What Your Kindergartner Needs to Know

A Note to Teachers

教师使用说明

Acknowledgments

致　谢

Introduction:Kindergarten,The Big First Step

序言：学前班，重要的第一步

General Introduction to the Core Knowledge Series

核心知识系列读本前言

I. Language and Literature

语言和文学

Reading, Writing, and Your Kindergartner

学前班孩子的阅读和写作

Teaching Children to Read:

The Need for a Balanced Approach

教孩子阅读：要有一个平衡的方法

Learning to Read and Write

学习阅读和写作

A Goal for Kindergarten

学前班的学习目标

What Does a Good Kindergarten

Program Do?

什么样的学前班课程最理想？

What Parents Can Do to Help

父母应该怎么帮助孩子

Literature

文　学

引言：语义的世界

Read-Aloud Activities

朗读活动

Familiar and Favorite Poems

常见的广受喜爱的诗歌

配合诗歌阅读的活动

Time to Rise

该起床了

Happy Thought

快乐的心情

Hickory, Dickory, Dock

嘀哒，嘀哒嘀

Early to Bed

早早睡

A Diller, a Dollar

滴里，哒啦

Hey, Diddle, Diddle

摇啊摇

Little Bo Peep

小波比

Little Boy Blue

小男孩布卢

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep

咩，咩，黑绵羊

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

一、二，系鞋带

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

下雨了，下大了

The More It Snows

雪越下越大

Roses Are Red

玫瑰是红色的

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

玛丽、玛丽真倔强

Jack and Jill

杰克和杰尔

Jack Be Nimble

杰克真敏捷

There Was a Little Girl

有一个小女孩

Little Miss Muffet

马非特小姐

Humpty Dumpty

汉普蒂·邓普蒂

Little Jack Horner

小杰克·霍纳

Mary Had a Little Lamb

玛丽有只小羊羔

Georgie Porgie

乔吉·波吉

Hot Cross Buns!

热腾腾的十字面包！

Simple Simon

傻瓜西蒙

Old Mother Hubbard

老妈妈哈伯德

Old King Cole

老国王科尔

Sing a Song of Sixpence

唱一首六便士的歌

Ladybug, Ladybug

瓢虫瓢虫快回家

Three Blind Mice

三只瞎老鼠

Jack Sprat

杰克·斯普拉特

Seesaw, Margery Daw

跷跷板

The Three Little Kittens

三只小猫

There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

住在鞋里的老妇人

Star Light, Star Bright

星星闪，星星亮

Aesop’s Fables

伊索寓言

The Dog and His Shadow

狗和自己的影子

The Lion and the Mouse

狮子和老鼠

The Hare and the Tortoise

龟兔赛跑

The Grasshopper and the Ants

蚱蜢和蚂蚁

Stories

故　事

The Three Little Pigs

三只小猪

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

金发姑娘和三只熊

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

三只公山羊

Momotaro: Peach Boy

桃太郎

What Is an Illustrator?

插图画家是做什么的？

The Little Red Hen

红色小母鸡

Chicken Little

小鸡

Little Red Riding Hood

小红帽

The Bremen Town Musicians

不来梅的乐师

The Ugly Duckling

丑小鸭

Tug-of-War

拔河比赛

Cinderella

灰姑娘

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids

狼和七只小羊

King Midas and the Golden Touch

麦得斯王和点金术

Snow White

白雪公主

What Is an Author?

作家是做什么的？

Pooh Goes Visiting and Gets into a Tight Place

小熊维尼受困记

The Velveteen Rabbit

绒毛兔

Two Tall Tales

传奇两则

Johnny Appleseed

苹果籽约翰尼

Casey Jones

凯西·琼斯

Sayings

谚　语

April showers bring May flowers

四月的雨带来五月的花

Better safe than sorry

小心无大错

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you

你希望别人怎么对待你，就怎么对待别人

A dog is man’s best friend

狗是人类最好的朋友

The early bird gets the worm

早起的鸟儿有虫吃

Great oaks from little acorns grow

大橡树是从小橡果长成的

Look before you leap

三思而后行

A place for everything and everything in its place

万物各有其处，也应各处其所

It’s raining cats and dogs

倾盆大雨

Practice makes perfect

熟能生巧

Where there’s a will, there’s a way

有志者事竟成

II. History and Geography

历史和地理

Introduction

引　言

World History and Geography

世界历史和地理

What a Ball! Our World

我们的地球

Oceans and Continents

海洋和大陆

Maps and the Globe

地图和地球仪

Which Way Are You Going?

你正朝哪个方向走？

North, South, East, West

东南西北

Around the World in Seven Ways

七大洲

Asia

亚洲

Europe

欧洲

Africa

非洲

North America

北美洲

South America

南美洲

Australia

澳大利亚洲

Antarctica

南极洲

Can You Answer These Questions About the Continents?

你能答出这些关于大洲的问题吗？

American History and Geography

美国历史和地理

Do You Live in the United States of America?

你是住在美国吗？

The American Flag

美国国旗

Looking Back

追溯历史

The First Americans: Many Peoples and Many Places

最早的美国人：那些人，那些地方

Homes in the Desert, Homes by the Ocean

家在沙漠，家在海滨

Native Americans

美洲原住民

Christopher Columbus

克里斯托弗·哥伦布

The Voyage to the “New World”

航向新世界

Pilgrims in the New World

新世界的朝圣者

A Hard Journey

艰难的旅程

A Thanksgiving Feast

感恩盛宴

Happy Birthday, America!

