What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know: Preparing Your Child for a Lifetime of Learning (Core Knowledge Series)

Sections

• 1 FAMILIAR AND FAVORITE POEMS - Activities for Poetry p. 20
• 2 Time to Rise p. 22
• 3 Happy THought p. 22
• 4 Hickory, Dickory, Dock p. 22
• 5 Early to Bed p. 22
• 6 Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling p. 23
• 7 Hey, Diddle, Diddle p. 23
• 8 Little Bo Peep p. 24
• 9 Little Boy Blue p. 24
• 10 Baa, Baa, Black Sheep p. 24
• 11 One, Two, Buckle My Shoe p. 25
• 12 Rain, Rain, Go Away p. 25
• 13 It's Raining, It's Pouring p. 25
• 14 April Rain Song p. 26
• 15 The More It Snows p. 26
• 16 My Nose p. 27
• 17 Roses Are Red p. 27
• 18 Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary p. 27
• 19 Tommy p. 28
• 20 Jack and Jill p. 28
• 21 Jack Be Nimble p. 28
• 22 There Was a Little Girl p. 29
• 23 Little Miss Muffet p. 29
• 24 Georgie Porgie p. 29
• 25 Humpty Dumpty p. 29
• 26 Little Jack Horner p. 30
• 27 Mary Had a Little Lamb p. 30
• 28 Hot Cross Buns! p. 31
• 29 Simple Simon p. 31
• 30 Old Mother Hubbard p. 31
• 31 Old King Cole p. 32
• 32 Sing a Song of Sixpence p. 32
• 33 Ladybug, Ladybug p. 32
• 34 Three Blind Mice p. 33
• 35 Jack Sprat p. 33
• 36 Seesaw, Margery Daw p. 33
• 37 The Three Little Kittens p. 34
• 38 There Was and Old Woman Who LIved in a Shoe p. 36
• 39 Star Light, Star Bright p. 36
• 40 AESOP'S FABLES - The Dog and His Shadow p. 37
• 41 The Lion and the Mouse p. 38
• 42 The Hare and the Tortoise p. 38
• 43 The Grasshopper and the Ants p. 39
• 44 STORIES - The Three Little Pigs p. 41
• 45 Goldilocks and the Three Bears p. 43
• 46 The Three Billy Goats Gruff p. 45
• 47 Momotaro: Peach Boy p. 46
• 48 The Little Red Hen p. 50
• 49 Chicken Little p. 51
• 50 Little Red Riding Hood p. 52
• 51 The Story of jUmping Mouse p. 56
• 52 The Bremen Town Musicians p. 60
• 53 The Ugly Duckling p. 63
• 54 Tug-of-War p. 68
• 55 Cinderella p. 71
• 56 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids p. 75
• 57 King Midas and the Golden Touch p. 77
• 58 Snow White p. 81
• 59 How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? p. 88
• 60 In Which Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place (Winnie-the-Pooh) p. 92
• 61 The Velveteen Rabbit; or, How Toys Become Real p. 96
• 62 Two Tall Tales p. 103
• 63 Johnny Appleseed p. 103
• 64 Casey Jones p. 105
• 65 SAYINGS - April showers bring May flowers. p. 109
• 66 Better safe than sorry p. 109
• 67 Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. p. 110
• 68 A dog is man's best friend. p. 110
• 69 The early bird gets the worm. p. 110
• 70 Great oaks from little acorns grow. p. 111
• 71 Look before you leap. p. 111
• 72 A place for everything and everything in its place. p. 111
• 73 It's raining cats and dogs. p. 111
• 74 Practice makes perfect. p. 112
• 75 Where there's a will, there's a way. p. 112
• 76 WORLD HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY - What a Ball! Our World p. 116
• 77 Oceans and Continents p. 117
• 78 Maps and the Globe p. 119
• 79 Which Way Are You Going? p. 119
• 80 Around the World in Seven Ways p. 121
• 81 Asia p. 122
• 82 Europe p. 123
• 83 Africa p. 124
• 84 North America p. 126
• 85 South America p. 128
• 86 Australia p. 130
• 87 Antarctica p. 131
• 88 AMERICAN HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY - Your Country p. 133
• 89 Looking Back p. 134
• 90 The First Americans: Many Peoples and Many Places p. 134
• 91 Homes in the Desert, Homes by the Ocean p. 137
• 92 Christopher Columbus p. 138
• 93 The Voyage to the "New World" p. 139
• 94 Pilgrims in the New World p. 141
• 95 A Thanksgiving Feast p. 143
• 96 Happy Birthday, America! p. 144
• 97 "Democracy" – What's That? p. 145
• 98 Not Completely Free p. 146
• 99 Presidents: Leaders in a Democracy p. 147
• 100 George Washington: The Father of Our Country p. 147
• 101 George Washington and the Cherry Tree p. 147
• 102 Thomas Jefferson: The Idea Man p. 148
• 103 Honest Abe Lincoln p. 149
• 104 Theodore Roosevelt: The Teddy Bear President p. 150
• 105 Other Presidents p. 152
• 106 VISUAL ARTS - What Do Artists Do? p. 156
• 107 Color, Color Everywhere p. 157
• 108 Follow That Line! p. 160
• 109 Looking at Pictures – Really Looking! p. 163
