Kindergarten Fall History — Family, School, Community Helpers, and the First Sense of Past, Present, and Future
History · CUL K hist.gK.f.cul.family_structures

Identify family members and recognize family diversity

Name people in one's own family, describe their roles, and recognize that families come in many configurations (nuclear, single-parent, multi-generational, blended, foster, adoptive, same-sex parent, extended-kin) — every family is a family.

Mastery threshold
80%
Min instances
6
Typical minutes
25
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30
Prereqs

No prereqs — this is an entry skill.

Successors
Common misconceptions
  • Believing a 'real' family must have a mom AND a dad (excludes single-parent, two-mom, two-dad, grandparent-led, foster families)
  • Believing all families live together in one house (excludes split-custody, military-deployed, immigrant-separated families)
  • Confusing 'family member' with 'person who lives with me' (a grandparent in another country is still family)

Exercise pool (3)

Diff Stem Type
1 Place family figurines on the family-tree mat to match the people in your family. Then say who each one is. manipulative place and describe
2 Draw a picture of your family. Label each person with one word (mom, dad, sister, grandma, etc.). It is OK to use invented spelling. draw and label
3 Look at three family pictures from our class display. Tell me one way they are THE SAME and one way they are DIFFERENT. compare and classify