September is fast approaching and so is a whole new year of Mother Goose Time Themes!
First up is Friends and Feelings!
Our kids will ease into this new school year with fun activities that introduce them to important social concepts.
We will learn about making friends and practice showing that we care about others.
Thematic math, literacy, and art projects abound!
The kids and I are looking forward to all the 2018-2019 themes!
Weekly Investigations
Week 1: Making Friends
Week 2: Feelings
Week 3: Caring
Week 4: Communication
Teacher Resources
Friends and Feelings comes with teacher resources that make planning and executing a fun learning experience achievable and organized.
There is a separate teacher guide for each week of the program. The guides include all the instructions you need for daily activities and projects with book recommendations, play suggestions, and helpful skill building tips. A learning objectives and overview page gives a weekly pictorial summary of all the projects.
Daily Child Projects
“Friends and Feelings” is jam packed with wonderful projects focused on community challenges, creative arts (invitations to create & make and play), small group math and literacy, and table top math and literacy.
A quick pictorial overview of the daily projects and art included in the first week is shown below. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook to see the finished projects 🙂
Here is a quick sampling of some of the projects my kids are looking forward to the most:
Community Challenges
- Saying Hello
- Feeling Blue
- Space For All
Creative Arts
- Listen and Draw
- My Feelings Book
- Friendship Bracelet
Small Group and Tabletop Math and Reasoning
- Meeting Game
- Silly Shape Friend
- Mystery Envelope
Small Group and Tabletop Language and Literacy
- Sad, Mad, or Glad?
- Rhyming Ring-a-Ling
- Sharing Stories
Calendar and Daily Activities
We also have a whole new list of suggested books and outdoor and STEAM inspired play ideas.
We’ll be sure to share some of our favorites on Facebook and Instagram!
Thematic Studies
Each month we cover a new character trait, shape, color, letters, and numbers.
- Character Trait
- kind
- Shape
- circle
- Color
- blue
- Letters
- F, H, & T
- Numbers
- 1 & 2
Music
The month’s musical selections are acoustic pop-inspired children’s music.
We’ll be listening and dancing to “Give a Little Hug” and “Make New Friends.”
We’ll be moving and grooving to Dancing Your Feelings!
***The music CD is included with the monthly curriculum purchase.
Dance n’Beats is an optional dance and fitness program.
Add-Ons
We will also be learning about “David and Goliath” with “God Cares About My Feelings,” from Experience God (Christian curriculum add-on).
The toddler is always included thanks to the Little Goose Program (toddler supplement).
We will also be adding “More Reading and Writing“and “More Math,” as part of Mother Goose Time’s prek and kindergarten enrichment program.
We hope you’ll join us as explore “Friends and Feelings!”
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