Curriculum Calendar
SEPTEMBER: “CHILDREN & FAMILIES”
Emphasis: The growth process, all about families, favorite things, feeling and fears.
OCTOBER: “OUR SENSES EXPERIENCE”
Emphasis: Sights, sounds smells, textures, tastes in the world of children. Cooking experiences, science discoveries, colors, music and rhyme that explore the senses.
NOVEMBER: “THE SEASONS AND WEATHER CHANGES”
Emphasis: The four seasons, the elements: air, water, earth and fire, weather and climate changes, day and night, nature’s changes, harvest celebrations.
December: “CHILDREN CELEBRATE”
Emphasis: Family traditions, special days, secrets, the “best gift”, a look at celebrations of diverse cultures, making and giving surprises.
January: “FAIRY TALES AND MAKE-BELIEVE”
Emphasis: Fairy tales, folk tales, telling “tall tales”, nursery rhymes and poetry. Talks about “monsters”, “dragons”, “ogres”, dreams- are they real or imaginary?
FEBRUARY: “COLORS, NUMBERS AND WORDS I KNOW!”
Emphasis: Celebrate special “color days”, name favorite colors, color mixing, and shades of colors. Counting and sorting objects, making graphs, measuring liquids and solids, weight, comparison of size. Recognizing familiar words, signs, stories we know.
MARCH: “ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL”
Emphasis: All about animals from prehistoric to present day, habits and habitats, characteristics, parents and their young, care and feeding of pets, endangered species.
APRIL: “SPRING! SPRING! SPRING!”
Emphasis: Seasonal changes, planting gardens, looking at seeds and plants, bird watching, the sensory delights of spring.
MAY: “TRUCKS AND CARS-THINGS THAT GO!”
Emphasis: Foot power, the family car, city vehicles, country vehicles, early day transportation, wheels, wings and water power.
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