Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 1: Our Senses}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: Our Senses is great for the beginning of the school year. It introduces students to science and teaches them how to think like a scientist using our five senses! It contains lessons on these specific topics:

What Science is
What a Scientist Does
Our Sense of Sight
Our Sense of Hearing
Our Sense of Touch
Our Sense of Taste
Our Sense of Smell
Using our Senses All Together

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Little Kindergarten Science Thinkers {UNIT 6: Force and Motion}

Little Science Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for Kindergarten.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your kinder friends.  It incorporates many state and NGSS standards. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 6: Force and Motion teaches your little learners all about animal groups. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

How things move
Pushes and Pulls
Force and Direction
Gravity
Simple Machines
Magnets

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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 2: Space}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

 

UNIT 2: SPACE teaches your little learners all about the sun, moon, earth, and solar system. It includes many engaging investigations and experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Earth’s Place in Space
Energy from the Sun
Patterns from the Sun: Day/Night and the Seasons
Our Solar System
The Moon: Craters and Phases
Gravity

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Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers {UNIT 1: Light and Sound}

Little 1st Grade SCIENCE Thinkers is a complete science curriculum specifically for first grade.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your students.  It incorporates both the NGSS standards as well as many state standards for 1st grade science. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: LIGHT AND SOUND teaches your little learners all becoming a scientist, matter, light, and sound. It’s a perfect introduction to science in the beginning of the school year and includes many hands-on science experiences for your class. It includes lessons on these topics:

Making observations
Science Tools and Safety
The Scientific Method
Matter
Properties of Matter
Sound and Vibrations
Light
Communicating with Light and Sound

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Little Social Studies Thinkers for K-1: Pilgrims and Wampanoag

This complete K-1 Thanksgiving History unit teaches historically accurate and factual lessons about the history of modern day Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and the Wampanoag people.

This MINI-UNIT: Pilgrims and Wampanoag takes kids back to the 1600s to learn about the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag, and the history of what came to be known as the first Thanksgiving. This unit teaches an accurate, non-romanticized version of history in a way that is appropriate for both Kindergarten and 1st grade students.

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 5: Geography}

Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 5: Geography teaches students how jobs and money affect people in a community. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Tools for Geography
All About Maps
Manmade Structures
Landforms
Bodies of Water
Continents
Oceans
Where We Live

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 4: Community Economics}

Little Social Studies Thinkers  is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 4: Community Economics teaches students how jobs and money affect people in a community. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Working in a Community
Earning Income
Wants and Needs
Goods and Services in a Community
Natural Resources and how they contribute to G/S
Producers and Consumers
Supply and Demand
Choices about Money

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary. It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends. It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 3: Holidays Around the World teaches students about holiday traditions and customs. It takes children on a tour all around the world to learn about holidays, celebrations, and traditions in different countries and continents. This unit explicitly teaches these holidays:

Mexico: Las Posadas
Germany: Christmas
Italy: Christmas
Sweden: Saint Lucia Day and Christmas
India: Diwali
Israel: Hanukkah
Australia: Christmas
United States: Kwanzaa
Africa/Middle East: Eid al-Fitr
Canada/U.S.: Christmas

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 2: Families, Long Ago & Today}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 2: Families, Long Ago & Today teaches students about how families have changed over time. It also explores diversity within the family structure and within our communities. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

Past, Present, and the Future
Using Books, Photos, and Artifacts to learn about the Past
Making a Timeline
Life Long Ago and Today
Diversity within a Community
Our Families
Our Family and Cultural Traditions

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Little 1st Grade SOCIAL STUDIES Thinkers {UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship}

Little Social Studies Thinkers is a complete social studies curriculum specifically for primary.  It’s everything you need to introduce, teach, practice, and assess your primary friends.  It incorporates many state standards for 1st grade. This curriculum was completely researched, designed, and created by Karen Jones.

UNIT 1: Responsible Citizenship is great for the beginning of the school year. It introduces students to rules and specific things that they can do to become a responsible citizen. It contains lessons on these specific topics:

What rules are
What laws are and how they are different than rules
How to show respect and responsibility
Good and bad choices
Friendship and honesty
Why teamwork is important
What is perseverance and how can we persevere
Good sportsmanship

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