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.
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
Movement:
Up/Down steps, balance: change body
position, same space
Duck, duck, goose
Walk forward, backward, sideways
 Autonomy / Social Skills:
Follow the rules of simple childhood games,
circle games and board games.
 Work Habits:
Carry out multi step oral directions that
have been accompanied by a preliminary
demonstration.
 Oral Language:
Identify outcome and possible causes,
combine simple sentences using "but" and
"or"
Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays, Songs:
Finish a recitation with the correct
rhyming word.
Are you sleeping
New prayer for food
 Storybook Reading and Storytelling:
Given a sound and two words, identify the
word that begins with the sound.  Assemble
a simple object or craft following
illustrated directions.  Write first name.
 Emerging Literacy Skills in Reading and
Writing:
Match written word with spoken word,
writing strokes: Bowl, Bridge, and diagonal
line.
M,N.O,P
 Mathematical Reasoning:
Copy/represent and continue "on paper" an
alternating pattern of 1 property or a
2-color pattern, compare pairs of objects
and use comparative vocabulary to describe
them: length, height, volume, name and
write #'s 1-6 in sequential order. #11 and
12
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 blocks of different shapes,
colors or sizes.
 Scientific Reasoning:
Classify images of animals according to the
habitat or environment in which they
generally live: lake / river, ocean, farm,
forest, jungle.
 Music:
Identify and associate sound with the
instrument that makes it, maintain the beat
of a chant song.
 Visual Arts:
Painting, colors purple.  Create a sculpture.
Work with other children to create a
collective work of art.
MONTH: January   WEEK OF: 14-18   THEME:    Winter/Animals/Community Helpers/Martin Luther King Jr.
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs
Talk about the letter "Nn" and
have children tell me words that
begijn with the letter "Nn"  N is
for "noises"  I will ask children to
identify things from the noise
they make.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about generosity and
how Jesus taught us to give to
others.
Introduce new food prayer:
Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the food we eat,
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you God for everything!
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.  
Show-and-Tell
"MINNIE MOUSE DAY!"
We will play movement games.  I
will place a tape on the carpet
and children will balance on it,
pretending to be on a balancing
beam.  Walk forward, backward,
sideways.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs  
Learn about a "Dozen" and the
number 12, talk about animals
that have multiple babies and
animals that have up to or more
than 12.

Write letter Mm words on lg. tablet

Take pictures with Minnie
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Talk about where different
animals live, show children
pictures of animals and ask
them to tell me where they
live and we'll talk about why
animals live where they do.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Play "La gallinita siega" which
is a Mexican traditional game.  
Translated means: "The Blind
Chicken" One child is
blindfolded while other children
make noises to get chased and
caught.  
Children will have
a visit from a "Hair
Stylist" and a "Big
Truck Driver!"
Read: "Let's Find Out" about
Winter Activities

Children will make a necklace
that has pictures of children
being "generous"
As children leave to go play at
centers, they must pull out a
directions card from a brown
paper lunch bag.  Then they
must follow two step instructions.
Children will be asked to draw
"Minnie Mounse" as she poses for
them.
Children will place and sort the
colored bears by counting 12
yellow, 12 blue, 12 red and 12
green and placing them in the
correct container.  

Children will draw Minnie

Children will make their very own
mouse ears by cutting out circles
and stapling them onto a
headband.
Talk about the letter N.  N is
for night.  Talk about the first
verse in the Bible: "In the
beginning, God created the
heavens and the earth" Gen
1:1  Talk about what God
made on the first day: Light
and dark.
Free
Choice
Centers
Children will paint their hands
white and place them on black
construction paper for a Martin
Luther King Jr. bulletin board.

Children will play with shaving
cream on the table

Children will get a page with the
alphabet printed on it, then they
will hear a sound and color in
the letter that corresponds to
that sound.
Children will find items from the
kitchen area to make their very
own "Stone Soup"  in a large pot.

Children will play the "Gallinita
Siega" which is a Mexican
game.  One child will be
blindfolded while other children
guide the child with noises.
Children will make their very own
"Mouse" ears by cutting out
circles and stapling them onto a
headband.

Take pictures with Minnie

"Minnie Mouse!"
Work together with a partner and
stand front to front to play a mirror
game, then stand back to back
and hook arms, sit down and try to
stand while connected, then we
will go outside and stand side by
side and do a "Three legged race"

"Minnie Mouse!"
Children will make a night sky
to remind them of God's first
creation: Light and dark.

