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
Graduation
19,20
MONTH:  September   WEEK OF:   1-5      THEME:   Transportation / Family       
September:
  Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Circle
Time:
 
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about our families
and our "Family Tree" Talk
about the various members in
the family and the various types
of families.  Give Carter
certificate for being the "Star of
the Week" and look at the
journal he brought back about
his adventures with "Froggy"  
Talk about "Cc" is for cars ad
how we have to follow the
traffic signals to drive.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
Talk about various forms of
transportation for land, air and
sea.  Talk about how we are
going to mail a card to our
grandparents and how it will get
there.  Name the shapes of
transportation vehicles.  Use
laminated transportation cards
to create a pattern and ask
children which one is missing
when I remove one.  Song: "The
People On the Bus Just Praise
the Lord!"
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs
Talk to children about "Froggy"
and his journal.  Introduce the
next "Star of the Week"  Review
Bible verse. Read: "What! Cried
Granny" by Kate Lum.  Song:
"Father Abraham"  Children will
get 4 "dollars" but will only be
charged $3 to board the "Magic
school bus" and take a trip.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Review Bible verse.  
Talk about how we get to
school and how other
children go to school,
walking, bikes, cars, buses.  
Talk about our "address" ask
children if they know where
they live.  Song "His Banner
Over Me"  Song: "Who Built
the Ark?"
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Closed for Labor Day!
"Ff" is for "Family," see other
words that begin with the letter
"Ff" Children will make a family
tree by adding an apple for
each of their family members.  
These will be displayed in the
room so that children may see
that everyone's family is
different.

Children will cut out 3 circles:
red, yellow and green, with
which they will make their own
traffic lights with a song to help
remember their meanings.
Send home "Grandparent's
Interview" w.s. and ask that
children bring it back.
Each child will make an
"address" strip with their
home address printed on it.  
Teacher will help them
repeat address.
Send home "Grandparent's
Interview" w.s. and ask that
children bring it back.
Free
Choice
Centers
 
Send home request for
grandparents address so that
children may send a card for
"Grandparent's Day" on Sunday
the 7th.
Children will color their very
own school bus for song "The
Wheels on the Bus" and then
use same bus for "The Letters
On the Bus" to sound out each
letter.
Send home request for
grandparents address and phone
number so that children may
send a card for "Grandparent's
Day" and call on the 10th.

Ask children what they love
about their grandparents and
write this in their journal.
Children will do a transportation
w.s.

As children go to centers, I will
ask them to repeat the Bible
verse.
Children will color a "house"
and on it place a family
picture that was taken at the
"open house"  These will
form our book; "I Know
Where I Live" so they can
practice their addresses.
Closing
Circle
Time:
 
Read:
Talk about our new month and
new "name" chart, say goodbye
to August and take off dates
from calendar.  Introduce
additional job "calendar helper"
Read: "Nascar - Racing to the
Finish" by K.C. Kelley.
 
