Monday, March 2, 2015

Schoolin' These Homies

Don't mind me, just making a crazy OCD list of concepts and activities I want to be sure to teach my kids this year. This is definitely a work in progress!

Pre-K

Vocab
Name
Address
Days & Months
Occupations
Food
Nature
House-related
Family
Rhymes and sayings
Opposites, Synonyms

Reading
Eric Carle Letters
Alliteration games
Recognition and sound BINGO
Phonics
Sight recognition in MS Word
Paint chips
Library trips -- Local and Harold Washington

Writing & Typing
Tactile writing
Keyboard Zoo

Arithmetic
Shapes
Number recognition
Patterns

Fitness
Skip, hop, jump
Catch and swing
Somersault
Swim

Art
Colors
Coloring, cutting, gluing

Science
Animal factoids
Body Parts
Planets
Seasons

Church
Articles of Faith (hit next)

Post-K

Reading
Library trips -- Local and Harold Washington

Writing & Typing
Name and address
Tracing and writing practice
Publish your own book

Arithmetic
Count by 2s, 5s, 10s
Number line (negative and positive)
Introduce simple fractions
Money, pretend business transactions
Math games
Dice games
Graphing
Telling Time

Programming
Light Bot
Daisy the Dinosaur
Hop Scotch
Little Bits

Science (lab)
Body Parts
Static electricity
Magnetism
Plants (photosynthesis)
Pre-historic fossils: Wheaton Woolly Mammoth, Oriental Institute
Earth layers
Balance
Weight and volume
Atoms and molecules
Phases of matter
Scale
Basic physics: Gravity, friction, mass,velocity
Levers, pulleys
Food chain
Cells / Tissues/ Systems

History & Geography
Timelines
Maps
History
US Presidents (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln)
Structure of Democracy
MLK
Ancient Egypt
Aztecs and Vikings
Famous Inventors

Spanish
Location
Tenses

Gym
Bike riding at the Arboretum
Shooting hoops
Kicking soccer ball
Batting and pitching

Art
Recognizing painters and style
Famous art coloring pages

Church
Articles of Faith (hit next)
Ensign/Friend
Picture recognition

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