Talk about being off on
Monday for MLK
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "Just Big Enough" by
Mercer Mayer
Letter Nn worksheet
Read: "Stone Soup" by Jon J.
Muth
Read: "Who Stole the Cookie
From the Cookie Jar" Children
will pass around a giant cookie as
they take turns singing the song to
each other.
Read: "The Giving Tree" by Shel
Silverstein
Read: "A House is a House For
Me" by Mary Ann Hoberman
MONTH: January   WEEK OF: 21-25   THEME:   Community Helpers/Martin Luther King Jr.
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
 
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about how animals
scavenge and save food for the
winter and some animals dig for
food under the snow.

Show children posters of
community helpers, and have
children guess the titles of them
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.  
Show-and-Tell
Talk about construction workers
and how they build our
communities.  See pictures of
how a house is built.
Show children new toy that uses
tools to build things.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs  
Talk about the letter "Oo" have
children tell me words that begin
with the letter O and write them
on the large tablet.  "Oo" is for
"Octagon" Talk about the "Stop"
sign construction workers use to
direct traffic around a
construction sight and keep
everyone safe during a project
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Talk about the dog in the story
"God Believes In You" and
apply it to children's examples.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:

Closed for "Dr.
Martin Luther Kink
Jr's Birthday!"
Children will make a bird feeder
using paper towel rolls covered
in peanut butter and rolled in
bird seed so they may hang them
outside for the birds to eat.
Children will pretend to be
construction workers and use real
tools like hammer, nails, wood,
sanders, tool belt, screwdriver,
screws, bolts, etc;
Children will mix in various
amounts of white to purple paint
to create different shades of
purple.  They will use these
colors to paint shapes.
Talk about "The Creation"
review how God made light
and dark on the first day.  Talk
about what God made on the
second day: separation of
water and sky.
Children will make a water
and sky scene to remind them
of the second day of creation.
Free Choice
Centers
 
Talk about Doctors and
Veterinarians as community
helpers and children will make
their own "doctor's bag"  They
will also make "Doctor's
headbands"
Talk about our "Mail Carriers" as
community helpers.  Make a
poster for our local mail carrier /
post office.  Each child will
decorate an envelope and place
a drawing inside.  These will be
glued onto a "Thank You" poster.

Children will make letters to mail
to each other on our trip to the
post office
We will talk about the
construction sights around our
town and show pictures of a
house built from start to finish.
Talk about and sort animals
that live in the waters and
animals that belong in the sky.
 Children will place pictures
in adequate habitat.
Closing
Circle
Time:
 
Read: "Spongebob's Best Day
Ever!" by Lauryn Silverhardt
Read and sing: "He's Got the
Whole World in His Hands" by
Kadir Nelson
Read: "Madeline" by Ludwig
Bemelmans the spanish version
and translate to english.
Read: "God Believes in You"
by Holly Bea
MONTH: January   WEEK OF: 28-1      THEME:    Winter/Animals/Community Helpers/Martin Luther King
Jr.
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
JobsWe will talk about the letters
in the alphabet and each sound.
 I will have children come up to
the large tablet and trace a
capitol and lower case letter.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about "The Creation"
from Genesis 1 and review days
one and two, now talk about
what God made on day 3:
separation of water and land with
vegetation.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.  
Show-and-Tell  
Talk about oral hygiene and how
we need to take care of our teeth
and visit the dentist regularly
"Pp" is for Pajama Party!
Children will have a "Pp" party
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs
Learn about the letter "Qq" is for
"Quilt"  have children tell me
what letter to write on the large
tablet that begins with the letter
"Qq"
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
GROUNDHOG DAY!!
Talk about the famous
weather predictions of the
groundhog and his shadow!
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Children will create their very
own version of the "Chicka
Chicka Boom Boom" tree with
all the letters in the alphabet,
Children will have a
visit from Mrs.
Stephanie, who will
talk about
micro-biology!
Children will wear their pajamas
to school and have a "Pp" party
by making "Popcorn" and
watching the "Prince of Egypt"
girls will wear "Ponytails" and we
will make "Prince" and "Princess
Crowns"
Children will create a "Quilt" by
gluing on 3 shades of purple
paper squares onto a grid in order
to create a pattern on the "quilt"
Each child will get to paint
their very own "World"
depicting areas of water and
areas of land.  These will be
on a foam ball that they can
hang somewhere and remind
the that God created our earth
and everything in it.
Free Choice
Centers
I will show children a simple
word on a card: mom, dad, cat,
no, hat, etc: and give them two
sounds of letter, then ask a child
to point to the word that starts
with that sound.
Children will tell me what they
would like to be when they grow
up and we will write this on the
large tablet.  Children will look
through posters of various careers
and their descriptions, then they
will help me place them around
the class.
Children will watch the movie:
"The Prince of Egypt"
Continue making quilts

