Learning areas
The five Alberta Kindergarten subjects covered here, written for whoever is helping. Each page gives the actual expectations, the vocabulary behind them, and things to try at home.
English language arts and literature
Letters and stories
Sounds before letters, letters before words. Talking and listening all the way through.
Open letters and stories
Mathematics
Numbers and shapes
Counting to 10 and meaning it, shapes in the real world, and comparing things directly.
Open numbers and shapes
Science
Looking closely
The five senses, what moves and what does not, and taking care of the place you live in.
Open looking closely
Social studies
People and places
Culture, tradition and community — the places near home, the people who lead, and what a group needs to work.
Open people and places
Physical education and wellness
Moving and feeling good
Moving for the joy of it, moving safely near other people, friendship, food, boundaries — and coins.
Open moving and feeling good
The sixth subject
Alberta also teaches fine arts in Kindergarten — art, music, drama and dance. It is still taught from the older program of studies rather than the new K–6 curriculum, so there is nothing here for it yet.
The expectations above are paraphrased from Alberta Education's New K–6 curriculum fact sheets, which publish a snapshot of each grade rather than the complete program of studies. Alberta's full programs are at alberta.ca/curriculum.