Kindergarten 2 Curriculum Federal

Federal Kindergarten 2 Curriculum for Pre-Nursery (Age 2 – 3 Years), Reception 2/KG 2 Curriculum for Montessori School – Schemeofwork.com

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LANGUAGE CURRICULUM TERM ONE MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM TERM ONE SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES PRACTICAL LIFE CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES TERM ONE CULTURAL CURRICULUM/EXERCISES RECEPTION 2 / KINDERGARTEN 2 CURRICULUM SECOND TERM LANGUAGE CURRICULUM /EXERCISES SECOND TERM SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE TERM TWO PRACTICAL LIFE CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE CULTURAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES SECOND TERM RECEPTION TWO /KINDERGARTEN TWO THIRD –TERM MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM/EXERCISE THIRD TERM Counting backwards 5-0, 10-0, 20-0 Content Carpet skip backward will help . SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE THIRD TERM CULTURAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE THIRD TERM

LANGUAGE CURRICULUM TERM ONE

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Rhymes, e.g. hush a bye baby, 1 have a little cough sir….

Content

This activity, explains that a child should complain to one with first aid help or a doctor on his state of health any time

Topic

Week 2

Songs e.g. I am a little tea pot….

Content

Other songs should follow. Allow children contribute in songs, if they have any

Topic

Week 3

Drama acting, to enhance the understanding of an already told story by the teacher

Content

Pick children for ries and make sure that by the end of the well children must have acted one role or the other

Topic

Week 4

Writing technique with the use of the geometric cabinet/inset for design to understand the concept of reading and writing top to bottom, left to right

Content

Explain as you practically show designs of one shape, shaded in a different colour of crayon, from the other

Topic

Week 6

Tracing with help

Content

The lines drawn are to be met first by working on dot to dot exercises on shapes and objects/animations; such that tracings of letters/sounds would prepare them for better writing. This should be done by each child, after be done by each child, after watching the teacher carry out this same exercise

Topic

Week 7

Tracing without help

Content

See our references materials for exercises

Topic

Week 8

Tracing and line joining of sound, while recognizing it

Content

This should be done, while relating this sound to an object or living thing

Topic

Week 9

Tracing and line joining of the e sound, while recognizing it

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Tracing and line joining of the &i& sound, while recognizing it

Content

See our reference book for better aid

Topic

Week 11

Tracing and line joining of the 0 sound, while recognizing it

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 12

Tracing and line joining of the u sound, while recognizing it

Content

See our reference book for works

Topic

Week 13

Tracing and line joining of the 5 vowel sounds, a,e,I,o,u & while recognizing them
Revision and Exams

Content

Same as last week

MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM TERM ONE

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision of last term’s work

Oral counting, from 0-10, while recognizing zero

Content

The use of the spindle box is necessary to teach the concept of zero

Topic

Week 2

Sand tray work/sand paper number work on 0

Content

Carry out this exercise following the 3-period lessons

Week 3

Works with the geometric cabinet

Content

Repeat the 2 in 1, before moving each child, according to their abilities to the 3 in 1 approach

Topic

Week 4

Sand tray work, sand paper number work; on 1

Content

Work following the 3-period less sons, while each child writes the letter recognized as tracing before straight writing

Topic

Week 5

Sand tray work, sand paper, number work; on 2

Content

Same as last week, Also see our references books to exercises on this subject matter

Topic

Week 6

Sand tray, work/sand paper number work: on 3

Content

Same as last week, also see our reference books for exercises on this subject matter

Topic

Week 7

Sand tray, work/sand paper number work: on 4

Content

Same as last week,

Also see our reference books for exercises on this subject matter

Topic

Week 8

Sand tray, work/sand paper number work: on 5

Content

Same as last week,

Also see our reference books for exercises on this subject matter

Topic

Week 9

Using the spindle box to identify zero; showing nothing by defeating an already blown round balloon

