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The Creative Curriculum®
      for Preschool

Touring Guide
Touring Guide The Creative Curriculum - for Preschool - Teaching Strategies
Contents

  1 The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
  2 The Evolution of The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
  4 Product Map
  6 Overview
      8 How Does The Creative Curriculum® Work?
     10 What Are The Creative Curriculum® Objectives for Development & Learning?
     12 How Curriculum and Assessment Are Linked

 14 Curriculum Components
     16 The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool: The Foundation
  18 The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool: Daily Resources
		   18 Teaching Guides
		   20 Intentional Teaching Cards™
		   22 Children’s Book Collection
		   24 Book Discussion Cards™
		   26 Mighty Minutes®
  27 Embedded Professional Development
  28 Making Connections With Families
  30 How The Creative Curriculum® Supports English Language Development

 32 Sample Pages: Balls Study
     34   Table of Contents
     35   Why Investigate Balls?
     36   Web of Investigations
     38   At a Glance, Investigation 1
     40   Day 1, Investigation 1
     42   Day 1, Investigation 1: Book Discussion Card™
     44   Day 1, Investigation 1: Intentional Teaching Cards™
     47   Day 1, Investigation 1: Mighty Minutes®
     48   Day 1, Investigation 1: Volume Excerpt
     50   The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool, Expanded Daily Resources
     52   Supplemental Teaching Guides
     54   GOLDplus®

 56 Benefits
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Welcome to
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
As an early childhood educator, your first commitment
is to children—to helping them succeed in school and
in life. At Teaching Strategies our first commitment
is to you. That’s why, when you partner with us to build
quality in your program, you can be sure that you’ll have
the support you need to succeed, every step of the way.
                Let’s take a look at how!

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The Evolution of The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
The evolution of The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is grounded in our commitment to early
childhood educators. Over the years we’ve embraced innovation, updating the curriculum to keep
pace with what teachers need in the classroom. What began as a focus on room arrangement is
now a comprehensive collection of resources that offer moment-to-moment support. And every
edition has incorporated current research on the best ways to help children succeed.

—                                                      —                                                                                              —
    1978                                                   1988                                                                          2002
    Room Arrangement as a                                  The second edition of The Creative                  The fourth edition of The Creative
    Teaching Strategy is a precursor                       Curriculum® is published, helping                    Curriculum® for Preschool offers a
    to The Creative Curriculum®.                           teachers organize their rooms into                        comprehensive update, resting
                                                           interest areas and use them effectively.            on a firm foundation of research and
                                                                                                               responding to new requirements for
                                                                                                                      addressing academic content.

    The first edition of The Creative Curriculum®
    is born—self-published by Diane Trister Dodge
                                                                                      1992
    and focused on using interest areas as a setting                                  The third edition of The Creative
    for learning.                                                                     Curriculum® is published, presenting
                                                                                      for the first time our philosophy, goals,
                                                                                      and objectives for children’s learning,
                                                                                      as well as guidelines for teaching and
—                                                                                —    working with families.

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TODAY
              The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool offers teachers even more of the resources they’ve grown to
              know and love. Expanded Daily Resources give teachers more choice when it comes to implementing
              studies and integrating learning into every part of the day. The sixth edition of The Foundation
              offers updated research and more opportunities for teacher reflection and a new volume that
              builds teachers’ knowledge about science and technology, social studies, and the arts. The updated
              Objectives for Development & Learning volume presents a clear picture of all of the early childhood
              years, with progressions from birth through third grade.
                                                                                 —

                                  2010              2011
         The fifth edition of The Creative          The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
     Curriculum® for Preschool is made up           combines the five volumes from the fifth
        of five volumes that build teachers’        edition (now known as The Foundation) with
  professional knowledge of best practices,         a comprehensive collection of daily practice
including a volume on the newly developed           resources (known as the Daily Resources)
  objectives for development and learning.     ——   available in both English and Spanish.

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The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is a comprehensive, research-based curriculum that
features exploration and discovery as a way of learning, enabling children to develop confidence,
creativity, and lifelong critical thinking skills. It is designed to help educators at all levels
of experience plan and implement a developmentally appropriate, content-rich program for
children with diverse backgrounds and skill levels.

                                              The Foundation

                                                                                     NEW!           NEW!

                        6 Volumes

                                                                      Spanish and bilingual
                                                                      editions available
                                                                      August 2016!

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Daily Resources*

                                                                                                                                                                                    6 Guides

                                                                                                                                The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool Intentional Teaching Cards™

                                                                                                                                                   M04
                                                                                                                                                   Toys and Games

        Number Cards                                                                                                                               Objective 20

        What You Do
                                                                                                                                                   Uses number concepts and operations
                                                                                                                                                   c. Connects numerals with their quantities
                                                                                                                                                   Related Objectives: 3a, 7a, 9b, 11a, 20a, 20b
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Objective 18 Comprehends and responds to books and other texts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        a. Interacts during reading experiences, book conversations, and text reflections                                                                                                                                                                                           05         The Little Red Hen                             The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool Book Discussion Cards™

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Related Objectives: 1a, 1c, 2b, 2c, 8a, 9a, 11a, 15a, 25, 27, 32