Field Trip to Post
Office and Peter
Piper Pizza
Children will pretend to be a
groundhog and crawl out of
their hole (other children
make a tunnel with their legs
while everyone takes turns
crawling under)  We will see
and play with our own
shadows.
Closing
Circle Time:
Read: "Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom" by Bill Martin Jr. and
John Archambault
Read: "There's a Wocket in my
Pocket" by Dr. Seuss
Children will yell out words that
rhyme with a word I tell them.
Watch movie
Read: "Tooth Trouble" by Jane
Clarke
Read; "Wake up, Groundhog!"
by Susanna Leonard Hill
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MONTH: January   WEEK OF: 7-11  THEME:    Welcome Back/ Winter / Animals      
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.  
Welcome everyone back from
winter break.  Ask everyone to
share what they did over
vacation.  Talk about new year,
month, and season...winter!
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about our sanitation
community helpers.
Talk about water, sewage and
trash.  Talk about things we can
do to help keep our homes
clean and our earth clean.
Begin the Biblical Alphabet:
Aa is for Adam & Eve.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.  
Show-and-Tell
We will talk about Martin Luther
King Jr. and about his "Dream"  
Talk about how we are all equal
even though we may look or act
different, God made us all
special.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs
Talk about an author and an
illustrator, how they contribute to
our community.  Talk about our
new season: Winter and the
differences with all of the
seasons.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs
Talk about hibernation and
what animals hibernate, in
particular a bear.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Children will see what animals
live in the snow and learn about
camouflage in a baby seal.
Read: "Snowballs" by Louise
Ehlert and talk about how birds
find things in the snow, and how
animals save food for when it
snows and they can't find food.
Children will go outside and visit
with the trash collecting truck
and see it in action.  Talk about
recycling and taking care of our
earth.  Talk about putting things
where they belong.

Children will make a snowman
to "Welcome Winter!"
Children will look at the "Let's
Find Out" magazine about winter
wolves.  Talk about camouflage
and hibernation.

Children will connect the dots
from 1-8 to get a wolf to it's den.
Each child will get a dry erase
board and follow along as the
teacher writes numbers 1 - 6

Review story of Dr. Martin Luther
King Jr. and have children color
page with the famous "I have a
dream..." speech.
Children will make a snow
bear by mixing glue and
shaving cream to create puffy
paint, then use it to paint
their polar bears.

Children will connect the
dots from 1-10 to get a skiing
bear to the finish line
Free
Choice
Centers
Children will make "plans" for
the New Year!  (Bulletin Board)
& decorate with snowflakes for
winter.

Children will practice writing
numbers.

Children will make a booklet of
the four seasons in order.
Children will learn about Adam
& Eve, then practice the letter
Aa.
Children will play with pretend
snow, using measuring cups and
serving spoons.
Children will count 6 snowflakes
on a page and add the correct
number to the snowflakes.
Go outside and play
duck-duck-goose, children will
take turns being the "Ducker"

Children will make snowflakes by
folding and cutting paper.
Children will connect the dots to
create a star, using numbers 1-6
By looking at a picture of a
premade pyramid or block
structure, children will
re-create the structure.
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "The Biggest, best
Snowman" by Margery Cuyler
Read: " Frosty's New Friends" by
Steve Nelson and Jack Robbins
Read: "Martin's Big Words, The
Life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."
by Doreen Rappaport
Read: "My Favorite Time of the
Year" by Susan Pearson
Read: "The Big Hungry Bear"
by Don and Audrey Wood.
January:
  Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
Circle Time:
 
 
 
 
 
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Closed
for
"Winter
Break"
 
Free Choice
Centers
 
 
 
 
 
Closing
Circle Time:
 
 
 
 
 
MONTH: January   WEEK OF: 31-4  THEME:    Winter Break