Content

Let recognition and writing be achieved

Topic

Week 10

Using number rods and cards to represent number, 1-5

Content

Following procedure of the 3-period lesson; after which exercises should be done by children individually in our reference material

Topic

Week 11

Counting very large objects on chart or screen ranging between 1 and 5

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 12

Revision

Week 13

Exams

SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES

Topic

Week 1

Revision exercise

Colours:

Liquid mixtures of primary coulours

Content

Secondary colours are sorted by their combinative parties

Topic

Week 2

Same as last week

Week 3

Works with knobbed cylinder 1

Content

Identify the 4 characters of the cylinders and fitting in knobs, rightly with the first

Topic

Week 4

Words with knobbed cylinder 2

Content

Same as last week, but working with the third

Topic

Week 5

Words with knobbed cylinder 3

Content

Same as last week, but working with the third

Topic

Week 6

Words with knobbed cylinder 4

Content

Same as last week, but working with the fourth

Topic

Week 7

Filling of garri, semolina, etc in open containers e.g. cups, bowls , etc

Content

Carry out this exercise following the three period lessons before each child is allowed to carry out the exercise of pouring

Topic

Week 8

Arrangement of containers, according to their size; from ascending to descending order

Content

Allow individual participation without interruption

Topic

Week 9

Arrangement of containers. According to their size, from descending to ascending order

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Grouping of children by massive size

Content

Apart from weight that would be measured , the broadside of each child is noted

Week 12

Revision

Week 13
Exams

PRACTICAL LIFE CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES TERM ONE

Topic

Week 1

Revise last term’s work

Content

Let every child carry out, while the teacher notes the reaction of each child

Topic

Week 2

Flipping of papers in a note book or text book

Content

Let every child carry out, while the teacher notes the ability of each child flipping through each page carefully

Topic

Week 3

Sitting on a mat

Content

This should be taught after the rolling/unrolling of a mat, prior to reasons as floor exercises

Topic

Week 4

Lifting and placing /replacing of food containers

Content

The teacher should first carry out the exercise following the 3-period of lessons, before supervising each child’s practice

Topic

Week 5

Opening and closing of water bottles

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 6

Opening and shutting of doors

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 7

Opening and shutting of windows

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 8

Arrangement of books on the floor

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 9

Arrangement of books on the teacher’s table

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Washing of hands

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 11

Drying of hands
Care of fabric used (napkin)

Content

Same as last week

Week 12

Revision

Week 13

Exams

CULTURAL CURRICULUM/EXERCISES

Topic

Week 1

Revision exercises. Stepping on grass and identifying its colours as green

Content

Relate this colour with the Nigerian flag

Topic

Week 2

Christian Religious Knowledge: Jesus, the son of God (The creator of the universe)

Content

Relate this with a story line from the Bible .

Topic

Week 3

Science: Air

Content

The properties of air and its necessity to living things

Topic

Week 4

Moral Values:

Truthfulness

Content

A story line on this Topic is to be treated and summarized by children, individually.

Topic

Week 5

Geography:

Works on blue and brown plastersines, showing water and land forms, respectively

Content

Use globe 1 to affect the lessons to be learnt, positively.

Topic

Week 6

Science: water/liquid, taking the shape of the container in which is placed

– C.R.K

– The story of Adam and Eve

Content

Practice with the use of apparatus such as water/Fanta drink, a bottle, a bowl and a cup, a funnel, a piece of foam to mop. Text, Genesis 5:1-32.

Topic

Week 7

Geography: Agents of land transportation

Content

Since the means of transportation should have been initially taught in previous classes module; pictures of cars, lorries, camels, trains, etc, should be displayed in class

Topic

Week 8

Agents of sea/water transportation

Content

As above

Topic

Week 9

Agents of air transportation, identifying a camel travelling with load on land, display on a chart (pictorial display).

