Personal Hygiene and Caring for the Parts of the Body

Curriculum details

Strand

All About Me (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

Personal Hygiene and Caring for the Parts of the Body (1.3)

Content standard

K2.1.3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of personal hygiene and care of the human body.

Indicator

K2.1.3.1.2 - Talk about the visual information on the cover page and respond to a read aloud text about caring of the human body.

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 3 (Week 3 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. 109

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

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Show and explain why learners's books have the visual information at the front part of a book and how it helps a reader before reading.
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Use the KWL strategy as you read the informational text to learners. (See Appendix 1, K2.1,21.2)
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Check on the K and W before you read the text.
K-Ask the learners to say what they already know about the theme. W-Ask them to tell you what they want to know about the weeks' theme.
L: Ask them to share what they have learnt: from listening to the text. Learners share what they have learnt about the theme with their peers and then with the whole group. Have learners act out the key words from the text (washing, brushing, cutting nails, etc