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•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed
•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment
•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.
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•Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities
through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development
•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed
•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment
•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.
Reading for Bright Minds - Preparatory
Features and Benefits:
•Whole language approach
•Incorporates phonics lessons in tandem with whole language and thematic concepts
•Features cutout pages so children can create their very own mini-books that feature short stories
•Cut-out activities encourage creativity and develop psycho-motor skills
My Science Adventure - Preparatory
•Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities
through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development
•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed
•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment
•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.
My Science Adventure - Nursery
•Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities
through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development
•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed
•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment
•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.
My Science Adventure - Kinder
•Activity-centered: lessons focus on affective and psychomotor abilities
through role-playing, simulating, creating, modeling and other higher-order thinking skills development
•Explanatory: Hands-on activities to encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Higher Order thinking skills development: Critical and scientific thinking of pupils in related activities will be developed
•Focus on the environment: Lessons will focus on the improvement of the quality of the pupils’ immediate environment
•Values integration: Every lesson shall inculcate values and encourage group dynamics and independent learning
•Constructivist: Conceptual knowledge of science principles will be based on the first-hand everyday activities to make the learning process more experiential and meaningful.
Reading for Bright Minds - Preparatory
Features and Benefits:
•Whole language approach
•Incorporates phonics lessons in tandem with whole language and thematic concepts
•Features cutout pages so children can create their very own mini-books that feature short stories
•Cut-out activities encourage creativity and develop psycho-motor skills
Reading for Bright Minds - Preparatory
Features and Benefits:
•Whole language approach
•Incorporates phonics lessons in tandem with whole language and thematic concepts
•Features cutout pages so children can create their very own mini-books that feature short stories
•Cut-out activities encourage creativity and develop psycho-motor skills
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2. READING for Bright Minds
Kindergarten
Textbook
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Authors
Wilhelmina Alba-Contreras is currently taking up Early Childhood Education at the De La
Salle University Graduate School. She has a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts, major in Interior
Design, from the University of Santo Tomas and a Certificate for Teaching from the St. Bernadette
College of Alabang. Ms. Contreras is the Program Directress and Nursery teacher of the Kennedy
International School of Business and Language in Alabang. She is also actively working for the
SIBOL schools of the Gawad Kalinga villages in Muntinlupa, Parañaque, and Las Piñas. Her
background in teaching preschool and elementary Reading and Language includes stints at the
Blessed Scubilion Learning Center and STI Prep School.
Reviewer
Mona R. Alagar has a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from St. Paul College, Quezon City.
Ms. Alagar is the preschool area coordinator at the Poveda Learning Center.
3. To the Learner
READING for Bright Minds has been written
especially for you. May the activities in this book give
you an exciting adventure as you learn the sounds of
all the letters and read words on your own. Welcome
to the world of reading!
The Author
4. To the Teacher
Reading is an important life skill. Young children who are exposed to
reading materials, see reading as an act, and are read to are often those who
are more equipped to acquire the other skills necessary for learning. The ability
to read opens up an individual’s horizons and makes the enjoyment of learning
possible.
A good strategy for teaching reading is the whole-part-whole process.
In this strategy, reading instruction starts with the reading or sharing of a
whole, meaningful text. This is followed by the teaching of a reading skill or
strategy within the context of the text. Then, in the final stages of the lesson,
the children apply the skill as they go back to the text.
This book is intended for teaching reading in a whole-part-whole
strategy. It is suggested that the teacher or parent begins a lesson with a story,
poem, or any type of literature the child will understand. Whole language
strategies and subskills, such as letter identification, phonemic awareness, and
decoding, are incorporated into the theme of each lesson. Mastery of the whole
language strategies and subskills is reinforced through the activities in this
book.
I hope that READING for Bright Minds will help you provide meaningful
learning experiences for the children you teach.