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Identifying a camel traveling with load on land, displayed on a chart (pictorial display)

Content

Explain the experience of transportation with this means

Topic

Week 11

Identifying a ship/boat-traveling on/by sea/water (pictorial)

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 12

Identifying an aircraft traveling by air (pictorial)

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 13

Revision and Exams

RECEPTION 2 / KINDERGARTEN 2 CURRICULUM SECOND TERM

MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM SECOND TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Weeks 1

All revision exercises in the past term should be practiced

Content –

Topic

Week 2

Counting with the use of spindles

Content

Ordering counting and grouping can be achieved, all depending on the capacity of each child

Topic

Week 3

Pegging exercise

Content

Alphabets and numbers are aligned in their written shapes respectively ; to ease identification

Topic

Week 4

Filling in of missing numbers 0-5, 6-10, 10-15 (orally)

Content

This could help to work out these could help to work out these sums on our reference material or other

Topic

Week 5

Dot to dot, exercise and webbing on numbers, 0-10, 0-15

Content

This could help to work out the exercise above, on our reference material or other

Topic

Week 6

Writing of number 0-5, 0-10

Content

Should be taught in ascending and descending orders

Topic

Week 7

Recognition and counting of numbers 0-10, 0-20

Content

Chart displays in different forms, is necessary here

Topic

Week 8

Matching of numbers with objects between 0-10, 0-20

Content

Representative exercise of numbers with objects or drawn strokes should be done in book, after basic teachings

Topic

Week 9

Fingers/toes counting

Content

Supervise to avoid double counting

Topic

Week 10

Matching of beads, spindles with number rods

Content

Let children identify the names of materials used for each exercise, while they learn the counting process

Topic

Week 11

Introduction of short bead stairs, 1-10

Content

Colour representation with numbers would gradually introduce children to N.P.V.

Topic

Week 12

Fingers are introduced for counting , Sequin Board A is introduced, (with number cards),

Content

Explanations should be done with the three period lessons

Topic

Week 13

Revision and Exams

LANGUAGE CURRICULUM /EXERCISES SECOND TERM

Topic

Week1

Revision of last term’s work. Especially, using last term’s assessment questions

Content

Topic

Week 2

Arrangement and recognition of vowels and consonants from a-z. They should be sounded regularly

Content

Children should work with cutouts and charts

Topic

Week 3

Matching exercises should be given, ranging from sound to sound, sound to represented objects, objects to objects etc.

Content

See our reference books for examples and exercises

Topic

Week 4

Writing of vowels and consonant from a-p

Content

Bold writings in their workbooks should be done by each child as vowels could be underlined to show difference in alphabets

Topic

Week 5

Writing of vowels and consonants from p-s

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 6

Puzzle words and filling in of missing sounds of the above group

Content

See our reference books for class work and home –work

Topic

Week 7

-writing of vowels and consonants from s-z

Content

Bold writings in their workbooks should be done by each child as vowels could be underlined to show difference in alphabets

Topic

Week 8

Puzzle words and filling in of missing sounds of the above group

Content

See our reference books for class work and home-work

Topic

Week 9

Writing and representing vowel sounds with drawn objects

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Picture reading

Content

Should be done first, by the teacher, interpreting pictures

Topic

Week 11

Ladder climbing used to teach ordering of sounds

Content

This helps to teach sound ordering (ascending to descending order and vice versa)

Topic

Week 12

Writing of consonants alone , while recognizing and sounding them

Content

First teach with consonants (pink) on charts

Topic

Week 13

Revision and Exams

SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE TERM TWO

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision of all works on sensorial exercise last term
Content

Topic

Week 2

Introduction to colour box 11

Content

Let child understand the difference between the colours in box 1 amd 2, after pairing during the 3-period lessons.

