Preschool (3) Monthly Focus/Curriculum
MONTH
THEME
LITERACY/LANGUAGE
MATH
SCIENCE
RELIGION
MUSIC/MOVEMENT
September
Welcome to School
Friends & Family
ABC's & 123's
Manners & awareness of
personal space
Listening skills
Following directions
School schedule & routine
First name recognition
Shapes & colors
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week
All About Me
Human body
October
Autumn
Down on the Farm
Halloween
Alphabet song & letters
First name recognition
Holding a pencil
Drawing lines, scribble on page
purposefully
Shapes & colors
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week
Order by size: big, little
Fall
Pumpkins
Apples (weighing)
Spiders
Our Five Senses
Thanksgiving
Service Project
Listening skills amongst peers
Alphabet song & letters
First name recognition
Respect for books
Stories: predict what will happen next
Shapes & colors
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Forest Animals
Five Senses
We thank God!
*See above
December
Advent & Christmas
Telling the Christmas story
Mary is the Mother of Jesus
*See above
Christmas songs
*See above
Ice is Nice
Polar & Arctic Animals
Number recognition 1-5
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Number recognition 1-5
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Hibernation
Bears
January
Listening skills amongst peers
Alphabet song & letters
First name recognition
Respect for books
Stories: predict what will happen next
Alphabet song & letters
Using pictures to tell stories
Notice both words & pictures on a page
Retelling stories
Drawing circles, squares
*See above
*See above
Alphabet song & letters
Using pictures to tell stories
Notice both words & pictures on a page
Retelling stories
Drawing shapes (introduce triangle,
rectangle)
Writing first letter of name
Alphabet song & letters
Using pictures to tell stories
Notice both words & pictures on a page
Retelling stories
Drawing shapes (circle, square, triangle,
rectangle)
Writing first letter of name
Alphabet song & letters
Using pictures to tell stories
Notice both words & pictures on a page
Retelling stories
Drawing shapes (introduce rhombus)
Writing first name
Number recognition 1-5
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Classify by similar characteristics
Colors
Mixing & creating
new colors
Love one another
*See above
*See above
Number recognition 1-10
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Classify by similar characteristics
Weather & water
exploration
St. Patrick's Day
*See above
*See above
Number recognition 1-10
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Classify by similar characteristics
Review
Number recognition 1-10
Counting friends
Calendar: weather, patterning,
days of the week, months of the
year
Classify by similar characteristics
Review
Spring planting,
flowers)
Garden bugs/insects
Easter is new life
*See above
*See above
*See above
*See above
November
February
March
April
May
Love & Friendship
Classic Stories &Nursery
Rhymes
Personal Safety
Weather
St. Patrick's Day
Spring
Easter
Bugs and Insects
Mother's Day/Jesus'
Mother Mary
End of Year Picnic
Alphabet song & letters
Using pictures to tell stories
Notice both words & pictures on a page
Retelling stories
Drawing shapes
Writing first name
Polar & Arctic
animals
Penguins
Ongoing throughout year:
Daily prayer circle (before circle
time)
Prayer before snack
Monthly classroom prayer
service
September-May
Outdoor playground
Gym time weekly (balls & hoops)
Musical instruments
Daily singing
*See above
*See above
Catching & bouncing a ball
*See above
Marine life