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KG World Around Us

First science, seasons, habitats and community

Twelve short topic units answering the questions kindergarteners actually ask — why is it dark at night, where does rain come from, what do snails eat — with one experiment a week.

4.7(201 reviews)3.4K families enrolledAges 4–5 · BeginnerEnglish

What your child will be able to do

  • Name the four seasons and describe what changes in each
  • Sort living and non-living things and explain why
  • Describe what plants and animals need to survive
  • Carry out a simple investigation and say what happened
  • Talk about jobs people do in their community

Kindergarten science should not be a textbook. It should be a cress seed on the windowsill, a bowl of water testing what floats, and a magnet dragged around the house. This course gives you twelve units of exactly that, each one ending with a drawn-and-labelled page in an observation journal.

The topics are chosen to answer the questions children at this age ask unprompted, which means motivation is never a problem.

What your child will be able to do

By the end of this course, a learner working at the expected pace will be able to:

  • Name the four seasons and describe what changes in each
  • Sort living and non-living things and explain why
  • Describe what plants and animals need to survive
  • Carry out a simple investigation and say what happened
  • Talk about jobs people do in their community

How the course is structured

KG World Around Us is organised into 4 units covering 48 lessons in total, designed to run across 24 weeks at roughly 1.5 hours a week. The unit outline below shows 16 representative lessons.

Living and growing

  • Living, dead or never alive?
  • What a seed needs (grow cress)
  • Animal homes and habitats
  • Life cycle of a butterfly

Our planet and sky

  • Day, night and why the sun seems to move
  • The four seasons in our garden
  • Where rain comes from
  • Sun, moon and stars

Materials and forces

  • Hard, soft, bendy, shiny
  • Float or sink? A kitchen investigation
  • Push and pull
  • Magnets: what sticks?

People and places

  • My family, my street, my town
  • People who help us
  • Maps of places I know
  • Looking after our world

How it is taught

Every unit follows notice → wonder → test → record. Children are asked to predict before they investigate, which is the habit that later turns into hypothesis writing.

What is included

  • 48 lessons with an experiment video for each unit
  • Printable observation journal
  • Kitchen-cupboard equipment list
  • 12 picture-based quizzes

Who this course suits

This course sits in the KG track and follows a oxford-aligned sequence. It suits families who want a complete, sequenced science year rather than a set of loose practice activities, and it assumes no teaching experience — every lesson includes a short method note for the adult. If your child is comfortably ahead or behind the beginner level described here, use the placement check in lesson one and start at the recommended point instead of lesson one.

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