                                                                          2. Invite the children to name any numbers they know.                    Including All Children
            Materials: setof cards with a numeral and its
            number word printed on one side, e.g., 3 and
            three. On the other side, draw a corresponding
                                                                          3. Encourage the children to use their fingers, buttons, or
                                                                            other manipulatives to count each quantity.
                                                                                                                                                   • Add texture, such as Velcro® dots, to the
                                                                                                                                                     cards. Make sure the background is a                               Vocabulary                                                                                                                     Supporting Social–Emotional Development                                                                                                     The Little Red Hen
                                                                                                                                                     contrasting color.
            number of large dots, e.g., l l l ; buttons or                 “This card has a 4 on it. Let’s turn it over. Can you put
            other small manipulatives                                       a button on each dot?”
                                                                                                                                                   • Make numeral cards out of cardstock and                            groom                                               harvest                                pressing with your hands            Manages feelings (1a)                                 Responds to emotional cues (2b)             Interacts with peers (2c)                  Retold by Bonnie Dobkin
                                                                                                                                                     laminate to make them easier to pick up                            to make clean and neat                              to pick foods such as wheat,                                               • “What could Little Red Hen have said                 • “Dog, Goose, and Cat did not see         • “The Little Red Hen tries to get help
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            vegetables, and fruit when they are    chore
                                                                          4. Continue the activity as long as it interests the                       from the table.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        talkative                                                                                  everyday work or job around the       to her friends to let them know she                    that Little Red Hen felt bad about not     with the jobs that she needs to do in
        1. Invite the children to explore the number cards. Show                                                                                                                                                                                                            ready to be picked                                                           was disappointed that they wouldn’t                    getting help when she asked. How can       order to make the delicious bread.
                                                                             children. Explain that you will keep the number cards                 • Lay a felt square down on the table to                             likes to talk all the time                                                                 house or farm
            them the numeral on one side of the card. Turn the
                                                                             in the Toys and Games area for them to use during                       make picking up manipulatives easier for                                                                               miller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         help her?”                                             you tell when someone feels bad or         What do you do when you see that
            card over and count the number of dots together.                                                                                         the child.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        gossip
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            a person who grinds wheat into flour   aroma                                                                                        disappointed about something?”             someone needs help getting a job
                                                                             choice time.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Takes care of own needs appropriately
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        to talk about people who aren’t there                                                      a smell                                                                                                                                 done? What could Dog, Goose, and
                                                                                                                                                   • Use raised numerals and dots on the                                                                                                                                                               (1c)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        in a hurtful way or share their secrets             muss                                                                                                                                                                           Cat have done to help?”
                                                                                                                                                     cards, or large magnetized numerals and                                                                                to make messy                          drifted                             • “The other animals won’t help the
                                                                                                                                                     dots, for a child to handle and feel.                              hoed                                                                                       (demonstrate action) moved slowly     Little Red Hen because they are doing                                                                                                      No one’s willing to help a hardworking hen as she
                                                                                                                                                   • Watch for nonverbal cues that signal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        (point to illustration) dug in the                  kneaded                                as the wind blew it                   things to take care of themselves.                                                                                                         plants her wheat… but everyone wants the warm
                                                                                                                                                     a desire to participate, such as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        ground using a hoe (a hoe is a tool                 (demonstrate action) made or shaped                                          Does taking care of yourself mean                                                                                                          bread she makes later! See how the hen teaches a trio
                                                                                                                                                     gestures, body movements, and facial
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        used to dig up weeds)                               dough by folding, stretching, and                                            that you can’t help others? Why do
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of exceptionally lazy barnyard friends that good things
                                                                                                                                                     expressions.**                                                                                                                                                                                      you think so?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    come to those who help out.
                                                                                                                                                   • Invite English-language learners to count
                                                                                                                                                     in their home languages and in English.**

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       Teaching Sequence
                                                                                                                                                   Questions to Guide
                YELLOW        Use cards with the numbers 1–3, focusing on the side with the dots. Introduce one card at a time                     Your Observations
                              to the child. Offer the exact number of objects needed to match the card.
                                                                                                                                                   • What numerals did the child recognize?
                               “This card has one dot on it. Can you put a button on the dot?”                                                       (20c)                                                      BDC Set 1 System CC6 2016.indd 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      4/28/16 3:40 PM

                               “Now we have two buttons. Let’s try to put a button on each dot that you see.”                                      • Was the child able to place one
                                                                                                                                                     manipulative on each dot? How did the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Children’s Book Collection
                                                                                                                                                     child determine the correct number of

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Book Discussion
                GREEN         Show cards 1-5 and ask the child to name the ones he or she knows.
                                                                                                                                                     manipulatives to use? (20b)
                               “Here are five cards with numbers written on them. Do you see any numbers you know?”
                                                                                                                                                   • How high was the child able to count with
                              Invite him to put an object on each dot while counting them out.                                                       one-to-one correspondence? (20a)
                               “Let’s put a button on each dot. Can you count them as we go?”                                                      • How long did the child attend to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                (75 books and 4 big books)
                                                                                                                                                     this activity? (11a)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Cards™
                GREEN         Lay out the cards from 1–5 with the numeral side facing up. Ask the child to count from 1–5
                              as you point to each card. Invite the child to choose a card, name the numeral, and turn it over to                  Related LearningGames®
                              match objects to dots.                                                                                               • 188. Color and Number Cards

                                                                                                                                                                                                                Complete listing at
                               “Let’s start by counting to 5. Here are the numerals 1–5 to look at as you count. Can you
                BLUE

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (22 cards)
                                point to the number one?”
                               “Which card will you put pebbles on first?”

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                BLUE
                              Shuffle the cards from 1–10 and place them in a stack. Have the child pick a card and then count to
                              that number. Invite the child to count out the number of objects as she places buttons on the card.
                PURPLE         “You picked the card with an 8 on it. Can you count out 8 beads to go with it?”

                PURPLE        Include cards 1–20. Create piles of 10–20 objects. Invite the child to count and select the
                              numeral card that tells how many objects are in the pile.

                               “How many are in this pile? Can you find the numeral that means this number of objects?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                ChildrensBooks
                              Create a pile of more than 20 objects. Invite the child to count the objects, and write the numeral
                              that the number of objects represent.

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Intentional Teaching Cards                                                                                                                                                       ™

(201 cards, bilingual)

                                      Mighty Minutes®                                                                                                                                                                     eBook Collection                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Resource Organizer
                                      (100 cards; also sold separately)                                                                                                                                                   (30 eBooks, bilingual)

                                   *Also available: Expanded Daily Resources, featuring five additional studies and comprehensive daily teaching tools, and
                                   supplemental Teaching Guides, each available for separate purchase. Please see pages 50-53 for more information.

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Individualized. Supportive. Effective.

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Curriculum Overview

What is The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool?
At Teaching Strategies we believe that the best way to help children
succeed is to teach them to be creative, confident thinkers. That
means offering them opportunities for hands-on exploration and
discovery that help build lifelong critical thinking skills and foster
confidence. The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool provides teachers
with the content and tools needed to encourage and support every
type of learner and address all the important areas of learning.

The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool is a research-based, comprehensive collection of knowledge-
building and daily practice resources that explains the “what,” “why,” and “how” of teaching. “What”
and “why” are explained in the six curriculum volumes that make up The Foundation. They contain
everything teachers need to know to build and implement a high-quality preschool program.

“How” is provided by way of step-by-step guidance found in the Daily Resources. These include
Teaching Guides and additional instructional tools that provide a wealth of ideas and detailed plans
for filling every day with meaningful and engaging experiences designed for all children. Special
support helps teachers individualize for English- and dual-language learners in the classroom.
What’s more, the curriculum takes the guesswork out of meeting the Head Start Early Learning
Outcomes Framework and early learning standards for each state.

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How Does The Creative Curriculum® Work?
The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool provides both The Foundation and Daily Resources to
         create a cohesive curriculum that supports teachers every step of the way throughout the
               year. The Foundation is the knowledge base of the curriculum, with detailed information
                 about the most current research and best practices in early childhood education. The
                 Teaching Guides, a component of the Daily Resources, offer daily plans to help teachers
                provide individualized instruction for every child and organize and manage every moment
          of their day, all year long.

