Adventures in Learning, a comprehensive curriculum for children from three through five, has been developed and revised through contracts with the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education. The curriculum features 40 topics of study in nine focus areas. Each topic is introduced with familiar children’s books and has a strong language and literacy emphasis.
- Introduction
- Overview and Featured Books
- Curriculum Tips and Techniques
- References and Resources
- Directions for Developing Weekly Activity Plans
- Weekly Activity Plan Sheet – Blank #1
- Weekly Activity Plan Sheet – Blank #2
- Weekly Activity Plan Sheet #1 Completed for Topic: #2.1 – I Am a Unique Person
- Weekly Activity Plan Sheet #2 Completed for Topic: #2.1 – I Am a Unique Person
Focus Area #1: Taking Time for Goodbyes and Hellos
Topics of Study:
Focus Area #2: Begin with Me
Topics of Study:
- #2.1 – I Am a Unique Person
- #2.2 – I Have an Amazing Body
- #2.3 – I Use My Senses to Learn About My Environment
- #2.4 – I Have Feelings and Emotions
Focus Area #3: Families
Topics of Study:
Focus Area #4: Communities
Topics of Study:
- #4.1 – We Live in Different Types of Communities
- #4.2 – People in the Community Help Keep Us Safe
- #4.3 – People and Places in the Community Help Keep Us Healthy
- #4.4 – People and Places in the Community Provide Food
- #4.5 – People Who Help Build Our Community
Focus Area #5: Health and Safety
Topics of Study:
- #5.1 – Health and Nutrition
- Attachment – From Head to Toe
- Attachment – If You Give a Pig a Pancake
- Attachment – The Little Red Hen
- Attachment – The Napping House
- Attachment – If You Give a Moose a Muffin
- Attachment – The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear
- Attachment – The Gingerbread Boy
- Attachment – Gross Motor Activities
- #5.2 – Clothing
- #5.3 – Safety
Focus Area #6: Physical and Earth Science
Topics of Study:
- #6.1 – Rain
- #6.2 – Snow & Ice
- #6.3 – Water
- #6.4 – Air & Wind
- #6.5 – Things in the Sky
- #6.6 – Color & Light
- #6.7 – Magnet
Focus Area #7: Things That Grow
Topics of Study:
Focus Area #8: Animals
Topics of Study:
- #8.1 – Pets
- #8.2 – Animals on the Farm
- Attachment – Little Bo Peep
- Attachment – Ask Mr. Bear
- Attachment – The Three Little Pigs
- Attachment – Mr. Gumpy’s Outing
- Attachment – The Tale of Peter Rabbit
- Attachment – The Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Attachment – If You Give A Pig A Pancake
- Attachment – Charlie Needs A Cloak
- Attachment – Are You My Mother?
- Attachment – Hattie and the Fox
- Attachment – The Little Red Hen
- Attachment – Farm Animal Concentration
- Attachment – Farm Animals and Animal Sounds Puzzles
- #8.3 – Bears
- #8.4 – Animals in the Woods
- #8.5 – Animals in the Jungle
- #8.6 – Frogs and Turtles
- #8.7 – Caterpillars, Butterflies, Worms and Insects
- #8.8 – Crickets, Ladybugs and Spiders
- #8.9 – Birds
