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SCHEDULE AND WEEKLY CURRICULUM TODDLERS - FALL 2017

• Arrival-8:15 am Centers

• 8:15 am Circle Time and Prayer

• 8:30 am Breakfast

• 8:50 am Calendar Time and Pledge

• 9:00 am Outdoor Play

• 9:45 am Learning Time ①③

• 10:30 am Outdoor Play ②

• 11:00 am Bible and Music

• 11:30 am Lunch

• 12:00 pm Story, Prayer, and Naptime

• 2:30-3:00 pm Books and Table Activities (Art / Fine motor)

• 3:00 pm Snack

• 3:15-Depart Outdoor Play

① Monday-Weekly Letter, Tuesday- Math, Wednesday-Literacy, Thursday-Science, Friday-Review

② Including a 15-minute organized activity

③ Fridays: Chapel at 10:00 am with outdoor play before and after until 11:00am Review

WEEKS OF JULY 24TH AND 31ST, 2017

Bible: The Apostle John

Theme: Little Blue Truck

Other Books: Farm Friends

Beginning of Year

Assessments

Learning about “Kudo

Sticks” MUD DAY

Literacy Math Science

How to listen to a story

Letter recognition assessment game

Learning class rules

Guessing rhymes in story

Acting out story in sensory bin

Identify basic shapes assessment game

Counting assessment game

Recognizing numbers assessment game

Farm animals puzzles

‘Stuck in the Mud’ pulley activity

Mud painting

Identify colors assessment game

WEEKS OF AUGUST 7TH AND 14TH, 2017

Bible: Love One Another

Theme: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Intro to Alphabet

Coconut Roll Painting

New Center: Coconut Tree

Magnets

“Coconut Tree” Snack


Recognizing letters in my name

Recognizing that picture symbols

correspond to our class rules

How to say my teachers’ names

How to speak to my friends

Learning Prayers and Pledge

Exploring math manipulatives

Learning guidelines for math center

How to pick up toys (counting games)

Exploring the Science Center

Learning guidelines of the Science

Center

Learning ‘Lights off ’

Learning how to wash hands

AUGUST 2017

Bible: Respect Theme: My School

Books:‘Hands are not for Hitting’, ‘Feet are not for

Kicking’

Intro to Calendar and Circle Time

Learning Transitions

Class Expectations


When teacher says ‘____’, learn to

say ‘______’ and stop talking

How to say please and thank you

Recognizing picture symbols

correspond to our class rules

Learning Prayers and Pledge

How to place items in my cubby

(counting game)

Learning the ‘Two Bite Club’

Learning more vs. less (soap, water,

paper towel, etc.) game

Learning louder vs. softer

Going on nature walk

WEEK 1 AUGUST 21, 2017

Bible: God Made the

World

Theme: Apples

Letter: A Apple Printing Letter A

Sensory Bin “School”

Dramatic Play


Recognizing A and its sound

Who took the apples from the

apple tree?

Describing an apple

Apple Song

Intro to one-to-one correspondence

Positional words: On

Vocabulary: show, place, count, touch,

How many?

Graphing favorite color of apple

Parts of an Apple

Question: How would you describe

this?

Vocabulary: think, observe, wonder,

watch, find, change

Creepy Crawly Letter A (ants)

WEEK 2 AUGUST 28, 2017

Bible: God Made the

World Letter: B

Book: Brown Bear, Brown

Bear

Bird Handprints

“School” Dramatic Play


Recognizing B and its sound

‘Teddy Bear Teddy Bear turn

around…’ poem

Naming colors in Brown Bear book

Bear Counters and sorting

Intro to one-to-one correspondence

Positional words: On

Vocabulary: show, place, count, touch,

How many?

Life cycle of a butterfly

Question: What happens next?

Vocabulary: think, observe, wonder,

watch, find, change

WEEK 3 SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Bible:

Respect Letter: C

Book: If you give a Mouse

a Cookie

Making chocolate

chip cookies

Carrot footprints


Recognizing C and its sound

‘The Carrot Seed’ book

Learning our Class Rules and the

actions

Bear Counters and sorting by colors

Sorting class by colors of clothes,

shoes, hair

Graphing favorite colors

Vocabulary: sort, group

Mixing colors

Talk about how carrots grow

Vocabulary: think, wonder, change

WEEK 4

Bible:

Adam and Eve Letter: D

Book: Not Dots

Doggie Says (Simon Says)

Duck duck goose game


Recognizing D and its sound

‘5 Huge Dinosaurs’ finger play

Hey diddle diddle rhyme

Dinosaur Counters and sorting

Duck matching game D + d

Discussing dinosaurs during coloring

page

Going on a Dinosaur Dig

WEEK 5

Bible:

Adam and Eve Letter: E

Book: You See With Your

Eyes Egg Drop

California Care Trip


Recognizing E and its sound

Glue googly eyes on letter E

Play I Spy

Humpty Dumpty rhyme

Egg matching patterns

Counting bowling pins during Humpty

Dumpty Bowling Game

Egg Hunt

Dyeing eggs

WEEK 6 OCTOBER 9, 2017

Bible:

1. Fiery Furnace

2. Burning Bush

Letter: F Fire Truck visit Fire Safety Week Don’t hide, go outside activity


Recognizing F and its sound

Glue feathers and flowers on letter

F

F is for fire handprints

Fishing for letter ‘F’ or ‘f ’ game and

counting catch

‘Big Fat Hen’ counting story

Fire cup knockdown

Learning stop, drop, and roll

Hot vs. Cold

What items are safe to play with?

Tiny playhouse on “fire” (shaving

cream spray with water)


Bible: Gideon Letter: G Book: The Grouchy Ladybug

Painting pumpkins


Recognizing G and its sound

Glue grass on letter G

Arrange goldfish in G shape

Duck duck goose game

Following directions-ghost

handprint craft

Counting with goldfish crackers

Making green goo

Ghost knock down game (pumpkin

as ball)


Bible: Jesus HEALS a

crippled man Letter: H

Fischer Farms trip Thursday

Hat Day Tuesday

Book: Why Should I Help?


Recognizing H and its sound

Glue honey comb cereal on letter H

Hands are for helping page

Hickory Dickory Dock

Arrange honey comb cereal on page

and counting

Play hopscotch

Balloon Pumpkin Craft (Blow up

balloons with baking soda and

vinegar)


Bible: Little Visits with

Jesus Letter: I

Trick-or-Treat Parade

Book: Insect Detective

Book: Black Cat Creeping


Recognizing I and its sound

Glue insects on letter I

Ice cream scoop names

Count and glue mini marshmallows on

igloo

Ice cream dotter page

Insects inside ice-how to get them

out?

Which melts first-ice inside, outside,

or in freezer?

Making ice cream

Insect stamps

WEEK 10 NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Bible: J is for Jesus

Letter: J California Care Trip

Book: The Jacket I wear in the snow

Learning about

Veteran’s Day


Recognizing J and its sound

Glue paper jelly beans on letter J

Graph colors of jackets

Graphing favorite kinds of jelly then

making pb&j sandwiches for snack

Making paper bag jellyfish and learn

about the jellyfish

WEEK 11 NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Bible: Jesus is our King

Letter: K Eating kebobs

for lunch Book: The King’s Cat

Painting with “ketchup”


Recognizing K and its sound

Glue kites on letter K

Placing aluminum foil on key

• Practicing taking only one paper towel Learning parts of kiwi and making

paper plate kiwi craft

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