Kindergarten Learning Goals

Sep 8, 2020

2 min read

Updated: Aug 2

These Kindergarten Learning Goals are suggestions based on state standards. As always, each child learns differently and at a different pace, this is to act as a guide for subjects and also help with the order of presenting info to your learner. Kindergarten should be play based learning, rigorous academics are not suggested.

During their kindergarten education, students will focus on nailing down their letters, sounds, and words, which will get them started on reading sight words and writing simple sentences. Fundamental math skills will also be of major focus and include skills such as counting by 1s, 2s, 5s, 10s, basic addition and subtraction, and identifying shapes, just to name a few.

A complete kindergarten curriculum will include reading, writing, and art as well as the typical science, math and language arts.

If you're just getting started with homeschooling and want a simple, low-pressure curriculum to help guide your journey, I highly recommend the 180 Days workbooks! I will post the books that are linked below each subject for you to check out.

These are some of our favorites because they're easy to use without feeling overwhelming. Each workbook is by grade level and broken down into daily lessons and organized by units, making it easy to stay on track one day at a time. They're especially great for learners who become overwhelmed by too much information at once or who thrive with short, manageable lessons.I like to pull out one lesson at a time since seeing the entire workbook can be overwhelming for some learners. It helps keep the focus on one small, manageable task. I am not sponsored by this company, this is a resource my family has found to be wonderful! The photos below are from 6th grade level books.

Kindergarten Learning Goals Math Curriculum

Recognize numbers up to 10
Learn how to sort objects
Learn concepts of more and less
Develop basic addition and subtraction skills
Recognize and create basic patterns

Kindergarten Learning Goals Language Arts Curriculum

Developing an awareness of letters
Recognizing that letters have specific sounds
Awareness of the relationship of “letters to words” and “words to sentences”
Developing a basic vocabulary set by listening to and identifying unknown words in stories
Recognizing basic sight words in text