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
¶ Letters: A and B
¶ Numbers: 0 and 1
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Mary Had a Little Lamb
¶ Mary Had a Little Lamb
September
Myself and My Family
¶ 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.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: C and D
¶ Number: 2
¶ Color: Red
¶ Shape: Circle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Jack and Jill
¶ 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 and F
¶ Number: 3
¶ 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: G and H
¶ Number: 4
¶ 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: I and J
¶ Number: 5
¶ Colors: Green
¶ Shape: Star
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
¶ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
January
Author and Illustrators (Dr. Seus, Richard Scarry, Eric Carle, and Leo Lion)
¶ 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: K and L
¶ Number: 6
¶ Colors: Blue
¶ Shape: Pentagon
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: M and N
¶ Number: 7
¶ Colors: All shades of Red
¶ Shape: Heart
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hey Diddle Diddle or Old Mother Hubbard
¶ 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."
¶ Hey Diddle Diddle or Old Mother Hubbard
March
Reptiles & Amphibians
¶ This experience will focus on the characteristics of reptiles and amphibians and their value to our environment.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: O, P and Q
¶ Number: 8
¶ Colors: All shades of Green
¶ Shape: Octogon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Little Boy Blue or Little Bo Peep
April
The Zoo
¶ This experience will focus on animals that can be seen in a zoo emphasizing the characteristics of each animal’s habitat in the wild.
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: R, S and T
¶ Number: 9
¶ Colors: Purple
¶ Shape: Hexagon
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Humpty Dumpty
¶ 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: U, V and W
¶ Number: 10
¶ Colors: Rainbow
¶ Shape: Rectangle
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Hickory Dickory Dock
Letters, Numbers, Colors and Shapes
¶ Letters: U, V and W
¶ Number: 10
¶ Colors: Rainbow
¶ Shape: Rectangle
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: X, Y and Z
¶ Shape: Oval
Nursery Rhyme
¶ Wee Willie Winkie
July
Florida, the State We Live In
¶ This experience will focus on our State animals and places that the children have and might visit during their vacations.
