Dare I wake the sleeping beauty?

Trina attacks!

Jack racing

Trina calling...

We love Wii

Watching a MOVIE!

HOLY ICE

It's my birthday and we headed up to the Grama and Granpa Cella's for a breakfast before the head out for their winter excursion across the country. Jonathan, Matt and I had pancakes, bacon and cantaloupe with Grama and Granpa Cella as Katrina enjoyed cantaloupe and mushed banana. DELISH!
We played and enjoyed each other's company and Jonathan opened a VERY generous present for me from the Cella's - Ebay gift-cards! Wahoo!
As we came home exhausted as usual, we pulled into the driveway and saw this!
Holy Ice! I will not walk around the side of the house. Not that anyone can with the nearly THREE feet of snow on the ground! The icicle nearly touches the ground, it is HUGE!

Just a little Daddy Daughter Moment

Reminiscing

Oh how far we have come in a single year.
Tonight Matt and I went out to celebrate my birthday... a little early, especially since it falls on a Sunday this year AND Saturday we are taking the kids to see Disney on Ice. YAY!
After we enjoyed a TRULY delicious dinner at Vasi's, complete with FRIED CHEESECAKE (yummy, yummy), we put the kids to bed and watched a TINY bit of video from when Jonathan was a little-tiny- baby....
It really makes you think.
We have come a loooong way...
I'm lovin' every minute of my little family!

WOAH! Snow!

Bracing for the storm.... again!

We are bracing for our THIRD 'substantial' amount of snow this year already.
Our first batch of snow was officially called a blizzard. It ended up being roughly a foot of snow that IS staying put. It truly looks beautiful out there, especially since the sand the town plows are using is so lite in color that it doesn't make the roads look dirty, they still have pretty white edges, and the evergreen trees are seemingly 'ever-whites'.
Our second WALLOP was over this past weekend, just a few inches, maybe 4 or 5. It was enough to look nice again and add to the snow we had in our "Blizzard".
So today, with Jonathan at Gram and Grampa Cella's for the day and Matt at work, Katrina and I are bracing for the snow and waiting for it to fall.
Today she and I were planning on hitting up the Library and doing a little shopping, but the cold weather is not going to let me bring out the little lady. Instead, she and I will play dollies and learn our colors and shapes! HOORAY!!!

The snow is not expected to fall until late evening and the heaviest will begin after midnight tonight, from what I have heard the snow will NOT stop until tomorrow night. We are expecting 3-5 inches from midnight until well into tomorrow... If it happens, it will BE FEET!!!!!

Daily Schedule

Our daily schedule is very flexible to allow for unplanned events or other opportunities that may arise throughout the day. Some days we do not fit all this in....but we try!
We have a movie day once in a while, especially on rainy days. I choose the movie. Sometimes we will have a picnic on the rec room floor with a large blanket and lots of pillows.....and we eat our snack while watching the movie. This is only done as a special reward "because we had such a good day"!
We do go outside every day to play in the backyard (weather permitting).
6:45 – 7:00 am Arrival/Free Play
7:30 – 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 – 9:00 am Constructed Play
9:00 – 10:30 am Learning activities with snack
10:30 am - 11:45 am Arts & Crafts/ Indoors or Out
11:45 am - 12:00 pm Clean-up Playroom - Lunch
12:00pm – 1:00 pm Free Play
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Story & rest time
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Snack
3:30 pm – 4:30 pm Constructive Indoor play
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Clean-up & Meal Preparation
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Dinner & Desert
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Walk, Family Time
7:30 pm – 8:00 pm Bedtime preparation (bath/shower, teeth brushing, story time)
8:00 pm – 8:15 pm Bedtime

Learning to Wrestle (part 2)

Jonathan and Matt have begun to make 'learning to wrestle' a daily routine. At this point I am not sure IF Jonathan needs any more lessons. He seems to be holding his own. The funniest part is, after wrestling for about an hour he said to Matt "Okay, enough fooling around can we wrestle for real now?" Poor Matt. Jonathan was kicking his butt!

