This page provides an overview of the current monthly themes used throughout a school year. Depending on the unique quality of each class, other themes may be exchanged from one year to the next.

August: Orientation, The Cat and The Dog, sandpaper land & water globe, land & water forms, practical life presentations, The Garden.

September: The Farm, The Horse, living & non-living things, Continent globe and Hemisphere map, sensorial presentations, spindle boxes and sandpaper #’s 0-9, sounds of the week: a-c

October: North America continent map, Native Americans, Nat. Am. cultures map, North American Animals, leaves, the pumpkin plant, the tooth, Halloween, sounds of the week: d-h

November: The Five Food Groups, Old World & New World Foods, Europe continent map, European animals, Pilgrim Voyage & Plymouth Plantation, Thanksgiving, sounds of the week: i-l

December: Africa continent map, African animals, the tree, St. Nicolas Day, Hanukkah, Ramadan, Christmas, sounds of the week: m-n

January: Stars and the Solar system, MLK Day, Asia continent map, Asian animals, Japan, Chinese New Year, sounds of the week: o-r

February: Dinosaurs and Dinosaurs of North America, U.S. maps 1789, 1863, 2004, Presidents’ Day, St. Valentine’s Day, sounds of the week: s-u

March: Vertebrates and Invertebrates, Marine Life, the wind and the weather, The Bear, St. Patrick’s Day, seeds, stages of the seed, the root, sounds of the week: v-z

April: South America continent map, Amphibians (frogs) & reptiles (turtles), the egg, Easter, flowers, planting the garden, Butterflies, sounds of the week: a-e-i

May: Australia map, Australian animals, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Birds, tending the garden, sounds of the week: o-u, ee, oo

June: Antarctica continent, Antarctica animals, Insects (bees, dragonflies & ladybugs), Flag Day, Father’s Day, sounds of the week: sneaky(silent) e, when two vowels go walking, Graduation.