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UKG English Curriculum Alignment
Every UKG English topic in EduModes follows India's National Curriculum (NCERT and NIPUN Bharat foundational targets) and is benchmarked against Common Core, the international standard — delivered through original interactive, voice-guided practice.
Letter identification
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Question words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
Lowercase and uppercase letters
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Synonyms and antonyms
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Word recognition
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Fluency
Categories
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
Consonants and vowels
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Multiple-meaning words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Syllables
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Fluency
Sentences
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Rhyming
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonological Awareness (explicit through Grade 1; reinforced informally after)
Capitalisation
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Blending and segmenting
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Nouns
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Beginning and ending sounds
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Verbs
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Letter-sound associations
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Consonant blends and digraphs
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short a
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short e
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short i
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short o
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short u
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Short vowels
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Long vowels
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Sight words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Fluency
Text features
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RI Reading: Informational Text -- Craft & Structure (text features)
Reality vs fiction
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Main idea
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Inference and analysis
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Riddles
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
Colour and number words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
Adjectives and verbs
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Location words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Balvatika (Age 5-6): sings rhymes with understanding; points out familiar/sight words; recognises letters and corresponding sounds; reads simple 2-3 letter words; imitates writing, forms recognisable letters, writes own first name.
K.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
National reference: NCERT textbooks and NIPUN Bharat / NCF Foundational Stage targets. International reference: Common Core State Standards (US).
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