Topic

Week 3

Works on: The house of shapes

Content

By mere feeling , children can understand how a like shape can pass through a like hole

Topic

Week 4

Works with geometric cabinet

Content

Shading 2 in 1, 3 in 1 works are experimented as these introduce sets in mathematics

Topic

Week 5

Introduction to works with Geometric solids

Content

Use the secret bag to explain and relate with some geometric in sets and frames

Topic

Week 6

Works with the knobbles cylinders

Content

Learning on dimensions should be more effective, after this exercise

Topic

Week 7

Building bricks that are compound or complex should be used at this stage

Content

Ability to create shapes, is to be evaluated.

Topic

Week 8

More works using colour Box II

Content

Children should relate these colours with objects seen in class and on pictures

Topic

Week 9

More works using Geometric solids

Content

Explain their dimensional differences

Topic

Week 10

Building of broad brown stairs, long red rods and pink towers all at once, creating different designs.

Content

Level of creativity per child should be measured

Topic

Week 11

More works with the above materials

Content

Allow independence in these exercises

Topic

Week 12

Revision

Week 13

Exams

PRACTICAL LIFE CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision of the previous term’s exercises and revision on past questions of term’s work in practical life exercises

Content

Topic

Week 2

Care of self

Use of toilet

Content

Practice the toilet exercise on 3 steps of use, so children do not forget separate sexes

Topic

Week 3

Repeat of the above

Content

Same as last week but allowing them carry out the exercise, without assistance.
Same as last week but allowing them carry out the exercise, without assistance

Topic

Week 4

Washing and drying of hands

Content

Using the 3-period lesson, explain with apparatus as: liquid soap, water , hand towel/napkin, mop, the washing and drying of hands

Topic

Week 5

Repeat of the above

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 6

Visuals on: myself, using a mirror

Content

Practice with a wall mirror

Topic

Week 7

Folding exercise using sewn clothing

Content

The threaded line is the control of error for folding

Topic

Week 8

Repeat of the above, using other clothing as sample

Content

Parts of clothing are to be folded in an explained procedure by the teacher

Topic

Week 9

Introduction to :
-dressing and understanding using a large button dress frame.

Content

Slow practice should be established, after following the period lessons

Topic

Week 10

Another smaller button frame
Given for practice. The teacher should work with them, using the three period lessons.

Content

Same as last week
Content

Topic

Week 12

Revision works should be done

Week 13

Exams

CULTURAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISES SECOND TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revisions

Topic

Week 1

Revision of last terminal work not excluding treating last terminals questions

Content

Week 2

Geography

Globe words shown mainly as chart displays, as hand is colour coded brown, water is colour coded blue
Let the globe be spun

Topic

Week 3

Science

Magnetism

Content

A simple magnet should be brought to class with metals that could be attracted to the magnet, and plastics fabric etc.

Topic

Week 4

History

A major festival in Nigeria

Colours of the Nigerian flag

Content

e.g.. Eyo Festival, Osun etc.

Topic

Week 5

Moral values

Teaching perseverance

Content

Follow out moral story books or others as reference

Topic

Week 6

Christian Religious Knowledge-The story of brotherhood (Cain and Abel)

Content

Work with the Bible story in the book of Gen. 4:1-26

Topic

Week 7

Noah and the Ark

Content

Text: Gen.

Topic

Week 8

Botany: A tree is green
It has many parts

Content

Use terminology card that specify the roots, stem, branches, leaves, fruits

Topic

Week 9

Repeat of the above work.
Geography
Work on pictures or land forms cards, displaying:
A bay , A plain
A peninsula , a mountain
Peak with snow,
Am ocean etc

Content

You could in addition, discuss the relevance of each part above. See our reference book on cultural exercises for help.

