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 Body Parts We Use Our Senses to Learn I Am Growing and Changing Three Basic Needs	Shades of People, by Shelly Rotner and Sheila M. Kelly My Five Senses, by Aliki My Amazing Body, by Pat Thomas

Family

Original Read-Alouds	Trade Book Lessons
All Kinds of Families Families Work and Play Together Family Celebrations and Traditions	Families, by Ann Morris Houses and Homes, by Ann Morris & Ken Heyman Full, Full of Love by Trish Cooke Career Day, by Anne Rockwell

Animals

Original Read-Alouds	Trade Book Lessons
Humans Are Animals Animals Have Three Basic Needs Animals Protect Themselves Groups of Animals: Birds, Fish and Insects Groups of Animals: Mammals	What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, by Steve Jenkins & Robin Page Is Your Mamma a Llama?, by Deborah Guarino See Me Grow, by Penelope Arlon & Tory Gordon-Harris

Plants

Original Read-Alouds	Trade Book Lessons
Plants Are All Around Us Plants Have Different Parts Plants Grow Plants Have Basic Needs	Sunflower House, by Eve Bunting Flowers, by Vijaya Khisty Bodach A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds, by Jean Richards

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 Turtles Got Their Shells (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 The Pilgrims Barack Obama George Washington and the Cherry Tree George Washington and Betsy Ross Abraham Lincoln Sally Ride Sonia Sotomayor	Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, by Jean Marzollo

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