Curriculum

Children will understand that sports are for having fun, building social skills, and developing basic physical abilities, with the focus on enjoyment and growth rather than competition or advanced skill development.

Children will demonstrate safety awareness by making safe choices in daily activities, assessing risks, and distinguishing between safe and unsafe behaviors. They will accept adult guidance and respond appropriately in unsafe situations.

Children will understand the significance of hand and body washing, dental care, and maintaining the cleanliness of personal belongings and their living space. They will take greater responsibility for their personal self-care routines.

Children will express care, concern and compassion toward others by making sympathetic statements and offering support when others are distressed.

Children will identify and practice gratitude strategies to support self-regulation, including when they are feeling stressed or tired.

Children will improve their self-feeding skills using age-appropriate utensils, learn to communicate when they are hungry, thirsty, or full, and begin to express their food choices and preferences. They will also gain a basic understanding of the importance of nutrition for healthy development.

Children will learn how and why clouds move and gain a basic understanding of how clouds form. They will observe different cloud formations and identify and describe types such as cumulus, stratus, cirrus, and nimbus clouds. For example, children will learn that clouds form from water vapor that cools and condenses in the sky and that wind patterns influence cloud movement.

Children will understand the concept of the "present moment" as a coping strategy to manage emotions and be able to differentiate it from the past and future. They will practice using their senses to notice and describe the present moment.

Children will explore how microorganisms can create disease by discussing the concept of germs, describing how they spread, and explaining how they can make someone ill.

Children will explore how appropriate breathing techniques can assist in relaxation and help regulate emotions, such as when they are angry or frustrated.