Curriculum 2011-2012 Tot School and K4

I have finally finished the official *until I change it* curriculum for both classes... I will have 4-5 children for K4 and 6-8 children for Tot School.... I am beyond excited!!! That being said...the curriculum is really a list of goals for us to hopefully accomplish this upcoming school year... whether or not that actually happens....we will have to wait and see...
TOT SCHOOL (Ages 2 & 3)
  • Circle Time
    • Calendar
      • Days of the Week
      • Months of the Year
      • Holidays
      • Counting
    • Number, Letter, Shape, Color of the Week
    • Songs
  • Pre-writing
    • Lots of Tracing
    • Mazes
    • Drawing Lines to Match Items
  • Pre-Reading Skills
    • Recognizing Capital Letters and their sounds
      • Letter of the Week Craft
    • Find the Letter –Upper case
    • Correlation between sounds and object: A is for apple...
      • Alphabet Box
  • Math
    • Number Recognition and counting 1 -10
    • Sequencing
    • Patterns
    • Matching
    • Puzzles
    • Recognizing shapes
    • Sets & Logic - Which one is different/ does not belong
  • Science
    • Baking (although I suppose this could also go under Math)
    • Very Elementary Chemistry
    • Units
      • Farm Animals
      • Plants and Flowers
      • Ocean/ Sea life
      • Weather
      • Seasons
      • Fruits/Vegetables
      • The Five Senses
      • Hot/Cold
    • Projects and field trips
  • Music
    • Singing
    • Learning about other instruments, rhythm, dancing
  • Art
    • Colors
    • Mixing Colors/ Color Wheel
    • Shades of Colors
    • stART projects
    • crafts
  • Fine Motor Skills
    • Practice Cutting
    • Fine Motor Activities
      • Clothespins, Transfers, stickers, etc.
  • Gross Motor Skills
    • Catch & Throw
    • Kicking a Ball
    • Obstacle courses
  • Listening Skills/ Following Directions
  • Sensory Bins
  • Practical Life
    • Button snake
    • Zipping
    • Snapping
    • Cutting
    • Lacing
Anticipated Purchased Curriculum:
*Hand Writing Without Tears
K4 (Age 4) – Typically they have done Tot school and preschool already
  • Circle Time
    • Calendar
      • Days of the Week (Review)
      • Months of the Year
      • Holidays
      • Counting
    • Number, Letter, Shape, Color
    • 1-100 Days of School Countdown
    • Weather
    • Make the Date in Change
    • Spanish
    • States (all 50)
    • Songs
  • Writing
    • Writing Capital Letters (Review)
    • Writing Lower Case Letters
    • Writing sight words
    • Writing Numbers 1-100
  • Reading Skills
    • Recognizing Capital and Lower Case Letters and their sounds (Review)
    • Beginning sight words
    • Letter Blends
    • Correlation between sounds and object: A is for apple...
    • Rhyming words
    • Beginning Readers
    • Reading Comprehension
    • Story Telling
  • Math
    • Number Recognition and counting 1 -100
    • Counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s to 100
    • Sequencing (Review)
    • Patterns {Review}
    • Puzzles
    • Value of coins and dollar bill
    • Telling time to the nearest 15 mins
    • Addition facts through 10
    • Subtraction facts through 10
    • Opposites
    • Sets & Logic - Which one is different/ does not belong
    • Measuring to nearest inch(review)
    • Weighing objects
    • File Folder Games
  • Science
    • Baking (although I suppose this could also go under Math)
    • Units
      • Farm Animals
      • Plants and Flowers
      • Ocean/ Sea life
      • Jungle Animals
      • Weather
      • Seasons
      • Fruits/Vegetables
      • The Five Senses
      • Hard vs. Soft
      • Heavy vs. Lite
      • Float vs. Sink
      • Hot vs. Cold
      • Dinosaurs
      • Levers/ Pulleys
    • Projects and field trips
  • Geography
    • Compass
      • North, South, East and West
    • New York- In depth
    • 50 States (Names, General Regions, Capital)
    • Continents – passports getting stamped as we study different parts of the world
    • Post Card Exchange to track on classroom map
    • Projects and field trips
  • Intro to Spanish
    • 1-20 Numbers (review)
    • Numbers 21-100
    • Colors (review)
    • Days of the Week, Months of the Year
    • Household and classroom objects (glue, table, phone, stove, etc.)
    • Simple Phrases
  • Music
    • Singing, learning about other instruments, rhythm, dancing
    • Intro Music theory
  • Art
    • Colors (Review)
    • Mixing Colors/ Color Wheel (Review)
    • Shades of Colors
    • stART projects
    • crafts
  • Fine Motor Skills
    • Cutting (review and more practice)
    • Learning to Tie
    • Fine Motor Activities
      • Clothespins, Transfers, stickers, etc.
  • Gross Motor Skills
    • Catch & Throw
    • Kicking a Ball
    • Stopping a Soccer Ball with foot
    • Passing a Soccer Ball with feet
    • Dancing
    • Obstacle Courses
  • Listening Skills/ Following Directions
  • Sensory Bins
  • Practical Life
    • Dialing a phone
    • Address and phone number
    • Tying Shoes
  • Anticipated Purchased Curriculum:
    • *Hand Writing Without Tears
    • *All About Spelling/ Reading
    • *Road Trip USA/ Expedition Earth
    • *K4 Expansion Pack