Units of Study and corresponding vocabulary

Here is a list of many of the units that we may cover during the course of the year depending on the interests and needs of the children both individually and as part of a group.

This link will take you to the most recent document by Alberta Learning that is in place as a guide for Early Childhood Educators.

https://education.alberta.ca/media/482257/play-participation-and-possibilities-reduced.pdf

Arctic

Cold, ice, igloo, Inuit, polar bear, seal, husky, penguin, ice berg

7 Habits

Back backs, posters, songs, videos, practice

Action words

Play, jump, run, walk, dance, bend, climb, reach, hop, push, pull, read, ride, row, run, sing, sit, stop, slide, skip, sweep, walk, run, jump, wipe, throw, roll, cut, cook, carry, dance, march, kick, dig, follow, open, close, crawl, stretch, leap, bend, carry, catch, pray, plant, clean, carry, rain, snow, eat, sleep, cut, ride,

Activity: what I know- what I Wonder

Advent

Gift, God, Jesus, Mary, Joseph, baby, manger, shepherd, star, candles, tree, love, church, purple, pray, gospel, wise men

Airport (Dramatic Play)

Boarding pass, ticket, airplane, suitcase, pilot, check in, passport, travel, seat, air traffic control, airplane, luggage, flight attendant, gate, passenger, runway, security, vacation, trip, parts of a plane: wing, landing gear, cockpit, tail, cabin

Alphabet activities:

Please note: this is not a comprehensive list: Play dough, stamps, identification, bingo, jolly phonics, handwriting without tears, numerous alphabet games in other areas (fishing for letters, sensory bin letters, songs for learning letters, individual letters and letter books; letters on beads, Alphabet Ball, Alphabet tiles ; wood alphabet letters, alphabet match, name identification; name writing, stamping, Rhyming, sound matching, syllable clapping, bingo, letter of the day at the door for 10 weeks, magnetic letters, tiles, wooden letters, stamping letters, light table letters, letter identification, sound identification,

Art Experiences and words

Apple Stamping

Bubble wrap painting

Eye Dropper painting

Marble Painting

Water Color painting

Car painting

Colors (mixing, identification)

Water color painting

Pastel, markers,

Flower painting

Easter Egg activities

Punching with different sized punches

3D monsters/creatures/bugs

Painting with shaving cream and glue

Decorate

Stencil

Designing

Drawing

illustrate

Chalk Painting

Collages

Murals, Pastels, Portraits,

Painting with brushes, fingers, pom pom, cotton balls,

Line, curve,

Design, original, bumpy, smooth, rough, soft, sticky, dark, lights, bright, clear,

“Mat Man” making a whole body

Faces (parts of a face) eyes, nose, ears, mouth, teeth, tongue, neck, hair. The Dot, Lollipop Tree; Painting ornaments; painting eggs; decorating; gluing; using tape, ribbon, pipe cleaners; tissue paper;

Express thoughts and feelings

Exploration of Red, Purple, Black, Blue, Green Brown, Yellow, Pink, Green, Purple, Orange, White,

Color mixing

Painting (not a comprehensive list) with: cotton balls, brushes, fingers, q tips, cars, marbles, pom poms, sponges, apples, potatoes, spinner, flowers, hands, fingers,

Materials used: paper, construction paper, cardboard, tissue paper, glue, paint, acrylic, water, chalk, pencil crayons, wax crayons, shaving cream, beads, glitter sparkles, sequins, styrofoam, beans, pipe cleaners, spray bottle, buttons, yarn, ribbon, popsicle sticks, felt, foam, ice, water, tin foil, sticks, wood, marbles, rocks, material, tubes, straws, seas shells,

Babies (Dramatic Play)

Baby, powder, wrap, change, gentle, kind, stroller, diaper, bottle, onesie,

Baking (Dramatic Play)

Flour, sugar, bread, cake, cookies, pie, muffin, eggs, pan, tin, spoons, bowls, saucers, oven, temperature, baker, salad,

Bears

Polar bears, brown bear, grizzly bear, hibernate, bear facts, bear matching, bear location

Birthday Party (Dramatic Play)

Celebration, card, candles, cupcake, friends, invitation, gifts, cake. Surprise, cake, presents

Blocks

Large motor coordination, geometry skills, problem solving, fine motor, counting, spatial location, sorting, cooperation, creativity, persiste4nce, build, crash,

Body Parts

Head shoulder, knees toes, elbow, ankle, wrist, neck, arm, leg, stomach, back, cheeks, ears, chin, eyes, nose, mouth, hands, fingers, waist, hips

