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Department of Education

MONITORING TOOL FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION

OF THE KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION PROGRAM

Name of School: __________________________ School ID: _______________________

District: ________________________________ Division: ________________________
Name of School Head: ____________________________ Contact No.: ___________

OBJECTIVES: This monitoring tool is developed to ensure that sound, quality, and
appropriate services are implemented and maintained for the Kindergarten
Education Program. Specifically, it has the following objectives:
a. assess the level of implementation of the Kindergarten Education Program
(KEP);
b. determine the presence of the developmental domains among kindergarten
learners, and
c. address issues concerning the kindergarten program to strengthen its
implementation.
To support continuous improvement of the program, after initial monitoring,
any component that requires further attention should be monitored again within the
same school year.
General Instructions: Read each indicator carefully. Check (√ ) the column that
corresponds to your observation. Please provide remarks based on the observation.

Legend: 2 or more MOVs – Evident

1 and no MOV – Not Evident

Indicators MOVs Findings REMARKS

Evident Not
Evident
I. CURRICULUM
1. Proper implementation ● Daily Lesson Log
of the curriculum (DLL)/Daily Lesson
standards, learning Plan (DLP)
competencies and ● Curriculum Guide
learning objectives. ● Teachers Guide
● Other, please
specify:
__________________
2. Adoption of the ● DLL/DLP
different curricular ● Curriculum Guide
themes ● KTG
● Other, please
specify:
__________________

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3. Adoption of the ● DLL/DLP

content and performance ● Learners’ Output
standards across (Portfolio/Performa
developmental domains nce-based Task)
● Learners’ Activity
Sheet (LAS)
● Other, please
specify:
__________________
4. Practices that show ● Madrasah
inclusivity and cater to Curriculum
the diverse needs of ● Indigenous Peoples
learners Education (IPED)
Curriculum
● Kindergarten
Catch-up
Education Program
(KCEP-20-week
Curriculum)
● Special Needs
Education (SNED)
Curriculum
(K to 12
Curriculum with
Adaptation,
Compensatory,
Curriculum, and
Transition Program
Curriculum)
● Other, please
specify:
__________________
5. Alignment of ● DLL/DLP
competencies with the ● Curriculum Guide
21st Century Skills ● Innovation
through differentiated
activities ● Learners’ Output
● Learners’ Output
(Portfolio/Performa
nce-based Task)
● Other, please
specify:
______________

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II.INSTRUCTION
A. Language Instruction
1. Utilization of the
appropriate language as
medium of teaching and
learning.
2. Prioritization of the
Mother Tongue language
of the kindergarten
learners to understand
the lessons easily.
B. Learning Activities
1. Alignment of learning
activities using thematic
approach to address
spiraling learning
process
2. Integration of concepts
and skills from the
developmental domains
in every theme per unit
3. Utilization of the
differentiated
instructions based on the
Developmentally
Appropriate Practices
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• DLL/DLP
• Observation Notes
• Language mapping
• Activity Sheets
• Activity Wall
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• DLL/DLP
• Observation Notes
• Language mapping
• Activity Sheets
• Activity Wall
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• LAS
• Learners’ Output
(Portfolio/Perform
ance-based Task)
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• DLL/DLP
• Observation Notes
• Learners’ Output
(Portfolio/Perform
ance-based Task)
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• DLL/DLP
• Observation Notes
• Learners’ Output
(Portfolio/Perform
ance-based Task)
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• Other, please
specify:
______________

4. Integration of • Laptop
technology to make • Television
lessons interactive, fun • Interactive
and interesting that Whiteboard
enhances the learning
• Lessons in
experiences of the
PowerPoint
learners
Presentation/
Application
• Technology-related
activities of
learners
• Technology-based
games
• Learners’ Portfolio/
Performance Task

• Other, please
specify:
______________

5. Availability and • Government

accessibility of internet Elementary School
connectivity/websites Profile (GESP)
and services • Other, please
specify:
_____________

C. Blocks of Time
1. Provision of scaffolded • Blocks of Time/
activities to support and Class Schedule
enhance learning • DLL/DLP
experiences • Observation Notes
• LAS
• Learners’ Portfolio/
Performance Task
• Other, please
specify:
______________

