kindergarten one orientation

1. Kindergarten
One
Orientation

2. Welcome to the World of Wonders
World of Wonders: A Comprehensive Pre-K Curriculum
World of Wonders is an integrated curriculum which builds a
strong foundation for early literacy and provides appropriate
instruction for early learners, including cross-curricular activities,
a focus on social-emotional development, and preparation for
kindergarten and beyond.
It views learning and teaching in a holistic way and reflects
the real world, which is interactive.

3. Curriculum
communication
Social
Studies
Mathematics
Science
Music
Art
Our program is an integrated curriculum:
The areas of integration included are:

4. Through an integrated
approach, students acquire
the different language skills.

5. Skills
Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing

6. 7
The program consists of several units. Each
unit focuses on a theme. Each theme is covered
within three weeks.

7. Unit Theme: Who We Are?
Focus Question 1:What do we do in school?
Focus Question 2: How do we learn new things?
By focusing on focus questions, children are better able to
connect their existing knowledge of the world with the new
concepts and ideas they are learning at school.
Each week has its own specific focus questions.

8. Each week goes as follows:
1. Build background:
a) Read and discuss the focus questions.
b) Teach the theme song
c) Discuss literacy and Language Flip chart through Engaging
students in collaborative conversations .
Children work together either in pairs or small groups .

9. 2. Listening Comprehension
Reading the Literature Big Book :
Children will listen to the story narrated by a native
speaker.
Respond to reading :
Children take turns listening and speaking as they share
their thoughts and questions through a collaborative
discussion.
Retelling the story:
Children retell the story in their own words in sequence
( beginning , middle and end ) .

10. Additional Resources:

11. Social and Emotional Development
Social-Emotional development is addressed everyday through
positive reinforcement , interactive activities , and engaging songs.
Through out the units children learn and practice Social-Emotional
development from the Social-Emotional Flip chat or from Social-
Emotional books.
Maddie Doesn’t Want to Share is one of
the Social- Emotional-Books meant to
guide young learners to share . After
listening to the story, retelling and acting
out its events, they practice and learn
about sharing and caring.

12. The 7 Habits are leadership qualities
which help us to build the children’s
characters and prepare them to be good
citizens.
The 7 Habits

13. Social Studies
Children will also learn about their country and national culture and values. From there,
children can begin to learn about world cultures.
Children will explore the concept of citizenship and what that looks like within their local
area. They learn about community helpers, such as police officers and firemen through
Social studies Flip chart discussions.

14. Science
Children explore scientific concepts and methods
during weekly science focused , large-group activities,
and center time activities.
Children use senses to observe, investigate, classify and collect
data.
Children will learn about various topics such as
plants , animals , weather, seasons and water through
Science Flip Chart discussions.

15. Assessment:
There are 2 types of assessment :
Group assessment & individual assessment .
The unit assessment is administered in the last
week. Observation Forms and Unit Checklists are
provided to document each child’s progress.

16. Jolly Phonics is a world-leading English literacy method that teaches
children how to read and write using phonics. Phonics is the teaching of
the sounds that letters make, rather than the names of letters that are
taught in the alphabet, because it is the sounds that are useful for
reading and writing, not the names.. It teaches the letter sounds in an
enjoyable, multisensory way, and enables children to use them to read
and write words. Once the first three sounds are learnt, children will be
able to blend.

17. The five basic skills for reading and writing are:
1.Learning the letter sound.
2.Learning letter formation.
3.Blending.
4.Identifing sounds in words.
5. Tricky words.
Letters are not introduced in the alphabetical order:
1. s a t i p n
2. c k e h r m d
3. g o u l f b
4. j z w v y x qu.

18. Connect Plus
Connect Plus is a new and innovative course specially designed for
learning based on life skills and citizenship education .
N.B Digital materials are available on the Egyptian Knowledge Bank.

19. Within the multidisciplinary window, content is
integrated across different disciplines. In one lesson,
students may practice and apply skills in
mathematics, social studies, science and the arts.

20. It enables the children to make a good use of their skills . As it
helps them to concentrate, think, guess and relate things to
each other.
Mathematics
Within the mathematics window, each theme is divided
into chapters that serve to break up the content and skills into
manageable portions.

21. Mathematics
Many mathematical concepts are given this year
introducing math as play. The activities in the program
encourage children to use a variety of materials for
understanding sorting ,patterns, graphing , numbers,
geometry , measurement , time , and problem solving .

22. Generally the activities of practical life revolve around four
areas: Caring for the Self, Caring for the Environment, Grace &
Courtesy and Movement of Objects. Practical Life activities are an
integral part of any Montessori environment.
Practical life activities are so important to develop order,
concentration, coordination, and independence. By developing
those qualities, both the child and the learning environment are
calmer and learning is easier.
Montessori
Practical Life Activities

23. Centers
Learning centers offer powerful learning
opportunities for students, both academically and
socially.
We Divide the class into 4 centers, according to
the total number of students.
Two centers are led by the teachers, while the other
two are working independently.

24. Centers

25. Moodle
Homework will be uploaded to Moodle from
binders and worksheets. Kindly check the Moodle
daily for homework, videos , messages
presentations and newsletters.

26. Thank you