See Bible verse: "Rejoice in the
Lord always." Phil 4:4
Talk about how Jesus cares for
our families.  Show children the
miracle Jesus made when he
healed Jairus' daughter.  Send
home picture (p. 110 in binder)
Read: "Little Raccoons Big
Question" by Miriam Schlein
Introduce the children's
individual journals.  We will
randomly write or add things to
the journals throughout the year.
Read: "Too Many Frogs" by
Sandy Asher and talk about
rabbits home being changed
as friends visited.
MONTH:   September      WEEK OF:   8-12    THEME:    Friends & Manners            
MONTH:  September       WEEK OF:   15-19    THEME:     Bears & Parent's Day           
MONTH:  September   WEEK OF:   22-26      THEME:      Shapes & Parent Conferences               
  Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
  Hand out "Star of the Week"
Certificate and look at "Froggy's
Journal"  Introduce new Bible
verse: "Go and make disciples of
all nations." Matt. 28:19 Read:
"This Little Light of Mine" by
Rachel Lisberg
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Talk about how "Ff" is for
"Friends" and "Firefighters" Talk
about how Firefighters are our
friends, and how they sacrifice
themselves to save us.  Review
Bible verse.  Song: "I'm In the
Lord's Army"
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Talk about the letter "Dd" and
write the words on the large
tablet that begin with the letter
"Dd" Talk about how we need to
use "polite words" and manners.  
See the Clifford magazine about
"Polite Words" and instances
that we use them.  Review Bible
verse.  Song: "Hokey Pokey for
Jesus"
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Review Bible verse. "Ff" is for
"feelings" talk about different
feelings and how it's o.k. to feel
and express our feelings in
appropriate ways.  See our
"feelings" poster and talk about
ways we can express our
feelings.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Assign the next star of
the week and give them
"Froggy" and his journal to
take home.  Review Bible
verse.  Talk about "Mexico"
and "Independence Day"
and how Mexico will
celebrate on Sunday the
16th.  Talk about Mrs. Mari's
dress.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Children will take turns and call
their grandparent on the phone
to wish them a "Happy
Grandparent's Day"
Read: "Forty One Uses for a
Grandma" by Harriet Ziefert
Children will have a visit from a
local Firefighter who will show
them equipment and talk about
their job.  Ease children's fears
and questions.
Children will present our
firefighter with the American
Flag that they made.
"Dd" is for the "Dots" children
will glue dots, that they have
hole punched, onto the letter
"Dd"
Children will practice writing
and recognizing the letter "Dd"
Children will make a "Friendship
Booklet"
Children will write in their
journals about a friend they like
in class.
Children take turns hitting
and will break a traditional
pinata full of candy.
Read: "Madeline" in Spanish
and translate to English

As children go to centers I
will ask them to repeat the
Bible verse.
Free
Choice
Centers
Children will make an American
Flag by placing their hand prints
out of fabric paint onto white
fabric to form the stripes.  Mr. A.
will then attach it to a wooden
frame as a gift for a local fire
station.
Children will make an American
Flag by placing their hand
prints out of fabric paint onto
white fabric to form the stripes.  
Mr. A. will then attach it to a
wooden frame as a gift for a
local fire station.
Show children the Sign
Language words for "I'm sorry,"
and "Thank You"  Have children
sign to the teacher after
receiving their snack "thank you"
Help children do activities on
back of the Clifford magazine
where they need to find objects
in the class and circle them,
then x on the red items.
Children will practice the letter
Ff on a tracing w.s.

