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Scope and Sequence of Footsteps

Prereading

• Language acquisition and development
• Recognition of alphabet letters
• Phonemic awareness of alphabet sounds /a/–/z/
• Letter-sound recognition of medial short-vowel sounds; initial and final consonants
• Optional beginning reading strand for eager learners

Listening and Literature

• Traditional literature; realistic and fanciful prose and poetry, nursery rhymes
• Vocabulary development and enrichment
• Auditory memory; sound by direction, pitch, tempo and volume; rhyming words
• Listening questions to develop literal, interpretive, critical, and appreciative comprehension
• Dictation of group-writing experiences; sentence completions; sequencing of stories

Handwriting

• Correct posture, pencil hold, and paper placement
• Prewriting skills; finger tracing and pencil tracking of left-to-right, vertical, horizontal, diagonal, zig-zag, and curved line
• Uppercase and lowercase PreCursive alphabet; numerals 0–12

Mathematics

• Number recognition 0–20; counting to 100; shape recognition; pattern sequencing; color sequencing
• Calendar, clock, coins, measurement, dot patterns, number sets, number line, ordinals, fractions
• Position words

Heritage Studies

• Concepts of God’s plan for the child and his family
• Patriotism, patriotic symbols, holidays
• Community helpers, transportation

Science

• Environment: seasonal changes of plants and animals; animal families and animal homes
• Hands-on: experiments, cooking, weather, space, magnets

Art

• Art suggestions and craft activities correlated with unit themes

Motor

• Fine and gross motor development activities; games, action rhymes and action songs

Music

• Songs, rhymes, and musical games
• Additional music strand to complement lessons through movement, rhythm instruments, retelling of story, games, and songs