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

K2.1.3.1.5 - Begin to learn and Identify individual letter-sound of the alphabet in key words related to the theme and write the letters and key words legibly in their books.

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 4 (Week 4 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. 111

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

(Procedure for teaching letter sounds each week: (see K2 .1.1.1.5 )
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Rapidly revise the letter sounds learnt so far.
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Introduce a tongue twister or a rhyme in which the sound for the week is. Say it two times and let learners identify the target sound in the tongue twister or rhyme.
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Introduce the letter by writing the capital (Upper case) and the Lowercase boldly on the Chalkboard/ white board.
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Follow the procedure as in K2 .1.1.1.5 to continue teaching the letter for the week
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Writing: Teacher models writing the letter in the air, have learners take turns with him writing in the air and then on their friends back, on their arms and finally write the letter sound and its key word in their exercise book.