Playing dollhouse

Jonathan the healthy eater

His lunch....

Children's Literature

Babcock, Chris – No Moon, No Milk
Bolam, Emily – (Chunky Farm) Cow
Doyle, Malachy – Cow
Dubanevich, Arlene – Calico Cows
Hiskey, Iris – The Little Calf That Couldn’t Moo
Johnson, Paul Brett – The Cow Who Wouldn’t Come Down
Lewis, Kim – Little Calf
MacVeety, Sue – Helper Cow
Most, Bernard – The Cow That Went Oink
Phillips, Mildred – And the Cow said Moo!
Speed, Toby – Two Cool Cows
Alborough, Jez – Hug
Bentley, Dawn – Who’s in the Jungle?
Cousins, Lucy – Jazzy in the Jungle
Faulkner, Keith – The Tallest, Shortest, Longest, Greenest, Brownest Animal in the Jungle
McDonnell, Flora - Splash!
Royston, Angela – (Eye Openers) Jungle Animals
Russell, Naomi - Guess Who's in the Jungle
Taylor, Thomas – The Loudest Roar
Dunn, Judy – The Little Kitten
Fleming, Denise – Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
Galdone, Paul – Three Little Kittens
Jewell, Nancy – Five Little Kittens
McCue, Lisa – Kittens Love
Pfloog, Jan – Kittens Are Like That
Volkmann, Roy – Curious Kittens
Karlin, Nurit – I See, You Saw
London, Jonathan – I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me
MacKinnon, Debbie – Eye Spy Colors
Seuss, Dr. – The Eye Book
Showers, Paul – Look at Your Eyes
Briggs, Kelly Paul – Lighthouse Lullaby
Fearrington, Ann – Who Sees the Lighthouse?
Gibbons, Gail – Beacons of Light – Lighthouses
Hoff, Syd – The Lighthouse Children
Swift, Hildegarde H. – The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge
Amery, Heather – Noah’s Ark (Usborne Bible Tales)
Ehlert, Lois – Planting a Rainbow
Feeney, Stephanie – Hawaii is a Rainbow
Fowler, Allan – All the Colors of the Rainbow
Freeman, Don – A Rainbow of my Own
Hayward, Linda – Noah’s Ark
Kalan, Robert – Rain
Schwartz, Betty Ann – What Makes a Rainbow? (Pop-Up)
Warren, Jean – Huff and Puff’s Hawaiian Rainbow
Allen, Marky – There are 508 Stars in the Sky
Brady, Kymberli W. – The Sleepy Little Star
Branley, Franklyn, M. – The Big Dipper
Branley, Franklyn, M. – The Sky is Full of Stars
Friedersdorf, Melanie – Where Do Falling Stars Go?
Runnells, Treesha – Ten Wishing Stars
Trapani, Iza – Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
Asch, Frank – The Sun is My Favorite Star
Branley, Franklyn M. – The Sun: Our Nearest Star
Gibbons, Gail – Sun Up, Sun Down
Hines, Anna Grossnickle – What Can You Do in the Sun?
Kleven, Elisa – Sun Bread
Albee, Sarah – No Cookies?
Albee, Sarah – The Oreo Cookie Counting Book
Asch, Frank - Milk and Cookies
Brett, Jan – Gingerbread Baby
Cousins, Lucy – Maisy Makes Gingerbread
Galdone, Paul – The Gingerbread Boy
Lass, Bonnie & Philemon Sturges – Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar?
Numeroff, Laura J. – The Best Mouse Cookie
Seymour, Jane and James Keach – Yum!: A Tale of Two Cookies
Calmenson, Stephanie – Engine, Engine, Number Nine
Crews, Donald – Freight Train
Lenski, Lois – The Little Train
Lewis, Kevin – Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo
Piper, Watty – The Little Engine That Could
Sturges, Philemon – I Love Trains!
Asch, Frank – Happy Birthday, Moon
Asch, Frank – Mooncake
Carle, Eric – Papa, Please get the Moon for Me
Moss, Jeff - I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon
Smith, Linda – When Moon Fell Down
Alborough, Jez – Duck in the Truck
Flack, Marjorie – Angus and the Ducks
Flack, Marjorie & Kurt Wiese - The Story About Ping
McCue, Lisa - Ducklings Love
