NAC389.432. Foreign language: Instruction in kindergarten.

A course in a foreign language offered as an elective in a public kindergarten must include instruction designed to teach the pupil by the completion of kindergarten to:

     1. Communicate in the foreign language by:

     (a) Singing songs.

     (b) Following simple directions.

     (c) Naming familiar objects.

     (d) Using appropriate expressions and gestures of courtesy.

     (e) Recognizing numbers and counting from 1 to 10.

     (f) Comprehending brief oral directions, commands and information.

     (g) Responding to personal questions.

     2. Understand the culture studied by:

     (a) Identifying how people in the culture celebrate important traditions, holidays and events.

     (b) Exploring the products of the culture, including, without limitation, the food, musical instruments, clothing and toys of the culture.

     (c) Practicing familiar concepts in the foreign language, including, without limitation, numbers, colors, animals, nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Education by R065-97, eff. 12-10-97)—(Substituted in revision for NAC 389.241)