Kindergarten Plus! is an integrated program that includes engaging, exciting, and developmentally appropriate activities. Use as a core program or as a complement to an existing program. Both new and experienced kindergarten teachers will find this teacher-friendly resource invaluable.

Kindergarten Plus! is broken down into 10 theme-based units. Each unit contains hands-on activities that integrate all the subject areas.

Highlights of each monthly theme include:

• reproducible parent letter outlining the activities and expectations
• step-by-step, engaging Math lesson plans
• weekly poems with daily lesson plans
• detailed Integrated Studies (art, social studies, science, etc.) lesson plans
• classroom centre suggestions (e.g., Reading Centre, Writing/Language Centre, Mathematics Centre, Discovery Centre, Tactile Centre, Arts & Crafts Centre, and Dramatic Centre)
• additional poems (adaptable as fingerplays)
• comprehensive list of children's books
• assessment suggestions and blackline masters

Monthly Themes

Unit 1 - I Am Special!:  The first unit focuses on helping your students orient themselves to the "Big School". Students learn classroom rules and routines and recognize that every classmate is special.

Unit 2 - Apples and Pumpkins:  With the beginning of the fall season, students engage in activities involving apples and pumpkins.

Unit 3 - Colours and Shapes: Students learn about the colours and shapes of a variety of everyday objects.

Unit 4 - Gingerbread Man: Students run, run, run as fast as they can to take part in exciting gingerbread-themed activities.

Unit 5 - Winter Wonderland: Students investigate the magic of the winter season.

Unit 6 - Friendship: Excitement and energy abound as students discover the importance of having friends and being a good friend.

Unit 7 - All About Bears: During the final weeks of winter, students venture into an exciting unit on bears.

Unit 8 - Spring Is Here!: Students explore and discover the changes spring brings to the outdoor world.

Unit 9 - On the Farm: Students kick up their heels and "travel" to the farm.

Unit 10 - Community Helpers: Students "travel" around the local community and celebrate those who contribute to it.

Kindergarten Plus! kit includes:

• 11 books: one book for each monthly theme, plus a getting started book
• blackline masters (activity sheets, charts and graphs, cutouts, poems, and much more) 
• CD of selected songs
• provincial curriculum correlation chart
• storage box

about the author
		Joni Bowman Joni Bowman, BA, M.Ed., MCDTA, is a former elementary school teacher who has taught all subjects in the primary and junior divisions in regular, gifted, and special education programs.  As co-author of the Hands-On Science and Technology, Hands-On Social Studies, and Hands-On Mathematics programs, she is committed to providing active and engaging learning experiences for students.  Since 2003, her focus has been on creating developmentally appropriate, activity-based programs for Pre-K and Kindergarten students with her business, Springboard for Learning.  Joni resides in Burlington, Ontario, with her supportive husband and three inspirational daughters.