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds – Ducks Disappearing
Peters, Lisa Westberg – Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck
Simmons, Jane – Come Along, Daisy!
Carr, Jan – Big Truck and Little Truck
Lenski, Lois – The Little Auto
Lenski, Lois – The Little Fire Engine
Price, Mathew – Little Red Car in the Snow
Rey, H. A. – Curious George and the Dumptruck
Sis, Peter – Trucks, Trucks, Trucks
Barnes, Laura T., - Twist and Ernest
Brett, Jan – Fritz and the Beautiful Horses
Burton, Virginia Lee – Calico the Wonder Horse/Saga of Stewy Stinker
Darrow, Sharon – Old Thunder and Miss Raney
Heilbroner, Joan – Robert the Rose Horse
Ongman, Gudrun – The Sleep Ponies
Inkpen, Mick – Splosh!
Kalan, Robert – Rain
Martin, Bill Jr. and John Archambault – Listen to the Rain
Ray, Mary Lyn – Red Rubber Boot Day
Root, Phyllis – Soggy Saturday
Stojic, Manya – Rain
Canizares, Susan – Butterfly
Ehlert, Lois – Waiting for Wings
Gibbons, Gail – Monarch Butterfly
Sandved, Kjell B. – The Butterfly Alphabet
Sundgaard, Arnold – The Lamb and the Butterfly
Ryder, Joanne – Where Butterflies Grow
Brown, Margaret Wise – Sheep Don’t Count Sheep
Lewis, Kim – Emma’s Lamb
Lewis, Kim – Little Baa
Sloat, Teri – Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool
Sundgaard, Arnold – The Lamb and the Butterfly
Bellah, Melanie – Bow Wow! Meow! A First Book of Sounds
Brown, Margaret Wise – Bunny’s Noisy Book
Lewison, Wendy Cheyette – Eleanor’s Enormous Ears
McGovern, Ann – Too Much Noise
Perkins, Al – The Ear Book (Bright and Early Books)
Trumbauer, Lisa – Animal Ears
Barton, Byron – Boats
Collicutt, Paul – This Boat
Corey, Shana – Boats
Crampton, Gertrude – Scuffy the Tugboat: And His Adventures Down the River
Crews, Donale – Harbor
Gibbons, Gail – Boat Book
Gramatky, Hardie – Little Toot
Lensky, Lois – The Little Sailboat
Rockwell, Anne – Ferryboat Ride!
Trapani, Iza – Row Row Row Your Boat
Bernthal, Mark S. – Barney’s Big Balloon
Lamorisse, Albert – The Red Balloon
McGrory, Anik – Mouton’s Impossible Dream
Rey, H. A., - Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon
Roland, Timothy – Come Down Now, Flying Cow
Asch, Frank – Like a Windy Day
Ets, Marie Hall – Gilberto and the Wind
Hines, Anna Grossnickle – What Can You Do in the Wind?
Hutchins, Pat – The Wind Blew
Pegram, Laura – A Windy Day
Rydell, Katy – Wind Says Good Night
Wilhelm, Hans – It’s Too Windy!
Berenstain, Stan & Jan – The Berenstain Bears’ Four Seasons
Gibbons, Gail – The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree
MacDonald, Golden – The Little Island
Schulman, Janet – A Bunny for All Seasons
Sendak, Maurice – Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months
Tafuri, Nancy – Snowy Flowy Blowy: A Twelve Months Rhyme
Tudor, Tasha – Around the Year
Bridwell, Norman – Clifford’s First Snow Day
Ehlert, Lois – Snowballs
Marzollo, Jean – I am Snow
Rockwell, Anne – The First Snowfall
Tresselt, Alvin – White
Bridwell, Norman – Clifford the Big Red Dog
Capucilli, Alyssa Satin – Biscuit
Flack, Marjorie – Angus Lost
Perkins, Al – The Digging-est Dog
Brown, Margaret Wise – Home for a Bunny
McCue, Lisa – Snuggle Bunnies
Pledger, Maurice – An Adventure with Billy Bunny
Walton, Rick – One More Bunny
Barton, Byron – Airport
Barton, Byron – Planes
Crews, Donald – Flying
Lenski, Lois – The Little Airplane
Rockwell, Anne F. – I Fly
Sturges, Philemon - I Love Planes!
Wilson-Max, Ken – The Little Red Plane

