Students will engage with the teacher and other students through play, stories, drawing, dance, show and tell, and other fun learning activities. The focus of this group is to practice age appropriate learning goals and social skills as well as provide an opportunity to socialize and share with other students of the same age group.  

Learner Goals:  The learners will be able to practice and maintain letters A-Z and numbers 1-26. The learners will listen to/sing/look at and discuss stories, songs and pictures. 
The learners will play games to practice colors, shapes; identify sizes, more or less, same/different and other age appropriate learning topics. Learner will discuss days of the week, months, seasons and weather.  The learners will have an opportunity to share with the group a toy, story, artwork, pet or fact during show and tell each class. Additionally, the teacher will incorporate science, art, social, and music activities throughout certain themes.

Additional Learner Goals: When appropriate the teacher will include higher level learning skills such as adding/subtracting, writing and reading comprehension skills.  Students who feel more comfortable observing & listening during class are welcome to draw and participate at his/her own pace.  The teacher encourages learners to practice writing the letters, numbers and drawing the shapes along side the teacher, but understands if a learner is not ready to do so yet.

For parents:  Although this is an ongoing course, it is absolutely okay to sign up for just a few classes if you cannot commit to regular weekly classes.   If your student is the only one enrolled as class approaches, I do teach to one learner. Since this is an ongoing class, I know that learners will join when it is convenient for their individual schedules.  Having a younger child myself, I understand that schedules can change week to week, so I am opting to offer this as an ongoing class.  This way learners can pause for weeks they need to miss or come and go as needed to fit each individual learner's schedule. Please feel free to request times and I will see if I am available to make a group on the time/day requested. 


Weekly Themes/Topics & Letter, Number, Shape, and Color: (Topics may change throughout course based on learner interest and requests)

Week (Sept 1 - Sept 7) - Space (A, 1, Triangle, Red)
Week (Sept 8 - Sept 14) - Weather (B, 2, Circle, Orange)
Week (Sept 15 - Sept 21) - Imagination (C, 3, Square, Yellow)
Week (Sept 22 - Sept 28)- Five Senses (D, 4, Rectangle, Green)

Week (Sept. 29 - Oct 5) - Fossils & River Finds (E, 5, Oval, Blue)
Week (Oct. 6 - Oct 12) - Fall (F, 6, Star, Indigo)
Week (Oct. 13 - October 19) - Songs & Music (G, 7, Heart, Violet)
Week (Oct. 20 - October 26) - Outdoor Scavenger Hunt & Trees (H, 8, Diamond/Rhombus, Pink)
Week (Oct. 27 - Nov. 2) - Months (i, 9, Crescent, Brown)

Week (Nov. 3 - Nov. 9) - Does it Float? (J, 10, Octagon, Purple)
Week (Nov. 10 - Nov. 16) - Head/Shoulders/Knees & Toes (K, 11, Parallelogram, Black)
Week (Nov. 17 - Nov. 23) - Winter (L, 12, Hexagon, White)
Week (Nov. 24 - Nov. 30) - Ants, Worms, & Bugs (M, 13, Arrow, Gray)

Week (Dec. 1 - Dec. 7) - Sun & Moon (N, 14, Tangram Fun & Color Mix Up)
Week (Dec. 8 - Dec. 14) - Robots (O, 15, Shape builds & Color Mix Up)
Week (Dec. 15 - Dec. 21) - Rainbows (P, 16, Shape builds & Color Mix Up)
Week (Dec. 22 - Dec. 28) - Veterinarian (Q, 17, Tangram Fun & Color Mix Up)

Week (Dec. 29 - Jan. 4) - Zoos & Aquariums (R, 18, Pyramid, Navy)
Week (Jan. 5 - Jan. 11) - Ocean Animals (S, 19, Sphere, Turquoise)
Week (Jan. 12 - Jan. 18) - Mountains/Hills/Volcanoes (T, 20, Cube, Silver)
Week (Jan. 19 - Jan. 25)  - Plants & Flowers (U, 21, Cuboid, Gold)
Week (Jan. 26 - Feb. 1)  - Lakes/Ponds/Beaches/Rivers (V, 22, Cone, Teal)