Book walk

Beginning, middle, end, author, illustrator, front cover, back cover, details, predicting, reviewing, rewriting, retelling, Book Walk

Bugs

Butterfly, cocoon, beetle, ant, grasshopper, cricket, beetle, mosquito, honey bee, ants, dragonfly, lady bug, worm, spiders, fly, beetle, eggs, larva, pupa,

Live crickets, live pupa

Car wash (Dramatic Play)

Soap, water, suds, brush, dry, wash

Christmas (Jesus and Celebration)

Advent activities (see Advent) ; gifted a book to each child; Christmas: tree, ornament, decoration, Santa Clause, Mrs. Clause, reindeer, cookies, milk, holiday, sleigh, present

Clothing

Pants, shirt, coat, socks, shoes, boots, hat, mitts, snow pants, shorts, bathing suit, sweater, dress, gloves, scarf, skirt, coat,

Color mixing

Experiences with water, glue, food coloring, water colors, acrylic, primary, secondary, tertiary, books that highlight color mixing

Color exploration and identification

Red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple, orange, gray, black, white

Community helpers (Dramatic Play)

Fire fighters, police, doctor, nurse, vet, police, postman, chef, bus driver, pilot, farmer,

Construction (Dramatic Play)

Crane, dump truck, bull dozer, loader, excavator, construction, construction hat, cone, tractor, delivery truck, ladder, van, truck, build, measure, measuring tape, safety

Describing words

strong, delicious, soft, icy, warm, kind, straight, hard, big, silly, sweet, flat, young, old, slow, sleek, silly, cuddly, sharp, sleepy, cheerful, serious, patient, funny, relaxed, clever, sad, empty, wet, small, hungry, scared, short, hard, full, empty, delicious, sweet, sour, wet, dry, surprised, happy, upset, worried, interesting, quiet, colourful, fast, slow, active, silly, smart, adventurous, delightful, extraordinary, proud, special, thankful, tender-hearted, wonderful, respectful

Dinosaurs (Dramatic Play)

Triceratops, tyrannosaurus rex, bones, fossils, foot prints, pterodactyl, stegosaurus, extinct, palaeontology, extinct, small and large dinosaurs

Dolls (Dramatic Play)

Mom, mother, family, baby, kind, soft, diapers, stroller, crib, change, powder, love,

Dramatic Play

Expands vocabulary; increases social competencies, dresses, sports shirts, hats, crowns, fireman hats, police hats, construction hats, sun glasses, cameras,, cameras, phones, jewellery, suit jackets, multicultural dresses, super hero costumes,

Earth Day

Earth, recycle, planet, bottles, garbage, safety, trees, sun, flowers, grass, water,

Easter (Religious)

Last supper; Judas; Crown of thorns, cross, nail, dice, darkness, , cloth, stone, empty, risen, betray; Jesus, Mary, God, son, Empty, tomb, palm, prayer, resurrection, Good Friday, Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday

Easter (Commercial)

Bunny, Eggs, color, treats, chicks, spring, March, April, lily, Easter, dye, coloring, decorate, eggs, egg hunt, basket,

Family

mother father sister brother uncle aunt grandma grandpa nanny, papa, cousin, relative, related

Farms

Farmer, truck, tractor grain harvest cow horses pigs sheep chicks chickens rooster , barn, fence, corn, hay, carrots, vegetables, milk, wool, turkey, mouse, goat,

Feeling words - Identifying and naming feelings

sad, happy, frustrated, mad, sleepy, tired, lonely, excited, scared, mad, worried, surprised, confident, proud,

Firemen (Dramatic Play)

Fire truck fire station hose emergency ladder hat

Fishing (Dramatic Play)

Fish, fishing rod, cast, fishing line, water, waves, boat, hook, tackle, catch, release, river, lake, stream

Flower Shop/ flower garden/ gardening

Seeds flower grow plant water dig bloom plant dig eat harvest , matching, patterning, push, watering, gloves, seeds, pot, planter, dirt, weeds, plants

Fruits

Apples, strawberries, oranges, pineapple, grapes, lime, grapefruit, star fruit, kiwi, mango, cantalope, bananas, pear, pumpkin honey dew melon

Gingerbread men

Matching, patterning position,

Gears

Graphing

Green choices

Gross Motor Movement Activities

Over, under, fast, slow, hula hoops, walk the bench, hop scotch, ball, front yard running, playground, treasure hunt, bring your wheels day, flat scooters, Go Noodle; circle time songs; dances

