I have monthly themes too. I do lots with literacy such as charted poems, flannel board stories, rhyming, music and literacy fun, interactive prop stories, finger puppets, alphabet games, nursery rhymes, my name activities, etc.

I have a math games/manipulatives shelf mainly for math fun.

We do about three open-ended Art activities each week. We do Weekly Reader (well it's My Big Workd now and is only twice per month)which is great and helps fill in gaps. It focuses on science and social studies. $5.00 per child per year!

I have a small art center available... Markers, playdoh, paper, glue sticks, oil pastels, crayons, coloring books.

I have a three drawer bin by my circle time area that has all kinds of active, imteractive visual, fun learning activities that I pull from. Our circle time is 5-10 minutes.

I don't do much alphabet & number mastery. More just exposure.

I like to cook/bake regularly with the kids.

This is the basics of my curriculum.

Songs, music, movement
Creative art
Small science center with basic rotating items
Weekly Reader
Literacy fun
Math manipulative center- also some fine motor stuff on here
Sensory table filled with oatmeal for measuring/pouring/filling
Circle time

Sept. All about me, school, apples
Oct. fall, farm, Halloween
Nov. families, woodland animals, Thanksgiving
Dec 5- senses, Christmas
Jan artic animals, winter, health
Feb dental health, Valentine's Day, transportation
March pets, wind, St Paddys day, rainbows
April spring, occupations, dinosaurs
May insects, gardening

I mainly touch on these topics through books/stories, creative art, songs, fingerplays, etc. nothing too in depth

I also do a fairly tale of the month reading different versions, doing a flannel board version, etc and have a nursery rhyme of the month.

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