Junior KG (LKG)
Letters, sounds and numbers begin to take shape, and children grow surer of themselves in class.
- Age
- 4 to 5 years
- Also called
- LKG, Lower Kindergarten
A day in Junior KG (LKG)
From the gate in the morning to home time, in the school's photos.
Arriving
Circle time
Hands at work
Tiffin time
The playground
Home time
Arriving
Circle time
Hands at work
Tiffin time
The playground
Home time
What children learn in Junior KG (LKG)
What is new in Junior KG (LKG), and what children bring with them from Nursery.
Péntemind's programmes here: Artsy, Mental Might, Showstopper, Tell-a-Tale, Whirl & Twirl, Personality Development, Critical Thinking, Eco-Conscious.
New in Junior KG (LKG)
Letters and sounds
The small letters a to z, written as well as read, the sounds ch, sh, th and ng, families of words that end alike, such as -an and -in, a reading programme in English, and a Hindi period.
Numbers take shape
Counting, reading and writing the numbers to 100, more and less, before and after, counting in tens, and the number names one to nine.
Surer in class
Full sentences and stories of their own, workbook time and project work, field trips, and three habits for the year: I learn every day, I plan ahead, and we listen before we talk.
A year in Junior KG (LKG)
Six themes, one after another, bringing letters, numbers and sounds, until by the end of the year the letters a to z and the numbers to 100 are there.
Me and my world
My name and my age, my address, my body, kind words and action words.
Letters a, b, c, d, e and f, the numbers 0 to 20, the capital letters A to Z again and the numbers 1 to 10 and what each is worth.
Plants and nature
The parts and kinds of plants, how a seed grows, a walk in nature, flowers, and good habits.
Letters g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q and r, the numbers 21 to 35 and more and less, before and after.
Animals and stories
Birds of the farm, wild animals and their babies, puppet stories and story time.
Letters s, t, u, v, w, x, y and z, the numbers 36 to 60, vowels and consonants and sorting, pairs and the words for where things are.
Getting about
Going by land, by water and by air, games with vehicles, and good and bad habits.
The numbers 61 to 80, the sounds ch, sh, th and ng and the sound a word begins with.
Seasons and India
Summer, winter and the monsoon, the rainbow, autumn and spring, and India's national bird and animal.
The numbers 81 to 100, tricky words, word families and building words and counting in tens.
The sky and the planets
The sun, the moon and the stars, the solar system and its planets, and a look back at the year.
Rhyming words, the number names one to nine and what comes next.
By the end of the year
What the Junior KG (LKG) year works towards, step by step, at each child's own pace.
Words
- Writes the capital letters A to Z and the small letters a to z
- Knows the sounds ch, sh, th and ng, and the vowels and the consonants
- Builds words in families, and reads tricky words and rhyming words
- Speaks in full sentences and tells a story
- Knows more than 25 rhymes and stories
Numbers and shapes
- Counts, reads and writes the numbers 1 to 100
- Says the number names one to nine
- Knows more and less, and before and after
- Counts in tens
- Knows the shapes, sorts, makes pairs and knows the words for where things are
The world around
- Knows their name, age and address, the parts of the body, and the family
- Knows the parts and kinds of plants, and how a seed grows
- Knows the animals of the farm and the wild, and their babies
- Knows how people travel by land, water and air
- Knows summer, winter, the monsoon, autumn and spring, and the rainbow
- Knows India's national bird and animal, and the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets
Growing up
- Learns every day and plans ahead
- Listens before talking
- Knows good habits from bad ones
- Says please, thank you and sorry
Art
- Has met Indian art in the Warli, Madhubani, Kalamkari, Gond and Bhil styles
Senior KG (UKG)
5 to 6 yearsStill the same school, on the same campus.On to Senior KG (UKG)
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