        The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic

    AT A GLANCE                             Investigation 1
    What are the features of clothes?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Spanish: pequeño, mediano, grande, tamaño, cinta para medir, vara para medir, regla, medir, largo, corto, más grande, más pequeño, igual,
    Vocabulary—English: small, medium, large, size, tape measure, yardstick, ruler, measure, long, short, bigger, smaller, equal, measure, nervous                                                                                                                                       medida, nervioso

                                                       Day 1                                   Day 2                                                            Day 3                                                                                                                                                      Day 4                                                                                                                         Day 5                                                                                 Make Time for…
              Interest Areas               Art: clothing of different sizes       Blocks: standard measuring                Library: props from                                                                                                                                Toys and Games: baby, child,                                                                                                       Art: materials to make                                                                                                       Outdoor Experiences
                                           and features                           tools, e.g., rulers, yardsticks,          Goldilocks and the Three Bears                                                                                                                     and adult clothes; standard and                                                                                                    thank-you notes
                                           Technology: eBook version of
                                                                                  measuring tapes                                                                                                                                                                              nonstandard measuring tools                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Measuring Tools
                                           Goldilocks and the Three Bears         Technology: eBook version of                                                                                                                                                                 Technology: eBook version of                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • After introducing measuring tapes and
                                                                                  Goldilocks and the Three Bears                                                                                                                                                               Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?                                                                                                                                                                                                                             rulers during large-group time, bring them
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 outside for the children to use.
      Question of the Day                  What do you know about the             Is the tag inside your shirt              What shapes do you see on                                                                                                                          What size clothes do you think                                                                                                     How many buttons do you                                                                                                      • Provide clipboards and pencils for
                                           story Goldilocks and the Three         marked with a number or the               your clothes?                                                                                                                                      babies wear?                                                                                                                       have on your clothes?                                                                                                          the children to record measurements
                                           Bears?                                 letter S, M, or L? (Have sticky                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of objects.
                                                                                  notes available for answers.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Physical Fun
                 Large Group               Song: “Farmer in the Dell”             Rhyme: “Riddle Dee Dee”                   Game: Finding Shapes on                                                                                                                            Rhyme: “Riddle Dee Dee”                                                                                                            Music: Drums                                                                                                                 • Intentional Teaching Card P12,
                                           Discussion and Shared                  Discussion and Shared                     Clothing                                                                                                                                           Discussion and Shared Writing:                                                                                                     Discussion and Shared                                                                                                          “Exploring Pathways”
                                           Writing: Exploring Sizes of            Writing: Measurement Tools                Discussion and Shared                                                                                                                              Baby Visit                                                                                                                         Writing: How do clothes stay
                                           Clothes                                Materials: Mighty Minutes
                                                                                                                            Writing: Looking at Large
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Materials: Mighty Minutes 04,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  on our bodies?                                                                                                               Family Partnerships
                                           Materials: Mighty Minutes              04, “Riddle Dee Dee”; bag or              Clothes                                                                                                                                            “Riddle Dee Dee”; a few samples of                                                                                                 Materials: drums; other objects
                                           08, “Clap the Missing Word”;           box with a variety of standard            Materials: Mighty Minutes                                                                                                                          baby clothes; digital camera                                                                                                       that can be used as drums; shirt                                                                                             • Ask family members to bring in old baby
                                           small article of clothing;             measurement tools                         20, “I Can Make a Circle”;                                                                                                             The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic                                                                                                      and pants with buttons                                                                                                         clothes that their children wore as babies.
                                           small, medium, and large                                                         shape cards; standard and                                                                                                          AT A GLANCE                           Investigation 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Invite families to access the eBooks,
                                           T-shirts; digital camera                                                         nonstandard measuring tools;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Button,
                                                                                                                            digital camera                                                                                                                    Where do we get our clothes?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Vocabulary—English: rhythm, manager, salesperson, cashier, tattered, splotched, splattered                                                                                     Spanish: ritmo, administrador(a), vendedor(a), cajero(a), harapiento, manchado, salpicado           Button, Who’s Got the Button?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Day 1                                                           Day 2                                                                  Day 3                            Make Time for…

                  Read-Aloud               Goldilocks and the Three Bears         Goldilocks and the Three Bears            A Pocket for Corduroy                                                                                                                              Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Interest Areas               Toys and Games: geoboards; geobands;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   shape cards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Dramatic Play: props for setting up a clothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                store                                             The Mitten              Outdoor Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Dramatic Play: more clothing store props
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Art: materials to make thank-you notes                Weaving Wall
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Wow! Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Technology: eBook version of Button, Button,

                                                                                  Materials: props to act out
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Who’s Got the Button?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Book Discussion Card 02                                                       • If you have access to a chain-link fence or a piece
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of lattice, you can use it to create a weaving wall.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tie long strips of fabric to the fence at a height the

                                                                                  Goldilocks and the Three Bears;                                                                                                                                             Question of the Day                  Where do you get your clothes? (Display                    How should we behave on our visit to the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  (first read-aloud)      What was your favorite part of the visit to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  fabric in and out of the open spaces.        • Day 3: A visit from a dad or other
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  children can reach and invite them to move the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 male family member
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   choices, e.g., store, older sibling, present.)             clothing store?                                                             the store?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Family Partnerships
                                                                                  Intentional Teaching Card LL06,                                                                                                    The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Ask families to send in pictures of family members
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  in work clothes to use during Investigation 6,

                                                                                  “Dramatic Story Retelling”                                                                                                      AT A GLANCE                             Investigation 4
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Large Group               Music: Rhythm Sticks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Discussion and Shared Writing: Where and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Song: Mighty Minutes 23, “Hi-Ho, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Derry-Oh”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Music: Rhythm Stick Patterns
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Discussion and Shared Writing: What
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                • Invite a family member who wears a uniform to• Day 4: A visit from a family member
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  “What special clothes do people wear for work?”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  work and a family member who uses costumes for

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 with a baby
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   How Do People Get Their Clothes?                             Discussion and Shared Writing: Preparing for                              Other Items Do We Need for Our Store?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  work or enjoyment to visit the classroom during
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Materials: rhythm sticks
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Site Visit or Visitor                                                     Materials: rhythm sticks; Mighty Minutes                Investigation 6, “What special clothes do people
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Materials: clipboards; pencils; Intentional                               26, “Echo Clapping”; Mama and Papa Have                 wear for work?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Teaching Card SE01, “Site Visits”                                         a Store
                                           Option 1: Play Dough                   Option 1: What’s Missing?                 Option 1: Bigger Than,                                                               How is cloth made?                                         Option 1: Small, Medium, and                                               Option 1: Tallying Features
                 Small Group
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Wow! Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Vocabulary—English: loom, weave, knit, crochet, cloth, appreciate, decent                                                                                                         Spanish: telar, entretejer, tejer, croché, tela, apreciar, decente
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Day 2: A site visit to a clothing store
                                                                                                                            Smaller Than, Equal To                                                                                                                        1 Large Book                                                        Make Timeof
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       for…Clothing
                                           Intentional Teaching Card              Intentional Teaching Card                                                                                                                                                           DayRead-Aloud A PocketDay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             for Corduroy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  2       Day 3 Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?;         Something From Nothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              a few small manipulatives for each child                                                                                            Arrange to visit a clothing store during a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  time when the children can interview the