Send home the bookmark that
states: "The Golden Rule" and
talk about how we like to be
treated is how we should treat
others.
Children will make a
"Mexican Flag" by painting a
red side and a green side,
then gluing an eagle symbol
to the middle.
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "Forty Uses for Grandpa"
by Harriet Ziefert
Talk about Jesus miraculous
catch of fish and how he told us
to be "Fishers of Men"  Send
home picture on p. 138 of binder
Read: "Stone Soup" by Jon J.
Muth
Read: "I Forgot" by Dyan
Sheldon
Send home Clifford magazine
on "Polite Words"
Read: "What Are You So
Grumpy About?" by Tom
Lichtenheld
Read: "Diez Deditos" by Jose
Luis Orozco.
Introduce the picture
dictionary book: "My First 100
Words in Spanish and
English" by Faulkner /
Johnson
  Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Look at "Froggy's Journal" and
hand our certificate to our new
"Star of the Week"  Introduce
new Bible verse: "Be joyful
always, pray continually" Tess.
5:16,17
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Review Bible verse.
Introduce the picture
dictionary: "My First Book" by
Jane Belk Moncure
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Review Bible verse.
Review the number 3 and tell
story of the "Three Little Pigs"  
Children will re-enact the story
by hiding behind chairs as the
teacher pretends to be the "Big
bad wolf"
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Introduce the new "Star of the
Week" and give them Froggy
and his Journal to take home for
the weekend.  Review Bible
verse.  Read: "My First Prayers
'All Creatures Great & Small'" by
Brimax
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs  Sunday is the 1st day
of Autumn!  Talk about the
seasons, ask child to move
the seasons arrow to "Fall"  
Talk about the signs that let
us know it's Autumn. Review
Bible verse.
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Talk about the number 3, Tell
story of "Goldilocks and the
Three Bears" by using props.  
W.S. about small, medium and
large. for Goldilocks
"Bb" is for Basketball!  Children
will take turns shooting a
basketball onto a hoop that has
been placed on a chair.
Children will draw a picture of
"mommy" and "daddy" in their
journals.
Children will decorate a pair of
sunglasses onto which we will
put their pictures on for a
bulletin board that states: "Our
Future Looks Bright!"
As children go to centers, I will
ask them to repeat the Bible
verse.
Talk about Jesus' miracle of
feeding more than 5000
people with just 2 fish and 5
loaves of bread.
Children will practice their
cutting skills to make  "fish"
bones.
Free
Choice
Centers
Children will create stick
puppets to recreate the story of
"Goldilocks"
Children will get different kinds
of beans and they will place
them in a baggy with cotton
balls and water to watch them
grow.
Children will practice the
number 3, tracing w.s.
Children will match a shape
with it's word.
Send home p. 111 of Bible
curriculum in binder.
Children will use the
laminated fish and bread to
re-tell the story of Jesus'
miracle.
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "If You're Happy and You
Know It" by Jane Cabrera
Read: "Jack and the Beanstalk"
from "Favorite Storytime Tales"  
then children will use the
laminated story pictures to put
the story in order of how events
happened.
Read: "Good Night, Baby Bear"
by Frank Asch
Read: "Clap Your Hands" by
Lorinda Bryan Carley
Read: "My Favorite Time of
the Year" by Susan Pearson.
  Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Circle
Time:
Prayer, Sign-in, Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Look at "Froggy's Journal"
and give certificate to the new
"Star of the Week"
Introduce new Bible verse:
"This is the day the Lord has
made, let us rejoice and be
glad in it."  Phil. 118:24  Talk
about the parts of our bodies
and sing song: "Thanking God
for our Bodies" (Body Parts)
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs.
Jobs.  Read: "A Day at the
Apple Orchard" by Meagen
Faulkner.  Talk about "Johnny
Appleseed" and his help to
plant apple trees.   Review
Bible verse.  "Ee" is for "Elmo!"
Read the letter "Ee" picture
and word booklet. Read:
"Elmo's Guessing Game About
Colors" by Bendon.   Write
other "Ee" words on the large
tablet.  
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Today is "Johnny Appleseed's"
Birthday!  Talk about his life and
how he helped spread the
plantations of apple trees.  See
the "Clifford" Magazine about
apples.  Talk about senses: look,
touch, taste, hear and sight.  
Review Bible verse.
Prayer, Sign-in,  Calendar,
Pledge, Movement Songs. Jobs.
 Introduce the new "Star of the
Week" and give them "Froggy"
and his journal to take home for
the weekend.
 
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
Read: "My Two Hands, My Two
Feet" by Rick Walton

Talk about the shape: square
Children will get a laminated
purple square with the words:
"God Made Me Special"  They
will use this to make a pattern
necklace by lacing different
colored straws.
Children will practice writing
and recognizing the letter "Ee"

Children will glue 4 purple
squares on the four corners of a
larger square, then they will
write the word "squares" in the
middle (journal)
Help children do activity on
back of the "Clifford" magazine,
where they have to follow the
apple path with a pencil and
count the apples.
Send home magazine.

Children will make a paper bag
puppet for the poem: "Found an
apple" (Gravity)
Field Trip
Parent Conferences
Free
Choice
Centers
Children will make a back to
school w.s. about shapes.
Children will get an apple that
has been cut in half and cored,
then they will sprinkle with
cinnamon and sugar, then Mr.
A will place them in the oven
for a delicious apple treat!
Children will make apple
custard crisp cups by adding
baked apples, vanilla yogurt and
granola on top.
 
