Curriclum

 Weekly Themes & Letters

We do not do the letters in chronological order. There is no reason to. We rather focus on themes that our students are interested in and incorporate a letter that best fits that theme. We use Lakeshore Learning theme boxes as our curriculum. We build on our curriculum by adding themes that are not including in the boxes, but we think our students will like. We will indicate the themes that are NOT included in the theme boxes with a *. We add activities, games, projects, experiments and much more to each theme. You can find our ideas listed by theme on my Pinterest page. To see what we do each week and step by step instructions follow this blog. Feel free to ask any questions!! 

Back to School, Rules & Procedures*
Families*

All About Me

A is for Apples*

Fall & Pumpkins*

C is for Community Helpers
I is for Ice Cream*

D is for Dinosaurs

F is for Fairy Tales, Folk Tales & Nursery Rhymes

Thanksgiving and Pilgrims*
L is for Lights*

J is for Jingle Bells & Jesus*

K is for King*
R is for Rockets/Space
O is for Ocean
W is for Whales, Water/Ocean
M is for Monsters*
S is for Snow*
V is for Valentines*
Q is for Quilt/Art*
P is for Penguins/Polar Bears*
H is for Horton/Dr. Seuss*
T is for Transportation
Z is for Zoo/Wild Animals
N is for Night/Light*
X is for Exercise/Food/Nutrition/Health & Safety
U is for Umbrella/Weather
E is for Earth/Environment
B is for Bugs
Y is for Farm
G is for Growing Things/Life Cycles
Pets*
Camping/Music/Senses

Dramatic Play

Each month I add a new piece to our dramatic play center. Just until recently, this center was separate from the traditional kitchen dramatic play. But due to the children wanting to combine both kitchen and community dramatic play center, I made it one big center. Below is each month and what community center I bring in.

September: Harvest Sale

The Preschoolers took turns selling and buying pumpkins, squash and apples. I added real pumpkins later into harvest sale. The stand was bought at Ikea. It lasted almost the whole month. I made the signs back in student teaching! 

October: Backyard & Bonfire

This is a new idea this year. I got some green turf from Menard's and used green duck tape to keep the edges from fringing. Then I found this picket fence that we taped to the floor (we will have a new idea for this next year). Then I found this adorable inflatable fire pit, garden gloves, Fisher Price smore kit, two folding chairs. Later on in the month I added fake leaves and rakes. They had a blast!!

 

November: Ice Cream Shop

Over the year I have collected a variety of ice Cream utensils, from bowls, to sundae cups, ice cream scoops and more. I make a variety of play-dough (ice cream) and let the preschoolers pretend they own an ice cream shop. This is one of the favorites!

This is what it looks like after they played in it!! YIKES!!

December: Bakery

This year we had a bakery filled with pretend cupcakes, cooking utensils, baking sheets and more. Since it is similar to the Ice Cream Shop, next year I will be doing a Nativity scene. I think it will help the better understand the story of Christmas. I am looking forward to it. 

No pic. Sorry! :(

January: Space Shuttle

February: Writing Center & Post Office

March: Airport

April: Grocery Store

May: Vet