Let’s get your young learner ready for preschool by practicing listening and speaking skills, learning to follow directions, expanding vocabulary, and learning about real-world topics!  In this ongoing class, young learners will get the chance to build vocabulary through a fun and engaging class with other children. This class is a great way to get your young learner practicing listening and speaking skills and following directions in a class setting. There will be some reading and math skills integrated into each lesson, regardless of the topic, but only as a part of our fun discussion together. I LOVE building vocabulary with young learners through play, stories, toys, and fun!  In this one-time class, each class offered will be different as we focus on a specific theme and build knowledge of related vocabulary words through discussion and the use of fun props! Learners will be encouraged to practice speaking in complete sentences when sharing, and I will guide them toward that goal as we talk together. Examples of topics for vocabulary taught in this class may include:

Colors
Shapes 
Weight
Size
Weather 
Meals and Food
Actions
Tools
Animals/Habitats
Things in our home
Numbers/Counting
Letters
*** (In this class, we will only focus on discussing the CONCEPT of letters during that topic and differentiate between what is a letter and what is a number.  If you would like your child to learn and focus on individual letters and sounds for beginning reading skills, I encourage you to check out my “Letter Experts: Letter Recognition, Sounds, & Handwriting With Show and Tell!” ongoing class for ages 3-6!)

Each class will follow the format below.

-Greeting/Good Morning Song
-Weather
-Introduction of Topic/Class Discussion
*Learners will have chances to speak as a group and individually (if they choose) during this time.
-Show and Tell 
-Goodbye!

I will plan for time at the end of each class for students to present a “show and tell” item. This can be anything your child wants to share (as long as it is safe and appropriate).  This is an opportunity for your child to practice using the vocabulary we have discussed in the class and complete sentences with descriptive words.  I will ask questions to prompt ideas and model/guide speaking for your child if needed!  It is perfectly fine if you have a shy learner and they choose not to speak. I will still encourage, ask questions, and model sharing in complete sentences for your child if there is something they would like to show the class.  If your child would like to share something with the class, come prepared with the item nearby so that it is quickly and easily available for our show and tell.  All learners will be included in questions/discussion about each item, so if your child does not have an item to share, that is also just fine! There will still be learning happening during this time.  If we do not use all of our show and tell time at the end, we will use any extra time left to expand on our topic/vocabulary from the class and have fun!  


Fall Class Topics:

Week 1: Weather
Week 2: Weather/Color Red
Week 3: Size/Color Yellow
Week 4: Size/ Color Orange
Week 5: Weight/ Color Purple
Week 6: Weight/ Color Blue
Week 7: Weather/ Color Green
Week 8: Action Words/ Color Brown
Week 9: Counting/Color Pink
Week 10: Shapes/Color Gray
Week 11: Kitchen Tools/Color Black
Week 12: Mysteries/Color White

Spring Class Topics:

Week 1: Weather/Ocean Animals
Week 2: Size/Ocean Animals
Week 3: Size/Safari Animals
Week 4: Weight/Safari Animals
Week 5: Weight/Jungle Animals
Week 6: Weather/Desert Animals
Week 7: Action Words/Desert Animals
Week 8: Counting/ Farm Animals
Week 9: Breakfast/ Farm Animals
Week 10: Kitchen Tools
Week 11: Favorite Snacks
Week 12: Circles
Week 13: Triangles
Week 14: Squares
Week 15: Heart

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Class Topics by Dates -Fall 2024:

Week of August 18th: Mysteries
Week of August 25th: Snacks
Week of September 1st: Week 1
Week of September 8th: Week 2
Week of September 15th: Week 2
Week of September 22nd: Week 3 
Week of September 29th: Week 4
Week of October 6th: Week 5
Week of October 13th: Week 6
Week of October 20th: Week 7
Week of October 27th: Week 8
Week of November 3rd: Week 9
Week of November 10th: Week 10
Week of November 17th: Week 11
Week of November 24th: NO CLASS- Happy Thanksgiving!
Week of December 1st: Week 12
Week of December 8th: Mysteries
Week of December 15th: NO CLASS-Holiday Break!
Week of December 22nd: NO CLASS-Holiday Break!
Week of December 29th: NO CLASS-Holiday Break!


Class Topics by Dates-Spring 2025:

Week of January 5th: Animal Mysteries
Week of January 12th: Week 1
Week of January 19th: Week 2
Week of January 26th: Week 3
Week of February 2nd: Week 4
Week of February 9th: Week 5
Week of February 16th: Week 6
Week of February 23rd: Week 7
Week of March 2nd: Week 8
Week of March 9th: Week 9
Week of March 16th: NO CLASS -Spring Break  
Week of March 23rd: Week 10
Week of March 30th: Week 11
Week of April 6th: Week 12
Week of April 13: Week 13
Week of April 20th: Week 14
Week of April 27th: Week 15
Week of May 4th: Breakfast/Kitchen Tools
Week of May 11th: Animal Mysteries


 **More dates and topics may be added as we go! :)