Kindergarten Curriculum
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Our Kindergarten Students begin the year hearing a variety of stories with a color theme. These entertaining stories engage our students and prompt even the quietest of our new friends to share their thoughts and participate! A few of the stories in this unit are
Not in the House, Newton by Judith Gilliland
Crictor by Tomi Ungerer
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
The Color of Things by Vivienne Shalom
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Winter stories bring us through the cold months. We begin with stories with adventures in the snow and then we try to stay awake while we read about hibernation. Some of these exhilarating stories are
Stranger in the Woods by Carl Sams
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson
Time to Sleep by Steve Jenkins
Bear Has a Story to Tell by Philip C. Stead
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We welcome spring with waking up stories. We talk about gardens and growing and welcome the warmer weather!
and then its spring by Julie Fogliano
Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
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We learn about chickens and birds, reading nonfiction and fiction. This leads us into our "Little Red Hen" unit, starting with the classic version and continueing with a variety of parodies!
Farmyard Friends: Chickens by Camilla de la Bedoyere
Chicken Aren't the Only Ones by Ruth Heller
An Egg is Quiet by Diana Aston
The Little Red Hen Classic Fairytale
The Little Red Hen Makes Pizza by Philemon Sturges
Cook-a-doodle-doo by Janet Stevens