美国，生日快乐！

“Democracy”—What’s That?

“民主”——究竟是什么？

Not Completely Free

不彻底的自由

Presidents: Leaders in a Democracy

总统：民主的领导者

George Washington: The Father of the USA

乔治·华盛顿：美国国父

George Washington and the Cherry Tree

乔治·华盛顿和樱桃树

Thomas Jefferson: The Idea Man

托马斯·杰斐逊：思想者

Honest Abe Lincoln

诚实的亚伯·林肯

Theodore Roosevelt: The Teddy Bear President

西奥多·罗斯福：泰迪熊总统

Mount Rushmore

拉什莫尔山：美国总统山

Other Presidents

其他总统

III. Visual Arts

视觉艺术

Introduction

引　言

What Do Artists Do?

艺术家是做什么的？

Color, Color Everywhere

色彩无处不在

Follow That Line!

看那条线！

Looking at Pictures—Really Looking!

观赏绘画作品——请认真看！

Sculpture: Statues, Monuments, and More

雕塑：雕像、纪念性建筑及其他

IV. Music

音　乐

Introduction

引　言

Do You Like Music?

你喜欢音乐吗？

Musical Activities for Parents and Children

为家长和孩子们准备的音乐活动

Activity 1 Moving Responsively to Music

活动一：跟随着音乐舞动

Activity 2 “Beat it!”

活动二：“打拍子！”

Activity 3 Loud and Quiet

活动三：声音的大和小

Activity 4 Fast and Slow

活动四：节奏的快和慢

Activity 5 High and Low

活动五：音调的高和低

Favorite Songs

最受喜爱的歌曲

Bingo

宾果

Go in and out the Window

钻窗户

Hush, Little Baby

嘘，小宝贝

London Bridge Is Falling Down

伦敦桥要倒了

My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean

我的邦妮在大洋彼岸

Old MacDonald

老麦克唐纳

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

一闪一闪小星星

Go Tell Aunt Rhody

去告诉罗迪阿姨

The Bear Went over the Mountain

熊翻山

Jingle Bells

铃儿响叮当

The Farmer in the Dell

山谷里的农夫

The Hokey Pokey

变戏法

If You’re Happy and You Know It

幸福拍手歌

Kum Ba Yah

来这里吧

The Wheels on the Bus

公交车轮转啊转

This Old Man

这位老先生

V. Mathematics

数　学

Introduction

引　言

Patterns and Classifications

模式和分类

Activity 1 Collecting Things by Likeness

活动一：收集相似的东西

Activity 2 Sorting Everyday Objects

活动二：整理日常用品

Activity 3 Alike and Different

活动三：相同和不同

Activity 4 Shape Sort

活动四：按形状分类

Activity 5 Shape Train

活动五：形状列车

Activity 6 Potato Prints

活动六：土豆印章

Activity 7 More Play with Patterns

活动七：更多模式游戏

Numbers and Number Sense

数和数感

Activity 1 Numbers from 1 to 10

活动一：从1到10

Activity 2 Loading the Train: Counting Objects to 10

活动二：装火车——从1数到10

Activity 3 The Size of 10

活动三：10有多大

Activity 4 Counting Game

活动四：数数游戏

Ten Little Monkeys

十只小猴子

Activity 5 How Many?

活动五：有多少？

Activity 6 Number Match

活动六：数字对应

Activity 7 One More, One Less

活动七：多一个，少一个

Activity 8 Most and Fewest

活动八：最多和最少

Activity 9 Counting More Than 10 Objects

活动九：数到10个以上

Activity 10 Things That Come in Pairs

活动十：一些成对的东西

Activity 11 Counting by Twos

活动十一：两个两个地数

Activity 12 Counting by Fives and Tens

活动十二：以5和10的倍数计数

Activity 13 Half and Half

活动十三：一半一半

Activity 14 A Good-Job Graph

活动十四：好事表

Activity 15 Block Train

活动十五：积木列车

Money

钱　币

Activity 1 Identifying Money

活动一：认识钱币

Activity 2 Money Bingo

活动二：钱币宾果游戏

Computation

计　算

Activity l Addition: Finding Totals

活动一：加法——找到总数

Activity 2 Subtraction: The Take-Away Game

活动二：减法——拿走的游戏

Activity 3 Addition and Subtraction Stories

活动三：加法故事和减法故事

Measurement

测　量

Activity 1 Measurement Tools

活动一：测量工具

Activity 2 Measuring with Paper Clips

活动二：用曲别针进行测量

Activity 3 Measuring with Hands and Feet

活动三：用手和脚进行测量

Activity 4 Full, Half-Full, and Empty

活动四：满的、一半、空的

Activity 5 Heavy and Light

活动五：重和轻

Activity 6 Long and Short Events

活动六：长事件和短事件

Activity 7 Before and After; Morning, Afternoon, and Evening

活动七：以前和以后，上午、下午和晚上

Activity 8 What Time Is It?

活动八：现在几点了？

Activity 9 The Calendar

活动九：日历

Geometry

几　何

Activity 1 What’s That Shape?

活动一：那是什么形状？

Activity 2 Shape and Size

活动二：形状和大小

Activity 3 Where Is It? Using Words of Position and Direction

活动三：它在哪儿？使用表示位置和方向的词

Activity 4 Simon Says

活动四：西蒙说