Curriculum

Children will be able to recognize and name the five senses and the body parts that help us with each sense: eyes for seeing, nose for smelling, mouth for tasting, ears for hearing, and skin for touching. They will start to understand that these senses help us explore the world around us. For example, they will learn that eyes help us see things like toys and colors, the nose helps us smell flowers and food, the mouth helps us taste yummy snacks, the ears help us hear sounds like music and voices, and the skin helps us feel things like soft blankets or cold water

Children will be introduced to the names of different dinosaurs and their meanings. They will understand that the size of dinosaurs ranged from very small to very large. This will help children understand the differences between dinosaurs and other animals.

Children will be able to define the terms "herbivore," "carnivore," and "omnivore," and identify different animals that fall into each category. They will learn that herbivores are animals that eat plants, carnivores are animals that eat meat, and omnivores are animals that eat both plants and meat. For example, children will recognize animals like cows, rabbits, and deer as herbivores, lions and tigers as carnivores, and bears and humans as omnivores. They will also begin to understand the differences between these three types of animals by exploring examples of each.

Children will recognize common animal sounds and explore, interact with, and identify a growing number and variety of plants and animals. They will also begin to explore how plants and animals grow and change, such as understanding that baby chicks grow into chickens and puppies grow into dogs.

Children will develop a basic understanding of where various animals live. They will observe and explore a variety of plants and animals and their environments, such as rabbits, birds, ladybugs, hermit crabs, eggs, butterflies, and bugs in the garden.

Children will learn the importance of listening and following directions by playing left, right, forward, back, jump, turn around, touch the ground, turn, sit down, stand up, clap your hands

Children will develop the ability to add and subtract within 20, while demonstrating fluency and speed for addition and subtraction within 10. This skill involves using efficient, accurate, and flexible methods for calculating sums and differences.

Children will solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, utilizing $ and ¢ symbols appropriately. They will first learn to recognize and understand the values of different bills and coins. Reinforcement can be achieved through matching worksheets that link each coin to its value, enhancing their money recognition skills.

Children will learn to organize, represent, and interpret data involving up to three categories. They will practice asking and answering questions about the total number of data points, the quantity within each category, and the difference in numbers between categories. This will help them develop analytical skills and deepen their understanding of data comparison and interpretation.

Children will learn to compose two-dimensional shapes such as rectangles, squares, trapezoids, triangles, half-circles, and quarter-circles, as well as three-dimensional shapes like cubes, right rectangular prisms, right circular cones, and right circular cylinders.