Kindergarten Curriculum: Monthly plan for Rabi' ul Avval (February)

Themes: My Body and 5 senses, Animals and their babies, Desert animals, Honeybees.

Monthy Library:
Me and My Amazing Body by Joan Sweeney
Me and my senses by Joan Sweeney
Keeping ourselves Clean by darulkitab publications
A Day in A Day in the life: Desert Animals- Meerkat
A Day in A Day in the life: Desert Animals- Arabian Oryx
A Day in A Day in the life: Desert Animals- Roadrunner
World of Insects: Honeybees (early readers)
Baby Bear, Baby Bear, what do you see?Martin, Bill
Tuck me in by Hacohen, Dean.
Mommy, carry me please! by Cabrera, Jane.
Who loves the little lamb? Evans Lezlie
Baby animals : black and whiteby Tildes, Phyllis Limbacher.

Language and Literacy:

Reading Readiness:

• Develop vocabulary through listening, speaking and print
• Identify and use likenesses and differences in colors, shapes, pictures, letters and words
• Identify emotions
• Explore the senses
• Work with Rhyming words
• Use Sounds and Letters to Spell
• Know that Words Join Together to Make Sentences
• Identify cause and effect relationships
• Recognize action words in a story

Phonics:
Review all the previous phonetic rules.

• Review blending consonant sounds which are br, pl, fl, sl, cr, gl, gr, bl, cl, fr, pr, st, tr, str, sp, sw, tw, sk. Also review consonant digraphs.
• Review long vowels, vowel digraphs, vowel diphthongs and R-controlled vowels
• Practice silent consonant and consonant digraphs (comb, debt, window, answer, high, fudge, fridge etc)

Vocabulary
Learn selected words related to monthly themes, geography, science and grammar.

Grammar
Action Verbs

Writing:
Practice writing short sentences with illustrations about senses, baby animals and your favorite desert animal.

Math:

MEP maths Year 1: lessons 11-15 (optional).
Last months lessons were all about comparison sets and more activities on this topic are coming in the following lessons. So we will be focusing more this concept inshaAllah.
Some of the lessons also introduced the odd and even number concept and currently we have have been working in this topic.

• Odd and Even Numbers
• Comparison of sets: More/greater, fewer/less, equal …

From Big kindergarten Workbook (especially for Sarah)

• Explore concepts before/after/in between
• Recognize penny, nickel, dime and quarter
• Counting money, comparing amounts and shopping

Science:

• Recognize weather conditions and appropriate dress. Learn about freezing cold, frost and frostbite.
• My Body and 5 senses

From Science Workbook:

• Cook It! ( Physical Science)- the properties of materials may change when they are cooked.
• It’s a leaf! (Life science)- Plant leaves produce food for plants and people.
• When it grows up (life Science) - Plants and Animals closely resemble their parents.
• Sunshine (Earth and Space Science) - The sun provides light and heat.
• Sam’s Science Fair Project (Life Science) - Plants need light to grow and survive.
• Who was walking here? (Life Science)-animals leave tracks that can be used for identification.

Geography:

• Landforms and Bodies of Water- Hills and Mountains; Islands and Volcanoes; Deserts and Plains; Canyons and Valleys; Oceans, lakes and Rivers; Landforms and Bodies of water.
• Introduction to Continents and Oceans.

Social Studies:

• Keep practicing addresses, phone number, family members and their ages. Location of home and surroundings.
• Building Friendships. Recognize how people are alike and different
• Understanding other cultures.

Islamic Studies.
Aqeedah:
Allaah’s will
Al-Qadr
The Angels
The Iblees
The Messengers
The Books.
The Noble Qur’an

Learn different duaa
Practice wudu and prayer

Arabic
Study several lessons from Teach your Child Arabic.
Practice Reading with “ Arabic Comes First.” vocabulary worksheets and Iqra tajweed book.
Practice Handwriting
New vocabulary from books and First Arabic Words audio.