Senior KG (UKG)
The last year of preschool: getting ready for reading, writing and Class 1, in the school a child already knows.
- Age
- 5 to 6 years
- Also called
- UKG, Upper Kindergarten
A day in Senior KG (UKG)
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 Senior KG (UKG)
What is new in Senior KG (UKG), and what children bring with them from Junior KG (LKG).
Péntemind's programmes here: Artsy, Mental Might, Showstopper, Tell-a-Tale, Whirl & Twirl, Personality Development, Critical Thinking, Eco-Conscious.
New in Senior KG (UKG)
Ready to read
Words of two, three and four letters, families of words, rhyming and tricky words, two letters that make one sound, and simple sentences read aloud, with more than 30 rhymes and stories by the end of the year.
Ready to write
Joined letters from Aa to Zz, words written from dictation, and the steady hand to write for longer.
Ready for Class 1
Adding and taking away, tens and ones, even and odd, money and the clock, and a day the children manage more and more on their own.
A year in Senior KG (UKG)
Six themes, one after another, bringing letters, numbers, shapes and signs, until by the end of the year the letters Aa to Zz and the numbers to 100 are there.
My body and me
What is inside my body, keeping clean, my address, stories of one word, and action words.
Letters Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg and Hh, the numbers 1 to 100 and the number names to 50.
Plants and shapes
Kinds of plants, how a seed grows, flowers, and new shapes, flat and solid.
Letters Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp and Qq, the hexagon, cube, cuboid and sphere, more than, less than, equals, tens and ones and counting in steps.
Animals and words
Animals at home, in the wild and in the sea, frogs and other amphibians, and playing at a farm.
Letters Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy and Zz, words of two, three and four letters, families of words and counting in fives and tens, and the numbers before, after and missing.
Getting about and money
Trains, boats and ports, planes, and keeping the air and the water clean.
Adding, money, action words, rhyming and tricky words and even and odd, and counting back.
Time, seasons and water
The clock and the parts of the day, the seasons turning, the rainbow, and where water comes from and where it goes.
The clock, rhyming words and dictation and the number line.
India and a new school
India's national symbols and emblem, a tour of India, the Asian Games, unity in diversity, and the new school ahead.
Taking away, two letters that make one sound and first, second and third.
By the end of the year
What the Senior KG (UKG) year works towards, step by step, at each child's own pace.
Words
- Writes joined letters from Aa to Zz
- Writes words from dictation
- Builds words of two, three and four letters, and words in families
- Reads rhyming words, tricky words, and two letters that make one sound
- Reads simple sentences and tells stories
- Knows more than 30 rhymes and stories
Numbers and shapes
- Reads and writes the numbers 1 to 100, and the number names to 50
- Adds, with zero too, and takes away, written one under the other
- Knows tens and ones, even and odd, and the numbers before, after and missing
- Compares numbers, counts back and uses the number line
- Knows first, second and third
- Knows money, the clock and the parts of the day
- Knows the hexagon, the cube, the cuboid and the sphere
The world around
- Knows what is inside the body, and how to keep clean
- Knows plants and how a seed grows
- Knows animals at home, in the wild and in the sea, and frogs and other amphibians
- Knows trains, boats and ports, and planes, and why air and water must be kept clean
- Knows how the seasons turn, the rainbow, the water cycle and where water comes from
- Knows India's national symbols and emblem, and unity in diversity
Ready for Class 1
- Follows the day on their own
- Writes for longer with a steady hand
- Keeps the habits of the classroom
- Is ready to move on to Class 1
Art
- Has met Indian art in the Warli, Madhubani, Kalamkari, Gond and Bhil styles
Primary School (Class 1–5)
6 to 11 yearsStill the same school, on the same campus.On to Primary School (Class 1–5)
Come and see the school
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