Alphie is a HIT!

Snowman.

This year Katrina looks longingly out the window, in anxious anticipation of winter play... Next year she'll look longingly INSIDE, wanted to be warm!

Songs, Rhymes, Video (and other Media) for Little Ones

1 – Star Spangled Banner^; Three Pigs Rap^; Did You Ever See a Pig Wearing a Wig^; This Little Piggy; If you Give a Pig a Pancake; If you Give a Pig a Party; The Boy Who Cried Wolf; The True Story of the Three Little Pigs; Olivia*; Honesty (Barnyard Place)*; If You’ll Be Kind to Others*; Do It Cause Daddy Said So*; We Can Get Along*; Just Tell the Truth (Swart- man Quartet)*; The Calendar Song* (Busy Beavers);

2 – Hey Diddle Diddle; When I am Strong^; God Made All the Animals*; Baby Animals (Kid Songs)*; Baby Doolittle (Baby Einstein)*; Happy Mother’s Day*; Mothers and Babies (Sesame Street)*; Can’t Stop Rhyming Blues (Moose)*; We have mommies
(Moose)*; * Cronin, Doreen – Click Clack Moo

3 – I Saw a Leprechaun Dressed in Green^; In the Jungle^; Over in the Jungle; Marigold and the Leprechaun King*; My Lucky Day (Eric Herman)*; The Elephant Song* (Eric Herman); * Andreae, Giles – Rumble in the Jungle; * Bentley, Dawn – Who’s in the Jungle?; * Carle, Eric – Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth; The Bare Necessities (Jungle Book)

4 - Pussy-Cat Pussy-Cat; The Laughing River^; Yellow Submarine^; * Jewell, Nancy – Five Little Kittens; * Volkmann, Roy – Curious Kittens; *Brett, Jan – The Little Red Hen; Paul Bunyan (Disney); Casey at Bat (Disney); John Henry (Disney); Johnny Appleseed (Disney);

5 - Lavender's Blue; Body Songs* (Learn); The Body Song* (Peter Weatherall); Parts of the Body* (Three Boys); Body Parts* (Sesame Street); Thank you for My Eyes*; * London, Jonathan – I See the Moon and the Moon Sees Me; * Seuss, Dr. - I Can Read With My Eyes Shut

6 – There’s a Hole; Jesus Loves Me; 7, 8, 9*(BareNaked Ladies); * Gibbons, Gail – Beacons of Light – Lighthouses; Jack Black and the Octagon (Sesame Street); Under the Sea (Disney); In the Ocean (Nubeat); Once I Caught a Fish Alive; There’s a Big Ship Sailing (threelegsomen);

7 - Humpty Dumpty; Muffin Man ;* Amery, Heather – Noah’s Ark (Usborne Bible Tales); * Pfister, Marcus – The Rainbow Fish; When I Grow Up (bcchf); Somewhere Over the Rainbow (World Children’s Choir); I Can Sing a Rainbow (Music Factory Music);

8 - Wee Willie Winkie; Twinkle Twinkle; The Liberty Bell (John Phillip Sousa); Statue of Liberty – Two Minute Tour (Travel Channel); The Statue of Liberty (Obie Leff); The Liberty Bell Song (nosredes); Dr. Teeth’s Money Song (Sesame street-Muppet Show); The Coin Song;

