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We are proud to announce our new curriculum called "Lil' Building Blocks." This
is a highly literacy-based program which is based upon our philosophy that we
nurture and "build" the whole child. Curriculum activities are planned
emphasizing all areas of development: social, emotional, physical, cognitive
and language, which all are the basis of literacy.
We know the importance of literacy experiences at a very young age to foster
reading, writing and speaking skills in the future. In fact, we feel that an
environment rich with reading, singing and conversation needs to begin as early
as in our infant rooms.
Children at all ages will be surrounded with opportunities to read, write, hear
and see the written word and communicate as much as possible.
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September
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October
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November
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December
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January
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Theme
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"I'm off to school"
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"Awesome Autumn"
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"Going Places"
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"All the People in our Neighbor-hood"
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"Blast off to Outer Space!"
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Book
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The Kissing Hand
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Sheila Rae, The Brave
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Cordouroy
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The Mitten
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The Little Engine that Could
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Nursery Rhyme
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Mary had a Little Lamb
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Little Miss Muffet/Tucket
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One for the Money
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There was an Old Woman
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Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
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Color
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Yellow
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Orange
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Brown
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Red
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Black & White
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Shape
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Square
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Circle
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Triangle
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Diamond
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Star
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Letters
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A,B,C
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D,E,F
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G,H,I
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J,K,L
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M,N,O
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Numbers
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1,2
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3,4
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5,6
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7,8
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9,10
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Character Trait
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Self-esteem
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Courage
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Thankfulness
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Sharing
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Optimism
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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Theme
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"Queens, Kings, Castles and Things"
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"Digging Up Dinosaurs!"
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Spectacular Spring!"
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"Barnyard Buddies"
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"Creepy Crawling Critters"
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Book
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The Lion and the Mouse
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The Carrot Seed
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Runaway Bunny
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Little Gorilla
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Stellaluna
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Nursery Rhyme
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Ole' King Cole
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Patience is a Virtue
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Little Bo Peep
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Little Boy Blue
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Itsy, Bitsy Spider
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Color
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Pink
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Green
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Purple
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Blue
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Rainbow
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Shape
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Heart
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Rectangle
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Oval
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Crescent
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All shapes and sizes
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Letters
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P,Q,R
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S,T,U
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V,W,X
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Y,Z
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Review
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Numbers
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11,12
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13,14
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15,16
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17,18
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19,20
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Character Trait
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Kindness
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Patience
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Respect
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Friendship
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Individuality
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Goals and Objectives
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of Lil' Building Blocks
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I. Social/Emotional Development
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a. Classroom community
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b. Routine
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c. Feeling Safe
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II. Physical Development
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a. Large Motor
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b. Fine Motor
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III. Cognitive Development
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a. Predict & estimate
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b. Counting
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c. Sorting & grouping
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d. Dramatic play
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e. Blocks
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f. Shapes & color
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IV. Language Development
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