Home Learning Year by Year, by Rebecca Rupp

I chose this book to get an idea of curriculum from preschool through kindergarten, so I only skimmed/read two chapters. I love, love, love that Rupp presents books to teach concepts, such as Benny's Pennies by Pat Drisson for understanding coins, or All About Seeds by Melvin Berger for basic botany concepts. There are hundreds of fabulous picture books listed for children to learn concepts from, and the trend continues with age-appropriate books throughout each grade.

This is a list for my personal use of the things I would like to make sure the child in my life learns:

PreK:
Crayons / Finger paint
Memorization
Tie shoes
Cut with scissors
Read
Addition and Subtraction
Hollidays
Famous People
Finger plays
Volume math with cups/measuring

Kindergarten level:
Art (identify color, shape, lines; discus famous works; experiment)
Music (rhythm, melody, harmony, listen to a range of genres, ID instruments by sight and sound)
Syllables
Sequence cards
Retell Stories
Group sets / take out wrong items
Tell digital and analog time, compare time (does it take longer to bathe or change into jammies?)
Right and Left


Math
Patterns
Count by 2s to 10, by 5s to 50
Count items and write the number
> < =
Ordinal positions (what came second?)

Concept of half
Know (+) and (-) signs
Invent and solve story problems
Money
Length, weight, capacity (longer than, taller than, more full, less full, rulers, scales, measuring cups, containers, standard and non-standard measures, books: Math Counts Series by Henry Pluck Rose)
Thermometer (hotter than / colder than)

Social Studies (history, geography, civics, economics, culture {family life at different times and places around the world})
Indians / Columbus / Pilgrims
Revolution (4th of July, Flag, national anthem)
Presidents (White House, Statue of Liberty)
Globe / continents
Maps (simple too: bedroom, house, yard)

Science: is a process
Nature
Sort/classify
Magnets
Light and shadow
Living/non-living
Deciduous/evergreen
Sun/soil/water
basics of photosynthesis
Needs of animals/babies/pets
5 senses / body
Earth (Soil/rock/water/air, seasons, weather)

Again, this list is for my personal use and does not represent the complete list of items Rupp presents for children in either the preK or K levels. The lists of books she includes with these concepts is a fabulous resource. Happy learning!