K1 Curriculum Outline
Miss Marjorie Robinson
MATHEMATICS
Aim: To sensitise children to numbers, shapes and colours around them.
Objectives: – to enable students to trace, write the numbers and associate them with objects.
– to enable students to associate shapes and colours.
– to enable students to count.
– counting 1-100
– sand paper numbers 1 – 20
– numbers 1 – 20
– colours
– flat and 3 dimensional shapes – triangle, square, diamond, circle, oval, etc.
LANGUAGE ARTS
Aim: For children to develop oral and language skills in order to accomplish certain tasks.
Objectives: – to enable children to be cognisant of their names
– to enable students to learn the alphabet/capital and common
– to identify and recognise the letters and associate them with their sounds
– to learn to identify certain words and read simple sentences
– to be able to trace letters and words
– to help children to write words
– name card
– alphabet
– vowels
– reading/vocabulary
– tracing and writing
SCIENCE
Aim: For children to be more aware of the things around them.
Objectives: – to enable students to be aware of how living things grow
– the benefits of a healthy environment
– to be able to name the body parts
– to be able to identify animals and their sounds
– to know the five senses and how we use them
– A healthy environment
– Plants
– The senses
– animals and their sounds
– body parts
SOCIAL STUDIES
– Jamaica
– National Symbols/Anthem/Pledge/
– Heroes/Heroine
– Airports inJamaica
– Community workers
– Types of transportation
– The Continents
PRACTICAL LIFE
Aim: To enable students to develop their social skills, to have a sense of self worth and to develop their physical/motor skills
Objectives: – to enable students to build their fine motor skills
– to enable students to be helpful
– to enable students to be independent
– to enable students to develop their fine thinking skills
– to enable students to learn to share with each other
– grasping things
– sponge – squeezing
– cleaning a desk
– carrying a chair
– cutting paper
– sorting of objects
– pouring water using a funnel
– carrying a tray
– buttoning, shoe lacing
EARLY WORK
– concepts are reinforced developing children’s motor skills by doing colouring, putting puzzles together, creating with playdough and reading storybooks.
CIRCLE TIME
Aim: To develop language skills and social interaction
Objectives: – to enable students to socialize with each other
– to enable students to speak freely
– to enable students to do the activity, show and tell.
– devotion
– discussions on the weather, calendar and sing related songs
– Bible stories
– greeting songs
– nursery rhymes
– news (good)
Visit the Students’ Art Gallery