                                           M15, “Play Dough” (See card            LL18, “What’s Missing?”;                  Intentional Teaching Card                                                                        Interest Areas               Discovery: fabric;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          magnifying glasses;  Intentional Teaching Card LL04,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Art: strips of paper for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                children to weave in and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                outOption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    of paper  or cardboard;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Discovery: The Quinceañera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Dramatic Play: class loom
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Outdoor Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Go In and Out the Windows
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Intentional Teaching Card                                                       manager or an employee.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   (See the directions forOption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            making
                                           for equipment, ingredients,                                                      M09, “Bigger Than, Smaller                                                                                                                         “Bookmaking”; paper; pencils or                                                                                                    M06, “Tallying”; paper,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Small Group                        1: Rhyming Riddles                                     1: Show Me Five                                            Option 1: Sly Salamanders

                                                                                  clothing collection; large piece                                                                                                                                        LL45, “Observational
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Drawing”; clipboards; felt-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          tip pens
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                prepared paper for weaving
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Intentional Teaching Card LL11, a“Rhyming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Library: Abuela’s
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              props
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Five”; buttons
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • Have the children stand in a circle holding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Teaching Card M16,hands,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Twisters”
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                                           and recipe.)                           of paper                                  Than, Equal To”; building                                                                                                                          crayons; binding materials
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          What does the fabric on
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Option 2: Clothes Poem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Intentional
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                What           Teaching
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     “Rhyming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          comes from sheep?                            “Nursery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  clipboards, and pencils
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            weave in and out the windows (your raised
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Option 2: Nursery Rhyme Count
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Intentional Teaching Card M13,arms).
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Option 2: Same Sound Sort
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Intentional Teaching Card LL12, “Same
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Question of the Day

                                           Option 2: Biscuits                     Option 2: Memory Card Game                blocks; measuring tools                      The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          your shirt feel like?                    Chart”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                pattern?   clothesapoem
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         (Display
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Option 2: Small, Medium, and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    simplethat rhymes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                repeating pattern, such as
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                blue-red-blue-red.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Rhyme Count”; cotton balls; Physical
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       paper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   green construction
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Fun

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Option 2: How Clothes Stay
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Intentional Teaching Card P10,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sound Sort”; items that do and do not start
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          with S; box or bag for storage
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     “Jumping Rope”

                                           Intentional Teaching Card              Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                            Option 2: Measure  &
                                                                                                                                        AT A GLANCE                                                          Investigation 3   Large Group
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Large Computer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Game: Sorting Ourselves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Mighty Minutes®          Body Weaving
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mighty Minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Book
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    07, “Hippity Hoppity, “Baa,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Movement:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Many?” and Shared
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          How Baa, Black Sheep”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Song:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Mighty  Minutes 24, “Dinky Doo”       on Our Bodies
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Family Partnerships Mighty Minutes 18,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Inform families that the class will be “I’m Thinking Of…”
                                                                                                                            Compare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Discussion and Shared                 Discussion                             Discussion and Shared

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Intentional Teaching Card LL02,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Writing: How Is Cloth                 Writing: Weaving                       Writing: How Cloth Is Made                             conducting a clothing drive at the end of the

                                           M10, “Biscuits” (See card for          LL08, “Memory Games”;                                                                                                                                                   Made?                                 Materials: broom handles               Materials: Mighty Minutes                                                  Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              study. Ask them to start collecting clothing to

                                                                                                                                                                    How do people make clothes?                                                           Materials: The Quinceañera;           or yardsticks; crocheted or            29, “Baa, Baa, Black Sheep”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              donate. You may also want to ask a few family

                                           equipment, ingredients, and            a memory game or set of                   Intentional Teaching Card                                                                                                                          “Desktop Publishing”; digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          pieces of woven fabric                knitted clothing item or
                                                                                                                                                                    Vocabulary—English: sketch, design, fashion designer, seamstress, tailors, stitch, hem, sewing machine, manufactured, huipil, tapestry
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            blanket;   magnifying    glasses
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       The Quinceañera; a piece of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Spanish:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       raw wool (if         boceto,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    available);                                                   M11, “Graphing”; clothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              members to help take the clothes to a donation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              site after the clothing drive.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                classdiseño, diseñador(a) de modas, costurera, sastres, puntada, ruedo, máquina de coser, manufacturado, huipil, tapiz
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       loom; ribbon

                                           recipe.)                               duplicate pictures of clothing            M12, “Measure & Compare”;                                                                     Day 1                               Day 2
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               camera; computer; printer;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Day 3                                                   Day 4                              Wow!Day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        5
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  fasteners,  e.g., zippers, Velcro®,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Make Time for…
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               • Day 1: A visit from someone who knits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 TheGames:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Read-AloudToys and   Paper Bag  Princess               Toys andButton, Button, Who’s Got the           Uncle Nacho’s Hatpaper for body tracing                                                  Outdoor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Experiences
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    How to Make a Loom
                                                                                                                            clothing collection;
                                                                                                                                              Interest Areas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               bookbinding supplies; paper; each
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Art: materials for designing                   fabric                              Games:   geoboards;                          Art: large                                    Art Area: fabric scraps; glue
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  buttons, laces
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 or crochets
                                                                                                                                                                                                             shirts: pencils, paper,               scraps cut into pieces to           geobandsButton?                                         Library: materials for thank-you            Toys and Games: matching                   Follow the Leader on a Line
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Use a large cardboard rectangle and mark every
                                                                                                                                                                                                             stamps, stencils, rulers,             match or pattern                    Dramatic Play: fabric pieces that                       notes                                       fabric scraps                                                   ¼" on   both thetapetop
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 or and bottom. Make 1" cuts
                                                                                                                            nonstandard measuring tools                                                                                                                        child’s word bank
                                                                                                                                                                                                             markers                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Make long lines with    masking
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Small GroupArt: large paper1:for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Option                               Option
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                body With Printcan be draped
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Playing                         or1:tied
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Geoboards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      to create                        Option 1: Play Dough Weaving                                                                                        on each of the marks you measured, making sure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        sidewalk chalk outside.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   tracingsIntentional Teaching Card clothes Intentional Teaching                      Intentional Teaching Card                                                                                           that the bottom marks line up perfectly with the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Lead a game of follow    the leader,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           top marks    (see picture above). String the warp
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         LL23,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Technology   “Playing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             : eBook     With
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      version                     Card
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Art: large    M21,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    paper      “Geoboards”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          for body tracing             P02, “Play Dough Weaving”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        having children move    in different
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           or vertical  yarns.ways
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tie a large knot on the end of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Environmental Print”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   of The Quinceañera                             geoboards; bands; shape cards        play dough; play dough tools                                                                     along different lines, e.g., skip on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           environmental print, e.g.,                                                                                                                                                                      your string to hold the string in place. Slide the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Option 2: I’m Thinking of a          Option 2: Twisted Pretzels                                                                       curved line, hop on the straight line,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           cereal boxes; logos; stop signsWhat colors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Shape
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           string into the first slot and gently pull until
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and gallop on the zigzag line.
                                           Mighty Minutes 18, “I’m                Mighty Minutes 20, “I Can                 Mighty Minutes  27, “Diddle,
                                                                                                                                        Question of the Day
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mighty Minutes 74, “Jack in                                                                                                        Mighty Minutes 25, “Freeze”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                             What is written on your               Do you think we can we                              mix together to                        Which   fabric pattern
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Card do you like              What kind of clothes will you

