Transitional Kindergarten - Monthly Curriculum:
November
Theme: Thanksgiving
Bible Stories: Garden of Eden, House Building (Wise &
Foolish Builders), Isaac, Joshua & Wall of Jericho
Character Building Emphasis: Learning to say thank you
Memory Verses: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.”
Psalm 100:4
Language and Vocabulary:
1. Vegetable naming, sorting, learning about the grocery store
2. Thanksgiving theme, sharing vocabulary
3. Cooking experiences
4. Colors – red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, and gold
5. Directional and positional concepts – up and down
6. Health habits/nutrition
7. Food groups
8. Shape - Triangle
9. Letters – Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj
Skills:
Fine Motor: Lacing, painting, cutting, coloring, play dough manipulation, stringing, tower building, making vertical lines and path tracing
Gross Motor: Organized games, jumping, ball handling, balance
Premath: One-to-one
correspondence, calendar activities, sorting, making sets, patterning,
tall and short, triangle
Perception:
Same and different, draw a person, puzzles, copying block, peg and bead
designs, patterning
Sensory Skills: Introducing all five senses