9 - Hickory, Dickory, Dock; If I Were a Pirate; Blackbeard, Bluebeard & Redbeard (Eric Herman)*; Presidents *(Animaniacs); Recycle Song (Noah Gomes); Think Ecologically… Reduce. Reuse. Recycle;

10 – Old McDonald; Farmer in the Dell; * Brett, Jan – Gingerbread Baby; * Numeroff, Laura J. – If you Give a Mouse a Cookie; * Crews, Donald – Freight Train; * Piper, Watty – The Little Engine That Could

11 - Little Boy Blue; Chicken Dance; I Like the Flowers (The Beat Boppers); Polliwogs’ in a Bog (Bare Naked Ladies); I Had a Little Rooster (Amy Meyers); Life’s a Treat with Shaun the Sheep (eddy dragon);

12 - The Man in the Moon; The Tale of the Sun and the Moon (Eric Herman)*; Hide and go Seek with the Moon (Eric Herman)*; Universe* (Anamaniacs); * Brown, Margaret Wise – Goodnight Moon; * Yolen, Jane – Owl Moon

13 – I Love My Family; There was an old Women who Live; I Belong to a Family* (Moose); That’s My Family* (Moose); Family* (Laurie Berkner); Five Little Ducks; The Duck Song (Bryant Oden); The Turtle Song – Jordan Wheller;

14 - See Saw Margery Daw; the Wheels on the Bus; Everywhere I go (Moose)*; * Burton, Virginia Lee – Calico the Wonder Horse;

15 – Under the Sea; Hobby Horse; Beside the Seaside (Moose)*; My Bunny Lies Over the Ocean (online); Fireflies (Owl City Music); On Eagles Wings (online audio); Fly with Me (Jonas Brothers); Seven Days a Week Song (with dance); Children of the Ocean (Bro Rahman Rajan);

16 – The Ants’ Go Marching; You’re a Grand Old Flag; Ants in Your Pants (Eric Herman)*; * Carle, Eric – The Very Hungry Caterpillar; There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly; Critter Comrades (Moose-Noggin); How’s the Weather, ding-a-ling; Weather Song (Peter Weatherall);

17 - Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary; Dancing Through the Seasons; Believe in Spring (Moose)*; Seasons Song (Peter Weatherall); Abby Changes Seasons (Sesame Street); Guess the Seasons (Sesame Street); Five Senses (Rajshri); Five Senses (HI-5);

18 - Baa Baa Black Sheep; Seasons Song;* Shaw, Nancy – Sheep in a Jeep; Boundin’ Song (online - Cars); A Slippery Fish (with gestures); Letter Mailing – a Beginner’s Guide; How to Mail a Letter – Fundamental Junkie; Sheep Counting; The Farm Animal Song (Peter Weatherall);

19 - Jack and Jill; America; Sid the Seed (Daniel Pagan); Pippi Longstocking Theme Song; Do Your Ears Hang Low?; My Mom Told me Not to Put Fish in my Ears (mardgrin); The Elephant Lullaby (Moving Box); Five Busy Bees; I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumble Bee;

20 - Rub-a-Dub-Dub; It’s a Small World; Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow; The Worm Song (Cowboy Joe); Inch Worm (Classic Sesame street); Insects 5 (Mccintoch); Sail Away; Ladybug Song (Frank Leto); Ladybug Ladybug; Counting to 10 for Young Children (online); Children Counting to 100 (online); The Shape Song; Don’t Ever Go with Strangers;

21 – Little Bunny Foo Foo; The Cowboy Song; Dance Like an Animal (Eric Herman)*; * Brown, Margaret Wise – The Runaway Bunny; * McBratney, Sam – Guess How Much I Love You; * Potter, Beatrix – The Tale of Peter Rabbit; The Hop* (Prudence); A Cowboy Needs a Horse (Disney); If I Were an Animal (Patty Shukla);

