Curriculum

Children will learn to identify and name basic parts of the body (such as head, arms, legs, hands, and feet). They will also begin to understand simple functions of each body part (for example, hands are for holding, legs are for walking)

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 begin to distinguish between living and non-living things. They will learn to identify characteristics that define living things, such as the ability to grow, change, and move, as well as needing food and water. For example, children will understand that a plant is a living thing because it grows and needs water, while a rock is non-living because it doesn't grow or need food. Through observation and discussion, children will understand the differences between living and non-living things in their environment.

Children will demonstrate knowledge related to living things and their environments. They will notice the similarities and differences among various living things, such as plants and animals. For example, children will be able to identify that both birds and butterflies can fly, but birds have feathers and butterflies have wings with patterns.

Children will explore and learn about the basic life cycles of animals. They will observe how animals grow and change throughout their lives, such as understanding that animals can hatch from eggs and grow into adults. For example, they will learn that baby chicks hatch from eggs and grow into chickens. Additionally, they will explore basic life cycles in the plant kingdom, such as how plants grow from seeds.

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 understand that all living things grow, change, and go through life cycles. They will learn about the life cycle of plants by observing how a plant grows and changes over time. For example, children will see that a plant starts as a seed, then sprouts into a small plant, and eventually grows into a mature plant with leaves, flowers, or fruits.

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 be able to recognize and do the visual discrimination, match, and sort shapes.

Children will learn to sort toys or other objects by attributes such as color, shape, or size, and order objects based on size. This will help them to identify and verbalize characteristics of people, noting similarities and differences, such as observing that "Mom has black hair like me."