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Kindergarten Goals & Objectives
Textbooks Used:
- Happy with God [HWG;
references marked Roman numeral – lesson # or H-page #]
- What We See & Do in
Church [WWS; references marked W-lesson #]
Curriculum Outline:
PRIMARILY REVIEWING AND BUILDING UPON PRESCHOOL
CREATION: To
understand that Creation is God’s gift to us. [I-1,4; W-17]
- Retell the story of
Adam and Eve. [W-17]
- List (3) different
ways we enjoy God’s gifts and the creation.
- Make a depiction of
the Creation. [W-17]
- God created all
people. [IV-3]
LOVE: To understand
that God loves us.
- God gave us the
Creation.
- God gave us our family
to take of us. [I-2]
- God gave us our
Church, our Orthodox Church family, friends, and Holy Communion. [I-3, II,
V-4]
- We show God’s love by
caring for others: family, Church family, neighbors.
- Jesus teaches us to
love one another, obey, forgive, help, have mercy, be truthful, to say we are
sorry.
JESUS IS THE GREATEST
GIFT: To identify important events in the life of Christ and to connect these
events’s in Christ’s life with the major feasts of the Church. [Use a children’s
Bible and icons. Insert lessons as they fit in the Liturgical Calendar.]
- Retell the
Annunciation story. Focus on obedience and Mary’s various names. [III-1]
- Retell the Nativity
story. [III-3]
- Retell the
Presentation to the Temple story. [V-1]
- Retell the
Theophany/Baptism story. [V-2, VII-2]
- Retell the story of
Palm Sunday [VII-3]
- Retell the Crucifixion
story. [VII-4]
- Retell the
Pascha/Resurrection story. [VII-5]
- Jesus loves us.
[III-4]
- Jesus is a great
Teacher: obedience, forgiveness, love, help, and mercy.
- Jesus is God’s Son.
[VII-2]
THANKSGIVING: To know
that we should give thanks to God for all things. [IV-4]
- Define prayer as
talking to God. [II-2, W-4]
- Jesus gave the
Disciples and us the Lord’s Prayer. We can pray the Lord’s Prayer with family
at meals, and at bedtime.
- Recite Lord’s Prayer.
- List when we pray
(before meals, in the morning and at bedtime; use Orthodox prayers). [V-2]
- Give reasons for
praying (what and why; family, friends, health, gifts and talents).
- To understand that we
should share God’s gifts with others. (Tie in with a simple explanation of
Matthew 25)
- Share God’s gifts by
doing things for the needy and ill. (Ex. Bring food, mittens, etc. for the
needy; coins for the Orthodox Christian Mission canister.)
- Thanksgiving is a
national holiday created by President Lincoln as a National Day of Thanks to
God. [Insert in calendar, VII-1, W-7]
- Retell the story of
Jesus healing the Ten Lepers. [IV-4]
WORSHIP & DOCTRINE:
To understand that going to Church is a joyful experience of prayer and singing
requires proper conduct. (Suggest using “Building Your Own Church”, “Building
Your Own Iconostasion”, “Build your own Bishop, Priest, Deacon” available from
OCEC and add small models of baptismal font, Gospel, etc.)
- Making the sign of the
cross correctly. [II-1, IV-4, W-2]]
- Show how to receive
Communion correctly. [V-4, W-27]
- Show how to receive
Antidoron correctly.
- Explain why, how and
when we light candles. [II-2, W-5]
- Venerate an icon
correctly. [II-2, W-6]
- Sing simple hymns
- “Holy God” [IV-3,
H-p.134]
- Triple “Lord Have
Mercy” [IV-3, H-p.134]
- Those Who have been
Baptized into Christ [IV-3, H-p.134]
- “Christ is Risen”
[VII-5, H-p.136]
- “By the prayers of
the Theotokos”/”Tes Previes” [optional]
- “Blessed of the Name
of the Lord” [optional]
- “Save us of Son of
God” [optional]
- The Troparion of the
Church’s feast or patron saint.
- Recite the prayer
“Holy God…”
- Identify the icons of
Jesus, the Theotokos and the parish’s patron. [III-4, W-9]
- The priest blesses our
home with Holy Water. [VII-2, W-13. Holy Water bottle project.]
- The priest is the
leader of our Parish. The Bishop oversees many parishes. [W-21, 22]
- Identify the Parish’s
name – Patron Saint or Feast Day.
- Recite “Christ is
Risen!” and respond “Truly or Indeed He is Risen!” [VII-5]
- Name his/her Patron
Saint. [W-8]
- Retell the life of the
Patron Saint.
- Identify/show the icon
of his/her Patron Saint. [W-8]
- Retell the 40-Day
blessing. [V-1, W-14]
- Relate the purpose of
Baptism. [V-2&3, W-15] (Focus on becoming a new Christian.)
- Home project: Invite
parents to share stories of when they were very young in Church, and share how
they learned to show respect in the service.
- Identify the Holy
Bible. [W-16]
SCRIPTURE LESSONS FOR KINDERGARTEN
-
Retell the
story of Baby Moses. [I-2]
-
Retell the
story of Noah’s Ark. [I-4]
-
Retell the
story of Jesus in the Temple. [II-1]
-
Retell the
meeting of Mary and Elizabeth. [III-2, W-23]
-
Retell the
story of the Nativity. [III-3, W-10,11]
-
Retell the
story of Jesus’ baptism. [W-13]
-
List one
of the miracles that Jesus performed. [III-4. Water to wine; healing the
sick.]
-
Recall the
story of Samuel and Hannah. [IV-2. Emphasize obedience]
-
Retell the
story of the Last Supper. [V-4, W-26. Direct students to listen to the words
of the consecration]
-
Retell the
story of the Rich Man and Lazarus. [IV-1]
-
Retell the
story of the healing of the 10 Lepers. [IV-4]
-
Retell the
story of Palm Sunday. [VII-3, W-25]
-
Define
Parable. [W-20]
-
Explain
what is done on Holy Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. [W-28, 29, 30]
-
Explain
what is remembered on Pentecost. [W-31]
VOCABULARY:
Altar
Server
Chanter Icon
Preach
Altar Bread/Prophoro Christian
Incense Priest
Angel
Church Jesus
Saint
Antidoron/Holy
Bread Communion
Mary Spoon
Ark
Create Miracle
Theotokos
Baptism/Baptized Cross
Name Day Titles: Father,
Baptismal
Font Epiphany/Theophany
Obey Bishop, etc.
Bible & Gospel
Book Epitaphios
Palm
Blessing or Hand
Cross Font
Panagia
Candle Guardian
Angel Pascha/Easter
Censer
Godparents Pew
Chalice Holy
Water Pray/Prayer