EDUCATION 312

CURRICULUM INSTRUCTION AND

LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
SUMMER 2022

UNIVERSAL KINDERGARTEN
CURRICULUM
(DO 47 s. 2016)

ROSE CORAZON E. GUNDAY

MT-1/TIC
PAGAHAT ES/CANDIJAY DISTRICT

Department of Education
Rationale

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 On Enrolment: (DO #47 s. 2016)
• Age qualification for Kindergarten learners in
public schools should be five (5) years old by
June 1 of every school year (DepEd Order No.
16, s. 2015).
• However, the school may consider learners
entering Kindergarten who will turn five (5) years
old by the end of August on the condition that the
Philippine Early Childhood Development (ECD)
Checklist must be administered to the learner to
ensure that the learner is capable of meeting the
expectations of the grade level

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 Overview: Kindergarten Curriculum Guide
(Standards and Competencies for Five-Year-Old Filipino Children)

• general framework and approach

of Kindergarten implementation

• lists the competencies or skills in the different

developmental domains for holistic development
of children
• primary guide to
Kindergarten implementation
• basis of the daily activities in
the Teacher’s Guide

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 Kindergarten Curriculum Framework

 The principles form the theoretical

basis of the Kindergarten Curricular
Framework

 The circles signify the system of

Kindergarten implementation

 child is at the center surrounded by

the learning domains that have to be
nurtured & equally given importance
in the form of ellipses to signify their
interconnectedness
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 Kindergarten Curriculum Framework

 Learning domains are enclosed by

the Learning Areas children will
meet in Grade I onward for which
they are being prepared.

 The outermost layer indicates the

Curricular Themes upon which
the Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide
is designed to holistically develop
children.

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Guiding Principles of Kindergarten Implementation

1. Developmentally-Appropriate Practice
(DAP)
• Age-appropriate
• Individually-appropriate
• Socio-culturally-appropriate
2. Child Growth and Development
• Every child is unique.
• Growth and development vary from child to
child (the first eight years of life are most
vital)
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Guiding Principles of Kindergarten Implementation

• Every aspect of growth and development is

interrelated and interdependent.
• The learning and development of every child
involve a series of complex and dynamic
processes that are best attended to in a most
positive and responsive manner.
• The child must be encouraged to aspire
beyond his/her own level of achievements and
to practice newly acquired competencies.

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Guiding Principles of Kindergarten Implementation

3. Learning Program and Development

• is child centered
• use of learning materials and other resources
that are locally developed and/or locally
available
• Mother tongue shall be used as the child’s
language of learning.
• Follows a class program known as Blocks of
Time
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Guiding Principles of Kindergarten Implementation

4. Learning Assessment
• to monitor learning, know where the child is,
and inform parents of the child’s progress
• is best conducted on a regular basis so that
timely response or intervention can be made
to improve learning
• ratings should be qualitative/descriptive and
less numerical

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Kindergarten Blocks of Time

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Kindergarten Checklist & Progress Report

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Guiding Principles of Kindergarten Implementation

5. Play-Based
• is natural for children
• makes children think and wonder, socialize and
negotiate with others, solve problems, imagine
and create

• most developmentally appropriate tool for

teaching

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Transition from Kindergarten to Grade I
KINDERGARTEN GRADE 1

DOMAINS
LEARNING AREAS

Socio-Emotional Development
(Sosyo-Emosyunal at Kakayahang Araling Panlipunan
Social Studies
Makipamuhay)

Values Development
(Kagandahang Asal) Values Education Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao

Physical Health and Motor

Development
Pysical Education & Health
(Kalusugang Pisikal at
Kasanayang Motor) Music, Arts, Physical Education
and Health

Aesthetic Development Music and Arts

(Sining)

Mathematics Mathematics Mathematics

Physical and Natural Environment

(Pisikal at Likas na Kapaligiran) Science

Language, Literacy and Language Filipino and Mother Tongue

Communication

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 Closure
“ I can’t change the
direction of the wind, but
I can adjust my sails to
always reach my
destination”

Jimmy Dean

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 References
 

Department of Education (2013), Standards and Competencies

for Five-Year-Old Filipino Children, Pasig City
 
Department of Education (First Edition 2017) Kindergarten
Teacher’s Guide
 
Contextualized Kindergarten Blocks of Time (2019)
 
K – 12, Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC)
(2020)

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