This course is aimed at the preschool to kindergarten age group (3-6 year-olds). This is an ongoing circle time, students will get to know one another, learn social-emotional skills, language, science, and math in a fun engaging Montessori way. Each month we will focus on different themes in all areas of learning (math, language, science, art, and social-emotional). The students will learn new songs, dance, read stories, and integrate art. This will be a four-day-a-week class (M-TH). This circle time will be hands-on and very engaging. I am an educator who loves to get to know my student's interests and go off of their needs/wants. This will also be an opportunity for students to socially interact with their peers and get to know one another through group discussions and games. It will be fun, inclusive, and engaging. The students do not need any prior knowledge or experience. 

We will be learning Montessori themes in language, math, geography, and science. For language, we will be learning the alphabet and the sounds of each letter. We will be practicing enrichment of vocabulary, development of writing skills, the introduction of reading theory (phonetic elements, phonograms, digraphs, sight words, etc.). In math, we will be learning the introduction to numbers through bead stairs, hundred board, teen & ten board activities. Students will learn about place value and over time will go into more abstract concepts like addition and subtraction. For geography, we will be learning about the world around us, where we are in the world, different continents, land, air, water, and learn about different countries. For science subjects, we will be learning many different themes and these themes include science experiments, the life cycle of things, identifying parts of animals/plants, and digging deeper into the subject matter.  

Daily Circle Time Setup:
-Introductions 
-Go around the circle discuss how everyone is doing 
-Calendar
-Weather Report 
-Count the Number of Days we have been in class (Learn skip counting)
-Daily Affirmations 
-Go into the theme/activity of the day

Weekly Setup:
Monday: Language 
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: Science (learning about the theme)
Thursday: Art project/Science Experiment or dance party depending on the theme

***Each day children will want to have paper, pencil, and coloring materials with them*** This is a hands-on class that each day students will need to be prepared with materials***

Each week I will prepare an itinerary and will have printables that will be needed for learning that week! 

Monthly Themes:
September:
Back to School & Getting to know each other
Social-Emotional Learning 
Fall Themes 
-Apple Unit 
-Learn the 7 Continents 
-Land, Air, & Water 
-Grace & Courtesy Lessons
-Introduction to numbers
-Letter Recognition & Practice handwriting 

Week 1: August 29th-September 1st
Getting to know one another 
Introduction to School 
Learning names and practicing writing names

Week: Sept. 6th - 8th
Observation of Labor Day Monday-No Class
Theme: 
Introduction Letter m 
Numbers 1-5 using bead stairs
Introduction seven continents
Parts of an Apple

Week: Sept. 12th-15th
Theme: 
Introduction letters a 
Numbers 6-10 bead stairs 
Grace and courtesy lessons
Continue seven continents
Apple Life Cycle

Week: Sept. 19th - 22nd
Theme: 
Introduction letters s
Numbers 1-10 bead stairs 
Land, Air, & Water

Week: Sept. 26 - 29th
Theme:
Introduction letters t
Number 1-10 continuation
Making our world map!
 
October: 
Fall Themes Continued 
-Pumpkin Unit 
-Learn Seasons
-Signs of Fall
-Where are we in the world? (Me on a Map unit)
-Community Helper Unit

November:
Fall & Thanksgiving Themes 
-North America Unit 
-Thankful Activities 
-Nocturnal Animals Unit
-Hibernation Unit

December: 
Holiday & Winter Themes
-Learn about holidays around the world 
-Europe Unit 
-Signs of winter 

January: 
Happy New Year!
-Freezing and melting unit 
-South America Unit 
-Snowflakes- what makes them unique?
-Owl Unit

February: 
Valentines Day Activities 
Black History Month (Discuss identity, Historical Figures)

March: 
Saint Patrick's Day Activities 
Asia Unit
Introduction to numbers 
Letter Recognition and Sounds (Practicing writing letters)
Solar System 

April:
Introduction to numbers 
Letter Recognition and Sounds (Practicing writing letters)
Let's Discuss Weather 
-Water Cycle (Accumulation, evaporation, precipitation, condensation) 

May: 
Introduction to numbers 
Letter Recognition and Sounds (Practicing writing letters)
Butterfly Life Cycle 
Bees
Flowers