Description
From the barn to the moon in four weeks: farm animals, creepy crawly bugs, dinosaurs and space explorers fill this month with things toddlers love to name, count and act out.
It works as a farm preschool theme, a dinosaur preschool theme and a space preschool theme in one, sized for toddlers, with four planned weeks of activities for 2 year olds and 3 year olds for homeschool families, daycare rooms and twos classrooms.
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This unit is Month 8 of the Toddler Curriculum Full Year: 12 months and 2,500+ organized pages.
The full year also includes editable lesson plans for all 48 weeks and the My Toddler Year portfolio.
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HOW MONTH 8 WORKS
Every week follows the order of a toddler's day.
The Weekly Map gives you a 5-day plan, songs such as Old MacDonald Had a Farm and We Are the Dinosaurs, read-aloud book ideas, a supply list and one optional sensory bin for 2 year olds.
FOUR THEMED WEEKS
◆ Week 1: Down on the Farm, the nursery rhyme Little Boy Blue and the Build a Cow craft
◆ Week 2: Creepy Crawlies, The Itsy Bitsy Spider and a Bug Hunt bin
◆ Week 3: Dinosaur Roar!, Hatch the Egg and a Dino Dig
◆ Week 4: Space Explorers, the crescent and Build a Rocket
WHAT CHILDREN LEARN IN MONTH 8
◆ Letters: a playful review inside each theme, with theme Vocabulary Cards
◆ Math: number 8 and counting 1 to 10 with help
◆ Colors and shapes: the color brown and the crescent, with a triangle review
◆ Concept of the month: behind, beside, high and low
◆ Patterns: a two-color theme pattern every week
◆ Feelings: a daily Catch a Feeling! check-in at Circle Time
◆ Early science: animal homes, farm sounds, bugs that fly or crawl, and day or night
◆ Fine motor: Line of the Week tracing, play dough and cutting a zigzag line
WHAT'S INCLUDED
230+ pages in 1 PDF. The activity pages are: ⤵︎
► Nursery rhyme story sets: Little Boy Blue and The Itsy Bitsy Spider for retelling and dramatic play, with StoryMitt story pieces, poster, ring book, Move Like the Rhyme and story sensory cards
► Circle Time: Catch a Feeling! check-in and Move and Groove cards
► Theme pages: Animal Homes, Muddy Pig, Farm Sounds Cards, Ladybug Dots, Fly or Crawl?, Big Dino, Little Dino, Hatch the Egg, Dino Footprints and Day or Night?
► Letters in the themes: Letter Review pages and Vocabulary Cards for Farm, Bugs, Dinosaurs and Space
► Math: Meet Number 8, Count and Color!, My Number Eight Playboard, Fingers Hunt, Count and Dot, Build It and Star Count
► Position words: Peekaboo Behind the Tree, Up High, Down Low, Right Beside Me and Playground Adventure
► Crescent: Meet, Trace, Match, Shape Search!, Build a Rocket and I Can Make a Crescent
► Color brown: Meet Brown, I Spy Brown, Trace Brown, Brown or Not Brown?, Feed the Brown Bear and My Handprint Tree
► Fine motor: Straw for the Scarecrow, Crawl to the Caterpillar, Dino Spikes and Line of the Week pages
► Craft: Build a Cow
► Centers: Count, Cover, and Trace mats, Animal Homes, Fly or Crawl?, Star Count, Day or Night? and four pattern centers
► 4 Sensory Bins (optional): Farm Small World, Bug Hunt, Dino Dig and Feed the Rocket
AND THERE'S MORE...
► 4 Weekly Maps, each with a 5-day plan and a Print and Prep list
► Month at a Glance, A Sample Toddler Day and a monthly planning page
► Activity guides, family notes and Our Learning Week pages
► Extra Lessons: Animal Match: cow and pig, Brown Bear Coloring, My Shape Buddy and Shapes All Around Me
► Month Wrap-Up: I Did It! certificate and Life Skills Tracker
► Lifetime updates included
► US Letter, 8.5 x 11 inches, with Fit to Page for A4
COLOR AND BLACK AND WHITE
Many activity pages are black and white with bold lines, kind to your ink and fun to color.
The rhyme posters, StoryMitt story pieces, Farm Sounds Cards, Vocabulary Cards, center mats and sensory bin pieces are in full color.
Some activities come in both versions, so you print the one you need.
WHO IT IS FOR
◆ Homeschool and tot school families looking for a homeschool curriculum for 2 year olds
◆ Toddler and twos classrooms
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Preschool 2s and 3s
◆ Circle Time, small groups, learning centers and morning tubs
Save with the full year: all 12 months, the editable lesson plans for all 48 weeks and the My Toddler Year Portfolio in one bundle. CLICK HERE
TERMS
© Teacher Natalie - iLovePreK. For personal use only: classroom, childcare/daycare, and homeschool use with your own children or students. One purchase covers one home or one single classroom. Print as many copies as your own children or students need. The files and the printed pages may not be shared, posted online, or passed on to others, for free or for a fee, in digital or printed form, and no page may be presented as your own.
SUPPORT AND QUESTIONS
If you have questions or suggestions, please message me at [email protected]. I'd love to help.
♥ Teacher Natalie
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