November Curriculum Notes

This month in the Seeds program we will be talking turkey! We will practice saying “turkey," learn the sign for turkey, and even talk like a turkey! Our new song will be “Five Little Turkeys”. 

We will introduce the book A Plump Perky Turkey.  Our new practical life skill will be pouring water, and in science we will explore feathers.

The Sprouts this month will be learning “The Months of the Year” song and reading the Thanksgiving book “Happy Thanksgiving, Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli. 

In their science area, they will be exploring evergreen trees with pine needle discovery bottles.  The Sprouts will be practicing our favorite practical life skill at Sunflower: Dressing yourself for winter! They will be practicing putting on hats, gloves, boots, coats, snow pants! Make sure everything is labeled!  

This month, Sam’s class will be studying South America with a focus on ancient civilizations.  A special book they will be reading is A Walk in the Rainforest by Kristin Pratt.  Our New song will be “Los Pollitos."

In science, we will be talking about vertebrates and invertebrates in the rainforest and our new practical life skill will be sorting different grains and legumes from South America. We will have some special circles at the end of the month to talk about what we are thankful for.

This month, Indima’s class will be talking about South America with a focus on South American music. One of their new songs will be the “Number Song” in Spanish.  In her science curriculum they will be talking about vertebrates and invertebrates of the rainforest. The special book this month will be “Brazil” by Tara Walters.  A new practical life skill they will be working on this month is scrubbing a chalkboard. We will have some special circles at the end of the month to talk about what we are thankful for.

In Ms. Reina’s class this month we will be studying South America, focusing on animals and plants of the rainforest. Their new book this month will be “The Kapok Tree” by Lynne Cherry and our South American song will be “Ciranda”.   

In science, we will begin to study vertebrates and invertebrates.  Our new practical life skill will be weaving, while studying patterns of South American textiles. We will have some special circles at the end of the month to talk about what we are thankful for.

This month our elementary school will be studying South America with a focus on South American celebrations such as All Saints Day.  We will explore some South American cuisine and continue working on our continent maps.  Two of the many new songs we will sing this month are “Los Pollitos” and “Ciranda.” A fun new book we will read together is Wonders of the Rainforest by Janet Craig: 

In science we will talk about classification of the living world and our new practical life skill will be seed collection for next years garden.