh, Ii, Jj (name ,sound, & formation) wk 13-16
Kk, Ll, ( name ,sound & formation) wk 17-20
Mm, Nn, Oo ( name, sound & formation) wk 21-24
Pp, Qq, Rr ( name, sound & formation) wk 25-28
Ss, Tt, (name, sound & formation) wk 29-32
Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy,Zz ( name, sound & formation) wk 33-36
Aa-Zz ( name, sound & formation) wk 37-40

Environmental studies

Instructional Philosophy
Introducing children to these very important issues to enable them to respect each others differences and to learn that regardless of our differences Jesus loves us all. John 3:16.
Instructional Objectives

Instructional goals
Encourage children in establishing a personal hygiene program through discussion of the importance of good health through a balanced diet, proper posture, adequate exercise and rest.
Familiarize the children with their environment and various cultures, and development, their observation and discovery skills

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 various type of homes.
4. Know about safety in the home and neighborhood.
5. Know food eaten in various homes and communities.
6. Identify animals and birds found in homes.
7. Identify animals and birds found in forests.
8. Identify clothe worn at different times depending on the weather.
9. Identify clothes worn in different cultures.
10.Identify plants that are grown at home and on a farm.

Resources
Display charts & books
Display charts animals & their young.
Display weather charts.

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
Children should be encouraged to be creative to go beyond the mere invitation of what someone else in any situation. Psalms 33:6 by the words of the Lord the heavens were made and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Stages
1. Scribbling stage
2. Symbolic stage
3. Representational stage.

Instructional Goals
Integrate creative activity experiences with other curriculum areas. Gain experience in handling different materials and relate them to their daily life.

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. Modeling
2. Scrape models
3. Tearing and cutting
4. Scribbling and drawing
5. Pasting and sticking
6. Painting
7. Printing
8. Collage & mosaic
9. Weaving
10. 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
Knowing God’s precision in keeping order. Genesis 6:15-16. This is how you are to build it. The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high. Make a roof for it and finish the ark within 18 inches. Even in the earliest times God knew exactly how he preferred things done. And even now he is still a God of order.

Instructional Goals
Math skills and concepts are acquired at an early age. Most of the activities should be in form of game, poems, rhymes, finger plays and songs, which are interesting to children.

Instructional Objectives
Children should be able to:
1. Develop interest in and positive attitudes towards mathematics.
2. Develop early mathematical concepts and skills.
3. Develop the ability to think and reason logically.
4. Recognize number symbols, shapes, and their values.
5. Develop appreciation of use of mathematics in daily life.
6. Develop basic mathematical vocabulary.
7. Develop the ability to observe and discover new ideas in maths.

Resources Toys, legs, blocks of wood, number puzzles, boxes, plastic bottles, various shapes, cut out numbers, feathers, beads large, felt objects for counting, numbers concept cards, displayed, felt 3’’ numbers, Abeka Numbers and skills with button bear.

Scope and Sequence
1. Sorting and grouping by size and shape.
2. Matching and pairing of numbers and different objects.
3. Ordering various objects.
4. Rote counting 1-30.
5. Number recognition using puzzles, skittle games, dominoes.
6. Number latto games.
7. Number concept 1-15 from week 3-40.

Bible

Instructional Philosophy
The primary focus of the Bible series should be on application of Bible principles to the lives of students. The central focus should be kept on the Bible itself, and making it the most exciting and productive time of the school day. Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you.” Mathew 28:20.

Instructional Goals
1. To introduce Bible stories focusing on Bible heros of faith and children of the Bible.
2. Children should grow in the “ nurture and admonition of the Lord”.

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
-Pre-school Bible stories ( Ages 2-4) 143 flash –a- cards illustrating old and new testament stories. A Beka Book.
-Pre-school Bible memory picture cards 26 illustrated Bible verses introduction of A Beka Book.
-Picture visual aids made from arts and crafts with Amber lamb.

Scope & Sequence
1. Jesus and the children. week 1
2. Jesus loves me. week 2
3. God made the world week3
4. A loving God made a world for me week4
5. Adam and Eve
6. The first family
7. Noah listened and obeyed God
8. Isaac was a gift from God
9. Jacob and Esau
10.God took care of Joseph
11. Joseph was kind to his brothers
12. God kept baby Moses safe.
13. God helped Moses to a leader
14. Jesus was born
15. The angels and the shepherds
16. Wise men found baby Jesus
17. The boy Jesus obeyed his parents.
18. Baby John
19. The disciples followed Jesus.
20. A little boy shared, his lunch
21. Jesus healed Jairu’s daughter
22. Jesus calmed a storm
23. Jesus healed a paralyzed man
24. Zacchaeus came to Jesus
25. Nicodemus met Jesus
26. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead
27. Jesus is king
28. Jesus arrest, trial and crucifixion
29. Jesus resurrection and ascension
30. Peters escape from prison
31. Paul and Silas in prison
32. Joshua and Caleb
33. The boy Samuel
34. David the victorious Shepard boy
35. Jonah and the big fish
36. Daniel and the Lion’s den.