Kindergarten Social Studies
6 units matched to the New Brunswick Curriculum. Kids see this subject as “My World”.
Learning focus
- Literacies and Communications: Communicative Practices. Examine how language learning is beneficial.
- Literacies and Communications: Multimodal Literacies. Refer to environmental print in multiple languages.
- Literacies and Communications: Literate Identities. Demonstrate being a reader, writer, and communicator in multiple languages.
- Well-Being: Emotional Health and Positive Identities. Explore activities that foster enjoyment and well-being.
- Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness. Define and express needs, wants, and choices.
- Well-Being: Physical Health and Active Participation. Analyze personal safety and healthy practices.
- Play and Playfulness: Imagination and Creativity. Practise using flexible and fluid thinking in new and familiar situations.
- Play and Playfulness: Exploration and Problem Solving. Negotiate, compromise, and work together.
- Play and Playfulness: Play and Inquiry. Engage in activities that introduce elements of risk, novelty, and the unknown.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity. Honour differences and uniqueness.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices. Act as responsible and responsive community members.
- Diversity and Social Responsibility: Sustainable Futures. Recognize patterns in nature.
Units
Unit 1
All About Me
Naming feelings, noticing how we are the same and different, and choosing kind actions so everyone feels respected.
Skill descriptor: Well-Being: Emotional Health and Positive Identities · interests, strengths and feelings
Unit 2
Families
Seeing that families come in many shapes and sizes, growing up from baby to grandparent, family stories and traditions, and helping at home.
Skill descriptor: Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness · families, belonging and ways we are the same and different
Unit 3
We Belong
Seeing that everyone belongs to several groups (family, class, team, community), how each person helps, and respecting ideas that differ from our own.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · belonging to groups and respecting other points of view
Unit 4
Needs & Wants
Sorting needs (food, water, a home, warm clothes) from wants (toys and treats), and how families meet their needs.
Skill descriptor: Well-Being: Belonging and Interconnectedness · defining and expressing needs, wants and choices
Unit 5
Fair & Kind
Noticing fair and unfair choices, using kind words, standing up for ourselves and others, and getting a grown-up to help.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Inclusiveness and Equity · noticing what is fair and kind, and honouring differences
Unit 6
Helpers & Rules
Community helpers and places, classroom rules like taking turns, being responsible, and learning that Indigenous peoples were the first people of this land.
Skill descriptor: Diversity and Social Responsibility: Democratic Practices · community helpers, rules and being responsible community members
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