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Here is the information about the Preschool Curriculum...  

The Complete KidSparkz Preschool Curriculum for the Year

(ages 2.6 through 5 years old)   Download 38 page sample below.

• Everything you need for a creative learning program: Over 2100 pages on an organized CD, or as a download; 10 full months plus a summer program. Each daily plan contains themed and developmentally appropriate suggestions for Creative Art, Discovery and Exploration, Group (or individual) Discussion, Story, Games, Music, and a specific Spark! activity to focus curiosity and interest.  Each  monthly set of lesson plans includes between 130 and 210 activity pages.
• Save valuable prep time: use the clickable calendar for each month INSTANTLY linking to daily lesson plans and coordinating activity pages
• the original activity pages are creative and challenging, and can be used in different ways depending on the needs and creativity of the teacher.  They are NOT just for "coloring"!!!
• Includes a collection of over 100 teaching charts and postersfor letters, numbers, shapes and colors
• Includes a collection of hands-on learning games- letters, opposites, rhymes, go-togethers etc
• in Adobe PDF format - print as many pages as you want at any time
• it is not necessary to follow the suggested themed monthly plan - use whatever activities or printables that suit your particular situation -print only what you need

 

• Childcare providers love this program, because they have an instant, professionally designed learning program for their mixed age group, and they can show the parents that the children are not "just playing" all day
• Preschool teachers love this program, because they can use it "as is", or use it as an inspiration to add to their own personally designed classroom program, whether child-initiated, Project Approach, or Head Start focused.  All National Standards for Preschool/Pre-K are addressed.
• Parents working with their children at home love this program, since they do not have to have an ECE educational background to use it.  Everything is described simply and clearly, step by step, and learning happens!!!!

 

The September  themes are: I Am Special Emotions and Feelings Our Hands The Five Senses Living Things Health and Nutrition Healthy Teeth Helping Yourself Considering Others	The October themes are:  Firefighters and Safety Leaves and Weather Apples, Squirrels and Nuts Corn Scarecrows Pumpkins and Spiders Halloween	The November  themes are: Families Babies Grandparents Pets Homes Thanksgiving
The themes for December are: Shiny Sparkles Lights in the Darkness Rudolf and Reindeer The Nutcracker Ballet Gingerbread Cookies Toys Poinsettias Christmas Hanukkah Kwanzaa	Themes for January are: Happy New Year Seasonal Changes Rain Snow Animals in Winter Warmth and Coziness Arctic Animals Penguins Martin Luther King Day Winnie the Pooh Day Bubbles and Rainbows Action Heroes and Costumes Magic Just for Fun	Themes for February are: Groundhog Day Chinese/Lunar New Year Valentines Communication Vehicles and Transportation: On the Road Trains On Water Air Travel Space Discoveries Community Helpers
The themes for March are: Science Discovery: Wind and Air Science Discovery: Water Science Discovery: Tools and Machines Science Discovery: Magnets St. Patrick’s Day Forest Animals Arrival of Spring Easter Bunnies and Eggs	The themes for April are: Amphibians/Frogs Reptiles/Snakes Insects: Butterflies and Moths Insects: Bees Insects: Ladybugs Farms Farm Animals Dairy Farms and Cows Chickens Earth Day:Appreciating Our Planet Arbor Day:Trees	The themes for  May are:  May Day Flowers Cinco de Mayo Mother's Day Dinosaurs Ocean Animals Strawberries Watermelon Pineapples
The themes for June are: Birds Rainforests All Kinds of Food What and Why We Eat Food Production  Fruit /Vegetables Protein/Breads/ Rice Father's Day	The themes for Summer include: Bubbles Day Magic Day Rainbows Let's Build Camping Out The Beach July 4th Sticky Day Exploration:Africa	Exploration:Australia Pizza Day Prehistoric Adventure Carnivals Ice Cream Day Our Golden Sun Blueberries Day Let's Get Wet Watermelon Day Happy Summer!

The types of activity sheets for each month include:

 

Here is a selection of thumbnails of a few of the actvity sheets in the curriculum.  In the actual curriculum, when you click on the theme for the day, it takes you to the written lesson plan for that day.  Several of the activities in each daily lesson plan are linked to hands-on activity pages to extend the learning.  You can see how the clickable calendar works, and actually use it, by downloading the 38 page free sample below 

 

             

  

 

                 

 

                 

 

              

 

          

 

         

 

                   

 

                     

 

  

                        

Besides all the monthly curriculums and the summer prograam, also included are over 100 teaching posters and tools to demonstrate alphabet letters, numbers, colors and shapes.  And a set of hands-on learning games to print, to teach the concept of rhyming words, opposites, and go-togethers.

 

***See how the clickable calendar works. Download instantly a sample here:

 (You will need the latest version of the the free Adobe Reader to open the file.  Get the Reader here: http://get.adobe.com/reader/  )  

KidSparkz_Curriculum_Sample_April1.pdf

The KidSparkz! Preschool Curriculum is a series of 240 simply integrated daily sequences of activities, each based on a topic or theme.  Each sequence contains suggestions for Creative Art; Discovery and Exploration; Music; Group Discussion; Games; Stories; and a specific Spark! activity designed to focus curiosity and interest.  There are over 2000 different written activities in the basic curriculum, many of them linked to a coordinating activity printable to extend the learning.   

 

Preschool teachers, home daycare owners, and parents of preschoolers have found that the daily program is:

• EASY to understand, follow and use,
• SUCCESSFUL-- the children really enjoy the activities and games, and while they are having fun, they are learning
• INEXPENSIVEand simple to prepare the daily activities, since the program makes use of items normally found in a home or a school, and the list of extra supplies needed (included in the curriculum) is very short.
• FLEXIBLE,because although each daily integrated sequence of activities is self contained, and CAN be completed within 3 hours, it can be creatively extended for days, as long as interest in the topic lasts
• IDEAL for all levels of experience.  For those just beginning, the activity ideas can be followed exactly to provide lots of fun and learning experiences for the children.  For those with more experience, the ideas provide a springboard to spread the wings of creativity, and a reminder of songs, stories and activities they may have used successfully in the past.
• AUTHENTIC, because it is based on proven and longstanding educational theory and practice (Vygotsky, Piaget), and complementing the latest findings in early education (Project Approach, Theme-Based) 

The children play; they have fun; they learn and love it; they develop a strong curiosityand sense of discovery and creativitythat will lead them into Kindergarten, as well as into the rest of their lives.

***2 extra products are now included with the Preschool Curriculum for the Year - Teach the Alphabet- and -Numbers 1-10  Preschool Curriculum (that's 500 MORE PAGES!!!) 

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