Preschool Life Science

I’ve mapped out our topics of study for my 2 & 3 year old for this next school year.  We are using Pandia Press R.E.A.L. Science Odyssey, Life Science I for First Grade science…so I tried to plan a preschool curriculum that corresponds (somewhat).  Here is the plan (by weeks)
1.  All About Me
2.  My Body
3.  Feet
4.  Sense of Sound (Ears)
5.  Sense of Touch (Hands)
6.  Sense of Smell (Nose)
7.  Sense of Sight (Eyes)
8.  Sense of Taste (Mouth & Teeth) and Wrap Up
9.  My Feelings and Wrap Up
10.  Animal Habitat and Wrap Up
11. I is for Inchworm and Wrap Up
12.  Spiders - Halloween and  Wrap Up
13. Butterflies and Wrap Up
14.  Bees and Wrap Up
Thanksgiving
15.  Ants and Wrap Up
16.  Ladybugs and Wrap Up
17.  Hermit Crabs and Wrap Up
18.  Jellyfish and Wrap Up
Christmas
19.  Octopus and Wrap Up
20.  Starfish and Sea Urchins and Wrap Up
21. Review
22.  Fish and Wrap Up, Sharks
Valentine's Day
23.  Pond Life (Frogs)
24. Lizards and Turtles
25.  Birds
26.  Mammals - Whales
27.  Mammals - Dolphins
Easter
28.  Mammals
29.  Mammals
30.  Mammals
31.  Flowers
32.  Seeds and Wrap Up
33.  Leaves, Stems & Roots
34.  Dinosaurs

You can find links to the variety of materials I plan to incorporate into our weekly themes by visiting my Preschool Pinterest Page.

*Note:  This is a really LOOSE outline...with early childhood education FLEXIBILITY is very important!  And that is what makes Homeschooling so perfect for us!

Updated 10/4/12