Halloween

Apple black broom candle, candy, carve, costume, decorate, Dracula, ghost, mask, orange, pumpkin, scarecrow, scary skeleton, spider, trick or treat, witch

Helicopters

Hospital (Dramatic Play)

Band aides, thermometer, needle, stethoscope, doctor nurse, mask, gauze, blood pressure, medicine, weight, height, ambulance, exam room, waiting room, eye chart, patient, x ray, ambulance, Hospital, emergency, ambulance

Horses/cowboys (Dramatic Play)

Trail rides, horses, cowboy, cowgirl, hat, safety, saddle, race, giddy up,

Kitchen (Dramatic Play)

Menus; taking orders, Real Food boxes with words; dramatic play with food, restaurant, pizza parlour,

Large block play

Build, persevering, problem solve, take turns, estimating, patterning, comparing, measuring, motor skills, concentrating, planning testing, reasoning, predicting, collaborating, negotiating, sharing, creating imagining, describing expressing ideas

Large trucks

Leaves

Leggo

Library Books

• Develop a love for books
• Expand imagination
• Refine language
• Put stories in sequence
• Expand vocabulary
• Expand vocabulary
• Provide foundation for reading and writing
• Library visit weekly all year

A Collection of books from the library on the following topics will be brought into the classroom as the interest is investigated:

• Alphabet
• Colors
• Shapes
• Dinosaurs
• Bugs
• Horses
• Farm/farm animals
• Love
• Christmas
• Easter
• Plants/Seeds/flowers
• Ocean/water
• Sharks
• Numbers
• Opposites
• Firemen
• Police
• Trucks/large equipment
• Planets
• Space
• Rocks
• Life cycle
• Frogs, Apples, Deer, Chicks
• Light Table
• Colors, color mixing, mirrors, reflections, color matching, patterns, magnets, alphabet letters, numbers, patters, light, shadows, exploration bags,
• Leader in me
• Proactive, Synergize, Seek, Sharpen the Saw, Voice
• Love

Magnets

attract, magnetic, non magnetic, push, pull, numbers, shapes, letters,

Mindful kids

Focus, imagine, calm, breathe, inhale, exhale, plant, body, mindful, pose, heart beat, quiet,

Movie theatre

(Dramatic Play)

Pop corn, admission, ticket, playing, screen, usher, concession movie now playing, hot dog, drink, candy, ticket, snacks, actor actress, ticket sales, theatre

Multicultural Dolls and books (Dramatic Play)

Music

High – Low, Loud – Soft fast-slow Ukelele, drum, percussion, guitar, string, tambourine, maraca, band, sing, dance, Orff, pitch and non pitch percussion, rhyming, dancing, movement.

Name Identification

Numbers

Finger Songs; counting up, counting down; dice games; number identification, number hop, Dice, dominoes, singing number songs, number match, number identification, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Ocean

Fishing, word wall, kinds of fish, kinds of sharks, shark information, boat, ship, lighthouse, submarine, pirate, scientist, captain, sailor, fishermen, scuba diver, fishing, explore, telescope, pirate hat, under the sea

Opposites

Fast slow; on off; up down; loud soft; big little; winter summer; high low; heavy light; hot cold; in out; light dark; long short; smooth rough; soft hard; strong weak; tall short; wet dry; first last; living – not living, in out, on off, happy sad, day night, dry wet, left right, clean dirty, above below,

Parts of a face

Eyes, eye brows, nose, chin, cheeks, mouth, teeth, ears, hair, forehead,

Peace

Forgiveness, caring, getting along, not fighting, shaking hands, giving hugs, being kind, thank you world, It’s OK to be different

Pets (Dramatic Play)

Dog, cat, fish, hamster, guinea pig, bunny, horse, goat, veterenarian, feed, pet store, walk, leash, appointment, groomer, x rays, medicine, frog, bird, turtle, snake, spider, aquarium, cage, toys, food, water, treats,

Pirates (Dramatic Play)

Treasure chest, pirate, parrot, pirate ship, treasure map, gold coins, buried treasure

Pizza shop (Dramatic Play)

Planting a garden

Plants

Parts of a plant, grow, seed, water, sun, harvest, leaves, buds, dirt, parts of a plant we eat: root, stalk, leaves

