Objectives Overviews Early Kindergarten: Social Studies

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Your early kindergarten student will learn to compromise, share, and respect others by learning to:

Share with others
Demonstrate appropriate social interactions with others
Divide things equally among groups
Discuss the needs and wants of his family

Your early kindergarten student will recognize roles and customs by:

Identifying the type of house in which he lives
Drawing a picture of his house
Recognizing family traditions

Your early kindergarten student will learn about time in relation to daily life by:

Sharing goals and ideas of things he’d like to accomplish
Labeling and reading a calendar
Telling about a big event in his life
Creating a calendar of the events in his life

Your early kindergarten student will understand geographical thinking by learning to:

Identify familiar places
Use direction words
Describe characteristics of where he lives
Identify symbols used on maps
Read basic maps

Your early kindergarten student will learn to manage his behavior and interact with others in his community by:

Cleaning up his own messes
Demonstrating proper safety choices
Recognizing indoor and outdoor safety
Learning the danger of strangers and staying protected
Demonstrating responsible behavior when playing with others
Making a chore chart and completing chores
Discussing consequences
Making a list of rules
Using a behavior chart to obtain rewards
Identifying various community helpers

Your early kindergarten student will understand how people, things, and technology can affect his environment by learning to:

Identify characteristics of himself
Play safely with others
Describe how his friends make him feel
Appreciate different cultures and traditions