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Curriculum from Previous Months

 

January

Celebrations of the New Year Around the World

Winter is Here!

 

January 1 - 4  ( No school Jan 1 & 2)  - Celebrate Japanese New Year!

  • Make and send Postcards to honor Japanese New Year

  • Shape: Oval

  • Collage of ovals of all sizes

  • Story of “Shapes and Sizes”

  • Sharing Time for each child

  • Stories:

    • Story of Ping

    • Tikki Tikki Tempo

 

January 7 – 11    Celebrate Chinese New Year

  • Make mobiles

  • Letter:  J

  • Number:   10

  • Color:  Blue

  • Bio colors of Blues

  • Stories:

    • Tikki Tikki Tempo

    • Friends Every Where

    • I Am Special, You are Special

    • Story about Ping

  • Learn Chinese Jump Rope

 

January 14 – 18   Winter Animals in Hibernation

  • Pastor Time Wed & Thursday (“Does God Sleep?”)

  • Letter:   I – Igloos and Penguins

  • Raccoons, Squirrels, and Deer

  • Color:  Yellow

  • Winter Animals A - Z

 

January 21 – 25   Ring Around the New Year in European Countries

(No School on January 21st to honor  Martin Luther King Day)

  • “Who is Martin Luther King?”

  • Letter:  Y

  • Colors Blue and Yellow = Green

  • Number:  11

  • Counting games with egg cartons

 

January 28 - Feb 1  It’s a Wintery Day Out There

(No School on January 30th)

  • Sensory Table “SNOW”

  • The Snow Child

  • Color White; add colors to white

  • Make snow globes                        

  • Stories: Color of Snow, Many different designs

  • My Snowman Book

  • Looking at snow under magnifying glass

               Continue to talk about the weather and winter (the 4 seasons)

Curriculum for December 2007

“Festival of Lights”

Thursday December 6th at 6:30 – 7:30 for ALL preschoolers!!!

This program will include “Time with the Pastors” for the month of December

 

December 3 - 7

 

  • “Festival of Lights” rehearsals

  • All classes combine for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

  • This week we will be learning about different cultures around the world in preparation for our holiday program this will include but not limited to creating and exploring activities to support our program as well as embracing our diversity.

  • Hanukah

  • Kwanza

  • Christmas in Ethiopia and more

  • Shape: Stars, stars and more stars

 

 

December 10 - 14

Back to our normal schedule

Start gifts for families

 

  • Letter: L for “lights”; 9 lights for Joyful Hearts Preschoolers

  • Science: Bio Colors & Mixing colors using eye drops on coffee filters

  • Play the Dreidel Game

  • Colors: Silver & Gold

  • Sensory Table with SOUNDS

  • Letters: M & C – collage

  • Big Books of M and C

 

 

December 17 - 19

  • Stories and Projects: Nose So Bright

  • Winter Tree

  • Color: Green 

  • Gifts for families finish and wrap

 

 

December 20 – January 2 Winter Vacation

 

…many blessings to your family from the staff of Joyful Hearts Preschool, Preschool Council and Pastor Paula and Pastor Jim…

 

 

Curriculum for November 2007:

November 5 - 10:    Harvest Time

  • Fall Vegetables

    • What are cornucopias?

    • Pumpkins to Pie

    • Corn and more corn!

    • Indian corn painting

  • Letter:  T

  • Color:  Brown

November 12 - 16:  Manners Matter

No classes November 12:  Happy Veterans Day

  • "Please, Thank you and Excuse me" story

  • "Waiting our turn"

  • Number:  5

  • Shape:  Triangle

  • Five Little Turkeys in a Roll (make turkeys, sequence storytelling)

  • Natives & Pilgrims

  • Totem Poles/Storytelling

November 19 - 23:  Let's be Thankful

  • Thanksgiving placemats - What we are thankful for

  • Cooking Project and Story:  Stone Soup

  • Native Storytelling using pictures

  • Color:  Orange

  • Letter:  N

No classes November 22 - 23:  Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26 - 30:  Prepare for Festival of Lights Program

  • Number:  4

  • Letters:  Review T & N

  • Colors:  Review Orange & Brown

  • Prepare for Festival of Lights program on Dec 6th with art projects, singing & costumes/dress-up

Curriculum for October 2007:

October 1 - 5:  It's a New Month!

  • Fall Animals
    • Squirrels in the Tree
    • Make bird feeders with pine cones
    • Owl project
    • Spiders are Special
    • Counting & Matching Animals
  • Stories
    • Who is Mr. Owl?
    • Night Noise
    • Animals A to Z
  • COLOR:  Red
  • SHAPE:  Triangles

October 8 - 11 (No School October 12)

  • Nature Week
    • Going on a Nature Walk
    • Movement in the gym:  Going on a Bear Hunt
    • Sensory Table:  Pine cones & leaves
    • Leaf rubbings
  • Stories
    • All Kinds of Colors
    • All Kinds of Leaves
    • Three Little Pinecones Laying on the Ground
  • October 10 - 11:  Time with Pastor Paula and Pastor Jim in the sanctuary at 9:30am.  Parents are welcome!

October 15 - 19

  • Fall Vegetables
    • Trip to the Pumpkin Patch (Weds & Thurs)
  • Stories
    • Who's in the Pumpkin Patch?
  • Cooking Project:  Squash and more Fall Squash! (Mon & Tues)

Bake and add raisins & apples (measuring, pouring & mixing)

  • COLOR:  Orange

October 22 - 26

  • Weather and Seasons
    • Make a weather vane
    • Change in the weather & the seasons wheel
    • Talk about rain and make a rain stick
    • Science:  Watch water turn colors and why?
    • Water colors of the rainbow
  • Stories
    • What's the Weather?
    • How Weather Changes
    • Autumn
    • Why is the Leaf Falling?

October 20 - November 2:  Harvest Time!  Moving into a New Month!

  • National Apple Month:  Bake apples for snack
  • Explore and taste different kinds of apples
  • Make Play-dough
  • Shadows:  Make our own!
  • Stories
    • The Pumpkin Patch
    • Harvest Time
  • COLORS:  Red and Yellow make Orange
  • SHAPES:  Circles and Triangles/Collages

                                                   

Curriculum for September 2007:

    September 10 - 15

  • WELCOME!  Getting to know you and your family!
    • Photos taken of each child
    • Creation of each unique "family tree" for bulletin board
    • Write a family story
  • COLOR:  Green
  • SHAPE:  Circles
  • Stories
    • About My Family
    • You Are Special
    • We Are All The Same and We Are All Different (multi-cultural)
  • Songs:  Make New Friends; The More We Gather

September 17 - 21

  • Safety Curriculum (safety rules for indoors and outdoors)
  • Safety kits to send home with each child (parent resource)
  • Visit from Fire Department!
  • COLOR:  Yellow
  • Finger Plays and Songs:  The Little Firehouse

September 24 - 28

  • Our Community Helpers
  • Dramatic Play and dress-up as roles in the community
    • Mail Delivery person
    • Fire-fighter
    • Nurse/Doctor
    • Grocery Clerk
    • Pizza Delivery
  • COLORS:  Green and Yellow
  • Stories
    • When I Grow Up
    • The People in My Neighborhood
    • Community Helpers A-Z
    • Jobs People Do

 

 

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United Methodist Church

Joyful Hearts Preschool
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15255 SE Fairwood Blvd., Renton, WA 98058 USA
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Last modified: 04/20/08

Fairwood Community

United Methodist Church