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2. Inclusion of transition
activities and strategies
within setting (e.g. small
group to large group
situations, etc…)
3. Implementation of
personalized activities
during Arrival Time to
create a positive and
engaging start for their
daily learning experience
4. Implementation of
personalized activities
during Meeting Time in
preparation for the daily
task
5. Provision of
differentiated
instruction/activities
during Work Periods to
accommodate diverse
learner’s needs
6. Implementation of the
activities during
Storytelling Time
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• Blocks of Time/
Class Schedule
• Compilation of
transition
songs/rhymes/son
gs/chants/poems
• Compilation of
transition activities
(finger plays, etc...)
• Observation Notes
• Other, please
specify:
_____________
• Greetings
• Attendance
chart/signing -In
• Job chart
• Free play
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• Community
greeting
• The Day’s Schedule
• Calendar Chart
• Weather Graph
• Teaching with the
Daily Message
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• DLL/DLP
• LAS
• Activity Wall
• Other, please
specify:
______________
• DLL/DLP
• Observation Notes
• Storybooks
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- Read aloud • Invitation letter

- Using ICT • Activity Report
- Inviting Story • Other, please
Teller specify:
______________

7. Presence of • Observation Notes

contextualization • Learners’ Portfolio/
concerning social and Performance Task
cultural realities in the • Local
school community games/arts/songs
• Other, please
specify:
______________

III. LEARNING SPACE AND ENVIRONMENT

A. Classroom
1. Adherance to DepEd • Classroom Size
Facilities Manual 2010 (7m x 9m)
and DepEd Order No. 47, • School
s. 2016. Development Plan
• Building Cards
• Program of Work
• National School
Building Inventory
(NSBI)
• Other, please
specify:
_____________

2. Teacher-classroom • School Register

ratio conforms with (SF 1)
DepEd Order No. 47, s. • Monthly
2016. Learners’
Movement and
Attendance (SF
4)
• Other, please
specify:
____________

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3. Teacher-pupil ratio of • School Register

1:25 follows DepEd Order (SF 1)
No. 77, s. 2010 and
Executive Order No. 349. • School Report
Card (SRC)

• Other, please
specify:
____________

4. Classroom is located • School Site

on the ground floor, near Development Plan
the entry and /or exit • School Disaster
access points compliant Risk Reduction and
to DepEd Order No. 40, Management
s. 2022. Contingency Plan
• Other, please
specify:
____________

B. Furniture And Equipment

1. The design of the • 5 tables and 30
kindergarten classroom chairs (modular
conforms with the type)
technical specifications • 1 set of teacher’s
of DO No. 93, s. 2009 table and chair
Enclosure No. 4.1 to 4.5. • 1 teacher’s cabinet
• Teacher’s
manipulative
table/ work table
• 1 open shelf for
the manipulative
toys
• 1 open shelf for
storybooks
• 1 open shelf for
the learner’s
materials
• 1 unit Kindergarten
cubby for the

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2. Available and
functional water facilities
that provide clean
drinking water and
promote proper hygiene
compliant with DepEd
Order No. 10, s. 2016.
3. Available and
functional Comfort rooms
for 5-year-old learners
that help promote
hygiene, and develop
self-help skills and
independence compliant
with DepEd Order No.
47, s. 2016.
4. Provision of proper
and adequate lighting
(natural and electric
lighting) and ventilation
in the classroom
5. Accessible emergency
equipment and tools that
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learner’s personal
belongings
• 1 unit ceiling fan
• 2 units wall fan
• Clean blackboard
or white board
with blue-red-blue
lines mounted in
the eye level or
can be reached by
the learners.
• Other, please
specify:
____________
• lavatory/handwas
hing area
• water dispenser
• Other, please
specify:
____________
• toilet bowl
• urinals
• Other, please
specify:
___________
• 2 40-watt
fluorescent lamp
• 1 wide window
• Other, please
specify: __________
• fire extinguisher
• flashlight
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ensure safety of learners • whistle

in times of emergency and • Exit Plan
disaster. • Other, please
specify: __________
6. Availability of medical • bandages
kit/cabinet that includes a • cotton
wide range of essential • band-aids
items for medical care. • gauze
• antiseptic solution
• alcohol
• sanitizer
• basic medicines
• Other, please
specify: __________

