Program Schedule

Happy Summer!

Fall

Part 1:

• Getting to know our community

  • About me! Decorate your cubby!

  • Building our family scrapbooks

• Stretching our bodies and minds outdoors and in

• Learning about habitats and the animals that live in them

Part 2:

• Changing seasons and weather

• Kindness and communicating our emotions

• Appreciating one another for our similarities and differences

Part 3:

• Fall Harvest:

  • Giving thanks to our families and friends

  • Gift and craft making

• Learning and honoring past/present cultures and practices:

  • Mexican Heratige Month (en espanol es Mes Nacional de la Herencia Hispana) Sept 15-Oct 15

  • Indigenous Peoples Day (Oct 11)

• Animals Around the World

Winter

Part 1:

• Winter Solstice

  • Season changes and Holiday Celebrations

• Stone Soup lesson of community and giving

• Water cycle

Part 2:

• M.L.K. Day

  • Social justice - equality at an age appropriate level

  • Helping others and providing a service for the community

• Animal superpowers (adaptations) and how they help them survive

Part 3:

• Feel the LOVE: Valentines day!

• Compassion and Empathy

  • More on regulating and communicating our emotions and feelings

• African American History Month

Spring

Part 1:

• Holi: Spring beginnings (March 10)

  • Changes with Spring

  • Holi is the Festival of Sharing and Love (also known as the Festival of Colors) from Hindu culture

• Women's History Month (March)

• Caesar Chavez Day (March 31)

• Flowers and Pollinators

Part 2:

• Earth Month (April): All about the EARTH

• Geology

  • Rock cycle

  • Earthquakes and other forces

Part 3:

• Photosynthesis

  • How do plants make sugars out of sunlight, water, and air?

• Planning for our summer harvest

• Enjoying sunny days and adventures!

June and July -Happy Summer!