The Explosion Year!
At Novi Woods Montessori, the third (or Kindergarten) year is the time when many of the earlier lessons come together and become permanent part of the young child’s mind. We call this year ‘the explosion year’! By this time, most Montessori children will be reading, and many will be introduced to higher math concepts. As a five-year-old, they are now the “Leaders,” rich with experience and knowledge and may be able to teach their younger classmates lessons. Research proves that this experience has powerful benefits for both the mentor and the mentee. This also encourages empathy, increased self-confidence and enthusiasm for the learning process, which they can leave Novi Woods with, and carry with them the rest of their life.
Kindergarten Math Curriculum
Numeration
Counts by 1’s to 25.
Recognizes and orally reads numbers 1 – 100 out of Sequence
Independently forms numbers
Does 1:1 correspondence
Forms sets
Uses concepts before, between, after correctly
Uses symbols for all 4 mathematical operations orally and written
Able to form and separate sets horizontally and vertically
Able to do Addition Multiplication, Subtraction & Division (Static & Dynamic)
Measurement
Gives value and exchange of U.S. coins: penny, nickel, and dime
Sequence seasons of the year
Sequence days of the week
Collects simple data from the environment and tallies results in simple graph form
Applies the fractional parts of halves and quarters to the whole
Uses a variety of concrete objects to measure in non- standard measurements
Pours, levels and tracks liquid and dry ingredients using 1:1 correspondence
Knows time intervals today, tomorrow, yesterday, & hours on the clock
Thinking Skills
Creates and repeats patterns using variety of media (3-5 Variables)
Expresses comparative size & spatial relationships:
Taller/shorter, bigger/smaller, left/right, under/over.
Creates own simple symmetrical designs & structures
Distinguishes between open & closed curves
Work puzzles
Reproduces a simple 3-D structure
Sort objects to color, size, shape and describes properties or attributes
Able to verbalize about his or her preference choice
Begins to make quantity guesses
Participates in game situation with teachers and peers
Able to concentrate on games to termination
Draws a conclusion and forms a picture story problem.
Kindergarten Language Curriculum
Listening
Listens to others in a small group
Listens to a story with minimum pictures and listens attentively to the end
Gives back the main idea of a story
Hears rhyming words
Hears common sounds at the beginning, end, and middle of words
Follows a two-step direction
Speaking
Shares some of her outside experiences with peers and teachers
Shares school experiences with the large group at end of day
Dictates short stories
Able to share own dictations with others
Participates in discussions
Speaks in a clear and natural tone
Reading
Completes self-initiated tasks
Perceives relationships in stories, main characters, and events
Verifies true and false statements
Draws conclusions from given facts.
Begins a sight vocabulary
Identifies upper case letters
Identifies lower case letters
Has established left to right eye movement
Recognizes consonant sounds in isolation
Identifies vowels & their sounds
Follows through on teacher-directed tasks
Anticipates a word through a picture clue
Is able to read back simple dictations accurately
Beginning Reading
Writing
Labels own work with name
Interested in writing
Forms upper case letters
Traces sentence, copies words from board or paper
Uses knowledge of letters and beginning and ending consonant sounds to label own illustrations.
Word building & sentence structure