7. Adoption of movable/ • monoblock/light

flexible learning space chairs
that executes fun, • light/modular type
developmentally tables
appropriate activities and • Other, please
promotion of learners’ specify: __________
holistic development.
C. Activity Corners
1. Available and • mirror
functional personal care • comb
and grooming corners • towel
that support learners’ • toothbrush
independence and • toothpaste
hygiene.
• soap
• toiletries
• nail cutter
• tissue paper
• alcohol
• hand sanitizer
• cotton buds
• Other, please
specify:
_____________

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2. Accessible language • books (i.e., picture

arts corner that story books,
enhances learners’ picture concept
creativity, early literacy books, wordless
books, science/
and oral language skills.
nature books,
Filipiniana,
student- or
teacher-made
books)
• letter cards/
flashcards
• mat or carpet
• pillows
• small stuffed toys
• Other, please
specify
_____________

3. Provison of sensory- • magnifying glass

perceptual and numeracy
• counters beads
skills corners that
• number cards
develop learners’ sensory,
• nature
fine motor, cognitive and
tables/indigenous
early numeracy skills. materials
• popsicle sticks
• bottle caps
• straws
• plastic spoons
• clothes pin
• Other, please
specify
_____________

4. Accessible educational • percussion

materials that develop instruments (e.g.,
movement patterns and tambourine,
creativity skills. maracas,
castanets,
xylophone, wood
block, etc.),

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• open-ended
materials (big
blocks, small
blocks, clay, etc)
• Other, please
specify
_____________

5. Provision of work Area • tables and chairs

/ Activity Area that • Art and school
develops collaboration, supplies
socialization, exploration, • Other, please
and executes hands-on specify
activities. _____________

6. Provision of dramatic • household play

Play / Free Play Area items, c, etc.
materials that encourage • costumes or dress-
imagination, exploration, me-up items
social interaction, and • floor/table blocks
language development • Other, please
through creative play specify
_____________
experiences.
IV. LEARNING RESOURCES/MATERIALS
A. Learning resources/ materials aligned with the curriculum are available to all
learners.
1. Availability of • Tangram
manipulative materials • Counters
that support early • Lacing Beads
numeracy skills such as • Basic Geometry
sorting, counting, and shapes
basic geometry. • Abacus
• Other, please
specify:
______________

2. Availability of activity • Flashcards

sheets or card for games • Call-out card
that support in the • Activity sheets
enrichment of • Coloring Activity
developmental domains. • Connecting Games

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• Other, please
specify:
______________

3. Accessibility of • Compilation of
Multimedia and Downloaded Songs
Computer-aided • Compilation of
materials that support Downloaded
visual, auditory, gross Digital Storybooks
motor, language literacy, • Compilation of
and communication Rhymes Movies
skills of the learners. • Compilation of
Interactive
Educational
Games
• Downloaded
Learning
Resources from
the Portal
• Other, please
specify:
______________

4. Provision of varied • Storybooks

types of books that • Wordless/ Picture
support early reading Books
readiness, and book and • Accordion Books
print awareness of the • Board Book
learners. • Pop-up Book
• Other, please
specify:
______________

5. Availability of open- • Sand & water

ended sensory materials • Clay or Playdough
that facilitate the • Table Blocks
progress of the • Lacing Beads
developmental domains of • Tangrams
kindergarten learners.
• Jigsaw Puzzles
• Abacus
• Picking Up
Materials
• Picture Dominoes

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• Dramatic-Play
Materials/Kit
• Other, please
specify:
______________

6. Provision of • Locally produced

indigenous instructional materials
materials that address • Parent & Learner-
the diverse needs of made
learners. (physical & and toys/materials
natural environment, • Localized
socio-cultural and Storybooks
cognitive skills) • Other, please
specify:
______________

