SYLLABUS
2006 - 7
KINDERGARTEN
ENGELSKA SKOLAN NORR Roslagstullsbaken 4 114
22 Stockholm 08-4418580 fax 08-6732915 www.engelskanorr.com
ENGELSKA SKOLAN NORR
Roslagstullsbacken 4, 114 21
Homepage:
www.esn.se Phone: 441 85 80 Fax: 673 2915
Overriding Goals
For
To help increase each child’s feeling of well-being and
sense of security
To help each child toward increased self-confidence
To provide creative learning experiences
To provide experiences that develop each child’s social
development
To provide learning experiences in English so that each
child develops an understanding of the language
To aim towards developing each child’s skills so that
he/she is ready for our first grade.
To integrate the goals of our pre-school with those of our
school and fritids.
To have a continuing dialogue with each child’s parents
2004 / 2005
Plan for Engelska Skolan’s Pre-school classes:
Pre-school will be three hours per day not including
the lunch break.
1˝ hours will be in English and 1˝ in Swedish. The Swedish time will concentrate on
developing the language and number skills as stated below.
The remaining experiences will be in English.
The Goals of the Program
Social and emotional
Children should be able to:
Wait their turn
Listen when someone else speaks
Show respect and
consideration to others
Learn how to resolve
conflicts
Work in a group
Practice leading and being
led.
Appreciate different
cultures, religions and languages
Take care of things that
belong to themselves and others
Swedish
Children should:
Understand why it is
important to learn to read and write
Recognize the letters
Develop a feeling for
rhythm, rhyme, syllables and sounds of the language
Speak in full sentences
Retell parts of a story or
an event
Be able to describe objects
or events
Be able to follow simple
directions.
English
Children should:
Be able to follow
uncomplicated directions
Be able to understand every
day English that is related to situations they recognize
Begin to attempt to speak
simple English
Mathematics
Children should:
Understand why mathematics
is important
Recognize and understand
numbers to 30
Be able to put objects into
categories based on size, shape, color, etc.
Understand concepts such as
larger than, taller than, etc.
Be able to do simple
addition and subtraction
Drama/Arts and Crafts
Children should:
Be able to speak/act in
front of others
Be able to participate in
drama games
Try different techniques
and materials in arts and crafts
Dance and Movement
Children should:
Practice movement
Improve coordination
Try different dances
Practice relaxation
Song and Music
Children should:
Learn to enjoy song and
music
Listen to different kinds
of music
Computers
Children should learn to:
Feel at ease with computers
Use the mouse
Open and close a program
Use the most common
functions of the keyboard
Use a drawing/painting
program
Nature and the Environment
Children should:
Learn to enjoy and respect
nature
Recognize our most common
plants and animals
Society around us
Children should:
Visit nearby locations
Ride the bus and subway
Be aware of where they live
Traffic
Children should:
Learn essential traffic
rules for their age
Learn to respect traffic