Kindergarten skill plan

Every Kindergarten skill in Vita, in the order we suggest teaching them. Tap a skill to practice it, or print the plan and check skills off as your child earns each gold star.

161 skills this year: 85 math, 52 language arts, 14 science, 10 social studies. That's about 5 a week over a 36-week school year, and 15 to 20 minutes of practice a day is plenty for most kids.

Standards: Common Core State Standards for math and language arts, NGSS for science, and the C3 Framework for social studies. 9 skills are extra practice, review, or a preview of a later grade, and say so next to the skill.

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Math 85 skills

Measurement, time and money

K.75Longer and shorterK.MD.A.2
K.76Tell time to the hour1.MD.B.3 (early practice for a later grade)
K.77Coin values2.MD.C.8 (early practice for a later grade)
K.78Heavier and lighterK.MD.A.2
K.79Days of the weekExtra practice (the calendar is not a Kindergarten Common Core standard)
K.80Taller and shorterK.MD.A.2
K.81Bigger and smallerK.MD.A.2
K.82Sort by color and countK.MD.B.3
K.83Morning, afternoon or night?K.MD.A.2
K.84Pennies to 10 cents (up to 5¢)K.CC.B.5
K.85Pennies to 10 centsK.CC.B.5

Language arts 52 skills

Letters

K.1Find the letterRF.K.1d
K.2Uppercase and lowercaseRF.K.1d
K.3ABC orderRF.K.1d
K.4Consonants and vowelsExtra practice (not a Common Core standard)
K.5Find the lowercase letterRF.K.1d
K.6Letter before and afterRF.K.1d

Sounds and rhyming

K.7Rhyming wordsRF.K.2a
K.8Which word does not rhyme?RF.K.2a
K.9SyllablesRF.K.2b
K.10Beginning soundsRF.K.2d
K.11Ending soundsRF.K.2d
K.12Which letter does it start with?RF.K.3a
K.13Change the first soundRF.K.2e
K.14Do they rhyme?RF.K.2a
K.15Middle soundRF.K.2d

Phonics

K.16Short vowel soundsRF.K.3b
K.17Complete the short vowel wordRF.K.2d
K.18Consonant digraphsRF.1.3a (early practice for a later grade)
K.19Consonant blendsRF.1.2b (early practice for a later grade)
K.20Sight wordsRF.K.3c
K.21Long vowel soundsRF.K.3b
K.22Read the word for the pictureRF.K.3
K.23Find the picture for the wordRF.K.3
K.24Blend sounds into a wordRF.K.2c
K.25Word familiesRF.K.3
K.26More sight wordsRF.K.3c
K.27Spell a three-letter wordRF.K.3b
K.28Find the sight wordRF.K.3c

Words and sentences

Reading

K.42Real or make-believe?Extra practice (not a Common Core standard)
K.43What happens next?Extra practice (not a Common Core standard)
K.44Main ideaRI.K.2
K.45Read a sentenceRF.K.4
K.46Finish the sentenceRF.K.4
K.47Where does the story happen?RL.K.3
K.48Author and illustratorRL.K.6
K.49How do they feel?RL.K.7
K.50What happens first?RL.K.2
K.51What happens last?RL.K.2
K.52Ask a questionL.K.1d

Science 14 skills

Pushes and pulls

K.1Push or pull?NGSS K-PS2-1
K.2Harder push, faster moveNGSS K-PS2-1
K.3Change the directionNGSS K-PS2-2

Weather and the sun

K.4The sun warms thingsNGSS K-PS3-1
K.5Make shadeNGSS K-PS3-2
K.6What's the weather?NGSS K-ESS2-1
K.7Dress for the weatherNGSS K-ESS2-1
K.8Stay safe in stormsNGSS K-ESS3-2

Living things

K.9What do living things need?NGSS K-LS1-1
K.10Living or not living?NGSS K-LS1-1
K.11What do animals eat?NGSS K-LS1-1

Earth and people

K.12Animal homesNGSS K-ESS3-1
K.13Animals change their worldNGSS K-ESS2-2
K.14Reduce, reuse, recycleNGSS K-ESS3-3

Social studies 10 skills

Me and my community

K.1Community helpersC3 D2.Civ.6.K-2
K.2Why we have rulesC3 D2.Civ.9.K-2
K.3Good citizen choicesC3 D2.Civ.7.K-2
K.4FamiliesC3 D2.His.2.K-2

Maps and places

K.5What is a map?C3 D2.Geo.1.K-2
K.6Land or water?C3 D2.Geo.2.K-2
K.7Where things areC3 D2.Geo.1.K-2

Needs and wants

K.8Needs or wants?C3 D2.Eco.1.K-2
K.9Why people workC3 D2.Eco.2.K-2
K.10Long ago and todayC3 D2.His.2.K-2

Tip for homeschool families: the progress report on your Family page shows which of these skills your child has mastered, with dates. Print both to keep a record of the year.