Simple tips to prepare your child for class 1

November 19, 2018

To prepare kids for first grade, parents of kindergartners need to check if their kids can do the following activities

English

  • Recognition of capital letters A – Z
  • Write and recognize upper  and lowercase letters.
  • Match letters to sounds, make rhymes and recognize some words
  • General conversations on recent topics – Festival seasons, important events.
  • Opposites ( Differentiate between gender and pairing )
  • Rhymes & Story telling – with moral values and social behavior.
  • Four and five letter words
  • Simple sentences
  • Reading words and sentences
  • Opposite words
  • Picture composition

Pre Maths (Number work)

  • Oral count of objects upto 50
  • Recognize numbers upto 100
  • Write in figure (1 to 100)
  • Write in words (1 to 50)
  • Number sequence, finding missing numbers ( 1 to 100)
  • Simple addition
  • Simple subtraction
  • Match the quantities
  • What comes before, after and between numbers
  • Complete pattern
  • Finding odd one
  • Left, right, far, near
  • Big, small
  • Addition and substraction with objects
  • Comparision of numbers ( greater or smaller)
  • Putting the sign (>,=,<).

Basic concepts of geography and science

  • Shapes (objects have their own shapes)
  • Colours
  • Common Animals (Wild & Domestic animals) – Their Home, Habits, Food, Babies, Calls
  • Common Fruits & Vegetables (Summer and winter)
  • Good Habits & Manners
  • Healthy & Junk Food
  • Things in sky, water and garden
  • Calendar –  Week, Months & Year
  • Plants & Trees
  • Odd ones (Differentiate various object based appearance & looks)
  • Transport – Talking about of all type of Transport
  • Traffic Lights (Introduction to traffic rules & safety)
  • Living & Non-living
  • Air, Water & Sound Pollution
  • Parts of the body
  • My family
  • My home
  • Seasons
  • Festivals
Teach young children math through play