           Mighty Minutes®
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Intentional Teaching                                                                                                knot is secure. Pull the string tightly down the
                                                                                                                                                                                                             clothes: words, numbers, or                   Option 2: Shopping Trip make green?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   make clothes?                                  Intentional Teaching Card                   best? (Display
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       P03, “Twisted          different fabric
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Pretzels”                            design today?
                                                                                                                           The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Invite children to corresponding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           take turns leading.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             slot on the bottom and insert the
                                                                                                                                                                                                             nothing?                                      Intentional Teaching Card              M20, “I’m Thinking of a                     patterns.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (See card for equipment,                                                                                            string into this first slot. Tightly pull the string

                                           Thinking Of …”                         Make a Circle”                                      Investigation
                                                                                                                            Diddle, Dumpling”               2                                                                                                                  the Box”                                                                                                                           dance music; letter cards
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           LL31, “I Went Shopping”;               Shape”; geometric solids;            ingredients, and recipe.)                                                                      Physical Fun         up the back and insert into the second top slot,
                                                                                                                       AT A GLANCE             Large Group                                                   Game: Sort by Shirt Design
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           environmental print found
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Book: The Quinceañera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  empty containers shaped like
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Movement: Making Shapes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  geometric solids                             Movement: Body Lines                        Book: Something From Nothing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           andCard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Intentional Teaching    then P09,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       down to the second bottom slot. Repeat
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in a grocery store, e.g.,                                                                                                                                                    “Up and Away.” procedure until all slots are full. Tie off the string
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Discussion and Shared                 Discussion
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           emptyand  Sharedcontainers With Scarves
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   product                                                                     Discussion and Shared Writing:              Discussion and Shared Writing:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           and trim the excess (see picture).
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Writing: Designing Clothes            Writing:orDo  You grocery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              labels; Think We
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             bag       Discussion and Shared                                   Thinking About Lines                        Using Fabric Pieces to Make
                                                                                                                                                                                                             (show sketch in The                   Can Make Clothes?                   Writing: Visitor Who Sews
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Materials: Mighty Minutes 09,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Clothes                                    Family Partnerships
                                                                                                                       How do we take care of our clothes?                                                   Quinceañera)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mighty
                                                                                                                                                                                                             Materials: digital    Minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                camera;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Materials: The Quinceañera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ®      Mighty Minutes 19, “I Spy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Materials: scarves; shape cards;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Mighty Minutes 29, “Baa,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    music; digital camera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “Writing in the Air”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mighty Minutes 21, “Hully
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Materials: Something From
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Nothing; A Pocket for Corduroy;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      • Invite a family member who knits
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        or crochets to visit the class during
                                                                                                                       Vocabulary—English: powder, liquid, solid, laundromat, clothesline, straight, curve, slant, mend                                   With My Little Eye”               Baa, Black Sheep”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Spanish:                               Gully, How
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        polvo, líquido, en barra, lavandería,     Many?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              cuerda para secar ropa, recta, curva, inclinada, arreglar                                 Investigation 4, “How is cloth made?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                             The Quinceañera                                                                                                                                                           fabric scraps
                                                                                                                                                                          Day 1                                  Day 2                                  Day 3                                             Day 4                           Make Time for…                                                                          • Invite families to access the eBook,
                                                                                                                                                                                   Read-Aloud        The Girl Who Wore Too Much         Something From Nothing                         The Girl Who Wore Too Much                              Abuela’s Weave                              The Girl The
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    WhoCreative
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Wore Too Curriculum
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Much      ®       The Quinceañera.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              for Preschool
                                                                                                                                 Interest Areas               Sand and Water: powder,        Sand andBook    Discussion
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Water:   soap, Card 03 Library: letter stamps                                  BookLibrary:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Discussion  Card 03story and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     clothesline                                                                           Book Discussion Card 03
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Outdoor Experiences
                                                                                                                                                              liquid, and bar soaps; egg             (firstbeaters
                                                                                                                                                                                             mixers, and    read-aloud)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   from the     Art: pieces of paper with a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       (second read-aloud)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            props or the pocket storytelling                                                               (third read-aloud)                     Wow! Experiences
                                                                                                                                                              beaters; whisks                previous day’s experience                                                                      props                                         Walking the Line
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                variety of lines drawn on them,                                                                                                                                                                       • Day 3: A visit from someone who sews
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Make   long1:lines outside with masking tapeOption
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            or
                                                                                                                                                                                Small
                                                                                                                                                              Dramatic Play: laundry        Group            Option 1: Patterns on         e.g., straight,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Optionzigzag, curved;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            1: Sewing  Paper           Option            eBook version
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              1: Mixing Paints
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Technology:                                        Option      Writing  Poetry                         1: Writing Poetry
                                                                                                                                                              baskets                                        Clothing                      one or two   lines perTeaching
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sheet Card                 of Wash  and DryCard P30,                      sidewalk chalk.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Intentional                        Intentional Teaching                                    Intentional Teaching Card                  Intentional Teaching Card LL27,
                                                                                                                                                              Technology: eBook version                       Intentional Teaching Card            P01, “Let’s Sew”; hole              “Mixing Paints”; red, blue,                        • Demonstrate     how children
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               LL27, “Writing     Poems”; can  walk on them,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           audio               e.g., Poems”; audio recorder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          “Writing
                                                                                                                                                              of Wash and Dry                                 M14, “Patterns”; clothing            punch; yarn; toothpicks;            yellow, black, and white paints;                     when   they walk on the straight line, tell them to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               recorder                                   Option 2: A Collection of Poems
                                                                                                                                                                                                              collection; crayons,                 heavyweight paper                   tray; paintbrushes; paper; The                       keep their bodies straight; on curved lines, they
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Option 2: A Collection of
                                                                                                                                                                                                              markers, or pencils; paper                                               Girl Who Wore Too Much; The                          should  walk with a curved back, etc.         Intentional Teaching Card LL27,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Option    2: Let’s Sew                                                                      Poems
                                                                                                                        Question of the Day                   Which soap will make the               Which soap will clean best:           Can you    find something    with                 Do you have pockets on your
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Quinceañera                                                                                        “Writing Poems”; audio recorder;
                                                                                                                                                              best bubbles: liquid, powder,                   Option 2:
                                                                                                                                                                                                     liquid, powder,   or Button
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          bar? Patterns    a straight  line and something                    clothes today?                               Going  on a Line Hunt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Intentional   Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Intentional    Teaching Card                                                                                                           digital camera
                                                                                                                                                              or bar?                                         Intentional Teaching Card    with a curved    line in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   P01, “Let’s      our burlap or
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Sew”;                 Option 2: Dyeing Paper Towels                           LL27,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Invite     “Writing
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   children       Poems”;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              to look      audio lines outside. Use
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      for various
                                                                                                                                                                                                              M14, “Patterns”; buttons;    classroom?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   other loosely woven fabric or       Intentional Teaching Card                               recorder;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            a digital     digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      camera      camera
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               to take photos or let the children
                                                                                                                                                                                                              crayons, markers, or                 plastic mesh; blunt needles;        P31, “Tie-Dyed Towels”;                              take pictures of the lines they find.
                                                                                                                                                                                                              pencils; paper                       yarn or thick thread                paperBook:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             towels;A food
                                                                                                                                    Large Group               Music: Beating Drum Patterns           Movement: Move Like a                 Song: “This Is the Way We                                  Pocketcoloring;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             for Corduroy                 • Create a book of lines by using the photos the
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Washer or Dryer                       Wash Our Clothes”                           eye droppers; ice cube tray;                         children took or download them onto a classroom
                                                                                                                                                              Discussion and Shared                                                                                                         Discussion and Shared Writing:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       clothespins; clothesline; The                        computer or tablet for children to look at.
                                                                                                                                                              Writing: Cleaning Clothes              Discussion and Shared                 Discussion and Shared                            Mending
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Girl Who  Wore Too Much
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Writing: Remembering a Trip           Writing: Finding and Making
                                                                                                                                                              Materials: drums or objects                                                                                                   Materials: Mighty Minutes 04,
                                                                                                                                                              to be used as drums; stained or   to the Laundromat or read                  Lines                                            “Riddle Dee Dee”; A Pocket
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Family Partnerships
                                                                                                                                                                              Mighty
                                                                                                                                                              dirty piece of clothing;  Minutes®Wash andMighty
                                                                                                                                                                                       Mighty             Dry Minutes 16,                         Mighty Minutes 12,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Materials: Mighty Minutes 06,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mighty Minutes 24,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for Corduroy; torn clothing;
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mighty Minutes 28,                  Mighty Minutes 42, “Come Play
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Ask family members to accompany the class on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                        “Nothing, Nothing,                        “Ticky Ricky”                        “Dinky Doo”                                             “Counting Calisthenics”             With Me”
                                                                                                                                                              Minutes 26, “Echo Clapping”;      Materials: Wash and Dry; a                 “This Is the Way”; clothesline                   mending items, e.g., patches,                   site visit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                        Something”
                                                                                                                                                              Wash and Dry; washboard;          clothesline and clothespins for                                                             zipper, Velcro®, button with                  • Invite a family member who sews to visit the
                                                                                                                                                              Intentional Teaching Card         hanging clothes to dry.                                                                     needle and thread                               class during Investigation 3, “How do people
                                                                                                                                                              SE01, “Site Visits”                                                                                                                                                           make clothes?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Invite families to access the eBook, Wash and Dry.
                                                                                                                                     Read-Aloud               The Mitten                             Llama Llama Red Pajama                The Mitten                                        Wash and Dry
                                                                                                                                                              Book Discussion Card 02                                                      Book Discussion Card 02                                                                        Wow! Experiences
                                                                                                                                                              (second read-aloud)                                                          (third read-aloud)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          • Day 1: Visit to a laundromat

