Kindergarten

Language Arts, Science, and History

Language Arts - Phonics & Writing

• Logic of English Foundations A Set (manuscript) - 1st semester

• Logic of English Foundations B Set (manuscript) - 2nd semester

• *Adventures in Alphabetoo: $97.00 (payable to Peace-Hill directly or with charter school funds)

Language Arts - Literature

**No purchase necessary - Below are links to this year’s picture books in case you’d like your own copies. We will be providing you with links to these books as read-alouds on YouTube, but you may also find them at your local library:

• The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn

• The Little Red Hen by Lucinda McQueen

• The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf

• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein

• The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston and Tomie dePaola

• Amelia Bedilia by Peggy Parish

• Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey

• Bread and Jam for Frances by Russell Hoban

• Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

• A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams

• The Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter

• Curious George by H.A. Rey & Margret Rey

• Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel

• Miss Nelson Is Missing by Harry G. Allard Jr.

• Stone Soup by Marcia Brown

• The Story of Ping by Marjorie Flack

• Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey

• Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson

• The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth

• The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash by Trinka Hakes Noble

• How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long

• The Mitten by Jan Brett

• Lentil by Robert McCloskey

• Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema

• Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton

• The Hat by Jan Brett

• The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen

• How to Scare a Lion by Dorothy Stephenson

• Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

• The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown

• Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats

• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judy Barrett & Ronald Barrett

• Olivia and the Missing Toy by Ian Falconer

• Tanya and the Missing Wardrobe by Patricia Lee Gauch

Science - Habitats

Core curriculum provided by Peace Hill. Worksheets and all materials are included in the materials fee. “At-Home” nature study supplies can be found on the supplies list.

• Kindergarten At-Home Living Science Read-Aloud Books:

  • The Burgess Seashore Book for Children by Thornton Burgess 

  • A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder by Walter Wick (free read-aloud here)

  • James Herriot’s Treasury for Children by James Herriot (borrow free here)

  • Secrets of the Woods by William J. Long (free download here)

  • Seed-Babies: An Illustrated Children’s Story of Plants, Eggs and Seeds in Nature by Margaret Warner Morley (free version here)

  • Star Stories for Little Folks by Gertrude Chandler Warner (free download here)

History

• American History

  • The Children’s Book of America by William J. Bennett

  • Heroes and Happenings Volume 2  

• World Geography

  • Around the World Part 2 Teacher Guide by Beautiful Feet

  • Maps by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski

  • Notebook by Beautiful Feet

• **No purchase necessary. - Below are links to this year’s picture books in case you’d like your own copies. We will be providing you with links to these books as read-alouds on YouTube, but you may also find them at your local library:

  • Around the World Part 2 picture books

NOTE: If your student is with a charter that will not accept the historical era we are in this year for this grade, consider using your funds to purchase California Studies Weekly - Kindergarten for $29.95, a simple, weekly magazine-style curriculum that can be completed at home on the side and will provide weekly options for samples.

See the course descriptions for each grade!