Explore connections between the visual arts and other curriculum.

Distinguish among the past, present, and future.

Create a timeline using events from their own lives.

Describe ways people learn about the past.

Recognize that maps and globes represent places.

Use directions or positional words to identify significant locations in the classroom.

Identify and describe places in the immediate environment.

Recognize simple scenery, costumes, sound, and props in the dramatic process.

Use the vocabulary of theatre to identify theatrical experiences.

Repeat sequence of events through guided practice.

Reference story details to formulate personal preferences.

Respond to teacher questions regarding personal opinions about character, place, and plot.

Receive teacher comments and direction regarding classroom dramatizations.

Recognize the character's wants and needs.

Communicate likes and dislikes prompted by performances.

Become aware that art forms come from all cultures.

Identify that stories come in a variety of forms.

Understand that performances are presented in various multimedia forms.

Participate in arts activities that focus on everyday life.

Identify and explore a variety of materials to communicate personal experiences.

Work with materials and tools safely with environmental awareness.

Explore the elements of art through playful sensory experiences.

Prepare, complete, and sign finished artwork.

Explore the basic uses of art materials to produce artwork.

Use a variety of lines, colors, and basic geometric shapes and patterns to creatively express feelings and personal experiences.

Participate in discussions of the aspects of environment, family, and home in the creation of art.

Select subject matter and communicate a personal story in a painting or drawing.

Use a variety of traditional and non-traditional sound sources and electronic media when composing, arranging, and improvising appropriate to kindergarten.

Add vocal and physical responses to a selection presented in kindergarten.

Identify echo songs and recognize the same and different sections of the music when presented aurally.

Use invented or standard notation to transcribe increasingly difficult rhythms and melodies.

Describe the music performed and presented in kindergarten by moving, drawing, or through other appropriate responses.

Introduce music vocabulary emphasizing opposites; i.e. fast and slow, loud and soft.

Categorize the timbre of non-pitched percussion instruments. Identify male, female, and children's voices.

Devise student created criteria for objective evaluation of performances and compositions.

Identify and support personal reactions to a musical selection.

Identify and describe distinguishing characteristics of starkly contrasting styles.

Describe how elements of music are used in examples from world cultures, using music performed and presented in kindergarten.

Demonstrate audience appropriate behavior for the context and style of music presented and performed in kindergarten.

Observe and identify similarities and differences in the meanings of common vocabulary used in the various kindergarten arts.

Observe and identify cross-curricular connections within the kindergarten curriculum.

Discuss the various rationales for using music in daily experiences.

Imitate and reII. Create the sounds of objects, animals, and people.

Recognize a variety of real and non-real characters through guided dramatization.

Recognize characters, environments, and situations that support the creation of a classroom dramatization.

Differentiate between dramatic play and creative drama.

Covered in benchmark 4.

Learn and perform a simple dance from one culture.

Identify three personal goals with teacher assistance.

With teacher assistance, create a chart of good health habits for their room.