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What a 4-year-old learns

53 topics open up at age 4, across 5 subjects. They are listed in the order they build on each other, not by importance: each one needs the ones above it.

age 5
What should a 4-year-old be learning?

At age 4, 53 topics open up across Mathematics, English, French, Persian, Personal & Social Development. Each one has prerequisites that come first, so the order matters more than the list: One-to-one counting is a typical starting point.

How do I know what a 4-year-old already knows?

LightMySky starts by assuming everything below the learner’s level is already known, then checks the assumption as they practise. What holds up stays lit; what does not comes back for review.

Mathematics

  1. One-to-one countingCounting & Cardinality
  2. How Many in Total?Counting & Cardinality
  3. One More Each TimeCounting & Cardinality
  4. Representing numbers with objectsCounting & Cardinality
  5. Comparing groups: more or fewerCounting & Cardinality
  6. Addition as combining or putting together twoAddition & Subtraction
  7. Numbers up to 10 into pairsAddition & Subtraction
  8. Number bonds to 9Addition & Subtraction
  9. Subtraction as taking away or separatingAddition & Subtraction
  10. Representing Addition and SubtractionAddition & Subtraction
  11. Addition and subtraction word problemsAddition & Subtraction
  12. 2-D shapesGeometry
  13. 3-D shapesGeometry
  14. Positional LanguageGeometry
  15. Comparing durationsMeasurement
  16. Measurable Attributes of ObjectsMeasurement
  17. Comparing CapacityMeasurement
  18. Comparing Lengths & HeightsMeasurement
  19. Measuring mass and weight (age 4+)Measurement
  20. Ordering Events in TimeMeasurement
  21. Division as equal sharingMultiplication & Division

English

  1. Sitting and holding a pencilHandwriting & Transcription
  2. Rhyming wordsPhonics & Word Reading
  3. Understanding printPhonics & Word Reading
  4. Knowing all lettersPhonics & Word Reading
  5. Single Letter SoundsPhonics & Word Reading
  6. Consonant DigraphsPhonics & Word Reading
  7. Vowel DigraphsPhonics & Word Reading
  8. Onsets & RimesPhonics & Word Reading
  9. Blending Sounds to Read WordsPhonics & Word Reading
  10. Phonics VocabularySpelling & Word Study
  11. Segmenting words into soundsSpelling & Word Study
  12. Predicting what happens nextReading Comprehension
  13. Building sentencesGrammar & Punctuation
  14. Spaces Between WordsGrammar & Punctuation
  15. Expressing & Justifying OpinionsSpeaking & Listening
  16. Listening and respondingSpeaking & Listening
  17. Exploring Ideas Through TalkSpeaking & Listening
  18. Asking QuestionsSpeaking & Listening
  19. Group discussionsSpeaking & Listening
  20. Describing AloudSpeaking & Listening

French

  1. Greetingspack: French for immersion kids
  2. Being politepack: French for immersion kids
  3. Classroom phrasespack: French for immersion kids
  4. Counting one to tenpack: French for immersion kids
  5. Colorspack: French for immersion kids
  6. Family wordspack: French for immersion kids
  7. Food and snack timepack: French for immersion kids
  8. My bodypack: French for immersion kids

Persian

  1. Hello and goodbyepack: Persian for kids
  2. How are youpack: Persian for kids
  3. Family wordspack: Persian for kids

Personal & Social Development

  1. Who I Am: Self-Concept and StrengthsSelf-Awareness
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