Lil' Lighthouse Jr. Kindergarten - Monthly Curriculum:
October 2011
Theme: Fall and Family
Bible Stories: The Tower of Babel, Creation, Daniel & the Lions’ Den, Elijah
& Fiery Furnace
Character Building Emphasis: Appreciation for Families, Learning to Be Good Helpers, Respecting the Rights of Others, Putting Others First.
Memory Verses: “I will praise you for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”
Psalm 139:14
“The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.”
Psalm 24:1
Language and Vocabulary:
1. Autumns’ changes, weather, nature, and activities
2. Fire prevention and fire safety
3. Rooms of the house, naming, sorting and classifying household objects
4. Cooking experiences and safety rules
5. Family members, jobs, clothing and activities
6. Body part naming, how parts move
7. Improving self-confidence and self-concept (I am special!)
8. Directional and positional concepts – in and out
9. Colors – red, yellow, orange, and blue
10. Shape – square
11. Letters- Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee
Skills:
Fine Motor: Lacing, painting, cutting, coloring, play dough manipulation, making circles and path tracing
Gross Motor: Organized games, moving to music eye tracking objects
Premath: One-to-one correspondence, calendar activities, sorting, making sets, patterning, 0,1, and 2, circle, big and little
Creative Dramatics: Family roles, firefighters
Sensory Skills: Introducing all five senses
