Full Description
This curriculum is a language/literacy enrichment program for teachers, parents, and caregivers working with 3- to 5-year olds at risk for later school failure. Named after a housing project in Chicago, this curriculum has been researched with children, teachers, and families attending a Head Start (preschool) program in that neighborhood. This book focuses on building vocabulary and pre-literacy skills as well as using language to reduce violence in the classroom. It contains over 40 lesson plans spanning the entire school year, filling each day using weekly themes and recurrent activities. Parents are encouraged to get involved in the program and help foster their child's language development.
Contents
Introduction; The need; The structure; Concepts for Teachers; Implementation; Parent Involvement; Monitoring progress; Lessons; School Days; Family; Alphabet; Personal Places; Seasons; Food; Animals; Fall; Community Helpers; Colors, Shapes and Sizes; The Great Outdoors; Thanksgiving; Winter Wonderland; Our Senses; Movement and Music; Transportation In My Neighborhood; Our Bodies, Ourselves; Numbers and Counting; Fables and Fairy Tales; Solar System; Black History Month; Shopping; Weather; Feelings and Emotions; What Lives Under the Water?; Beauty of Spring; Science; Dinosaurs; Young Child's Arts and Crafts; Water Fun; Transportation for Traveling; Plants and Flowers; Nursery Rhymes; Mama and Me; Later in the Spring; Health and Safety; Animals and the Environment; Insects and Spiders; Daddy and Me; Vacation and Summer Fun; Get Ready, Get Set, Go; Appendices.
