Our Curriculum...

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 make 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 Muffett

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 & Valentine’s 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.  Valentine’s 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.