In the month of May, your child will continue to learn, grow, and have fun with us as he or she participates in a variety of theme-related activities and experiences.

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

 

Infants

Sample activities include:

• Library & Language: Reading the featured Books: Animal Babies Around the House and Animal Babies in Towns and Cities by Kingfisher Publications; Exploring animal-related photo cards
• Motor: Practicing grasping by holding spoons and “drumming” on boxes; moving to music
• Cognitive: Placing soft baby animals in and out of a box; being introduced to the concepts of “big” and “small” by exploring objects of varying sizes

Toddlers

For Toddlers, the theme is “Animals.”  Sample activities include:

• Library & Language: Discussing photos and books about animals; Handling animal magnets and animal stamps
• Creative Arts: Painting with items found in nature such as feathers and sticks
• Sensory: Exploring animal-home related materials such as twigs, feathers, and rocks
• Dramatic Play: Pretending to take care of animals in a veterinary clinic

Discovery Preschool

For Discovery Preschool, the theme is “Insects and Spiders.” Sample activities include:

• Library & Language Arts : Exploring insect-and spider-related books and photo cards; Using inset and spider stamps; Featured Book: The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
• Creative Arts: Creating yarn collages; Weaving with yarn and ribbon
• Science & Sensory: Exploring plastic insects and spiders in paper “grass”; Observing live insects in a terrarium
• Dramatic Play: Pretending to garden with child-size garden tools
• Math & Manipulatives: Using pegboards to count

Preschool

For Preschool, the theme is “The Sky.”  Sample activities include:

• Library and Language Arts: Writing and drawing on kite- and cloud-shaped paper; Discussing books and photo cards related to the sky; Featured Book: It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
• Creative Arts: Making collages; Painting at the easel
• Science & Sensory: Testing items to see which blow in the wind; Investigating birdseed and craft feathers+
• Dramatic Play: Using props to pretend and imagine in a sky-themed area
• Math & Manipulatives: Building with paper-bag blocks

Prekindergarten

For Prekindergarten, the theme is “Wild Animals.”  Sample activities include:

• Library & Literacy: Sorting flannel uppercase and lowercase letters; Featured Book: Beautiful Moments in the Wild: Animals and Their Colors by Stephanie Maze
• Creative Arts: Making puppets; Creating a wild-animal mural
• Science & Sensory: Exploring pendulums and tops; Exploring characteristics of animal habitats
• Dramatic Play: Role-playing in a rain forest
• Math & Manipulatives: Putting together and creating tangrams; Building animal dwellings with blocks