We used The Good and The Beautiful Kindergarten Math Curriculum which encompasses a balanced and traditional approach to learning math with an emphasis on number sense. The following course objectives are concepts taught and learned this year.
- Number Recognition
- identify no. 0-20
- write no. 0-20
- spell numerals zero -10
- Geometry
- shapes: ellipse, pentagon, hexagon
- 3D shapes: cube, sphere, cone, cylinder
- left/right
- spatial reasoning skills
- sorting and classification
- Patterns
- patterns in nature
- recognize and continue AB, ABC, ABCD, and ABB patterns
- Number Sense + Operations
- count up to 20 objects
- count to 100
- count by 10s to 100
- count by 2s to 20
- ordinal numbers 0-20
- even and odd numbers up to 20
- counting up starting at numbers 2-20
- compare numbers and amounts
- compose and decompose numbers to 20
- addition with the sum of 10
- addition with 10 plus a number with a sum up to 20
- mastery of addition of numbers 0-5
- subtraction with the minuend up to 10
- beginning understanding of place value through 100
- Measurement: Time
- days of the week
- months of the year
- use of a calendar
- write the date
- time to the hour
- duration of one second/one minute
- Measurement: Money
- name and value of the penny and dime
- count and add pennies
- Measurement: Length
- measurement in inches
- compare measurable attributes
- Measurement: Graphing
- read, create, and analyze bar graphs, pictographs, and tally mark graphs
Samples of Jacob’s work:
