Types and Members of My Family

Curriculum details

Strand

My Family (Strand 2)

Sub-strand

Types and Members of My Family (2.1)

Content standard

K2.2.1.1 - K2.2.1. Demonstrate understanding of the rights, roles and responsibilities of family members

Indicator

K2.2.1.1.5 - Design a collage or family tree using pictures and follow basic concepts of writing, from left to right and top to bottom to write the names of family members

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 8 (Week 8 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. 124

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Learners design a family tree with cutting and pasting of pictures of family members on a drawing paper and write the initial letter and names of family members.
Writing of letter: Learners have a warm up exercise. Have pupils tap their fingers one at a time with their thumb. Do one hand at a time as they learn movement. Let them shake their hands.
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Writing: First, teacher writes the letter, the capital and the lower-case letters boldly on the chalk/whiteboard.
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Teacher models how to write the letter in the air describing the process as he/she writes.
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Have learners take turns with you writing in the air and then playfully on the back of their friends, on their arms and finally write the letter and its key word in their exercise book.
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Guide learners to write the letters on the blue and red lines in their exercise books.