Week by Week
Each week at Forest Play we will focus on playing, exploring and learning specific skills. We have created a curriculum guide that is flexible depending on the group. Our weekly learning stories will provide the details of our learning goals and evidence of what happened and what will happen next. Two main themes guide our time together:
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Who We Are: Understanding ourselves and each other can help build community
How We Express Ourselves: Exploring creative ways to express our feelings, ideas and stories
Our First Six Weeks
Who We Are: Understanding ourselves and each other can help build community
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Children: Identity, interests, names, family pets, , family, groups, community, culture, needs of people & other living things
Land: Identification of nature, birds, plants, animal tracks, maps, space & time, materials, matter, mixtures, compass & magnets
Outdoor skills: Risky play, balance, knot tying, making bird feeders, shelters, sculptures, & sledding!
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Literacy: Letters & Sounds, symbolic play, vocabulary, stories & elements
Numbers: Counting on, backwards, grouping, patterns, value, vocabulary
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Week 1: Letters S.A.T
Week 2: Letters P.I.N
Week 3: Letters M.D.G
Week 4: Letters O.C.K
Week 5: Letters E.U.R
Week 6: Letters H.B.F
Our Last Five Weeks
How We Express Ourselves: Exploring creative ways to express our feelings, ideas and stories
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Children: health & well-being, emotional intelligence, self-regulation, voice, storytelling and storymaking with theatre, dance, puppetry, visual arts, & music
Land: expression from birds, animals, plans, life cycles, predator/prey, food chains, respect & conservation
Outdoor skills: risky play, balance, weaving, knot tying, creating, sculpting & making with natural materials
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Literacy: Letters & Sounds, symbolic play, vocabulary, stories & elements
Numbers: Counting on, backwards, grouping, patterns, value, vocabulary
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Week 7: Letters L.J.V
Week 8: Letters W.X.Y
Week 9: Letters Z.Qu.Ch
Week 10: Letters Sh.Th.Ng
Week 11: Letters Ar.Or.Ur
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