22 - The North Wind Doth Blow; Barney’s I Love You Song; It’s Raining* (Busy Beavers); Go Fish – the Mom Song; The Five Food Groups (awriziki); Plants Need Clean Air & Sunshine (Laurie Berkner); Rain, Rain Go Away!;

23 - Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater; Say-Say My Playmate; Silly Sally the Clown-Who Let the Clowns Out; Pancakes (Eric Herman)*; The Gummi Bear Song*; That’s What Friends are For; Be Kind to Your Web-footed Friends;

24 – Old Mother Hubbard; What Time is it; Snow Day (Eric Herman)*; Warm and Fuzzy (Moose)*; Time * (Animaniacs); * Keats, Ezra Jack – The Snowy Day; * McKie, Roy and P.D. Eastman – Snow;* Bridwell, Norman – Clifford the Big Red Dog; * Capucilli, Alyssa Satin – Biscuit; * Eastman, P.D. – Go, Dog. Go!; * Zion, Gene – Harry the Dirty Dog; * Eastman, P.D. – Big Dog Little Dog;

25 – Give the World a Hug; Jailhouse Rock; Music Makes Me* (Moose); Time for Friends (online); Flower Time (David Oska); Telling Time with Zoid Stan; Hokey Pokey;

26 - Jack Be Nimble; God’s Special Angel; There are Ten in the bed; Forgiveness Song; Walk Like an Animal (Eric Herman);

27 - Old King Cole; Animal Train Song; Transportation Song (Peter Weatherall); Vehicles and Transportation (ELF Star); Phonics for Babies – Please & Thank-yous;

Science and Social Sciences Vocabulary for Little Ones

1 – Piglet – a baby pig; slop – pig food; trowel – a pig’s plate

2 - Calf - a baby cow; cub – baby bear; bird – chick; deer- fawn; duckling – baby duck rhyme – words with the same ending sound

3 - Vines - vines are plants with long, thin bendable stems; jungle – forest with lots of rain; leprechaun – fictitious character;

4 - Claws - claws are the sharp, curved nails on a kitten's paws.

5 - Iris - the iris is the colored part of your eye surrounding the pupil; pupil – dark part of the eye; occupation – work someone does for money

6 - Beacon - a beacon is a signal, a light to guide and warn; Lighthouse – street sign for a boat, warns of shore

7 - Prism - a prism can be made out of glass or other clear material in a solid, when light passes it separates into the different colors of the spectrum/rainbow.

8 - Twinkle - to twinkle is to flash, sparkle or gleam.

9 - Ray - a beam of light.

10 - Dough - the dough is the (cookie) mixture before it has been cooked.

11 - Engine - an engine of a train is the train car that usually pulls all the other cars along the track.

12 - full (moon) - the moon is full when it is round like a circle and all lit up. When something is full it is completely there.

13 – Pond – small body of water

14 - Gasoline - gasoline is a liquid substance that is used to fuel cars and trucks

15 - Mane - the long hair growing on the neck of a horse.

16 - Downpour - during a downpour the rain is falling very fast and heavy.

17 - Antennae - the feelers on the head of the butterfly.

18 - Wool - the curly, soft, hair-like covering of a sheep.

19 - noise - any sounds that we can hear, some sounds may be soft and others loud;
freedom – ability to make choices

20 – Insects – small bug; sail - the piece of cloth attached to a sailboat that allows the boat to move when it catches the wind

21 – Cowboy – occupation in which cattle is herded or horses tended

22 - Gust - a sudden strong blast of wind.

23 - Autumn - explain that this is another name for the season we more commonly call fall; humor – something that makes you laugh

24 - Flake - a flake is usually a thin, small, flat piece of something. Snow falls in flakes; Museum – a building to learn about things

25 - Leash - a leash is a strap, rope, or chain used to lead an animal, such as a dog.

