Grade: Kindergarten

01 Mar 2021

Jobs on the Farm

August – June

What’s it like to be a farmer?  We will see what it takes to keep the farm running smoothly.  Whether that is tending to our pastures or cultivating our crops, there is always something to do on the farm.   

Ohio Science Standards:

  • K.LS.1: Living things have specific characteristics and traits.
  • K.LS.2: Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.

Indiana and NGSS Standards:

  • K-ESS2-2. Construct an argument supported by evidence for how plants and animals (including humans) can change the environment to meet their needs.
  • K-ESS3-1. Use a model to represent the relationship between the needs of different plants or animals (including humans) and the places they live.
  • K-ESS3-3. Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

Ohio Social Studies Standards:

  • Geography – Human Systems: Humans depend on and impact the physical environment in order to supply food, clothing and shelter.
  • Government – Civil Participation and Skills: Individuals share responsibilities and take action toward the achievement of common goals in homes, schools and communities.
  • Economics – Scarcity: Individuals have many wants and make decisions to satisfy those wants. These decisions impact others.
  • Economics – Production and Consumption: Goods are objects that can satisfy an individual’s wants. Services are actions that can satisfy individual’s wants.

Vocabulary:

Farmer, characteristic, trait, cultivate, crop, relationship

01 Mar 2021

Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends

August-June

Embark on an adventure at Greenacres Arts Center to explore different fairy tales, folklore, and legends. This program explores the concepts of telling and retelling a story through the arts, dramatic play, and use of imagination. This program’s content changes in fall, winter, and spring, so you can visit one, two, or three times!

Fine Arts Standards:

  • TH.K.1PE Imitate movements, voices and feelings of people, animals and objects through dramatic play.
  • DN.K.2CR Explore ways to use imagination when engaged in dancing.
  • MUS.K.3CO Investigate concepts shared between music, other art forms, and other subject areas.
  • VA.K.1CO Connect ideas, stories, and personal experiences to works of art.

English Language Arts Standards:

  • ELA.RL.K.3 With prompting and support, identify characters, settings, and major events in a story.
  • ELA.RI.K.2 With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.

Social and Emotional Learning Standards:

  • SEL.B2. 4.a Discuss obstacles that can get in the way of reaching a goal and ideas for handling those obstacles
  • SEL.D1. 1.a Identify and engage in positive communication skills

     

      Vocabulary:

      story, character, setting, imagination, quest, obstacle, teamwork

      01 Mar 2021

      I Spy Shapes!

      August-June

      The Greenacres Arts Center is home to beautiful works of art, instruments, and cleverly designed shapes built into our architecture. We will investigate the shapes around us to inspire art marking and musical exploration.

      Fine Arts Standards:

      • VA.K.1CR Explore environments and experiences to generate original artmaking ideas.
      • DN.K.1CR Explore movement with basic elements of dance.
      • MUS.K.3RE Recognize same and different (fast/slow, loud/quiet, high/low, long/short).

      Ohio Math Standards:

      • K.G.4 Describe and compare two- or three-dimensional shapes, in different sizes and orientations, using informal language to describe their commonalities, differences, parts, and other attributes.

      Ohio Science Standards:

      • K.PS.1: Objects and materials can be sorted and described by their properties.

      Vocabulary:

      shape, design, geometric, organic, 2-D, 3-D, size, pitch

      26 Feb 2021

      Weather: Daily and Seasonal Change

      August-June

      Weather has a big influence on the natural world.  Sunlight warms water, air and soil, which changes how living things behave. In this program, we will look for evidence of the effects of short and long-term weather as we explore the impact on plants and animals at Greenacres.

      Ohio Science Standards:

      • SWK Grade K-2: The world is discovered through exploration
      • ESS Grade K: Weather changes are long-term and short-term.
      • LS Grade K: Living things have physical traits and behaviors, which influence their survival.

      NGSS Standards:

      • K-PS3-1. Make observations to determine the effect of sunlight on Earth’s surface
      • K-ESS2-1. Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.

        Fall, Winter and Spring Video Introductions and Vocabulary:

        weather, season, fall, winter, summer, spring, temperature

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