Core Knowledge® Foundation : Core Knowledge Language Arts Preschool

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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

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Original Read-Alouds	Trade Book Lessons
I Am Special - What Makes Me, Me! Parts Outside My Body, Parts Inside my Body We Use Our Senses to Learn I Am Growing and Changing I Am a Human Being!	Shades of People, by Shelly Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly My Five Senses, by Aliki My Amazing Body: A First Look at Health and Fitness, by Pat Thomas

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

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(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

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