Below is a sampling of activities that your child may experience this month.

• Infants 
• Toddlers 
• Discovery-Preschool 
• Preschool 
• Prekindergarten 

 

Infants

For infants, the theme is "What's that Smell?" Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy: Exploring the featured Books: I'm a Little Teapot and It's Raining, It's Pouring by Iza Trapani; Listening to words that describe vehicles and motion
• Sensory: Exploring a variety of scents
• Motor: Coloring with crayons; Manipulating objects in and out of a container
• Cognitive: Sorting objects; Searching for objects

 

Toddlers

For Toddlers, the theme is "Food." Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy : Exploring books and photos of food items and mealtime routines; Featured Books: Over in the Meadow and Five Little Ducks by Child's Play
• Creative Arts: Creating art with puffy paint in squeeze bottles on cardboard and colored paper
• Sensory: Manipulating scented play dough
• Dramatic Play: Role-playing mealtimes with food and restaurant props

 

Discovery Preschool

For Discovery Preschool, the theme is "In My Imagination." Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy : Decorating and writing in booklets; Featured Books: Green as a Bean by Karla Kuskin and Winter by Gerda Muller
• Creative Arts: Exploring the effects of chalk and water on various colors of paper
• Science & Sensory: Exploring ice cubes and cotton balls
• Dramatic Play: Acting out different characters on stage
• Math & Manipulatives: Exploring number concepts through matching and sorting

 

Preschool

For Preschool, the theme is "Tools and Machines." Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy: Writing on graph paper; Photographs and books featuring tools and machines; Featured Book: Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
• Creative Arts: Painting on paper with plastic tools and trucks
• Science & Sensory: Woodworking with tools; Building structures in water with piping, connectors, and tubing
• Dramatic Play: Role-playing with props in a hardware store and repair shop
• Math & Manipulatives: Counting and hammering golf tees into Styrofoam

 

Prekindergarten

For Prekindergarten, the theme is "Tools and Machines." Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy: Creating construction signs and writing sign words; Featured Book: Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming
• Creative Arts: Making wood sculptures; Creating still-life drawings of appliances and tools
• Science and Sensory: Making paper from pulp; Woodworking with tools
• Math & Manipulatives: Measuring lengths, widths, and heights of objects with a variety of measuring tools; Building structures with boxes