UK Primary · Early Elementary
Kindergarten Resources for UK Primary
Kindergarten is where children move from playful pre-literacy into formal reading and writing. The focus is on phonemic awareness, letter-sound mapping, counting and basic number sense, and the social-emotional foundations of school life. The Common Core Kindergarten standards expect children to know all uppercase and lowercase letters by name and sound, count to 100, and write opinion, narrative and informative pieces using a mix of drawing, dictating and writing.
DIBELS or AIMSweb literacy assessments throughout the year. Many districts assess phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge and nonsense word fluency in fall, winter and spring.
What Kindergarten children are learning
📚 English curriculum focus
- Foundational reading — recognize all upper and lowercase letters, associate sounds with letters, blend simple CVC words
- Phonemic awareness — count, blend and segment syllables and phonemes in spoken words
- Sight words — Dolch pre-primer list, Fry's first 25 words
- Writing — use a combination of drawing, dictating and writing to compose opinion, narrative and informative pieces
- Speaking and listening — engage in collaborative conversations, follow agreed-upon rules for discussions
🔢 Maths curriculum focus
- Counting and cardinality — count to 100 by ones and tens; count forward from a given number; write numbers 0-20
- Operations — represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, drawings, sounds, expressions or equations
- Number and operations in base ten — compose and decompose numbers from 11-19 into ten ones and some further ones
- Measurement and data — describe and compare measurable attributes; classify objects and count by category
- Geometry — identify and describe shapes; analyze, compare, create and compose shapes
Phonics: DIBELS or AIMSweb literacy assessments throughout the year. Many districts assess phonemic awareness, letter-sound knowledge and nonsense word fluency in fall, winter and spring.
Kindergarten model texts (WAGOLLs)
Year-group exemplar texts with colour-coded annotations for grammar, punctuation, spelling, and text-type features. Free to view, free to print.
The Rainy Walk
A short narrative about a walk in the rain. Models simple sentence structure with capital letters, full stops, and the conjunction 'and'. Meets Year 1…
RecountOur Trip to the Farm
A first-person recount of a school trip. Uses past tense, time markers (First, Then, After that, Last), and a clear opening, middle and end. Meets Yea…
InstructionsHow to Plant a Bean
Simple instructions for planting a bean. Models numbered steps, imperative verbs, and basic time connectives. Meets Year 1 expected standard.
Kindergarten resources by subject
Resources mapped to Kindergarten from across LessonKind. We use US-style grade levels internally; for UK Kindergarten we show the equivalent grade content.
English / Language Arts · 23 resources
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Math · 20 resources
EYFS & Early Years · 27 resources
See all 27 EYFS & Early Years resources →
PSHE & SEL · 17 resources
See all 17 PSHE & SEL resources →
Behavior & Classroom Management · 19 resources
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SEND & Inclusion · 15 resources
Tools for Kindergarten teachers
About the UK National Curriculum
The UK National Curriculum (2014) defines what state-funded primary schools in England teach. Children move through Key Stages: Reception (EYFS, age 4-5), Key Stage 1 (Years 1-2, ages 5-7), Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3-4, ages 7-9), and Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5-6, ages 9-11).
Each year group has age-related expectations (AREs) for reading, writing, mathematics, and other subjects. LessonKind resources are organised by US grade level for the global brand, but on these UK pages we surface the equivalent content for each UK year group.
Key statutory checkpoints
- Phonics Screening Check (Year 1, June) — 40 words to decode
- Multiplication Tables Check (Year 4, June) — 25 questions, all times tables to 12×12
- Key Stage 1 statutory teacher assessment (Year 2)
- Key Stage 2 SATs (Year 6, May) — Reading, GPS, Maths; writing teacher-assessed