Applied Design, Skills, and Technologies
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Designs grow out of natural curiosity.
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Skills can be developed through play.
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Technologies are tools that extend human capabilities.
Career Education
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Confidence develops through the process of self-discovery.
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Effective collaboration relies on clear, respectful communication.
Kindergarten
Arts Education
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Explore elements, processes, materials, movements, technologies, tools, and techniques of the arts.
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Interpret how symbols are used through the arts.
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Experience, document and share creative works in a variety of ways.
English Language Arts
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Playing with language helps us discover how language works.
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Create stories and other texts to deepen awareness of self, family, and community.
Mathematics
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Number represents and describes quantity: Quantities can be decomposed into smaller parts.
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Developing computational fluency comes from a strong sense of number: One-to-one correspondence and a sense of 5 and 10 are essential for working with numbers.
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We use patterns to represent identified regularities and to form generalizations: Repeating elements can be identified.
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Analyzing data and chance help us to compare and interpret: Familiar events can be described as likely or unlikely.
Science
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Questioning & Predicting - Demonstrate curiosity and a sense of wonder about the world.
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Processing & Analyzing Data and Information - Represent observations and ideas by drawing charts and simple pictographs.
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Applying & Innovating - Transfer and apply learning to new situations; Generate and introduce new or refined ideas when problem solving.
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Communicating - Share observations and ideas orally.
Physical & Health Education
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Identify personal skills, interests, and preferences.
Social Studies
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Ask questions, make inferences, and draw conclusions about the content and features of different types of sources.
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Sequence objects, images, and events, and distinguish between what has changed and what has stayed the same.
