Light LearningEvery topic a child covers in Preschool under the Canada · Alberta programme of studies, on the Western and Northern Canadian Protocol, as the app teaches it. 25 topics across 9 subjects: Mathematics, English, Science, Brain teasers, Handwriting, Art, Physical education, Health, 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 Preschool: mark making.
Colour
- How colour actually behaves, which surprises most children and most adults. Working at Preschool: naming colours.
Painting
- Paint as a material with its own rules, learned by using it rather than by being warned about it. Working at Preschool: 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 Preschool: printing with objects.
Sculpture and making
- Working in three dimensions, which uses a different part of the head from drawing. Working at Preschool: modelling.
Textiles and craft
- Cloth, thread and the making traditions that most of the world learned art through. Working at Preschool: collage.
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 Preschool: moving in different ways.
Fitness and the body
- What exercise actually does to the heart, the lungs and the muscles, and how to build it up safely. At Preschool: 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 Preschool: taking turns.
Safety and equipment
- The kit and the checks that stop an ordinary afternoon becoming an injury. At Preschool: 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 Preschool: 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 Preschool: foods we eat.
Feelings and wellbeing
- Naming feelings and knowing what helps. Nothing on this page diagnoses anybody. At Preschool: happy, sad, cross, tired.
Safety and first aid
- What to do when something goes wrong, in the order it should be done. At Preschool: stop at the road.
Mathematics
3 topics in Mathematics this year.
Play and exploration · number sense
- Explore quantity in play, matching one number name to one object.
- Compare two small groups and say which has more and which has fewer.
Play and exploration · patterns and sorting
- Notice, name and sort by colour and shape during play.
English
2 topics in English this year.
Play and exploration · oral language
- Play with the sounds in words through rhyme, song and repetition.
Play and exploration · print awareness
- Recognise that a letter has a big and a small form and match the pair.
Handwriting
2 topics in Handwriting this year.
Handwriting
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
- Form letters and numerals correctly, using the right strokes in the right order.
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 Preschool: clapping along.
Listening and traditions
- Hearing what is happening in a piece, from anywhere in the world. At Preschool: loud and quiet, high and low.
Science
1 topic in Science this year.
Play and exploration · self and community
- Name parts of the body, members of the family, and everyday weather.
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.