Math & English Enrichment
Kindergarten Math & English Classes
Every A Grade Ahead programme available in Kindergarten — choose a subject to see its month-by-month curriculum.
Ignite an enthusiasm for education.
Building the foundation of math skills necessary for everyday life — 13 progressive fundamentals from counting and addition to shapes and story problems.
A Grade Ahead’s kindergarten math program builds the foundation of math skills necessary for everyday life. The material is also created to increase fundamental skills. The objectives integrated into the kindergarten math curriculum include:
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Numerical proficiency
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Story problems
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Concepts of time
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Mathematical techniques in addition, subtraction and problem solving
Month by Month Kindergarten Curriculum Breakdown
| Curriculum | Numerics Path |
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| July | |
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Counting; Addition; Ordering numbers |
Fundamentals 1 Examples: 1 + 1 = 1 and 1 + 2 = 1 + ? |
| August | |
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Patterns; Number lines; Clock |
Fundamentals 2 |
| September | |
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Half hour; Shapes; Greater and less than |
Fundamentals 3 Examples: 4 + ? = 2 + ? |
| October | |
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Counting by 5s to 10s; Comparing; Calendar |
Fundamentals 4 Examples: 4 + 4 + ? and 15 + ? = 8 + ? |
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Compose and decompose numbers; Story problems (add) |
Fundamentals 5 Examples: 1 + 5 + ? and □ = 3 + ? |
| November | |
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Compose and decompose numbers; Story problems (add) |
Fundamentals 6 Examples: 10 + 1 + 3 and □ = 9 + ? |
| December | |
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Story problems; Coins |
Fundamentals 7 |
| January | |
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Story problems (subtract) |
Fundamentals 8 |
| February | |
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Grade Readiness Some may offer 1 month rather than Feb; continue to practice. |
Fundamentals 9 Examples: 7 + 5 = 2 + ? |
| March | |
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2D shapes; Compare and discriminate 2D shapes |
Fundamentals 10 Examples: 6 + 1 + 3 + 1 and 7 + ? |
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3D shapes; Odd/even numbers; Ordinal |
Fundamentals 11 Examples: 9 + 1 + 4 and 8 + ? |
| April | |
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Preparing for More & Grade (Mixed) |
Fundamentals 12 Examples: 19 + 2 and 12 = 8 + ? |
| May | |
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Preparing for More & Grade (Mixed) |
Fundamentals 13 Examples: 19 + ? + 4 = 1 + ? |
Ignite an enthusiasm for education.
Igniting an enthusiasm for education through phonics, letter sounds, sight words, and real-life reading connections — building confident early readers from the very start.
A Grade Ahead’s Kindergarten English program promotes reading confidence with an emphasis on letter sounds (phonics). Students learn how to read words phonetically, establishing the essentials of reading. They use leveled readers for comprehension practice. Students should be able to read basic sentences. The Kindergarten English curriculum includes:
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Reading and writing
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Basic comprehension skills
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Basic punctuation
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Phonics patterns
Month by Month Kindergarten English Curriculum Breakdown
| Curriculum Topics |
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| July |
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Upper and lower case letters; Vowels; Consonants |
| August |
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Sight words; Consonant sounds |
| September |
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Digraphs; Real-life connections |
| October |
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Intro to books; Real-life connections |
| November |
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Sight words; Short vowels |
| December |
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Sight words; Review short vowels; Long vowel A |
| January |
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Review sight words and long vowels; Vowel teams |
| February |
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Grade Readiness Some academies may offer this in a month other than February. Check with your local A Grade Ahead academy. |
| March |
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Review short and long vowels; Beginning consonant blends |
| April |
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Ending consonant blends; Singular vs. plural; Rhyming words |
| May |
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Preparing to Move to A Grade Ahead |
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