                                                                                                                                    Small Group               Option 1: Letter Stamps                Option 1: Button Letters              Option 1: Observing Changes                       Option 1: Dramatic Story
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Retelling                                      When you call to schedule the site visit, talk
                                                                                                                                                              Intentional Teaching Card              Intentional Teaching Card             Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                              LL07, “Letters, Letters,               LL03, “Alphabet Cards”;               M07, “Ice Cubes”; ice cubes;                      Intentional Teaching Card LL06,                with the manager to arrange for the children
                                                                                                                                                              Letters”; alphabet stamps; ink         buttons; alphabet cards               paper towels; cups; measuring                     “Dramatic Story Retelling”; The                to interview a staff member if possible.
                                                                                                                                                              pads; construction paper or            Option 2: Feeling Letters             tools                                             Mitten; story props
                                                                                                                                                              magnetic letters and board                                                   Option 2: Baggie Ice Cream                        Option 2: Pocket Storytelling
                                                                                                                                                                                                     Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                              Option 2: Shaving Cream                                                                                                        Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                                                                     LL15, “Texture Letters”;              Intentional Teaching Card
                                                                                                                                                              Letters
                                                                                                                                                                                                     letters cut out of a variety          M08, “Baggie Ice Cream”                           LL09, “Pocket Storytelling: The
                                                                                                                                                              Intentional Teaching Card              of fabrics                            (See card for equipment,                          Mitten”; mitten-shaped pocket;
                                                                                                                                                              LL13, “Shaving Cream                                                         ingredients, and recipe.)                         toy or picture props
                                                                                                                                                              Letters”; shaving cream

                                                                                                                              Mighty Minutes®                 Mighty Minutes 53, “Three              Mighty Minutes 22, “Hot               Mighty Minutes 19, “I Spy                         Mighty Minutes 13,
                                                                                                                                                              Rowdy Children”                        or Cold Shapes”; variety of           With My Little Eye”                               “Simon Says”
                                                                                                                                                                                                     three-dimensional shapes

8
The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic

       Day 1                                 Investigation 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Read-Aloud                                                                                                Read Goldilocks and the Three Bears.                                                                                                                             children that the book will be available to

       What are the features of clothes?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             • Before you read, remind children about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the question of the day. Ask, “What do
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      them on the computer in the Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      area.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            you know already about the story?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            English-language learners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • As you read, talk about the sizes of the                                                                                                             To help English-language learners identify
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            bears, bowls, chairs, and beds and relate                                                                                                       props, have them point to objects in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            this information to the sizes of the shirts                                                                                                     book’s illustrations or to objects in the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            discussed at group time.                                                                                                                        room, such as chairs. Then confirm their
       Vocabulary                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • After you read, ask what props are                                                                                                                   comprehension and model language for
       English: small, medium, large, size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            needed to act out the story. List them on                                                                                                       talking about the items. For example, say,
       Spanish: pequeño, mediano, grande, tamaño
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            chart paper or a whiteboard. Invite the                                                                                                         “Yes, we need a small chair to act out the
       Question of the Day: What do you know about the story
       Goldilocks and the Three Bears?                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      children to help you gather them. Tell the                                                                                                      story.” Emphasize the name of the prop.