NO SCOHOOL
Closing
Circle
Time:
Read: "Big Birds Guessing
Game About Shapes" by
Bendon
Read: "Parts" by Todd Arnold
Read: "A Day at the Apple
Orchard" by Meagen Faulkner
 
 
Movement:
Attention: stop-start with signal
Relax specific body muscles and/or the whole
body, from high activity level to quiet
state.  Throw and kick object with
increasing accuracy at a target.  
Game: "Red light, Green Light"
Autonomy / Social Skills:
Name recognition: oral and written.  Body
parts: face.  Teacher and classmates by name.  
Sit among others; stay in own space.  Carry
out chores and responsibilities. Draw
a dimensional picture of a person.  
Recognize, call by name and indicate
role of school personnel.
Work Habits:
Return toys and
materials to their proper location.
Oral Language:
Adapt volume of
voice.  Object / person / picture match with
description. Understand and use intonation and
emphasis to ask a question, express surprise,
agreement, displeasure, urgency. After
listening to an oral description of a scene,
recreate the scene in picture.  Sequence and
describe 3-5 images of events or phrases of a
single event that have been experienced.
Nursery Rhymes, Poems, Fingerplays, Songs:
Memorize and recite nursery rhymes.   
Pat-a-cake, This Little Piggy, Happy Birthday,
Rain, Rain, Go Away. Memorize and recite
independently a simple rhyme,  poem, fingerplay
or song. Rhymes: "Who Stole the Cookie
from the Cookie Jar?" "Pledge of Allegiance"
"Doctor Foster" "Rice a Cock Horse"
"Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"
Storybook Reading and Storytelling:
Listen to picture books read aloud.  
Find the object / illustration being
described.  "Three Little Pigs"
Attend and listen to picture books
with storylines as well as
nonfiction.  Sequence 5
illustrations of story events.
Emerging Literacy Skills in Reading and
Writing:
Recognize written first name.  Small muscle
control activities.  Tear, fold and paste.
Use a simplified, illustrated daily schedule of
activities.  Read the first names of classmates.
 Hold a writing instrument correctly.  
Writing strokes: horizontal,
vertical lines, spiral, circle.
Mathematical Reasoning:
Pairs of objects / pictures as same
or different.
Identify pairs of objects / pictures
as same or different.  Sort objects /
pictures according to color, shape,
size or function.  Complete puzzles
of at least 18 pieces.  Recite
number sequence 1-10.
Orientation in Time & Space:
Space: in a line / row.
Time: Sequence chronologically and describe
3-5 images of events or phases of events that
have been experienced.  Time: Name the days  
of the week in sequence.  Time Name the days
of the weekend. Time: use a simple, illustrated
schedule of daily activities to indicate which
activity preceded and which will follow the
current activity.  Space: in-on-outside,
inside-outside, under-over.  Space: follow or
give oral, spatially oriented directions to move
from one location  to another.
Scientific Reasoning:
identify  
body parts: face.
Identify
body parts, including the following
organs: heart, lungs.  Identify the
body part and sense associated with
certain sensations.
Music:
Sound localization.
Identify pairs of sounds as
either the same or different.  
Identify and associate sounds with
the rhythm instruments that make
them.
Visual Arts:
Collage, tear, paste.  
Colors: red, blue.
Play games requiring
matching of like images, such as
domino games.  Collage.
MONTH:  September / October  WEEK OF:   29-03      THEME:     CLOSED FOR FALL BREAK      
  Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Circle
Time:
 
 
 
 
 
Small
Group
/Class
Activity:
CLOSED
FOR
FALL
BREAK
 
Free
Choice
Centers
 
 
 
 
 
Closing
Circle
Time: