Yearly Themes and Curriculum

Here is an overview of our themes and Curriculum focus for the year. Please remember this is an overview, for a more in depth look at our goals for the year please ask to see my planning notes in the classroom.

Month	Themes	Letter	Color	Math	Language Arts	Science	Bible	Activities at Home
August	Week 4 Going to School	A	Red	Counting our Friends (1-3)	“Going to School”	Will be added Next Month	Will be added Next Month	Talk about School
September	Week 1 Friends Week 2 The Color Red Week 3 Fire Safety Week 4 Apples	A	Red	Counting Apples (1-3)	"Apple Harvest"	Cutting Open Apples	Being a “Friend”, Kind action words.	Review our Rules with your child
October	Week 1 Fall Colors and Trees Week 2 Harvest Week 3 Pumpkins Week 4 Halloween Fun	P	Orange	Counting Pumpkin Seeds (1-5)	"5 Little Pumpkins"	What's Inside a Pumpkin?	Sharing and Caring for Others	Carve the pumpkin and count seeds (1-5) together.
November	Week 1 Turkeys and the Color Brown Week 2 Native American Indians Week 3 Pilgrims and Thanksgiving Week 4 Thanksgiving Break	T	Brown	Measuring our Corn Muffin Ingredients	"Squanto and the Pilgrims", "Tommy Turkey", "5 Flying Turkeys"	Cooking, Stirring and Measuring. Prepping for Feast Day	Friendship and Thankfulness	Decorate your Fall Leaf at home and return to school. Take time over Thanksgiving to talk about Thankfulness.
December	Week 1 Christmas Giving Week 2 What is the Nativity? Week 3 Christmas Celebrations Week 4 Christmas Vacation	C	Green	Counting and matching colors.	"Baby Jesus", Christmas Star"	The Smells and Sounds of Christmas	The Greatest Gift Baby Jesus	Talk with your child at home about how they can show others the Christmas Spirit. Also Enjoy coloring an ornament together
January	Week 1 Colors Blue and White Week 2 Snow and Snowmen Week 3 Animals in Winter Week 4 Staying warm in Winter	W	Blue	Noticing and Measuring Different Sizes	"Foot Prints in the Snow", "Snowball Fight", "Hibernating Animals"	Chemical Reactions, Mixing	Be Kind to all God's Creatures	Make your own "snow" at home and experiment with different liquids and see how it reacts to the "snow", Recipe will be provided.
February	Week 1 Teddy Bears Week 2 Love and the Color Pink Week 3 Valentine's Day Fun Week 4 Nutrition and Dental Health	L	Pink	Counting Hearts (1-10)	"The Best Thing About Valentine's" "Clifford's First Valentine's Day" Who stole my Teddy Bear?"	Healthy Food Choices and Watching Seeds Grow	Love One Another	Plant you seed in a planter box or pot at home and watch it grow!
March	Week 1 Farm Week 2 Transportation Week 3 Spring Break Vacation Week 4 Bugs and The Color Green Week 5 Birds, Nest and Eggs	M	Green	Counting Bugs (1-10)	"5 Little Ducklings", "Mr. Little's Noisy Car", "The Wheels on the Bus"	Things that Hatch from Eggs.	Pray with out Ceasing	Spend some time at the park and observe some birds, also do some exploring on the ground level for some bugs!
April	Week 1 Easter Blessings Week 2 The Color Purple Week 3 Wind and Weather Week 4 Shapes	E and P	Purple	Measuring and Mixing Flour	"The Easter Story", The Colorful Bunnies", Oh how the Wind Does Blow"	Weather Bottles	Jesus Washed Away All our Sins!	Make your own cloud bottle at home, directions will be sent home.
May	Week 1 Fish and Ocean Week 2 Celebrating Moms Week 3 Summer Fun	S	Yellow	Counting Fish (1-10+)	"The Rainbow Fish", "I Love You Forever", "Picnic in the Summer"	Water Play and Sink or Float	Growing with God!	Create an ocean animal at home with recycled materials and bring to class to Show and Tell!