About Judy's Family Child Care

Curriculum Themes/ News

CURRICULUM THEMES FOR 2011-2012 Our curriculum for the school year 2011-2012 will theme-based [All About Me and My World] using a variety of materials and learning experiences and will accompany our study of the alphabet,numbers,colors,shapes,seasons and holidays. We develop our phonemic awareness using the Frog Street Sing & Read Alphabet series (aligned to meet new Pre-K standards) featuring a different alphabet friend in each book, as well as supplementing with Scholastic's Alpha Tales and numerous other curriculum materials. We use a color of the month in our art and play. We also feature a shape each month which we incorporate into all of our activities. We reinforce our number knowledge through daily calendar activities as well as counting practice throughout the day and through the songs and poems of the NumberTales series and Frog Street's Number Friends and Step Into Math. And we still manage to have fun and play! We learn simple signs and basic Spanish to reinforce our language skills. A large library of great children's books is available to the children at all times and we love to read together and on our own. Science and math are incorporated into all areas of the curriculum. The science center is one of the favorite choices during free play. Introducing science, math, art, music and literacy as fun hands-on activities sets the stage for a lifetime of learning. Summer 2011 Theme - Summer Fun! Color and Shape - Red, White & Blue/ Star Class News-The hot Texas weather is close at hand- we'll stay cool playing in the water/sensory tables, listening to the birds' morning songs, and climbing and sliding early in the day.