Sample Excerpt from The Curriculum Guide
The Curriculum Guide provides the Learning
Achievement Indicators
Teachers’ Intentional Interactions
Outcomes/Expectations that all children enrolled in KidzCan Kindergartens are expected to be able demonstrate by the time they graduate from the program and prior to entering school. For each Learning Outcome/Expectation there are corresponding possible Achievement Indicators and Teachers’ Intentional Interactions. Specific Learning Outcomes/Expectations
Children Might Demonstrate Their Learning By:
Teachers Might Support Children’s Learning By:
As children progress through the Kindergarten program, they:
Saying
Responding
3.1 act and talk with peers and adults by expressing and accepting positive messages (e.g., use an appropriate tone of voice and gestures; give compliments; give and accept constructive criticism)
“Jerry helped me pick up the blocks.”
“We moved over so he could see the pictures.”
“You can help us, but this time be careful you don’t knock them over.”
“That’s all right, you can go first.”
“Can you help us find another way to make this?”
Doing
One of the children finds her friend’s name card in the basket and hands it to her as she arrives in the room.
The educators observe that children in the blocks area are taking blocks from a structure that other children are building. The educators decide
to model some strategies for the children on cooperating with others. They also decide to notice and name positive strategies used by the children (e.g., “I noticed you listening to Jay’s suggestions
for building your tower”) in order to support the building of good relationships among the children.