26 - Whiskers - the long hairs growing near the mouth of a rabbit. Angels –
messengers from God

What's Happening in January

• January 2011

1. New Year’s Day
2. Speed Limit Day
   
3. Chocolate Covered Cherry Day
   
4. Pop Music Day
   
5. Bean Day
   
6. 
   
7. Harlem Globetrotter’s Day
   
8. Bubble Bath Day/ Learn to Ski Day/Show & Tell Day/
9. Penguins Day
10. Cuckoo Dancing Week
11. Clean Your Clutter Day
12. 
    
13. Rubber Ducky Day
14. Ratification Day
15. Humanitarian Day
16. Appreciate a Dragon Day/Fresh Juice Week
17. Bald Eagle Day/ Kid Inventor Day
18. Do Dah Parade Day/ Winnie the Pooh Day/ Thesaurus Day
    
19. Martin Luther King Day
20. Camcorder Day/ Inauguration Day
    
21. Hugging Day
22. Celebrate Life Day
24. Belly Laugh Day/ Compliment Day
25. Bubble Wrap Day
26. 
    
27. 
    
28. 
    
29. Free Thinker’s Day
30. 
    
31. Inspire Your Heart with Art Day

• Creativity Month
• Bird Feeding Month
• Hot Tea Month
• Self-Defense Month
• Skating Month
• Soup Month
• Oatmeal Month
  

Curriculum Outline for Little Ones

1 – Introduction to lessons: making good choices, numbers 1-7, calendar, letters (J, O, N, M, P, B), yellow/pink, circle/star, Star Spangled Banner, pig.

2 – Rhyming, sets of animals (cows- calf & duck-duckling), numbers 8-14, calendar, letters (A, T, H, D, R, C), red/orange, square/triangle, Hey Diddle Diddle,

3 – Folklore, jungle, numbers 15 – 20, calendar, green/brown, rectangle/oval, letters (T, W, S, I, E, J), I saw a Leprechaun Dressed in Green

4- Folk Tales, fair treatment, numbers 21-27, calendar, white/black, letters (V, Z, F, G, O, N), sets of animals (cat-kittens & dog-puppy), diamond/trapezoid, Pussy-Cat Pussy-Cat

5 –Body parts (eyes, iris), Occupations – (Doctor, teacher) numbers 28 -35, calendar, blue/brown, letters (H, K, Q, U, X), oval/heart, Lavender's Blue

6 – Ocean (lighthouses, ships, creatures), numbers 1 – 7, calendar, gold/gray, octagon/cross, letters (E, H, B, C, D), There’s a Hole, Jesus Loves Me

7 - Occupations (lawyer, barber, president), numbers 11-1, calendar, review colors (rainbows), understand prism, hexagon/circle, letters (F, G,H, J,K), Humpty Dumpty, Muffin Man

8 – National Symbols (liberty bell, statue of liberty), Coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters), Recycling & reusing, star/oval, numbers 18-24, calendar, letters (L, M, N, P, Q, R) green/blue, Wee Willie Winkie, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

9 – Character (honesty) review coins (pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters), Earth & Sun, numbers 25-31), calendar, letters (S, T, V, W, X) yellow/purple, circle/oval, Hickory, Dickory, Dock, If I Were a Pirate

10 –Animals (bird, chicken, skunk, mouse), transportation (car, bus, train, boat, airplane), cookies, numbers 2-8, calendar, letters (Y, Z, B, C, A), red/white, square/triangle, Old McDonald Had a Farm, Farmer in the Dell

11 – Flowers (needs), Animals (frogs, rooster, sheep), Energy (water, wind, gas), review transportation, black/pink, letters (J, D, F, G, E), numbers 9 - 15, calendar, orange/silver, circle/hexagon, Little Boy Blue, Chicken Dance

12 – Astronomy (moon cycle, star, planets), measurement (size/fit), review ocean (animals, transportation), crescent/octagon, letters (K, H, J, R I), numbers 16 - 22, calendar, The Man in the Moon

13 – Family (members, jobs), pond/lake (ducks, turtles), white/blue, letters (L, M, N, B, O), numbers 23 -29, calendar, I Love my Family, There was an Old Women Who Lived in a Shoe

