Origin and History of my Family

Curriculum details

Strand

My Family (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Origin and History of my Family (2.2)

Content standard

K1.2.2.1 - Demonstrate knowledge of the origin and history of our families.

Indicator

K1.2.2.1.5 - Talk about the basic concepts of writing: write from left to right, and top to bottom

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 10 (Week 10 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference

Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 29

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners have a warm up exercise. Have pupils tap their fingers one at a time on their thumb. Do one hand at a time and another as they learn movement.
Introduce the learners to writing curves on a straight.
Model how you do it and let them follow the direction of writing them on a line from left to right. Encourage more practice with learners writing in the sand and on their tablets. Have learners draw the heads of the members they are living with following the left to right and top to bottom direction. In pairs, have learners count the number of males and females in their drawings (Heads of their family members)