Seasonal themes

January: Winter, Endangered Animals

February: Valentine’s Day, Friendship, Pets

March: Weather, St.Patrick’s Day, The Circus

April: Easter, Forest Animals, Spring, Baby Animals

May: Mother's Day, Spring, Planting and Growing

June: Father’s Day, Carnival Fun, Numbers

July: Outside Fun, Underwater Animals, People and Space

August: The Farm, Plants and Flowers, Insects

September: All About Me, Apples, Beginning school

October: Autumn, Colours, Halloween, Thanksgiving

November: Community helpers, Transportation

December: December holidays – Christmas, Hanukkah

Activities:

• Circle Time. Music exploration - with voice, guitar, wind, and percussion instruments. Animated presentations: poetry, finger plays, story-time (using books and felt-board stories). Educational topics, such as the continents and animals, games, show-and-tell, French lessons (introductory vocabulary and comprehension) using posters, flashcards, songs, games and drama.
  Learning purposes: Language development, creative expression, cultural awareness, fundamentals of geography and science.
  
  
• Art Experiences. Finger-painting, marble painting, straw painting, and other media. Art with chalk, colouring using a variety of art materials. Collage, printing and stamping with various media. Card-making, play dough, rubbings of nature materials, group murals, wood sculpture and many other sensory arts.
  Learning purposes: Promote fine motor skills; fostering and developing creativity, hand and eye co-ordination, concentration, confidence in self-expression, and introduction to materials and art through various media.
  
  
• Craft making: Musical instruments, rainsticks, sailboats, kites, mobiles, aeroplanes, mask-making, papier maché, puppet-making, Jack-O-Lantern crafting, Christmas ornaments, coffee-filter snowflakes, necklace design, hat-making, wreaths for different seasons, Easter bunnies, butterfly magnets, soap carving, rock paperweights, creepy crawler catcher, fabric crayon shirts, coloured sand jars.
  Learning purposes: Fostering an appreciation for the environment and using everyday items to create, re-use and imagine.
  
  
• Cooking. muffins, cookies, ice-cream making, salads, chocolate-making, popcorn.
  Learning purposes: These simple cooking activities are an opportunity for the children to grasp the process involved in cooking. This encompasses math, ordered steps (sequencing applied to cooking), health and food safety, and nutrition.