Kindergarten education through genre media
Purpose
As you may be aware, we have chosen to keep Pegasus home from Jr Kindergarten (Maternelle) this September. This is entirely due to Covid-19. We have nothing but the highest respect for the teachers who are working very hard to keep themselves and the children in their care safe.
I have looked at the Ontario curriculum for Kindergarten and its overall expectations. You can see them here.
To this end, we will be following a home-based curriculum around a different movie each week. Pegasus helped me come up with the movies and ideas for the activities, and is super excited to do these.
I will be posting the weekly lessons here the week before, including any worksheets I plan on printing out.
Pegasus Flight School Lessons Fall 2023
Week 1 – Encanto
Week 1 – Encanto Results
Activities: paper flower, empanadas, paper toucan
Week 2 – Tangled
Week 2 – Tangled Results
Activities: baking, painting, paper lantern
Week 3 – Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
Week 3 – Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie Results
Activities: baking, make bookmark, design a superhero
Week 4 – Nimona
Week 4 – Nimona Results
Activities: walk, sewing a button, charades
Week 5 – Moana
Week 5 – Moana Results
Activities: star gazing, floating objects, bake with coconut
Week 6 – Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!
Week 6 – Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo! Results
Activities: monster mask, handprints, ghosts
Week 7 – Kiki’s Delivery Service
Week 7 – Kiki’s Delivery Service Results
Activities: write script, make props
Week 8 – ParaNorman
Week 8 – ParaNorman Results
Activities: shoebox diorama, make movie, do edit movie
Week 9 – Monsters Vs Aliens
Week 9 – Monsters Vs Aliens Results
Activities: elephant toothpaste, draw pumpkins, carve pumpkin
Week 10 – Coco
Week 10 – Coco Results
Activities: bake conchas, family tree, Dia de Los Muertos
Week 11 – La Guerre des Tuques
Week 11 – La Guerre des Tuques Results
Activities: make snowflakes, diorama, Photopea
Week 12 – Abominable
Week 12 – Abominable Results
Activities: make pork buns, paper flowers, endangered species
Week 13 – Raya and the Last Dragon
Week 13 – Raya and the Last Dragon Results
Activities: make a menu, make fruit jerky, design in Canva
Week 14 – Arthur Christmas
Week 14 – Arthur Christmas Results
Activities: Santa letter, bake cookies, geography
Week 15 – Klaus
Week 15 – Klaus Results
Activities: draw and make buttons, make gift tags
Week 16 – Scrooge (2022)
Week 16 – Scrooge Results
Activities: toilet paper roll art, make a zine
Week 17 – The Grinch (2018)
Week 17 – The Grinch Results
Activities: finish zine, bake cookies, finish previous week’s projects
Thoughts on the first semester of homeschool
Pegasus Flight School Lessons Winter 2024
Week 18 – Meet the Robinsons
Week 18 – Meet the Robinsons Results
Activities: draw invention, make lava lamp, make book of shapes
Week 19 – Kung Fu Panda
Week 19 – Kung Fu Panda Results
Activities: zhezhi, noodle soup, shrinky dinks
Week 20 – Over the Moon
Week 20 – Over the Moon Results
Activities: nebula jar, magnet experiment, make spring rolls
Week 21 – Turning Red
Week 21 – Turning Red Results
Activities: concert set list, winter nature walk, static electricity experiment
Week 22 – The Princess and the Frog
Week 22 – The Princess and the Frog Results
Activities: rice bowls, beignets, learn about frogs
Week 23 – Soul
Week 23 – Soul Results
Activities: meditate, jazz and blues music, personality zine
Week 24 – Zootopia
Week 24 – Zootopia Results
Activities: experiment blue eyes, shapes, elephant rescues
Week 25 – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Week 25 – Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Results
Activities: pancakes, weather, design an island
Week 26 – Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest
Week 26 – Fern Gully: The Last Rainforest Results
Activities: 3Rs, Amazon rainforest, plant seedlings
Week 27 – Inside Out
Week 27 – Inside Out Results
Activities: papier mache emotion ball, make a touch and feel book
Week 28 – Rise of the Guardians
Week 28 – Rise of the Guardians Results
Activities: make ice cream, design Dreamland, learn about the moon
Thoughts on the second semester of homeschool
Pegasus Flight School Lessons Spring 2024
Week 29 – Mulan
Week 29 – Mulan Results
Activities: makeup, paint fireworks, make a puzzle
Week 30 – My Neighbour Totoro
Week 30 – My Neighbour Totoro Results
Activities: make soot sprite, make stop-motion movie (script and props)
Week 31 – Boxtrolls
Week 31 – Boxtrolls Results
Activites: learn to draw a box, finish stop-motion movie (take pictures, record dialogue and background music, put it together)
Week 32 – The Secret World of Arrietty
Week 32 – The Secret World of Arrietty Results
Activities: make a fairy door, make a hair clip, make tiny furniture
Week 33 – The Super Mario Bros Movie
Week 33 – The Super Mario Bros Movie Results
Activities: learn about friction, design and build a board game
Week 34 – Elemental
Week 34 – Elemental Results
Activities: learn about immigration, make mini zine book
Week 35 – Brave
Week 35 – Brave Results
Activities: elements of a fairy tale, bake spell cake, learn about bears
Week 36 – Strange World
Week 36 – Strange World Results
Activities: learn about body systems, gardening, draw by number
Week 37 – Curious George
Week 37 – Curious George Results
Activities: painting, make crown, bake with bananas
Week 38 – How to Train Your Dragon
Week 38 – How to Train Your Dragon Results
Activities: design a dragon, learn about prosthetics, make a paper boat
Week 39 – Finding Nemo
Week 39 – Finding Nemo Results
Activities: learn about sustainable fishing, learn about shipwrecks, make fish and chips
Week 40 – Beauty and the Beast
Week 40 – Beauty and the Beast Results
Activities: make bookmark, table setting, make the grey stuff