Month by Month!

Our Web Calendar doesn't have a lot of room for all of the fun details we have planned. I thought I would make a post for each month, so that along with the calendar we'll be able to keep you in the know :). Keep in mind that the books listed are just a few of the many that we will use in class. We also have one or two nursery rhymes per week that we will be working on, as well as our letters and numbers. We are still working on plotting out our year, so look for math, science, and social studies to show up on the calendar soon!
Please remember that this is a very tenative schedule and certainly subject to change.

SEPTEMBER:

Season: Fall
Color: Red
Shape: Rectangles (to go along with the books at our Library Field Trip!)
Introduction to Weather, Calendar and Telling Time
A few of the books we'll be studying:
*Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
*Piggies by Don and Audrey Wood
*1 Hungry Monster

OCTOBER:
Color: Orange
Shape: Octagon and Circle
Books: Seven Blind Mice
Corduroy (for National Teddy Bear Day!)
Additional Themes: Animals preparing for winter
Halloween Party!

NOVEMBER:
National Family Stories Month
Good Nutrition Month
Color: Brown
Shape: Triangle (recycling day)and hexagons
Books: Brown bear, Brown bear
Stone Soup
Thanksgiving Feast!

DECEMBER:

Season: Winter
Shape: Squares (presents)
Books: Polar Express
Candy Factory Field Trip!
Christmas Party!
Christmas Songs we'll learn:
*We Wish You a Merry Christmas
*Up on the Housetop
*Jolly Old St. Nicholas
*Jingle Bells
*Christmas is Coming
*Over the Meadow
*I Saw Three Ships
*'Twas the Night Before Christmas

JANUARY:
Universal Letter Writing Week Jan. 4-10
Color: Black (hibernation)
Ice experiments, sledding day
Chinese New Year Party
Books: Flat Stanley
There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Snowman

FEBRUARY:
National Dental Month
Dental Field Trip
Report Back on Flat Stanley for Show 'n Tell
Color: Blue and Pink
Valentine's Day Party!
Books: Little Blue, Little Yellow
Dental Visitor/Dental Field trip

MARCH:

Season: Spring
National Music in Our Schools Month
Treehouse Museum Field trip
Learn all about: Weather
Books: Go Away, Big Green Monster
Napping House
Peter Rabbit
Shapes: Diamonds and Ovals


APRIL:
National Turn off the TV and Read! Month
National Poetry Month
Prepare for Program
Season: Summer
Books: Curious George
Amelia Bedelia
The Earth Day Book
ABC Apricot Poetry Book
Color: Yellow

MAY:

Cinco de Mayo Celebration!
Books: My Monster Mama Loves Me
Runaway Bunny
Over in the Meadow
Guess How Much I Love You . . .
Color: Purple