       Large Group                           Opening Routine                                 • Refer to the chart, “What do we know

                                             • Sing a welcome song and talk about
                                                                                               about clothes?” and say, “[Ashley] said                                                                     Small Group                                                                                               Option 1: Play Dough                                                                                                                                   • Use small-, medium-, and large-sized
                                                                                               clothes come in different sizes. So this                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               biscuit cutters to cut out shapes or use
                                               who’s here.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Review Intentional Teaching Card M15,
                                                                                               must be the wrong size.”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               the rims of glasses or cups to cut the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “Play Dough.”
                                             Song: “The Farmer in the Dell”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           biscuits. Talk to the children about the
                                                                                             • Ask, “How can we find out what size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • After the play dough is made, invite                                                                                                                           sizes as they work.
                                             • Review Mighty Minutes Card 08, “Clap            clothes or shoes we wear?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            children to create small, medium, and
                                               the Missing Word.”                            • Record their answers on a chart.                                                                                                                                                                                             large objects.
                                             • Follow the guidance on the card using         • Allow children to examine the label
                                               the song, “The Farmer in the Dell.”             size in their own or each other’s shirts                                                                                                                                                                              Option 2: Biscuits
                                                                                               or shoes and share or chart their                                                                                                                                                                                     • Use Intentional Teaching Card M10,
                                               In this activity, you are helping               responses.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   “Biscuits,” to make biscuit dough with                                 The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic

                                               children sharpen their phonological           • Lay out a small, medium, and large
                                                                                                                                            Day 2                               Investigation 1                                                                                                                             the children.
                                               awareness skills by listening for a             T-shirt and ask children what they notice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Choice Time                       As you interact with children in the interest
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 areas, make time to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Provide paper and pencils for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    recording observations if the children
                                                                                                                                            What are the features of clothes?                                                                                                                                                                    • Observe how they measure objects.                are interested.

                                               particular word in a sentence.                  about the shirts.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 • Encourage them to read the numerals on

                                                                                                                                                                                                           Mighty Minutes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the tools.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   ®                 • Use Mighty Minutes 18, “I’m
                                                                                             • Invite a couple of children to try on the
                                                                                                                                            Vocabulary
                                                                                                                                            English: tape measure, yardstick, ruler,
                                                                                                                                            measure, long, short
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Read-Aloud
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Thinking Of….”       • Reread Goldilocks and The Three Bears.           Retelling stories helps children build

                                             Discussion and Shared Writing:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Invite the children to act out the story         comprehension skills. Read more about
                                                                                                                                            Spanish: cinta para medir, vara para medir,

                                                                                               shirts and talk about how they fit. Take     regla, medir, largo, corto                                                                                                                                                                             with the props gathered yesterday.               retelling in the section on teaching
                                                                                                                                            Question of the Day: Is the tag inside your shirt marked with a number or the letter                                                                                                                 • Refer to Intentional Teaching Card LL06,         strategies in The Creative Curriculum
                                                                                                                                            S, M, or L ? (Have sticky notes available for answers.)                                                                                                                                                                                                 for Preschool, Volume 3: Literacy.

                                             Exploring Sizes of Clothes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   “Dramatic Story Retelling” for more

                                                                                               photos of this experience.                   Large Group                         Opening Routine                                    • Ask open-ended questions about the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     items, e.g., “What could I measure with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   information.

                                                                                                                                                                                • Sing a welcome song and talk about

                                                                                                                                                                                                           Large-Group
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     this?” “Which one of these would be

                                             • Pretend to struggle to put on a piece
                                                                                                                                                                                   who’s here.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     better for measuring how tall the door is?”
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • Recall the day’s events.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Small Group                       Option 1: What’s Missing?                        • Use any memory or lotto game that you                                                                                  The Clothes Study Investigating the Topic

                                                                                             Before transitioning to interest areas, talk                                       Rhyme: “Riddle Dee Dee”                                                                                                                                                                                             have in your classroom or create one

                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Day 3 Investigation 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Pass items around for children                                                                              • Review Intentional Teaching Card LL18,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    by gluing pictures of matching clothing
                                                                                                                                                                                • Review Mighty Minutes 04, “Riddle Dee              to examine.                                                                                                   “What’s Missing?”

                                               of a child’s clothing that is obviously
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Roundup What are the features
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    items onto index cards.

                                                                                             to the children about how they can use                                                                                               • Invite children who painted at the easel
                                                                                                                                                                                   Dee.” Try the jumping syllables variation       • Demonstrate how to measure a person                                                                         • Follow the guidance on the card using
                                                                                                                                                                                   on the back of the card.                          using a tape measure and talk about the                                                                       clothing items to play the game.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    These games help children improve
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     importance of finding out the length of                                                                                                                                                                 Choice Time                   As you interact with children in the interest

                                               too small.                                    their clothing display in the Art area to                                             Using “Riddle Dee Dee” in this
                                                                                                                                                                                   new way gives children practice
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         of clothes?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     pants or a dress.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Emphasize that our clothes and shoes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Option 2: Memory Card Game
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            during choice time to share their work
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 • Review Intentional Teaching Card LL08,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    their visual memory skills. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    skill will be important in literacy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           areas, make time to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           • Observe each child’s ability to recall the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           English-language learners
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           To help children who lack oral proficiency in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    development as children remember                                                                                       English participate in dramatic play, model
                                                                                                                                                                                   with breaking words into separate                                                                                                                               “Memory Games.” Follow the guidance                                                                                       events of the story. Pay attention to how
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     come in different sizes so we have to                                                                                                                          a letter or word. In math, they will                                                                                   the language used for various roles so that

                                                                                             inspire paintings at the easels.                                                                                                                                                                                               inspired by the clothing display.
                                                                                                                                                                                   syllables in a playful way.                                                                                                                                     on the card.                                                                                                              they negotiate roles and interact with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     measure our bodies to find our size.                                                                                                                           use the skill to recognize numerals,                                                                                   children become familiar with it.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    shapes, and patterns.                                                    each other during the retelling.
                                                                                                                                                                                Discussion and Shared Writing:                       Using a strategy such as a mystery
                                                                                                                                                                                Measuring Tools                                      bag helps children focus their
                                                                                                                                                                                • Show pictures from yesterday’s                     attention. Being able to attend
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Mighty Minutes®                   • Use Mighty Minutes 20, “I Can Make

                                                                                                                                                                                   experience or remind children of the              to a task is an important part of                                                                             a Circle.”                                                                                Read-Aloud                    Read A Pocket for Corduroy.                     • As you read, ask, “Do you have

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     cognitive self-regulation.                                                                                                                                                                                                            • Before you read, share the title of the         pockets on your clothes? Why are they
                                                                                                                                                                                   importance of choosing clothes that fit.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             book and ask, “What do you think this           important?”
                                                                                                                                                                                • Refer to the question of the day and sort
                                                                                                                                                                                   sticky notes by size.                                                                       Vocabulary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Large-Group                       • Recall the day’s events.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             book will be about?”                          • After you read, help children review
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Before transitioning to interest areas,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Roundup                           • Remind the children that a dad or other

       Choice Time
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             their predictions of what they thought

                                             As you interact with children in the interest     to spark their imaginations. “What do                                            • Use a mystery bag or box to introduce or
                                                                                                                                                                                   review a variety of standard measuring
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     talk about the measuring tools in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the Block area and how children
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               English: bigger, smaller, equal, measure
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Spanish: más grande, más pequeño, igual, medida
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Question of the Day: What shapes do you see on your clothes?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   male family member is coming to visit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   the classroom tomorrow. Talk about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             the story would be about.

