Our Curriculum...
We use the Beyond Centers & Circle Time curriculum, which is a play-based curriculum that uses the scaffolding method.
August
All About Me
¶ This experience will focus on each child’s special attributes
and getting to know their new friends.
Dinosaurs and Volcanoes
¶ This experience will focus on dinosaurs, their names, habitats, and
behaviors.
Letters and Numbers
¶ Letter: A
¶ Number: 0
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Mary Had a Little Lamb
September
Myself and My Family/Nutrition
¶ This experience will focus on each child's special attributes. Diversity makes us strong and we are all the same yet, we are uniquely different.
¶ We will also focus on nutrition and staying healthy.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: B, C and D
¶ Number: 1
¶ Color: Red
¶ Shape: Circle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Jack and Jill
October
Night Time-Day Time/Fire Safety
¶ We will focus on "things that go bump in the night" (fears).
Nocturnal animals and Halloween will be a part of this unit. We will
discuss the differences between day and night.
¶ We will also focus on Fire Safety.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: E, F and G
¶ Number: 2
¶ Colors: Orange and Black
¶ Shape: Triangle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Little Miss Muffet
November
Native Americans, Harvest, & Thanksgiving
¶ This experience will focus on the changes we see in the fall and
appropriate information concerning the special people that lived on
this land before the Pilgrims arrived.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: H, I and J
¶ Number: 3
¶ Colors: Brown & Yellow
¶ Shape: Square
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
December
Winter Holidays
¶ This experience will focus on the different ways that people
celebrate this time of the year.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: K and L
¶ Number: 4
¶ Colors: Green
¶ Shape: Star
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
January
Authors and Illustrators (Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry, Eric Carle, and Leo Lionni)
¶ This experience will focus on the different methods and materials
these authors use to illustrate their books. Different parts of the
books will be discussed, including the title page, table of contents,
cover, front/back, etc. We will demonstrate how to hold a book and
turn the pages. Other facets of the stories that are characteristic
of the author will be discussed.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: M, N and O
¶ Number: 5
¶ Colors: Blue
¶ Shape: Rectangle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Three Little Kittens
February
Pets & Valentines Day
¶ This experience will focus on animals that make good pets. The
children can bring pictures of their pets for a bulletin board. Visitors
with trained pets will be invited to share their pets. We will
emphasize how to care for a pet.
¶ Valentines Day is about friendship. We will discuss how to treat a
friend. What being a friend means, "sharing and caring."
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: P, Q and R
¶ Number: 6
¶ Colors: All shades of Red and Pink
¶ Shape: Heart
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hey Diddle Diddle or Old Mother Hubbard
March
Reptiles & Amphibians/St. Patrick's Day
¶ This experience will focus on the characteristics of reptiles and
amphibians and their value to our environment.
¶ We will also focus on the traditions of St. Patrick's Day.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: S, T and U
¶ Number: 7
¶ Colors: All shades of Green
¶ Shape: Octagon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Little Boy Blue or Little Bo Peep
April
The Zoo/Farm Animals
¶ This experience will focus on animals that can be seen in a zoo
emphasizing the characteristics of each animal’s habitat in the wild.
¶ We will focus on the differences between zoo animals and farm
animals.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes ¶ Letters: V and W
¶ Number: 8
¶ Colors: Purple
¶ Shape: Hexagon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Humpty Dumpty
May Spring, May Day, Plants, Flowers, & Insects
¶ This experience will focus on the changes of spring, growing plants,
and the insects that help our gardens. Many times children want to
kill insects. This unit will help them to understand the importance of
insects and their value to our environment.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: X and Y
¶ Number: 9
¶ Color: Rainbow
¶ Shape: Pentagon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hickory Dickory Dock
June
Beach & Ocean Life
¶ This experience will focus on visits to the beach and the animals and
plants that live in the ocean.
Letters and Shapes
¶ Letters: Z
¶ Number: 10
¶ Shape: Oval
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Wee Willie Winkie
July
Florida, the State We Live In and Outer Space
¶ This experience will focus on our State animals and places that the
children have and might visit during their vacations.
¶ We will discuss outer space, the planets, astronauts and other topics
dealing with space exploration.
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¶ This experience will focus on each child’s special attributes
and getting to know their new friends.
¶ This experience will focus on dinosaurs, their names, habitats, and
behaviors.
¶ Letter: A
¶ Number: 0
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Mary Had a Little Lamb
September
¶ Letters: B, C and D
¶ Number: 1
¶ Color: Red
¶ Shape: Circle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Jack and Jill
October
¶ We will focus on "things that go bump in the night" (fears).
Nocturnal animals and Halloween will be a part of this unit. We will
discuss the differences between day and night.
¶ We will also focus on Fire Safety.
November
appropriate information concerning the special people that lived on
this land before the Pilgrims arrived.
¶ Letters: H, I and J
¶ Number: 3
¶ Colors: Brown & Yellow
¶ Shape: Square
¶ Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater
December
celebrate this time of the year.
¶ Letters: K and L
¶ Number: 4
¶ Colors: Green
¶ Shape: Star
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
January
¶ This experience will focus on the different methods and materials
these authors use to illustrate their books. Different parts of the
books will be discussed, including the title page, table of contents,
cover, front/back, etc. We will demonstrate how to hold a book and
turn the pages. Other facets of the stories that are characteristic
of the author will be discussed.
¶ Three Little Kittens
February
Pets & Valentines Day
¶ This experience will focus on animals that make good pets. The
children can bring pictures of their pets for a bulletin board. Visitors
with trained pets will be invited to share their pets. We will
emphasize how to care for a pet.¶ Valentines Day is about friendship. We will discuss how to treat a
friend. What being a friend means, "sharing and caring."
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: P, Q and R
¶ Number: 6
¶ Colors: All shades of Red and Pink
¶ Shape: Heart
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hey Diddle Diddle or Old Mother Hubbard
March
amphibians and their value to our environment.
¶ Little Boy Blue or Little Bo Peep
April
emphasizing the characteristics of each animal’s habitat in the wild.
animals.
¶ Humpty Dumpty
May
Spring, May Day, Plants, Flowers, & Insects
¶ This experience will focus on the changes of spring, growing plants,
and the insects that help our gardens. Many times children want to
kill insects. This unit will help them to understand the importance of
insects and their value to our environment.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: X and Y
¶ Number: 9
¶ Color: Rainbow
¶ Shape: Pentagon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hickory Dickory Dock
¶ Hickory Dickory Dock
June
Beach & Ocean Life
¶ This experience will focus on visits to the beach and the animals and
plants that live in the ocean.
¶ Wee Willie Winkie
July
children have and might visit during their vacations.
dealing with space exploration.
Content copyright 2009.copyrightdate 2009. Love Comes First Preschool and Child Care Center. All rights reserved.