Six Key learning areas (Michaelis, 2013)
Personal and Social Development
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Give compliments and accept different points of view.
- Wait their turn, share, and listen to what others have to say.
- Recognize when someone else is upset and show empathy. For example, tell an adult when another child is hurt or role-play emotions with toys.
- Problem-solve to help themselves and others.
- Play and work with other children. For example, offering to help others, listening to their friends.
- Show that they are beginning to understand that there are consequences to actions.
- Know some things about the world around them. For example, that farmers live on farms, that some kids live in the country and some live in apartments.
- Talk about their heritage or cultural background.
- Know their likes and dislikes, express their thoughts, and recognize their own accomplishments.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Talk and listen to you, their teacher and their friends.
- Use facial expressions and gestures that match what they are saying.
- Talk about what they think and feel.
- Ask lots of questions.
- Retell stories or talk about events in proper order.
- Show that they understand books that are read to them by retelling the stories and reading aloud.
- Try to read and make sense of what they are reading.
- Try to write simple messages.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Show that they understand that numbers are used for counting and measuring and that numbers and quantities can get bigger or smaller.
- Count to ten.
- Measure and compare length, weight, temperature and size of different objects. For example, they can line up toys from the smallest to the biggest or measure how many steps it takes to get across the room.
- Compare two and three-dimensional objects and sort them. For example, they know the difference between a rectangle and a triangle and they can sort the rectangles by size.
- Make out patterns in words and objects. For example, they will know what comes next if the pattern is one nail, two buttons, three beads, one nail, two buttons and three beads.
- Group objects together based on size, shape, or colour. For example, they will pile all their pink teddy bears together and put the blue teddy bears in a different pile.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Show that they are curious about the natural and human-made.
- Conduct simple science experiments.
- Show that they care about the natural world.
- Talk about the differences in materials. For example, they know you can see through saran wrap but not tinfoil. They can also talk about different properties of materials. For example, they know sand can be wet or dry.
- Understand how to use materials and tools safely. For example, they know not to run with scissors.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Understand that getting regular exercise and eating well will keep themselves and others healthy.
- Know what to do if they feel unsafe or if they are being bullied—like 911, block parents, and playground monitors.
- Participate in physical activities — like dance, games, fitness breaks, tossing, and catching.
- Have some control of their large muscles—like good balance and hand-eye coordination so they can throw, climb, and catch.
- Have some control of their small muscles, like playing with play dough, building with blocks, playing in the sand, and using a pen or paintbrush.
By the end of kindergarten, children should be able to:
- Show they can draw pictures and be able to describe their drawings.
- Show they know what art is.
- Show different ideas in their art.
- Be aware of different types of art from different cultures.
- Use different materials to create art.
The information above has been provided by Sarah Michaelis, a writer for TVO parents. For references, click here.