14 – Automobiles (cars/trucks, purpose), relay races, review family, review rainbow colors, rectangle/pentagon, letters (M, P, Q, S, U), numbers 30-40, calendar, The Wheels on the Bus, See-Saw Margery Daw

15 – Ocean/Land animals (horses, sea horses), Body (head, functions), what flies, review automobiles, shades of brown, letters (N, T, V, D, A) numbers 6-12), calendar, Under the Sea, The Hobby Horse

16 – Small creatures (ants, caterpillar, and bees), Weather (wind, rain, snow, sunshine, sleet, hail), National Flag, review body (head, shoulders, knees and toes), shades of blue, letters (O, W, X, F, E), numbers 13-19 , calendar, oval/heart, The Ants Go Marching, You’re a Grand Old Flag

17 – Seasons (spring), Senses (all 5) review weather (focus on spring weather), review small creatures (butterflies, gnats), shades of purple, letters (P, Z, B, C, I), numbers 20-27, calendar, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, Dancing through the Seasons

18 – Animals (products, focus, cows/sheep), Fish (ocean, pond or lake), letter mailing, review seasons, review senses, shades of purple, letters (Q, D, F, T, O), numbers 41-50, heart/circle, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Seasons Song

19 – Freedom (Independence, choices), Body parts (ears), Bees (honey), review letter mailing, shades of pink, letters (R, G, H, F, U), numbers (10s to 100), calendar, stars/diamonds, Jack and Jill, America

20 – Insects (worms, ladybugs, bees), Boats (sail, starboard), Dairy products, review Freedom, shades of red, letters (S, J, K, W, Y), review numbers (10s to 100), calendar, triangle/circle, It’s a Small World, Rub-a-Dub-Dub, Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow

21 – Animals that hop (rabbits, kangaroo), Sky (balloons, birds, airplanes), Cooking (lollipops, cookies), Cowboys (duties, tools), review dairy products, shades of orange, letters (T, L, M, A), review numbers (10s to 100), calendar, oval/rectangle, Little Bunny Foo Foo, The Cowboy Song

22 – Weather (wind, clouds, rain), Relationships (parent-child, boss-employee), Plants (needs, uses), Food groups (sugary sweets), review cooking (cake, chocolate candies), shades of blue, letters (U, N, P, V, E), review numbers (10s to 100), calendar, pentagon/oval, The North Wind Doth Blow, I Love You Song

23 – Humor (funny/not funny, joking/truth), Character (friendship), Seasons (autumn), Food groups (grains), review plants, shades of purple (lavender), numbers 1-7, letters (V, Q, R, C, I), shapes with 4 sides (square, rectangle, trapezoid, etc), Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater, Say-say My Playmate, Silly Sally the Clown-Who Let the Clowns Out

24 – Weather (snow, sleet), Dogs (needs, uses), Museum (art, science, space, etc), Introduce TIME (what tells time, why tell time), review grain food group, shades of yellow, numbers 8-14, calendar, letters (W, S, T, D, O), triangle/hexagon, Old Mother Hubbard, What Time is It

25 – Music (types/styles, instruments), Character (saving), TIME (hour, minute), Cooking (cupcakes) shades of brown (tan), shapes with round sides (oval, circle, etc), numbers 15 – 21, letters (X, V, W, E, U), Give the World a Hug, Jailhouse Rock

26 – Puzzles (jigsaw, maze), Character (forgiveness), Heaven (angels, God), Animals move (rabbits hop, dogs run etc), review time, parallelograms, shades of green, numbers 22 – 28, calendar, letters (Y, X, Z, A), Jack Be Nimble, God’s Special Angel

27 – Transportation (air travel), Character (good choices), review animal movement, review time, shades of grey, shapes with flat sides (diamond, square, etc.), numbers 29-35, calendar, letters (Z, B, C, T, E), Old King Cole, Animal Train (song).