Play dough

Ice cream cones, alphabet activities, Cloud dough, rolling, stamping, filling, squishing, Used to make the children’s names, letters, smash, cut, sqhish, roll, make shapes cut, large, medium, small, big, little, long, short, green, yellow, brown, black, blue, white, pink, red, purple, orange, smells: lemon, vanilla, peppermint, chocolate, coffee, shapes cutters: stars, circle, squares, flowers, birds, scented (grape, strawberry, blueberry; cookie cutters, tin cups for filling, muffin cup, cinnamon, cookie cutters, rolling,

Policemen (Dramatic play)

Post Office (Dramatic play)

Prayer Table (Word Wall)

Prepositions/position

On, Over, Under, Beside, Beneath, Below, Between, in front of, behind, Next to,

Princesses/princes (Dramatic play)

Pumpkins

Leaves, skin, seeds, stem, pulp, jack o lantern, face, eyes, nose mouth, using your senses to explore pumpkins

Puppets (Dramatic play)

Purpose: Social Skills, emotional skills, confidence, music, observing, turn taking, motor skills, creativity, promoting dramatic play. Children have engaged with the following puppets: pig, dragons, bears, multicultural family, doctor, nurse, girl, boy, Metis child, finger puppets, raven,

Puzzles

Goal setting, fine motor coordination, problem solving, planning, hand eye coordination, self esteem, social skills, patience, persistence cognitive skills, matching

Puppies (Dramatic play)

Rainbows

Red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange, blue, pot of gold, rain, clouds, end of the rainbow, sunshine shower thunder storm lightening

Ramps

Reading and then retelling a story on large poster paper

examples:

• Lollipop tree
• Easter Story
• Plant a seed
• Pete the cat
• Brown Bear
• Polar Bear

Red choice/Green Choice

Remembrance Day

Poppy, memorial, wreath, soldier, veteran, remember, cross, ceremony, flag, bagpipes, peace dove

Restaurant (Dramatic play)

Scissor Skills/cutting

Cutting, snipping, Thumbs up,

Seasons

Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Seeds

Seeds in fruits and vegetables: pumpkins strawberries, watermelon, oranges, apples, limes, cucumbers, squash

Senses

Activities to identify and explore the 5 senses: smell, see, taste, hear, feel

Sensory Bin

Pour, scoop, sort, dig, dump, find, compare, contrast, match, feel, explore, choose, dig, hide, transfer, pinch, squeeze, sprinkle, roll, poke, pick, stack, tear, crumple, push, turn. Items in the sensory bin may include:

• Sand
• Water
• Snow
• Rice
• Beans
• Paper
• Glitter
• Play dough
• Popping corn
• Easter shredding
• Oats
• Sand
• Dirt
• Rocks
• Christmas tinsel
• Seashells
• Marbles
• Ice
• Pumpkins
• Macaroni
• Green grass
• Leaves
• Garland
• Snow

Shadows

Dark, light, long, gray, animals, shadow puppets, tall, short

Shapes

Circle, square, triangle, rectangle, oval, star

Sharks

Shells

Small animals (Dramatic play)

signs

Stop go yield open closed

Small cars

Snowmen

Spiders

St Paddy’s Day / green

Stamping

Choice, colors, patterns, sequencing, spatial skills, matching, design, decorate, letter and number matching

Summer/winter

Vocabulary, clothes, weather, Food experiences

Table top block play

Tastes

Sweet, salty, sour, wet, hard, soft,

Teddy Bears

Teddy Bear Picnic, bring a teddy (stuffy) to school day, Jordans Principle, Orange shirt day,

Tents (Dramatic play)

Camping,

Transportation

Cars, trucks, van, train, bicycle, scooter, airplane, helicopter, boat, dirt bike, go cart, jet, tractor, police car, fire truck, bus; Car wash, trains

Unicorns (Dramatic play)

Valentines

Love

Valentines –

Ash Wednesday

Vegetables

Cauliflower, broccoli, peas, onion, mushrooms, lettuce, radish, celery, brussel sprouts, turnips, colorabi, sweet potato, potato peppers, spaghetti squash, egg plant, corn, cucumber,

Weather

Cool, warm, cold, cloudy, rainy windy, snowy, sunny, spring, fall winter, summer, hot, cloudy

Writing centers

Each week there are at least 2 writing centers -

examples:

• Recognize letters
• Learn to print letters
• Practice prewriting skills
• Dictate stories
• Illustrate stories
• Use imagination
• Post office
• Christmas letters
• Laminated words
• Birthday cards
• Christmas cards
• Thank you cards
• Valentines day cards

Various different things to write on and to write with

examples:

• Markers
• Pencils
• Stencils
• Crayons
• White board markers
• Paint brushes
• White boards
• Fingers
• Bodies