Scott Forseman Mathematics
Kindergarten

Chapter 1  POSITION AND SORTING	Your child will learn to describe the position of objects using words like over, under, on, inside outside, left, right, top middle and bottom.  Your child will also learn to sort objects using the words same and different, and to group objects according to different attributes.  He or she will also decide which objects belong to a group based on characteristics such as color, shape, size and kind.
Chapter 2  GRAPHING AND PATTERNS	Your child will learn about graphing and patterns.  He or she will compare groups using a one-to-one correspondence to find which has as many as, more, or fewer items.   Your child will learn to make and read real graphs, picture graphs and bar graphs.  In the pattern section of the chapter, your child will identify and extend sound, color, and shape patterns.  He or she will also compare patterns, show a pattern in more than one way, and create patterns.
Chapter 3 NUMBERS THROUGH 5	Your child will learn numbers through 5.  He or she will count objects, write the numerals, and read number words.  The quantity 0 will also be introduced.  He or she will order the numbers 0-5 and use the words first through fifth to describe ordinal positions
Chapter 4  NUMBERS THROUGH 10	Your child will learn the numbers 6-10.  He or she will count objects, write the numerals and read number words.  Your child will also order numbers from 0-10 and use the words sixth through tenth to describe ordinal positions.  She or he will also compare numbers, determining which is greater, which is less, which is more or less than 5, and which is more or less than 10.
Chapter 5  NUMBERS THROUGH 31	Your child will learn about numbers up to 31, including how to recognize, write, read the number word, order and compare them in terms of more and fewer. He or she is also learning to skip count by 2’s and 5’s, and estimate the quantities based on visual comparisons.
Chapter 6 MEASUREMENT	Your child will study measurement.  He or she will compare objects by their size and length, and order containers based on their volume.  Using nonstandard units, your child will also measure length, capacity and weight of objects.   He or she will also explore temperatures (hot or cold) on a thermometer.
Chapter 7   TIME AND MONEY	Your child will learn how to use the words yesterday, today and tomorrow to place events in order, how to distinguish morning, afternoon, and evening, and how to tell time to the nearest hour.  Your child will also learn the days of the week and the months and seasons of the year.  Finally, he or she will learn about the values of pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and dollars.
Chapter 8    GEOMETRY AND FRACTIONS	Your child will be studying geometry and fractions.  He or she will learn to identify and describe plane shapes:  circles, rectangles, squares and triangles; and solid shapes:  spheres, cylinders, cubes and cones.  Your child will combine shapes to make new shapes and determine if a position of shape has changed because the shape has made a flip, slide or turn.  Your child will also study fractions and learn if shapes are symmetric, have equal parts, or are divided into halves or fourths.
Chapter 9  READINESS FOR ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION	Your child will be getting ready to learn about addition and subtraction.  Part of getting ready is learning how to build numbers out of lesser numbers--for example, joining 2 objects and 3 objects to make 5 objects.  Another part of getting ready is using the concepts more and fewer with definite quantities:  one number is 2 more ( 1 more, 3 more, …) than another.
Chapter 10  UNDERSTANDING ADDITION	Your child will continue to learn that most numbers can be shown as a combination of other numbers (part-part-whole).  Your child will also be learning how to join two groups of different objects to make a larger group.  Your child will begin to read symbols, such as plus sign (+), and how to write addition sentences (equations) like 2+ 3=5.
Chapter 11  UNDERSTANDING SUBTRACTION	Your child will learn to think of subtraction as either a story about separating (for example, “If you start with 5 and take 2 away you have 3 left”) or as a story about the comparing (for instance, “5 is 2 more than 3”).  Your child will learn to use the minus sign (-), and to write subtraction sentences (equations), such as 5-2=3.
Chapter 12  COUNTING AND NUMBER PATTERNS TO 100	Your child will learn about numbers up to 100, including how to recognize and write them, and how to order them in a “hundred chart” to explore patterns, such as 10 more and 10 less.    He or she will also learn to skip count up to 100 - this is, to count by 2s, 5s and 10s.