Week (Feb 2 - Feb. 8) - Farms (W, 23, Cylinder, Maroon)
Week (Feb. 9 - Feb. 15) - Recycling (X, 24, 3D Shape Fun, Lime)
Week (Feb. 16 - Feb. 22) - Pets around the world (Y, 25, 3D Shape Fun, Aqua)
Week (Feb. 23 - Mar. 1) - Shapes & Building Blocks (Z, 26, 3D Shape Fun, Salmon)

Week (Mar. 2 - Mar. 8) -  Measurement (A, 1, Triangle, Red)
Week (Mar. 9 - Mar. 15) - Spring (B, 2, Circle, Orange)
Week (Mar. 16 - Mar. 22) - Jungle & Rainforests (C, 3, Square, Yellow)
Week (Mar. 23 - Mar. 29) - Let's Go Camping (D, 4, Rectangle, Green)

Week (Mar. 30 - Apr. 5) - Nocturnal Animals (E, 5, Oval, Blue)
Week (Apr. 6 - Apr. 12) - Community Helpers (F, 6, Star, Indigo)
Week (Apr. 13 - Apr. 19) - Castles/Dragons/Unicorns (G, 7, Heart, Violet)
Week (Apr. 20 - Apr. 26) - Planes, Trains, Tractors & Automobiles (H, 8, Diamond/Rhombus, Pink)

Week (Apr. 27 - May 3) - Word Games (i, 9, Crescent, Brown)
Week (May 4 - May 10) - Cooking Ingredients (J, 10, Octagon, Purple)
Week (May 11 - May 17) - Letters (K, 11, Parallelogram, Black)
Week (May 18 - May 24) - Numbers (L, 12, Hexagon, White)

Week (May 25 - May 31) - Summer (M, 13, Arrow, Gray)
Week (Jun 1 - Jun 7) - Bugs & Insects (N, 14, Tangram Fun & Color Mix Up)
Week (Jun 8 - Jun 14) - Colors (O, 15, Shape builds & Color Mix Up)
Week (Jun 15 - Jun 21) - Days of the Week (P, 16, Shape builds & Color Mix Up)

Week (Jun 22 - Jun 28) - Dinosaurs (Q, 17, Tangram Fun & Color Mix Up)
Week (Jun 29 - Jul 5) - Feelings (R, 18, Pyramid, Navy)
Week (Jul 6 - Jul 12) - Science Experiments (S, 19, Sphere, Turquoise)
Week (Jul 13 - Jul 19) - Favorite Games & Outdoor Activities (T, 20, Cube, Silver)

Week (Jul 20 - Jul 26) - Favorite Toys (U, 21, Cuboid, Gold)
Week (Jul 27 - Aug 2) - Favorite Books & Stories (V, 22, Cone, Teal)
Week (Aug 3 - Aug 9) - Favorite characters /Superheroes (W, 23, Cylinder, Maroon)
Week (Aug 10 - Aug 16) - Puzzles (X, 24, 3D Shape Fun, Lime)

Week (Aug 17 - Aug 23) - Food / Favorite Snacks (Y, 25, 3D Shape Fun, Aqua)
Week (Aug 24 - Aug 30) - Cold Weather Animals  (Z, 26, 3D Shape Fun, Salmon)

(If your student is interested in a certain topic, please feel free to send me a message and I would love to create a class session with that topic).

Note: Since this class is with other younger learners, I generally will not share recordings for safety and privacy reasons.  However, if it is possible based on class material, I can sometimes create at home activity sheets from my slides for learners, who may have missed class.  So feel free to reach out to me if that is something that you might be interested in.

The teacher will occasionally use excerpts of story books and quick transition video clips (with author's/performer's/creator's permissions) to introduce an activity or allow the students to move/play a game.  These will only be used as supporting materials to provide opportunities for social engagement/movement and will not be used for long periods of the class. 
(ex. Thelearningstationmusic.com & Jackhartmann.com music videos.  See sources sections for a complete list of updated video and book materials used and how to find these sources yourself.)