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Core Knowledge Language Arts Preschool
The Core Knowledge Foundation is currently developing Core Knowledge Language Arts for Preschool. For a complete overview of the CKLA Preschool program, please watch this webinar. Each domain in this program will include: Teacher Guides with original read-alouds, accompanying Flip Book illustrations and images, small group literacy skills activities with activity pages for school and home, and recommended learning center activities (see our Preschool Visual Component Guide). The following domains of knowledge will be addressed in the program:
All About Me
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
I Am Special - What Makes Me, Me! | Shades of People, by Shelly Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly |
Family
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| All Kinds of Families Family Activities and Routines Family Celebrations and Traditions Family Homes and Community | Families, by Ann Morris Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke Houses and Homes, by Ken Heyman |
Animals
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| We’ve All Got Body Parts Animals’ Body Parts All Kinds of Animals Animals Protect Themselves Animals Have Needs | Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg See Me Grow, by Penelope Arlon & Tory Gordon-Harris |
Plants
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| Plants Are Living Things Plants Make Their Own Food Plants are Important to People and Animals Living and Nonliving Things | Flowers, by Vijaya Khisty Bodach A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds, by Jean Richards Sunflower House, by Eve Bunting |
Habitats
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| Habitats are Homes for Plants and Animals Jungle/Rainforest Oceans Farm | Forest Bright/Forest Night, by Jennifer Ward Life in a Pond, by Carol Lindeen Here Is the Southwestern Desert, by Madeleine Dunphy |
Classic Tales
(Read-alouds interspersed between other domains/units throughout the year.)
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| The Lion and the Mouse The City Mouse and The Country Mouse Goldilocks and the Three Bears The Gingerbread Man The Shoemaker and the Elves The Little Red Hen Thumbelina How Turtle Got His Shell (Native American folktale) Why Flies Buzz (African folktale) The Three Little Pigs | The Three Horrid Little Pigs, by Liz Pichon |
Important People in American History
(Read-alouds interspersed throughout the year, aligned with related holidays.)
Original Read-Alouds | Trade Book Lessons |
| The Native Americans and the Pilgrims Squanto Martin Luther King, Jr. George Washington Abraham Lincoln Barack Obama Betsy Ross | Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo |

