Written Symbols Recognising 1-10. Formation numbers – Writing direction. Free hand writing. Recording Association of rods with number card – random. Association of rods with number card – in sequence. Card & Counter Association of symbols with quantities. Introduce odd and even numbers. Decimal System Golden beads – Unit, ten, hundred, thousand. Counting through with golden beads. Numeral Cards – 1, 10, 100, 1000. Counting through with numeral cards. Association of quantities with written symbols. Bird’s eye view. Bank game.
Sequin Boards Sequin board A – Quantities and written symbol for 11-19. Sequin board B – Quantities and written symbols for 10-90. Combining – Quantities and written symbols for 11-99 Skip counting. Individual Exercise Short Bead Stairs. -addition. -subtraction. With Golden Beads material – With or without change. - Addition. - Subtraction.
Pre-reading Activities Naming games with mystery bag. Naming games with objects in the environment.
Early Writing Activities Outline drawing with insets for design. Correct letter formation using : sandpaper letter to form “a” to “z”.
Phonetic reading – pink series material Beginning sound with “I spy” games using objects. Listening to stories.
Association with sandpaper letter (SPL) Introduce of last / middle sounds with “ I spy” games using objects and pictures. Words building with Large Moveable Alphabets (LMA). Phonetic blending – pink words with objects – Eat, dog, cup, etc. Recognition of sign words – a, I, the, etc. Pink sentence and pictures.
Writing materials Letter formation – writing from memory.
Living Things Body parts. External – Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hands, legs, etc. Internal – Brain, oesophagus, stomach, kidneys, heart, intestine. Function of body part and all organs. Senses & Function. Care of Body / Hygiene. Family & Family Tree. Festivals Father’s Day. Mother’s Day. Hari Raya Puasa. Chinese New Year. Deepavali. Christmas. National Day. Children’s Day. Earth Day. Teacher’s Day. Art & Craft Dough – Molding, pressing, kneading, and cutting. Pasting objects. Drawing and painting.
Science Activities Sink and float. Magnetism. Shadow. Transportation. History Name of the date, days, week, months of the year. Weather – Sunny, cloudy, rainy, windy. A timeline of a day in the life of a child. Child’s birthday.
Botany Part of plants – Tree, flowers, leaves, fruits. Name of plants – Tree, flowers, fruits, vegetables. Growing plants. Living and non-living things. Zoology / Animal. Large pictures of animals. Collection of model animals – Naming. Identifying animal – Loosely grouped, specifically grouped. Part of animals. Habitat, food and behaviour. Life cycle of animals.