• 110 Sculpture: Statues, Monuments, and More p. 169
• 111 MUSIC – DO YOU LIKE MUSIC? – Musical Activities for Parents and Children p. 178
• 112 Activity 1: Moving Responsively to Music p. 178
• 113 Activity 2: "Beat It!" p. 179
• 114 Activity 3: LOUD and Quiet p. 180
• 115 Activity 4: Fast and Slow p. 182
• 116 Activity 5: High and Low p. 183
• 117 FAVORITE SONGS - Bingo p. 184
• 118 Go in and out the Window p. 184
• 119 Hush, Little Baby p. 184
• 120 London Bridge is Falling Down p. 185
• 121 Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush p. 185
• 122 My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean p. 186
• 123 Old MacDonald p. 186
• 124 Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star p. 186
• 125 Pop! Goes the Weasel p. 187
• 126 Go Tell Aunt Rhody p 187
• 127 The Bear Went Over the Mountain p. 187
• 128 Jingle Bells p. 188
• 129 The Farmer in the Dell p. 188
• 130 The Hokey Pokey p. 189
• 131 If You're Happy and You KNow It p. 189
• 132 Kookaburra p. 189
• 133 Kum Ba Yah p. 190
• 134 Row, Row, Row Your Boat p. 190
• 135 The Wheels on the Bus p. 190
• 136 This Old Man p. 191
• 137 MATHEMATICS - PATTERNS & CLASSIFICATIONS - Activity 1: Collecting Things by Likeness p. 196
• 138 Activity 2: Sorting Everyday Objects p. 197
• 139 Activity 3: Alike and Different p. 198
• 140 Activity 4: Shape Sort p. 199
• 141 Activity 5: Shape Train p. 200
• 142 Activity 6: Potato Prints p. 201
• 143 Activity 7: More pLay with Patterns p. 203
• 144 NUMBERS & NUMBER SENSE - Activity 1: Numbers from 1 to 10
• 145 Activity 2: Loading the Train: Counting Objects to 10
• 146 Activity 3: The Size of 10 p. 208
• 147 Activity 4: Counting Game p. 209
• 148 Activity 5: How Many? p. 211
• 149 Activity 6: Number Match p. 212
• 150 Activity 7: One More, One Less p. 213
• 151 Activity 8: Most and Fewest p. 214
• 152 Activity 9: Counting More Than 10 Objects p. 215
• 153 Activity 10: Things That COme in Pairs p. 215
• 154 Activity 11: Counting by Twos p. 216
• 155 Activity 12: Counting by Fives and Tens
• 156 Activity 13: Half and Half p. 218
• 157 Activity 14: A Good-Job Graph p. 219
• 158 Activity 15: Block Train p. 220
• 159 MONEY - Activity 1: Identifying Money p. 221
• 160 Activity 2: Money Bingo p. 222
• 161 COMPUTATION - Activity 1: Addition: Finding Totals p. 224
• 162 Activity 2: Subtraction: The Take-Away Game p. 226
• 163 Activity 3: Addition and Subtraction Stories p. 227
• 164 MEASUREMENT - Activity 1: Measurement Tools p. 228
• 165 Activity 2: Measuring with Paper Clips p. 229
• 166 Activity 3: Measuring with Hands and Feet p. 230
• 167 Activity 4: Full, Half-Full, and Empty p. 231
• 168 Activity 5: Heavy and LIght p. 231
• 169 Activity 6: Long and Short Events p. 232
• 170 Activity 7: Before and After; Morning, Afternoon, and Evening p. 233
• 171 Activity 8: What Time Is It? p. 234
• 172 Activity 9: The Calendar p. 235
• 173 GEOMETRY - Activity 1: What's That Shape? p. 236
• 174 Activity 2: Shape and Size p. 237
• 175 Activity 3: Where Is It? Using Words of Position and Direction p. 238
• 176 Activity 4: Simon Says p. 240
• 177 SCIENCE - PLANTS & PLANT GROWTH - Plants Are All ARound Us p. 244
• 178 Seeds Grow into Plants p. 246
• 179 Watch a Seed Grow in a "See-Through" Planger p. 248
• 180 What Plants Need to Grow p. 249
• 181 What Do Plants Need? : An Experiment p. 250
• 182 We Eat Many Plant Parts p. 252
• 183 Growing Food Plants p. 252
• 184 SEASONS & WEATHER - The Four Seasons p. 253
• 185 Talking About the Weather p. 256
• 186 The Wind Blows in Many Directions p. 256
• 187 Rain and Snow p. 259
• 188 Make a Snowflake p. 261
• 189 Storms p. 262
• 190 ANIMALS & THEIR NEEDS - Taking Care of Pets p. 264
• 191 Animals Care for Their Babies p. 264
• 192 THE HUMAN BODY - Your Five Senses p. 266
• 193 Taking Care of Your Body p. 267
• 194 TAKING CARE OF THE EARTH - The Forests and the Trees p. 268
• 195 Conservation: Saving and Protecting the Earth p. 269
• 196 It's Smart to Recycle p. 269
• 197 Keep Our Earth Clean p. 270
• 198 AN INVISIBLE FORCE: MAGNETISM - Can Magnetic Force Pass Through an Object? p. 272
• 199 What Do Magnets Attract? p. 273
• 200 STORIES ABOUT SCIENTISTS - George Washington Carver p. 274
• 201 Jane Goodall p. 275
• 202 Wilbur and Orville Wright p. 277