The Author
5. Table of Contents
UNIT 1 Here I Am .................................................................................................................. 1
Lesson 1 All about Me ............................................................................................................................................. 2
(Recalling the alphabet)
Lesson 2 How I Feel ...................................................................................................................................................15
(Beginning letter sounds)
Lesson 3 Describing Myself ................................................................................................................................32
(Ending letter sounds)
Lesson 4 Things I Like ............................................................................................................................................. 39
(Medial short ă sounds: -at and -an)
Lesson 5 Things I Like to Do ..............................................................................................................................47
(Medial short ă sounds: -ag, -ad, and -ap)
Lesson 6 Taking Care of Myself.......................................................................................................................54
(Medial short ĕ sounds: -et and -en)
Lesson 7 My Family ..................................................................................................................................................61
(Medial short ĕ sounds: -ed and -ell)
Lesson 8 Other Members of My Family ...................................................................................................69
(Medial short ĭ sounds: -ip, -in, and -it)
Lesson 9 My House .................................................................................................................................................... 81
(Medial short ĭ sounds: -ill and -ig)
UNIT 2 This Is My Community.................................................................................... 91
Lesson 10 Kinds of Houses .....................................................................................................................................92
(Medial short ŏ sounds: -ot and -op)
Lesson 11 My Friends ..................................................................................................................................................100
(Medial short ŭ sounds: -ug and -un)
Lesson 12 My School ....................................................................................................................................................108
(The consonant blend fr)
Lesson 13 Places in My Community ...............................................................................................................118
(The consonant blend gr)
Lesson 14 Going Around the Community .................................................................................................123
(The consonant blend tr)
Lesson 15 Helping One Another ........................................................................................................................128
(The consonant blend br)
Lesson 16 Working in the Community .......................................................................................................133
(The consonant blend cr)
6. Lesson 17 When I Grow Up ...................................................................................................................................139
(The consonant blend dr)
UNIT 3 My Beautiful Country......................................................................................143
Lesson 18 I Am a Filipino .........................................................................................................................................144
(The consonant blend fl)
Lesson 19 Places in My Country ........................................................................................................................149
(The consonant blend gl)
Lesson 20 Our Wildlife ............................................................................................................................................ 156
(The consonant blend sl)
Lesson 21 Our Rich Forests ...................................................................................................................................161
(The consonant blend pl)
Lesson 22 Luzon ........................................................................................................................................................... 166
(The consonant blend cl)
Lesson 23 Visayas .......................................................................................................................................................... 172
(The consonant blend bl)
Lesson 24 Mindanao ................................................................................................................................................... 178
(The consonant blend st)
UNIT 4 Going Around the World .............................................................................183
Lesson 25 Going to Another Country .........................................................................................................184
(The consonant blend sm)
Lesson 26 How to Travel the World .............................................................................................................189
(The consonant blend sw)
Lesson 27 Wonders of China..............................................................................................................................193
(The consonant blend sp)
Lesson 28 Flavors of Italy......................................................................................................................................198
(The consonant blend sc)
Lesson 29 Riding to Egypt ....................................................................................................................................204
(The consonant blend sn)
Lesson 30 Tour of the USA ...................................................................................................................................210
(The consonant blend sh)
Lesson 31 Discovering Brazil .............................................................................................................................216
(The consonant blend ch)
Lesson 32 Trekking in Australia .....................................................................................................................221
(The consonant blend th)
Illustration Guide .....................................................................................................................................229
A Child’s Second 100 Words ..................................................................................................................234
8. All about Me
My name is
Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then,
check () the box that best describes you.
I am a
boy girl
READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten
9. How old are you? Draw the same number of candles
as your age on the cake below. Trace the missing
letter to complete the word.
cake
I am years old.
Here I Am
10. Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then,
color the pictures of animals that you like.
I like animals.
4 READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten
11. Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then,
color the pictures of toys that you like.
I like toys.
Here I Am
12. Trace the missing letter to complete the word. Then,
color the pictures of fruits and vegetables that you
like.
I like fruits.
I like vegetables.
READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten
13. Paste your picture on the picture frame. Trace the
missing letter to complete the word below.
This is me.
picture Here I Am
14. Say the name of each picture. Color the pictures.
Aa Bb
Cc
Dd Ee
Dear Parents:
Emphasize the beginning sound when saying the name of each picture. You may play a
game of naming as many things as you can for each letter of the alphabet.
READING for Bright Minds – Kindergarten