Kindergarten

In this unit, children learn about themselves, their friends and their community, and about feelings, calming down, healthy and safe habits, and moving their bodies. They talk about what makes them special, practise making and keeping friends, explore the many groups they belong to and how those groups together make up Canada, learn about the people and places in their community, respect differences (including learning about First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples), stand up for themselves and others, and find ways to care for the Earth. Then they name feelings, practise calm-down tools, learn healthy habits, learn to stay safe online and in person, and play active games that build balance, coordination, flexibility, and big and small muscles.

Every lesson is written for a grown-up to read aloud and do together with a 4 or 5 year old, with lots of talk, play, movement and hands-on activities. Children answer by talking, pointing or showing.

Curriculum expectations covered: C14.1, C14.2, C14.3, C14.4, C15.1, C15.2, C15.3, C15.4, C15.5, C16.1, C16.2, C16.3, C16.4, C16.5, C17.1, C17.2, C17.3, C18.1, C18.2, C18.3, C18.4, C18.5, D19.1, D19.2, D19.3, D20.1, D20.2, D20.3, D21.1, D21.2, D21.3, D22.1, D22.2, D23.1, D23.2, D23.3 (Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, 2026: Strand C, Self-Regulation and Well-Being, and Strand D, Belonging and Contributing, D19 to D23). The arts expectations in Strand D (D24 and D25) are taught in another unit.

In this unit, children and their grown-ups play, talk, sing, read and write together. Children practise listening and speaking, telling stories in order, hearing rhymes, syllables and sounds, blending and pulling apart the sounds in words, learning letter names and sounds, reading and spelling short words with phonics, finding out how books and print work, using pictures, predictions and connections to understand books, reading short sentences smoothly, growing from scribbles to writing their own name, forming letters the right way, writing for real reasons like lists, cards, signs and sentences, and thinking about media such as cartoons and ads.

Every lesson is written to be read aloud by a parent or educator and done with the child, with games, songs and hands-on activities using things found at home. Practice questions can be answered by talking, pointing, clapping, drawing or writing.

Curriculum expectations covered: A1.1 to A1.3, A2.1 to A2.6, A3.1 to A3.6, A4.1 and A4.2 (Strand A: Foundations of Language and Mathematics, Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum, 2026).

In this unit, children explore numbers through play, songs, stories and everyday objects. They learn to count in order to 20 (and beyond), starting from any number, and that counting forward makes numbers bigger and counting back makes them smaller. They give one number to each thing, learn that the last number tells how many, and see small groups without counting. They read and write numerals to 20, see teen numbers as 10 and some more, and compare numbers (more, fewer, the same, one more, one less). They make estimates and check them, make numbers to 10 in different ways, learn number facts to 5, act out adding and taking-away stories to 10, and share fairly. Finally, they learn what Canadian coins and bills are worth: coins to 25 cents, and coins and bills to 10 dollars.

Every lesson is written for a grown-up to read aloud and do together with the child. Children answer by talking, pointing, counting, and using fingers, toys and ten frames. Along the way, "Math talk" questions such as "How do you know?" build the mathematical processes: problem solving, reasoning, communicating and choosing tools.

This unit follows Ontario's Kindergarten Curriculum (2026), Strand A: Foundations of Language and Mathematics. It covers expectation A6 (Number Sense and Operations, A6.1 to A6.13) and weaves in A5 (the Mathematical Processes).

In this unit, children explore the rest of Kindergarten mathematics through play, talk and hands-on activities with things from home. They find, make and continue patterns and learn about the core (A7). They sort things, ask questions, make picture graphs, and talk about how likely things are (A8). They name and build with 2D shapes (including hexagon, rhombus and trapezoid) and 3D figures, make matching halves, put shapes together and take them apart, and use position and direction words (A9). They measure and compare length, area, mass and capacity with same-size units (A10).

The unit also includes one lesson on early coding from Strand B: Problem Solving and Innovating (B11 Coding Skills): following and giving step-by-step directions, writing steps with arrows and pictures, and finding and fixing bugs.

Every lesson is written for a grown-up to read aloud and do with the child. Children answer by talking, pointing, counting and doing, so no reading is needed. Codes follow the Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum (2026).

In this unit, children explore the world like scientists, builders and artists. They ask "I wonder" questions, make predictions, and observe closely with their senses. They sort living and non-living things, test materials (sink or float, hard or soft), build and improve towers and bridges, and investigate pushes, pulls, ramps and wheels. They notice the weather, the four seasons and patterns in nature, and learn to care for the environment. Through drawing, painting, music, dance and drama they solve problems creatively and express ideas and feelings. Finally, they share and reflect on what they made.

This unit follows Ontario's Kindergarten Curriculum (2026). It covers Strand B: Problem Solving and Innovating, expectations B12 (Scientific Investigation and Engineering Design) and B13 (Exploring Environments). It also covers the arts expectations from Strand D: Belonging and Contributing: D24 (Responding to Art) and D25 (Exploring and Creating Art), plus caring for nature (D23.3). Coding (B11) is taught in a separate unit. Every lesson is written for a grown-up to read aloud and do with the child, through play, talk and hands-on activities.