Light LearningEvery topic a child covers in Kindergarten under the Canada · Alberta programme of studies, on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol, as the app teaches it. 28 topics across 10 subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Brain teasers, Handwriting, Art, Physical education, Health, Social studies, Music.
This is the real list, not a summary. Each line is one topic in Light Learning, in the words of the Canada programme rather than reworded.
Art
6 topics in Art this year.
Drawing
- Looking properly and putting down what is actually there, which is a trainable skill and not a talent. Working at Kindergarten: mark making.
Colour
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Kindergarten: naming colours.
Painting
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Kindergarten: using a brush.
Printmaking and pattern
- Making the same mark many times, which is where pattern, repetition and a good deal of design begin. Working at Kindergarten: printing with objects.
Sculpture and making
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Kindergarten: modelling.
Textiles and craft
- Cloth, thread and the making traditions that most of the world learned art through. Working at Kindergarten: weaving and threading, collage.
English
4 topics in English this year.
English Language Arts and Literature · phonological awareness
- Isolate and say the final sound in a spoken one-syllable word.
- Isolate the medial vowel sound in a spoken three-sound word.
- Hear and count the syllables in a spoken word.
Phonics and Word Knowledge
- Link letters to the sounds they make, and blend sounds into simple words.
Physical education
4 topics in Physical education this year.
Movement skills
- The movements every game is built from: running, jumping, throwing, catching and balance. At Kindergarten: moving in different ways, running, hopping and skipping.
Fitness and the body
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Kindergarten: getting warm and getting puffed.
Games and fair play
- How a game works, why the rules are there, and what makes somebody worth playing with. At Kindergarten: taking turns.
Safety and equipment
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Kindergarten: safe playing.
Health
4 topics in Health this year.
Keeping the body well
- Hygiene, sleep, teeth and skin: the small habits that prevent most of what goes wrong. At Kindergarten: washing your hands.
Food and nutrition
- What food does in the body. Nothing here calls a food good or bad, because that is how eating becomes a worry. At Kindergarten: foods we eat.
Feelings and wellbeing
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Kindergarten: happy, sad, cross, tired.
Safety and first aid
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Kindergarten: stop at the road.
Social studies
4 topics in Social studies this year.
History
- What happened, how anybody knows, and why two honest accounts can disagree. At Kindergarten: my family and my home.
Geography
- Where places are, what they are like, and why people live where they do. At Kindergarten: where i live.
Citizenship and government
- How decisions get made for everybody, and what one person can do about them. At Kindergarten: rules at home and school.
People, work and money
- How families and countries get what they need, and the choices scarcity forces. At Kindergarten: things we need every day.
Music
2 topics in Music this year.
Beat, rhythm and pitch
- The parts every piece is made of, named so a child can say what they are hearing. At Kindergarten: clapping along.
Listening and traditions
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Kindergarten: loud and quiet, high and low.
Mathematics
1 topic in Mathematics this year.
Number
- Say the number sequence to 20, and count sets of objects accurately.
Science
1 topic in Science this year.
Science · living things
- Sort things into living and non-living, and say what living things need.
Brain teasers
1 topic in Brain teasers this year.
Puzzles and reasoning
- Work out an answer from the information given, using reasoning rather than recall.
Handwriting
1 topic in Handwriting this year.
Handwriting
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.