Kindergarten Year Plan: Themes and Curriculum

Theme
Literacy

September
All About Me

Numeracy

Citizenship &
Identity

Environmental &
Community
Awareness

Personal & Social

Responsibility

Physical Skills &

Well-being

Creative
Expression

October
November
Fall,
Under the Sea
Thanksgiving,
Halloween
Letters and Sound Recognition
Rhyming
Name

Participation

Asking
printing
in and
questions
personal
(show
Printing
response to
and
strokes
poems,
share)
Clear
stories, and

Listening
communicat
songs
to others
ion
(ongoing)
(ongoing)
Following
instructions
Numbers from 1 - 10 - continuous all year
Explore

Patterning

Number
manipulates
Sense:
Sorting
for
Focus:
patterning
numbers
and sorting
1-5
I am unique
I belong
Likes and
dislikes

December
Christmas
Gingerbread

Invented spelling using sound knowledge

Multi-step directions
More independent writing
Gathering information and reporting

Homes

The five

Seasons and weather

senses
Places in my
community

Body
parts

The five
senses
Following

Personal information (name,

Similarities and
rules and
phone)
differences
routines

Following directions

Honesty
Safety at school and in he community
Rules and fair play
Skating
Healthy food choices
Leading an active lifestyle
Personal hygiene and health
Experiment with colour
Lines
Light and colour
Holidays in different cultures and our own
Textures
Patterns
Using different materials to make art
Singing, games, poems, dancing, puppets and role play done through various activities throughout the year