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