Kindergarten Readiness
In this 20-minute interview Linda Bevilacqua, President of the Core Knowledge Foundation, outlines indicators of kindergarten readiness and activities that you can do to help prepare your child for kindergarten. More…
Common Core State Standards
The Core Knowledge Foundation supports the common standards initiative. Voluntary standards are "a not-to-be-missed opportunity" for American education. —E. D. Hirsch, Jr. More…
Colorado Grade 1 Lesson Plans
Language Arts/English
- Rhyming Fun (2005)
- Spelling is Fun! (2005)
- Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Fairy Tales (2005)
- Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Fables (2005)
- Literature Response for Home-School Connections: Poetry (2005)
- Six Trait Writing with Aesop and A. A. Milne (2004)
- Incorporating Reading Comprehension Using Cinderella Stories from Different Lands (Special Education) (2003)
- If At First You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Core Knowledge! First Grade Sayings and Phrases (2003)
- Tom Thumb Stories From Around the World (2002)
- Poetry Playground (2002)
- Literary Terms: Take Me to the Theater! (2002)
- Different Strokes For Different Folktales (2002)
- Introducing Phonemic Awareness Using Oral and Written Instruction (2001)
History & Geography
- Symbols of Freedom (2004)
- Land Ho! Early Exploration and Settlement of the Americas (2003)
- D’Nile Is Where It’s At! (2003)
- Getting to Know My World (2003)
- Meet the Mayas, Aztecs and Incas (2003)
- England Sets Sail For The New World (2003)
- Mexico: One Land, Many Cultures (2003)
- The American Revolution and Its Heroes (2002)
- Mexico: A Look At Its Culture and Geography (2002)
- God, Glory and Gold (2001)
- Christopher Columbus (2001)
- World Religions (2001)
- Mesopotamia (1999)
Visual Arts
- Four Ancient River Civilizations (2003)
- Art From Long Ago: Prehistoric Cave Paintings (2003)
- Colossal Structures and Sculptures (K-5th Grades) (2001)
Music
- Let Freedom Sing: A Patriotic Program (Grades 1 - 6) (2004)
- Hansel and Gretel (2001)
- The Heart of Human Experience: Cultura Azteca (2001)
- The Nutcracker (1999)

