Vegetables, Flowers, Gardening

Learning objective: To expose children to living plants and to learn about what they need to grow.

Curriculum: Children will have opportunities to plant and tend, seeds, vegetables, and flowers. Experiments will be conducted to learn why they need water, soil and sun and the opportunity to write and draw their predictions. Learning the different groups of vegetables as well as nutrient content through hands on activities. We will explore the many different types of vegetables and flowers through art activities, books and songs. Children will also help prepare and eat vegetables.

Music, Movement & Storytelling

Learning objectives: To expose children to instrument families and various types of music created with these instruments.

Curriculum: Children will learn the different families of instruments, listen to music and try to identify instruments they hear. They will be exposed to a variety of music and participate in singing and movement with a variety of music including children’s, classical, pop and music from different cultures.

We will learn about different types of instruments through hands on experiences with real instruments as well as making some of their own. Children will help create a musical “piece” for our outside area as well as create art through music.

Geography and Beyond

Learning objectives: To expose children to the vastness of space and to the land and water on our earth.

Curriculum: From the Earth to the Stars! We will learn about the different types of land formations and bodies of water through pictures, books, art and hands on activities. Includes the seven continents and the oceans. Through songs, special materials and art projects, children will learn about the solar system, Milky Way, universe and the moon, suns, stars and constellations.

Animals, Animals, Animals

Learning objective: To learn all about a variety of types of animals from all different parts of the world.

Curriculum: Children will learn all about mammals, reptiles, amphibians, nocturnal animals, and marsupials. We will talk about their habitats, home, foods, babies etc… through books, life cycle sequencing and matching work, songs, art and hands on activities. They will be exposed to familiar animals as well as learn about unique and unusual ones.

Wonders of Nature

Learning objective: To expose children to living things they are surrounded by in nature every day.

Curriculum: Children will take a look at moss, lichen, grass, types of trees, leaves, bark, rocks and minerals .They will explore the similarities and differences, textures , types and names. We will also talk about deciduous trees, including fruit trees and conifers, leaves and pine cones. All this will be experienced through hands on activities including art, books and matching work.

Culinary Camp

Learning objective: To help children learn all about food and creating “dishes” through recipes.

Curriculum: Children will be involved through hands on activities, books and art that expose them the food groups and help them learn about nutrient content of different foods.  Children will have the opportunity to choose and follow recipes (reading, writing and math) as well as write recipes. The will be exposed to the nomenclature for utensils and kitchen tools and will experience “fine dining’ through the etiquette of eating their prepared food!

Art and Artists

Learning objective: To expose children to a variety of art and artists through books and pictures depicting their work in different era’s of style.

Curriculum: Children will be exposed to children’s illustrators as well as famous artists and create their own masterpieces through various mediums including print, paint, collage and chalk as they learn about line, color and technique. Through the use of Montessori endorsed art curriculum “child size Masterpieces” children will also learn and appreciate art through matching, pairing, sorting and sequencing.  

Vegetables, Flowers, Gardening

Learning objective: To expose children to living plants and to learn about their growth and harvest.

Curriculum: This is the second part of the gardening curriculum where children have opportunity to continue to tend, vegetables, and flowers as well as reap the harvest. Sensorial experiences (touch, smell, sight, taste,) will help them learn more about vegetables. The children will also learn about nutrient content through hands on activities. We will explore the similarities and differences between vegetables and flowers through art activities, books and songs. Children will also help prepare and eat vegetables. 

Insects, Arthropods, Butterflies

Learning objective: To expose children to the different types of these creatures and learn more about them.

Curriculum: The title may sound creepy but there are beautiful tiny creatures children will discover through books, art and hands on activities and outdoor experiences. They will learn about their lifecycles, classifying types, habitats and foods through books, stories and songs, hands on material and art activities.

Water, Shells, Ocean Life

Learning objective: To learn all about living things in the water and shore life.

Curriculum: Children will explore different types of plant and animal life in streams, ponds, lakes, and oceans. We will especially focus on the shore and sea life as well as shells, rocks and sand. There will be sensorial experiences, hands on materials, books, art and songs to engage children in learning. 

Vegetables, Flowers, Gardening

Learning objective: To expose children to living plants and participate in planting activities.

Curriculum: Children will have opportunities to plant and tend, seeds, vegetables, and flowers. Children will explore gardening through their senses- sight, smell, touch taste and sound. Hands on activities in the classroom will expose them to the many different types, colors and textures of vegetables and flowers. We will explore the many different types of vegetables and flowers through art activities, books and songs. Children will also help prepare and eat vegetables.

Our Colorful World

Learning objective: To immerse children in the world of color.

Curriculum: Children will learn about the many aspects of color through a variety of hands on experiences including books, songs, games, color matching, sorting and comparing. Children will learn about the colors of nature as well as the many different shades of secondary colors. They will partake in colorful food for snack.

Sun, Moon, Stars, Weather

Learning objective: To discover different aspects of the stars, sun, moon and weather.

Curriculum: Participation in art projects books, and songs to learn about the stars, sun, moon and clouds. Children will learn about the different types of weather, how we prepare for it when we go outside on sunny raining, or snowy days.

Down on the Farm Animals

Learning objective: Becoming familiar with a variety of farm animals and their babies.

Curriculum: Children will learn all about farm animals (names of adult and babies, sounds they make, the colors and textures of their skin/fur, what they eat) through a variety of hands on activities including hands on material, books, art projects and music.

Our Bodies

Learning objective: To learn about different parts of the human body and their functions.

Curriculum: Children are fascinated with the body at this time and what it can do. They will learn about the basic body parts through hands on activities, books, songs, games and movement. We will also learn how different parts of the body allows us to experience the world through our senses (sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing).

All About Food

Learning objective: To learn about the many different aspects of food.

Curriculum: This sensorial experience will allow children to learn all about food through their senses. We will talk about types of food, taste, color, textures and how it is good for our body. Food from all of the different food groups will be represented. Hands on activities, puzzles, books, matching, sorting, art activities as well as learning at snack will be incorporated. .

Free Art and Artists

Learning objective: To experience art in a variety of ways.

Curriculum: Children will have the opportunity to create art by experiencing a variety of mediums including paint, chalk, water, play-doh, and glue using a variety of materials. We will also focus on art in simple books including photographs and talk about colors, patterns and texture. Other hands on activities will help them enhance their learning experience..

Vegetables, Flowers, Gardening

Learning objective: To expose children to living plants and participate in planting activities.

Curriculum: Children will have opportunities to plant and tend, seeds, vegetables, and flowers. Children will explore gardening through their senses- sight, smell, touch taste and sound. Hands on activities in the classroom will expose them to the many different types, colors and textures of vegetables and flowers. We will explore the many different types of vegetables and flowers through art activities, books and songs. Children will also help prepare and eat vegetables.

Insects, Arthropods, Butterflies

Learning objective: To expose children to the beautiful world of insects

Curriculum: The title may sound creepy but there are beautiful tiny creatures children will discover through books, art and hands on activities and outdoor experiences. Children are fascinated with little objects and bugs so exposure to them through books, stories, songs, puzzles and hands on activities will help them appreciate bugs they see every day. s.

Water, Shells, Ocean Life

Learning objective: To learn all about living things in the water and shore life.

Curriculum: Children will learn about different types of plant and animal life in streams, ponds, lakes, and oceans. We will especially focus on the shore and sea life as well as shells, rocks and sand. There will be sensorial experiences, hands on materials, books, art and songs to engage children in learning.