Topic

Week 10

Zoology:
Farm animals. The animal farm is to be used/terminology cards for the exercise

Content

Tell them that their basic place of breed, care etc is on the farm. Tell them the role of a farmer. Etc, A cow. Fowl, goat, horse, etc

Topic

Week 11

Repeat of the above, i.e. introducing other animals that had not being previously identified by the children

Content

Same as last week, not over ruling the role of implements on the farm

Topic

Week 12

Cookery

Identification of major cooking equipments, e.g. gas cooker, kerosene stove etc

Etiquette:

Uses of the magic words i.e.
Thank you
Please
Sorry
Excuse me
Pardon

Topic

Week 13

Revision and Exams

Federal Kindergarten 2 Curriculum for Pre-Nursery (Age 2 – 3 Years), Reception 2/KG 2 Curriculum for Montessori School – Schemeofwork.com

RECEPTION TWO /KINDERGARTEN TWO THIRD –TERM

LANGUAGE CURRICULUM/EXERCISE THIRD TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Rhymes and songs

Content

Take a rhyme differently from a strong and explain the difference

Topic

Week 2

Arrangement of vowels and consonants, while sounding each and relating them to objects

Content

Let the children know what sound comes before another , or what sound comes after another

Topic

Week 3

Build of common 2-letter words, using LMA

Content

E.g. at, am, as, an etc

Topic

Week 4

Cross word game of common 2-letter words

Content

See our reference book or another, for help

Topic

Week 5

Carpet skips of common 2-letter words

Content

Place cards with common 2-letter words written, on the floor, for each child to skip and say

Topic

Week 6

Tracing and writing of two-letter words

Content

See our reference books or other work books for exercises

Topic

Week 7

Dot to dot exercises of a letter words

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 8

Webbing of 2 letter words, snake game and matching exercises

Content

See our reference books or other work books for exercises

Topic

Week 9

Filling in of missing 2-letter words

Content

Same as last week

Topic

Week 10

Making of full, simple statements

Content

Orally, correct any short and incomplete statement made by a child

Topic

Week 11

Phonetic pronunciation of common two, three words

Content

Help children to correct the error of pronouncing 2/3 letter words that should be as names not as sound or vice versa, e.g go/go, he/he

Topic

Week 12

Revision

Content –

Topic

Week 13

Exams

Content –

MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM/EXERCISE THIRD TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision

Content

Topic

Week 2

Sum game, using altogether

Content

Counter/spindles should be used to make children first understand separation before joining the counted together

Topic

Week 3

More works with sequin board

Content

Work with the children on 3-period lessons, using number cards

Topic

Week 4

Grouping of odd numbers

Content

Use the above and counters

Topic

Week 5

Grouping of numbers in 25

Content

Use the above and counters

Topic

Week 6

Grouping of even numbers

Content

Group in 25, 45…

Topic

Week 7

Grouping of numbers, without a friend; using objects (drawn or physical)

Content

Group in 15, 35,55…..

Topic

Week 8

Arrangement of odd/even numbers between 0 and 20

Content

Take the odd before the even, because of the position of 1

Topic

Week 9

The concept of less than (<); using the word, more

Content

Example, 2 is more than 1. Use the number rods. See our reference book

Topic

Week 10

Grouping in large and small quantities

Content

Explain the identification if objects in groups that are more than their others, by quantity.

Topic

Week 11

Counting backwards 5-0, 10-0, 20-0

Content

Carpet skip backward will help .

Topic

Week 12

Revision

Topic

Week 13

Exams

PRACTICAL LIFE CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE THIRD TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision

Content

–

Topic

Week 2

-Pegging exercise

Content

Pegs on board helps to form shapes, write letters and number

Topic

Week 3

Folding exercise, to form shapes

Content

Form rectangular, square and triangle shapes

Topic

Week 4

Types of clothing (for seasons)

Content

Bring to class, a wool, cotton, linen, satin, etc clothing or fabrics

Topic

Week 5

The food we eat (balance diet),

Content

Teach children the 6 classes of food using pictures, charts and items in the nature corner, somewhere in the class

Topic

Week 6

Cookery:

Beef, pork, chicken (food products from cattle/goat, pig, fowl), respective.

Content

Show children a life animal before it is killed for consumption

Topic

Week 7

Care of toes and finger nail

Content

Explain why more care is to the finger nails than the toe nails (for sake of hygiene –be when dirty fingers are inserted into the mouth too often). However, tell children to also pay attention to their toes.

