Gardening

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Gardening (6.7)

Content standard

K1.6.7.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the types of soil.

Indicator

K1.6.7.1.4 - Recognise and create words with given sounds and make art works with the elements of art

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 9 (Week 33 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. 88

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Have learners sing a song or recite a rhyme/poem on farm/garden. With selected words from the song/rhyme/poem, have learner tell the common sound in the words e.g. soil, toil, coil, boil etc.
Have learners mention a words on word cards after you and identify the common sound e.g. rake, make, take, fake, etc.
Guide learners to use given sounds to form the words using the letter cards. E.g. -in: /t//i//n/ (tin), p///i//n/ (pin), /b//i//n/ (pin), /s//i//n/ (sin), etc
-oil: /s//oi//l/ (soil), /f//o//i//l/ (foil), etc. -arm: /f//a//r//m/ (farm), /b//a//r//m/ (barm), /s//w//a//r//m// (swarm)
Have learners use clay to mould objects e.g. farm tool and paint once it is dry and discuss their art works using positive language
Representing art works with counters, have learners sort and group their art works according to colour and/or size. Have learners count the number in each group. You can extend the activity with addition, subtraction, or comparison activities