(KLA) Handbook

 Develop social and cultural awareness:

o Learn the value of relationships within the family o Develop friendships with those who may be a different gender, race, age or who may have different abilities or beliefs o Understand holidays o Be introduced to American history o Be introduced to the roles of community helpers

Academically  Develop a positive attitude toward education/school  Learn new skills: o Counting

o Quantitative concepts (more/less, full/empty, etc.) o Classification and Patterning o One-to-one correspondence o Ordering, sequencing (short, shorter, shortest and story sequencing) o Number recognition o Measurement o Fractions

 Develop curiosity, creativity, and problem-solving ability:

o Making comparison (same/different; big/bigger/biggest) o Classifying o Noting sequence o Understanding cause and effect o Making inferences o Predicting outcomes

 Develop ability to use and understand language: o Auditory discrimination and memory o Rhyming

o Oral communication and vocabulary development o Dictating stories (having their own stories written down) o Classification o Visual discrimination and memory o Alphabet recognition

o Left-to-right progression o Whole/part relationships o Comprehension o Using position words o Opposites

 Understand God’s universe and the people of His Word: o Matter and energy o The earth

o The cosmos o Living things