Topic

Week 8

Folding exercise, for complete clothing or materials

Content

Let them fell the sensitivity of the skin on a threaded square piece of cloth, before folding on the lines, see their sensorial, booklets for more explanation

Topic

Week 9

Care of the inner environment: cleaning of smooth surfaces (e.g.: mopping of a tiled floor, polishing of wooden furniture, etc) \

Content

Practice with the children, taking the lead after they have been introduced to the methods

Topic

Week 10

Etiquette

Respecting people in authority

Content

Teach the children diverse greenings, prostrations and gestures that show respect

Topic

Week 11

Clearing and tidying of dishes

Content

Let them practice with minimal spillage

Topic

Week 12

The pounding exercise

Content

Cum tag and a pound material should be used for this excise. This helps to grade muscular strength

Topic

Week 13

Exams

Content –

Federal Kindergarten 2 Curriculum for Pre-Nursery (Age 2 – 3 Years), Reception 2/KG 2 Curriculum for Montessori School – Schemeofwork.com

SENSORIAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE THIRD TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision

Introduction to works on fractions, using large skittles

Content

Explain the concept of sharing using other materials apart from skittles, see the sensorial reference book for guidelines

Topic

Week 2

Introduction to works on fractions, using large skittles

Content

Explain the concept of sharing using other materials apart from skittles. See the sensorial reference book for guidelines

Topic

Week 3

Time/season chart, (could be improvised)
Hands are titled to show hourly, 0’clock

Content

Practice in class by making the children aware of time rating of a second, minute, hour, mid-day, day, week, forth-night, month year….

Topic

Week 4

Identifying the shapes in the geometric cabinet and relating them to objects, they see at home and in school

Content

Begin with the very common shapes

Topic

Week 5

Works with money.

N5, the major focus, counting of 5 is done to explain its value.

Content

Introduce coins if available, before proceeding to notes

Topic

Week 6

Works with money, N10, the major focus, counting of N10 is done to explain its value
Short bead stairs are introduced or bead bars, to explain more on the banking system

Content

Explain that a double of N5 would give a N10 or its value i.e. N5 for one sweet, N10 for 2 sweets.
Brown ten bead stair = 2 light blue five bead stair

Topic

Week 7

Building of pink towers, long red rod, and broad brown stairs, while representing each wooden material, with a number

Content

Let each child create his/her own design without interruption

Topic

Week 8

Same as last week

Content

Let them learn to control errors

Topic

Week 9

Study of different circular shapes

Content

Get round/circular shapes objects to the class and let the children tell which a circle/oval/sphere shape

Topic

Week 10

Study of different square-like shapes

Content

Same as last week, but differentiating a kite from a rectangle, square, cube

Topic

Week 11

Study of different triangle-like shapes

Content

Same as last week, but differentiating prisms from triangles

Topic

Week 12

Revision

Week 13

Revision

Content –

CULTURAL CURRICULUM/ EXERCISE THIRD TERM

WEEKS

Topic

Week 1

Revision

Content –

Week 2

Christina religious Knowles:

Obeying God’s word
Lessons to learn when you obey and when you disobey

Content

The story of Moses in the wilderness, in the striking of the rock, the story of Adam and Eve…

Topic

Week 3

Moral values: Perseverance /patience

Content

Moral value story telling edition on this topic should be used or Milly and Molly series

Topic

Week 4

Science

Properties of liquid and its measurement
Geography: The 4 cardinal points for direction, focus is the compass

Content

How it can dissolve soluble solids (a cube sugar in water), how it takes the shape of any container. It is placed in), its language in measurement (litres) e.tc. See our book for details.

Topic

Week 5

Botany

Watering of plants and weeding

Science

Use and function of a camera

Content

Weeding should be done practically with the children, after introducing the farm tools they are to work with, before planting exercise can take place. Make it a practical class.

Topic

Week 6