Children First A Curriculum Guide for Kindergarten

Curriculum and Instruction Branch
Saskatchewan Education
April 1994

Table of Contents

• History of Kindergartens
• Kindergartens in Saskatchewan

• Aim
• Goals
• Philosophy

• The Needs of Young Children
• Characteristics of Kindergarten Children
• Play and Learning

• Context for Learning
• Foundational Objectives Development Chart
• A Note About Spiritual Development
• Organizing the Classroom
• Activity Centres and Resources
• Managing Activity Centres
• Establishing Routines
• Learning Centres
• Themes, Special Occasions and the Wider Environment
• Visitors to the Classroom
• Making Discoveries Withtin the School
• Making Discoveries About the World Outside the School
• Increasing Interest in the Wider World
• Planning and Scheduling
• Multi-grade Classrooms

• Required Areas of Study
  • Arts Education
  • English Language Arts
  • Health
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
• Common Essential Learnings
• Adaptive Dimension
• Locally Determined Options

• Gender Equity
• Indian and Métis Content and Perspectives
• Resource-Based Learning

• Personal Qualities and Competencies
• Using a Variety of Instructional Approaches
• Meeting Special Needs
• Assisting English as a Second Language Students
• Assisting English as a Second Dialect Students
• Working With Other Adults
• The Orientation Program

• Theme Building and Evaluation
• Sample Theme: Modes of Transportation
• Sample Theme: Spring

• Teacher Self-Reflection
• Program Evaluation
• Suggestions for Evaluating and Improving the Kindergarten Program
• Student Evaluation
• Sharing Information with Parets/Caregivers