Lil' Lighthouse Preschool - Monthly Curriculum:
November 2011
Theme: Thanksgiving
Bible Stories: God’s Ten Special Rules, Thanksgiving (Psalm 105), Young Samuel Listens to God’s Voice
Bible Reference: Exodus 19:3, Psalm 105, I Samuel 3:1 – 21
Character Building Emphasis: Learning to Say Thank You
Memory Verse: “Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise.”
Psalm 100:4
Language and Vocabulary:
1. Vegetable naming, sorting, learning about the grocery store
2. Thanksgiving theme, sharing vocabulary
3. Cooking experiences
4. Colors – red, blue, yellow, orange, brown, and gold
5. Directional and positional concepts – up and down
6. Health habits/nutrition
7. Food groups
8. Manners – obedience, working together, thankfulness
9. Shape - Triangle
10. Letters – Ff, Gg, Hh
Skills:
Fine Motor: Lacing, painting, cutting, coloring, play dough manipulation, stringing, tower building, making vertical lines and path tracing
Gross Motor: Games, jumping, ball handling, balance
Premath: One-to-one correspondence, calendar activities, sorting, numbers and numerals, tall and short, triangle
Creative Dramatics: Family roles, firefighters
Perception: Same and different, draw a person, puzzles, copying block, peg and bead designs, patterning
Sensory Skills: Introducing all five senses
