What your child learns in Kindergarten in PEI
Kindergarten builds early learning through play. Children explore language and literacy, counting and shapes, and the world around them: who they are as a unique person, their family and their community. In science they begin to explore the world using their senses.
Kindergarten subjects in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum
Math
Big Ideas
- Number Sense. count in a variety of ways.
- Patterns. demonstrate an understanding of repeating patterns (two or three elements) by identifying, describing, copying, extending, and creating patterns.
- Measurement. compare two objects based on a single attribute, such as length (height), mass (weight), and volume (capacity).
8 units, including count to 10, numbers to 20, quick look counting, make 5 and 10.
English Language Arts
Big Ideas
- Oral Language - Speaking & Listening. Students will speak and listen to explore, extend, clairfy, and reflect on their thoughts, ideas, feelings, and experiences.
- Reading and Viewing. Students will be expected to select, read, and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.
- Writing and Representing. Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation to explore, clarify, and reflect on their thoughts, feelings, experiences, and learnings; and to use their imaginations.
13 units, including listening & talking, talk & listen, clap the beat, rhyme time.
Science
Big Ideas
- Exploring the World Using Our Senses.
6 units, including my five senses, be a scientist, materials, sense words.
Social Studies
Big Ideas
- Culture and Diversity. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perpectives.
- People, Place, and Environment. Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions among people, places, and the environment.
11 units, including i am me, all about me, needs & wants, working & playing together.
What to look for on the report card
Look for comments on listening, early letters and sounds, counting, patterns, sharing ideas, and getting along with classmates.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding. See what each level means.
The CAMET competencies grow through exploratory learning and every subject in the intermediate years. Read about camet competencies.
Common questions
Kindergarten covers math, english language arts, science, social studies in the Prince Edward Island Curriculum. Kindergarten builds early learning through play. Children explore language and literacy, counting and shapes, and the world around them: who they are as a unique person, their family and their community. In science they begin to explore the world using their senses.
PEI report cards describe learning with Beginning, Approaching, Meeting, Exceeding.
Short, regular practice works better than long sessions: 10 to 15 minutes a few times a week, on the skills your child's teacher flags. Read together, use math in real life, and praise effort.
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