Knowledge Areas
We teach through Knowledge Areas/Themes
to help children
- develop critical thinking/reasoning skills
- acquire vocabulary/database
- engage in creative representation
- study phenomena in nature
- launch into phonics and literacy activities
- explore numbers, counting work, math operations
Social Studies and Multi-cultural Activities:
Making Friends, Manners and Safety
Halloween and Pumpkins
Thanksgiving, Festivals around the World,
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Community Helpers, and Transportation,
Chinese New Year, Valentine’s Day, Rainbows and Leprechauns
Nature Studies and Science:
Our Amazing Body and Our 5 Senses,
Health and Nutrition, and the 5 Food Groups
Space, and Planet Earth,
Recycling and taking care of the Earth,
Seasons
Plant Life (habitats, lifecycles etc)
Animal life (habitats, lifecycles etc)
Farm Animals, Wild Animals, and Pets
Insects,
Sea Creatures
Dinosaurs
Geography:
Animals on Different Continents,
Children and Festivals around the World,
Land forms
Art
Music and Movement