PreK- 1 Character developmental stage:
3-7yo Read seasonal reflections here:
Primary School: Discovering and understanding the great outdoors.
Moving beyond self-centered, parallel play into a more cooperative social world where creative, spontaneous actions serve as the socializing process through which they learn the benefits of give and take.
During the early preK and elementary years our Adventures follow the theme “Changes inside and around me”. Our Adventure cycles emphasize respecting self and others, working together, and safety. Students know this as “Be Kind”, “Be Gentle”, “Be Safe”. As an example students may investigate non-living parts of the environment like how rocks turn into soil while learning how to work in small science teams.
The learning goal in this stage is moving beyond self-centered, parallel play into a more social and cooperative world where they learn the benefits of give and take.
Late summer: Rock Museum - I CAN PRACTICE PERSEVERANCE WITH THE ADVENTURE NORMS OF BEING KIND, BEING GENTLE, AND BEING SAFE.
Fall: Soil Discovery Seed Hunting and Shelters - I CAN PRACTICE COMPASSION BY NOTICING OTHER CREW MEMBERS’ FEELINGS AND HONORING THEIR REQUESTS.
Winter: Stories, Senses, Survival & Kapa Haka - I CAN PRACTICE COLLABORATION BY LEARNING FROM CONFLICTS USING WORDS AND GESTURES TO FIND A SOLUTION.
Spring: Ladybugs and Gardens - I CAN PRACTICE COURAGE BY NOTICING WHEN MY ACTIONS ARE SAFE OR RISKY.
Seasonal Curriculum Maps and Unit Overviews can be read here. Please remember I am opening up my teacher planning book and it is MESSY!!!! As we are learning from the Coronavirus of 2020, Nature, seasons and Mother Earth is dynamic just like our classrooms and things do not always go as planned.
K-8 Science Connections can be read here.