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Kindergarten · Social Studies · Unit 3 of 10

Families

Every family is special

What your child practices

Seeing that families come in many shapes and sizes, growing up from baby to grandparent, family stories and traditions, and helping at home.

Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards benchmark: K.4.19.1; K.1.2.1 · how families celebrate, and how members show they belong to a group

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. Every family is special. Families can look different.
  2. Families help each other at home.
  3. A tradition is something a family does again and again.

Example: Your family has pancakes every Sunday. What is that? You do it again and again. That makes it a family tradition. Answer: a tradition

Families in Minnesota

In the Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards, this is unit 3 of 10 in Kindergarten Social Studies, after I Am Me and before Fair & Kind.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Minnesota Department of Education (MDE)

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Put these in order, from youngest to oldest.

    • 🧓grandparent
    • 🧑grown-up
    • 👶baby
    • 🧒child

  2. Question 2

    There is a baby in your family. How can you help?

    👶
    • 📢be loud at nap time
    • ✊take the baby's toy
    • 🧸hand the baby a toy

  3. Question 3

    Some kids live with a grandma. Some live with two dads. Families are…

    👨‍👨‍👧
    • 🌈different, and all special
    • 🔁all the same

  4. Question 4

    Families are different. What do all families do?

    • ❤️care for each other
    • 🏠live in the same kind of home
    • 🍝eat the same food

  5. Question 5

    Which is a way to help at home?

    • 🧩leave toys out
    • 🍽️set the table
    • 🛏️jump on the bed

  6. Question 6

    Grandpa shows you old family photos. What can you learn?

    👴
    • 👟how to tie shoes
    • 📷about your family long ago
    • 🌦️tomorrow's weather

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