Curriculum:
We are using "Core Knowledge" Preschool Curriculum as a
base for our daily lesson plans.  G.P.A. Preschool is registered
as a "Friends of Core Knowledge" Preschool Program.  
We are also using the "Hands on Bible" Curriculum for our
bible lessons.  Follow the links for further information.
Bellow you will find the skills covered this month along with the
daily lesson plan.
Please click on the month to see
it's curriculum:
Yearly Themes:
August:
 September:
 October:
 November:
 December:
Welcome!
I am special
Assessments
All about school
A,B,C
1,2
Circle
Red, Blue
 Transportation
Bears
Parent's Day
Friends & Manners
D,E,F.
3,4
Square
Purple
 Health & Safety
Nursery Rhymes
Opposites
Fall, Nature
G,H,I
5,6
Octagon
Orange, Black
 Nutrition & 5 Senses
Family
Thanksgiving
Fall Harvest
J,K,L
7,8
Rectangle
Yellow, Brown
 Around the World
Holidays
Christmas Program
Parent Conferences
M,N,O
9,10
Triangle
White, Green
January:
 February:
 March:
 April:
 May:
New Year & Winter
Community Helpers
Animals
Martin Luther King Jr.
P,Q,R
11,12
Star
Silver, Gray
 Day & Night
Love, Valentine's Day
Rodeo, Dental Hygiene
Dinosaurs
S,T,U
13,14
Heart
Pink, Gold
 Dental Hygiene
How Things Grow
Spring & Bugs
Outer Space
Farm Animals
V,W,X
15,16
Oval
 Easter
Rainy Days
Mother Earth
Sea Life
Assessments
Y,Z
17,18
 Review
Parent Conferences
Summer Fun
Mother's Day
Graduation
19,20
MONTH:   December      WEEK OF:   3-7     THEME:    Assessments / Around the World   
December:
Movement:
Ride a tricycle, act out a nursery rhyme,
poem, fingerplay or other charade.
 Autonomy / Social Skills:
Take turns using toys and sharing materials
Multiculture: Around the world
Holidays
 Work Habits:
Choose and use a toy or activity
independently for a sustained period of
time.
Prepare for Christmas Program
 Oral Language:
Use present, past and future tenses.  Sort,
classify and describe objects / pictures
according to a conceptual category.
Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays, Songs:
Finish a recitation with the correct
rhyming word.
 Storybook Reading and Storytelling:
"Read" / tell a story based on the
illustrations of a book with text that has
not been read previously.
 Emerging Literacy Skills in Reading and
Writing:
Match written word with spoken word,
writing strokes: bowl, bridge, diagonal line.
Letters: M,N,O
 Mathematical Reasoning:
Select an object / picture according to a
description that includes two properties.  
Find examples of circles and rectangles in
everyday objects.
Numbers: 9,10
Shape: Triangle
Orientation in Time & Space:
Sequencing images, understand high-low,
face-to-face, back-to-back.  Copy a tower or
construction that has been made by another
person, using different shapes, colors or
sizes.
 Scientific Reasoning:
Observe, describe and record some basic
properties of water, its presence and
effects in the world.  Select and use the
appropriate tool for a given task.
 Music:
Sing and "around" song with two groups:
"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
 Visual Arts:
Use "needle and thread" to complete a
project.  Work with other children to
create a collective work of art.
Colors: White and Green
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about the new
month: December, change
month on calendar, look at
new bulletin board to place
names on.  Talk about the
story of Christmas.  Listen to
c.d. that children will follow
for the Christmas Play.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about how we
can help each other during
the busy holiday season.  
See how Clifford helps
around the house by putting
up lights, or helping make
cookies, cards and
decorations.  Talk about our
"Gift exchange" and how we
will each bring a special
surprise for a friend.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Show children the
costumes they will wear
during the "christmas Play"
and fit them.  Practice songs.  
See pictures of how other
children are celebrating
Christmas.  Talk about other
celebrations and traditions
around the world.  Ask
children to share a tradition
they have with their families.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Practice songs for
Christmas Play.  Children will
get a piece from a hanging
mobile, we will go through
the story of Christmas and
children will take turns
bringing up their piece and
hanging it on the mobile.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Practice songs for
Christmas Play.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Evaluations

Children will make writing
samples and drawings for
folder.
Evaluations

Children will circle items in
the hidden pictures from the
Clifford magazine
Evaluations

Children will make a card
using the Bible verses that tell
the Christmas story.
Evaluations

Children will wrap a box with
a "present for Jesus" and
place it under the tree.
Evaluations

Children will lace a paper
plate with red yarn and
color the center which
reads: "Get ready, Jesus is
coming!"
Free
Choice
Centers
Practice Play
Practice Play
Practice Play
Practice Play
Practice Play
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "All the Colors of the
Earth" by Sheila Hamanaka
Read: "Where Do You Sleep
Little One?" by Patricia
Hooper
Read: "Santa's Toy Shop" by
Landoll
Read: "Santa's Favorite Story"
by Hisako Aoki
Read: "Clifford Helps
Santa" by Sonia Sander
MONTH:    December      WEEK OF:   10-14      THEME:    Holidays!              
MONTH:   December  WEEK OF:   17-21  THEME:C H R I S T M A S   C A M P ! ! !  Jesus' Birthday Party!  
MONTH:   December     WEEK OF:   24-28    THEME:     Closed for Christmas Break !       
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
 
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Children will use stickers to
make their own scene of "The
Nativity"
Santa's Prayer
Watch movie of "The Nativity"
Children will make a wreath
using a paper plate and
square tissues in red and
green.
CLOSED FOR
PARENT
CONFERENCES
Free
Choice
Centers
Practice Play
Practice Play
Practice Play
Practice Play
 
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "My Counting
Christmas Book" by Brimax
Read: "The Twelve Days of
Christmas" by Jan Brett
Read:  "Santa's On the Way"
by Playmore / Waltman
Read: "The Crippled Lamb"
by Max Lucado
 
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Read: "My Shimmery
Christmas Book" by Salina
Yoen
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Children will make a "snow
card" by spraying snow and
lifting the template to reveal
a clean outline.
Children will make an
adorable and funny gift of
"Reindeer poo" by using
raisins and melted chocolate.
Children will make a paper
bag puppet of "Rudolph"
Children will make their own
Christmas tree using glue
bottles and glitter.
 
Free
Choice
Centers
Practice Play

Children will take
pictures with
Mrs. Claus

Practice Play

Children will take
pictures with
Mrs. Claus
Practice Play
 
 
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "Following a Special
Star" by Bendon
Read:  "Shaoey & Dot - The
Christmas Miracle" by Mary
Beth & Steve Curtis Chapman
Read: "Mrs. Wishy Washy's
Christmas" by Joy Cowley
Read: "The Legend of the
Christmas Rose" by William H.
Hooks
Read: "The Mouse Before
Christmas" by Michael
Garland
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Closed
for
Winter
Break!
 
Free
Choice
Centers
 
 
 
 
 
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read:
Read:
Read:
Read:
Read: