Ages and Stages

Nursery Curriculum

September Back to School New Friends School Routine Classroom Rules Early Fall (apples, change in weather) Lots of Red	October Fall (wind, leaves, pumpkins) Halloween Fire Safety Halloween Safety Stranger Awareness Opposites Lots of orange and black	November Family Members Healthy Foods Thanksgiving Lots of brown, orange, and yellow
December Five Senses Cooking christmas Hanukkah Making gifts Lots of red and green and blue and white for Hanukkah	January Snow Shapes (blocks, puzzles, collages, playdoh) Also shapes in the environment Jobs people do Sequencing - "What comes next?" Lots of blue and while	February Nursery rhymes - introduction to rhyming words Size - Small, medium and large Valentine's Day Lots of red and pink
March Early Spring "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" St. Patrick's Day Things that go together Wild Animals Lots of green and yellow	April Spring Easter Farm Animals "April showers bring May flowers" Lots of purple and pastels	May Flowers Mother's day Stories about Moms Dress up as your Mom Invite Moms to school to spend a morning doing a craft or cooking project Rhyming words Forest Animals Memorial Day - make a flag
June Summer Beach Ocean Pets Father's Day - make cards	Ongoing concepts Counting Calendar Weather Seasons Colors - naming, matching, mixing, color words Clothing and personal belongings - dressing and storing belongings	Ongoing concepts Beginning letter sounds Name recognition Beginning printing- blackboards, finger paint, shaving cream, sand, salt Poetry and rhyming Environmental letters and words Ordering - first, middle and last

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