Kindergarten stuff

From Cmi Spark

Taken from a homeschooling website: http://homeschooling.about.com/cs/learning/a/courseofstudy.htm

[edit] Kindergarten math

Annotated links for the typical course of study for to help you cover each topic and check mastery of that skill. This is a work in progress that I assume will take a while to complete. I will be adding links and pages periodically.

   * Simple counting to 20
   * One-to-one relationship
   * Concepts of more, less than, same
   * Sequence of events
   * Correspondence of quantities
   * Ordinal-cardinal relationship
   * Number-numeral relationship
   * Recognition of basic sets
   * Meaning of addition and subtraction
   * Introduction to number line
   * Estimation
   * Elementary geometry (shapes)
   * Calendar and clock
   * Denominations of money
   * Basic problem-solving strategies
   * Basic chart and graph concepts 

[edit] Kindergarten health and safety

[edit] Personal hygiene

   * Why do I Need to Wash My Hands? - Washing your hands is the best
     way to stop germs from spreading

   * Wash Your Hands - A comic about washing your hands properly.

   * Wash Away Germs - Learn that germs can also be spread by touching using a simulation with stickers.
   * Clean Body and Clothing-Learn the importance of keeping their body and clothing clean.
   * Germs Experiment - Observe the growth of germs.
   * Germs Experiment 2 - See how easily germs can spread and learn the importance of washing your hands.
   * Glittering Germs - A bit messy, but gets the point across.
   * Handwashing - Streaming video demonstrating how to properly wash your hands. (Scroll down and click on the video link.)

   * I Wiggle My... - Choose which body part I'm wiggling.
   * Body Part Tag - Students practice their chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills.
   * Human Body Simon Says Game - Learn body parts while playing Simon Says.

Lessons

   * Body Part Awareness - Help children understand body part names and locations.
   * Here are my Hands - Activities to follow the book.
   * Body Parts Unit - Children learn about the basic body parts, measure their legs, discuss how we use our hands, discover how everyone's faces are different, and learn a fun poem called "Fries and Ketchup."
   * All About Me - Mini unit covering body parts, feelings, manners and behavior, alike and different, and self-esteem.