B. Learning resources/ materials are utilized based on learning competencies.

1. Utilization of learning • DLL/DLP
resources/ materials that • Learner’s portfolio/
ensure learners’ Performance Task
engagement in class. • Other, please
specify:
______________

2. Utilization of learning • Learner’s Activities

resources and materials
that enhance the • Learner’s Portfolio/
learner’s ability to explore Performance Task
and discover new things • ECD Checklist
around him. • Other, please
specify:
______________

3. Utilization of learning • ECD Checklist

resources/ materials to
track the learning • Inventory of
progress of the learners in Quarterly Learning
the different resources
developmental domains. • Progress Report
Card
• Parent Observation
Tools

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• Other, please
specify:
______________

C. Learning resources/materials are contextualized and quality-assured.

1. Availability of • Inventory and
adequate copies of
developmentally contextualized
appropriate learning video lessons
resources/ materials • LAS
• Inventory and
copies of
storybooks/ digital
books
• Certification of QA
• Evaluation Form
in Quality
Assurance
• Other, please
specify:
______________

2. Alignment of learning • DLL/DLP

materials with the • KTG
learning competencies. • Curriculum Guide
• Other, please
specify:
______________

3. Availability of quality- • Certification of QA

assured learning • Evaluation Form
materials in Quality
(school/division/regional Assurance
level) • Other, please
specify:
______________

4. Utilization of learning • Certification of QA

resources/ materials • Evaluation Form
that ensure safe in Quality
engagement or Assurance
enhance user safety. • Other, please
specify:
______________

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D. Safekeeping And Compilation Of Learning Resources

1. Organization of all • List/Inventory of
learning resources/ learning materials
materials under specific • Well-categorized
developmental domains. materials (labeled
• Digital folders
• Other, please
specify:
______________

V. LEARNING ASSESSMENT/OUTCOMES
1. Availability of teacher- • Activity sheets
made assessment • Weekly assessments
materials that are • Performance tasks
developmentally • Other, please
appropriate specify:
______________

2. Presence of • Activity sheets

assessment materials • Weekly assessments
crafted with emphasis on • Performance tasks
higher-order thinking • Other, please
skills (HOTS). specify:
______________

3. On hand checked and • Certification of QA

or quality assured • Evaluation Form in
assessment materials Quality Assurance
(school/division/regional • Table of
level) Specifications
• Item Analysis
Results
• Other, please
specify:
______________

4. Utilization of • DLL/DLP
assessment strategies • Observation notes
during the teaching and • User friendly
learning process that are assessment format
aligned in the curriculum • Schedule of test
takers

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• Other, please
specify:
______________

5. Provision of
differentiated evaluation
for various types of
learner
• Differentiated
activities
• Learning materials
per group/activity
• Learners’ Output
(Portfolio/Performa
nce-based Task)
• Other, please
specify:
______________

6. Administration and • Philippine ECD

utilization of results with Checklist/ booklet
analysis and • ECD Materials
interpretation of the • ECD Results with
Philippine Early analysis and
Childhood Development interpretation
(ECD) checklist (pre, • Other, please
midyear, post) specify:
______________

7. Performance tracking • Anecdotal record

and reporting facilitated • Parent Teacher
through the teacher's Conference Minutes
thorough compilation of of Meeting
learners' developmental • Activity Report
domains • Other, please
specify:
______________

8. Compilation of • Learners’ Output

learners output (Portfolio/Performan
showcasing learner ce-based Task)
achievements, • Class Progress
competencies, and skills Report
for performance tracking. • Other, please
specify:
______________

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9. Compilation of the • List of most and

most and least learned least learned
competencies by quarter competencies
to refine teaching • Intervention/
strategies and prioritize Enhancement Plan
targeted support for • Other, please
enhanced educational specify:
outcomes ______________

Open-Ended Questions:

What activities have What were the What are the

you conducted in challenges, issues, resolutions/actions
support of the and concerns taken to address the
implementation of encountered in the challenges, issues, and
Kindergarten implementation of concerns encountered?
Education Program? Kindergarten Education
Program?

General Comments:
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Agreements:
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Monitor Focal Person
Date: __________________________ Date: ____________________________

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