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Winter/Spring 2011 Curriculum
All children will be introduced and exposed to written, visual, verbal, and physical activities with the letters and/or the theme for the week. Our curriculum consists of arts and crafts, songs and games, science and cooking projects, language, mathematics, multicultural activities and an introducation to computers and Spanish! Weekly Journals are kept on preschool children and Daily reports are sent home on all children.

January is new beginnings and the celebration of winter and the new year, National Book and Thank you Month!
January 3 - 7 January 10 - 14 January 17 - 21 January 24 - 28	Letter N/n Nancy, the nightingale Letter O/o Ollie, the Otto Snowflake Explorations Letter P/p Pinky, the Pig

February is the review of our founding fathers, American heart and dental health and African American month.
January 31 - February 4 February 8 - 12 February 14 February 14 - 18 February 21 - 25 February 28 - March 4	Letter Q/q Quincy, the quail Magical Musical Explorations Holiday Party Letter R/r Rosie, the rabbit Letter S/s Skippy, the skunk Letter T/t Tootie, the turtle

March is the celebration of spring, the study of the weather, National Nutrition Month and youth art.
March 7 - 11 March 14 - 18 March 17 March 21 - 25 March 28 - April 1	Letter U/u Uncle Buck Weather Watch Exploation Holiday Party - Wear Green Letter V/v Victor, the vulture Nutritional Awareness Explorations

April is the time to investigate spring and study sports and Literary Month
April 4 - 8 April 11 - 15 April 15 April 18 - 22 April 25 - 29	Letter W/w Wanda, the walrus Spring Awareness Explorations Spring Party Spectacular Sport Explorations Letter X/x Roxie, the fox

May is the exploration of shapes, gardening skills and the appreciation of our mothers and teachers.
May 2 - 6 May 6 May 9 - 13 May 13 May 16 - 20 May 23 - 27 May 30	Letter Y/y Yogi, the yak Mother's Day Breakfast 6:30 am - 8:30 am Letter Z/z Zippy, the zebra Spring Fling and Graduation Program Exploration of Shapes / Conference Week Gardening Skills Closed for the Holiday

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The Following Extra Curricular Classes are available: Compu-Child on Wednesday, Monday; Gymnastics on Wheels on Tuesday; Doni's Dance & Soccer Shots on Thursday. An Introduction to Spanish is offered on Tuesday mornings. Monthly Book Club through Scholastic is offered monthly. Computer Lab and Language Arts Room is used throughout the week for all students!
Language Arts Program

Research has proven that fluency in letter recognition will help children as they begin to read and write. Children need to be exposed to group and individual activities with letters and sounds to promote letter recognition. We have enhanced our curriculum with the Computer/Language Arts Classroom to provide some additional tools for the children to learn the skills needed for fluency in letter recognition. In addition, we have added a Literacy Link to our weekly curriculum. Each classroom will read a designated book and will complete activities revolving around the link. Each classroom will have a scheduled time in our Computer/Language Art Classroom to work on computer programs, read stories, use the listening center and use the additional language art activities. The following books will be used this year to enhance our program.

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