                                                                                                                                                                                   tools, e.g., tape measure, ruler, yardstick,      can use them.                                                                                                 the clothing size he might wear. Ask the

                                             areas, make time to                               you notice about these clothes? Which                                               foot measurer.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Large Group                         Opening Routine
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   children to think about questions to ask
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     • Have the children measure the visitor’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 him about his clothing size and record
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     clothes with standard measuring tools,                                  Small Group                   Option 1: Bigger Than, Smaller Than,            Option 2: Measure & Compare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Sing a welcome song and talktheir
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  aboutquestions on the chart, “What do we                                                                                 Equal To
                                                                                               one do you think is the most interesting?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     e.g., rulers or tape measure, and–or                                                                                                                  Review Intentional Teaching Card M12,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     who’s here.                 want to find out about clothes?”

                                             • Observe how children use the clothing to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     nonstandard tools, e.g., interlocking                                                                 • Review Intentional Teaching Card M09,         “Measure & Compare.” Follow the guidance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Game: Finding Shapes on Clothing                    cubes or paper clips.                                                                                 “Bigger Than, Smaller Than, Equal To.”        on the card for measuring clothing items
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           from the collection.

                                                                                               Why?”                                        30                                                                                                                                                                 The• Creative Curriculum ®
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          for 20,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Preschool             • Record children’s comments and                                                                         Follow the guidance on the card.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Review Mighty  Minutes       “I Can                                                                                       31

                                               inspire their paintings. Before they begin                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Make a Circle.” Follow the guidance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     on the card.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       observations.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Talk about the question of the day.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       "Do you see any shapes on our

                                               to paint, ask them a couple of questions                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Discussion and Shared Writing:                                                                                                                          • Use Mighty Minutes 27, “Diddle, Diddle,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Looking at Large Clothes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       visitor’s clothes?"
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Mighty Minutes®                 Dumpling.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Introduce the visitor to the children             Take photos of classroom visitors
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     or have the related child introduce               and children’s investigations so you
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the visitor.                                      can document their learning and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Ask the visitor to show the clothing that         refer to those pictures throughout                                    Large-Group                   • Recall the day’s events.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the study. Write a descriptive
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     he brought to share.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       sentence underneath each one.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Roundup                       • Remind children that a baby is coming
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             to visit the classroom tomorrow. Ask the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Ask him about the size of his clothes and
       28                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool                                                                    refer to the list of questions the children
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     generated yesterday.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Before transitioning to interest areas, talk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             children to think about questions that
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             they would like to ask the caregiver about
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    about the props from Goldilocks and the                                                                  the baby’s clothing. Record
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • Allow children to ask their questions and      Three Bears that are in the Library area                                                                 their questions.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     compare their clothing sizes to his.           and how children may use them.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   • If the visitor brought a baby picture, have
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     him share it with the children. Compare
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     the clothing in the picture with the size
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     of clothing he wears now.

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The Teaching Guides provide detailed                                                      Why Studies?                                                                                                                                                   Advantages of Studies
guidance for using the other rich                                                         The study approach allows for deep,                                                                                                                            •	
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           allow children to explore science and
curricular resources and give teachers                                                    firsthand exploration of topics that                                                                                                                             social studies topics while developing
the unique flexibility to adapt learning                                                  interest children, offering myriad ways                                                                                                                          skills in language and literacy,
experiences for each child. This ensures                                                  to learn about each topic. Plus, the study                                                                                                                       math, technology, and the arts
that every day teachers are helping all                                                   approach not only allows children to
children participate fully and meet                                                                                                                                                                                                                      •	let children apply their acquired skills
                                                                                          gain a deeper understanding of the topic
important early learning standards.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         in meaningful, real-life contexts
                                                                                          but also encourages them to develop
                                                                                          skills across all domains as they apply the                                                                                                                    •	encourage higher-level thinking,
What Are Studies?                                                                         investigative process.                                                                                                                                            development of intellectual interests,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and positive approaches to learning
Most Teaching Guides feature studies,
hands-on, project-based investigations                                                    The five study topics featured in the                                                                                                                          •	give children the necessary skills to
of topics that are relevant to children’s                                                 Teaching Guides offer plenty of flexibility                                                                                                                       solve problems and find answers to
everyday experiences. Studies are                                                         for teachers to incorporate many of the                                                                                                                           their questions in a creative way
exciting and engaging. They tap into                                                      typical themes that are used in preschool
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         •	support the development of social–
children’s natural curiosity, resulting                                                   classrooms all over the country. Just like
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            emotional skills, such as resolving
in a learning environment that is both                                                    themes, studies approach teaching and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            conflict, sharing responsibilities,
fun and intentional.                                                                      learning through a topic of interest to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and working collaboratively
                                                                                          preschool children. Also like themes, studies
                                                                                          integrate learning across developmental                                                                                                                        • encourage family involvement
The study approach is a method of
integrating content learning through                                                      and content areas and enable teachers
children’s in-depth investigations of a                                                   to plan primarily hands-on experiences.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Study Topics
meaningful topic. Children raise questions                                                Many activities from a teacher’s existing
                                                                                          themes can be built right in to one of the                                                                                                                     • Balls                                                                                                                         • Clothes
about the topic, and through exploration
                                                                                          study topics.                                                                                                                                                  • Buildings                                                                                                                     •	Reduce,
and discovery they find answers to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         • Trees                                                                                                                            Reuse, Recycle
their questions.

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What are The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool
Objectives for Development & Learning?
The 38 research-based objectives are the heart of the curriculum and define the path
teachers take with children in their classroom. They inform every aspect of teaching, include
predictors of school success, and are aligned with state early learning guidelines and the
Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework.

       SOCIAL–EMOTIONAL                                       LANGUAGE
       1.   Regulates own emotions and behaviors              8. Listens to and understands increasingly
                                                                 complex language
            a. Manages feelings
                                                                  a. Comprehends language
            b. Follows limits and expectations
                                                                  b. Follows directions
            c. Takes care of own needs appropriately
                                                               9. Uses language to express thoughts and needs
       2.   Establishes and sustains positive relationships
                                                                  a. Uses an expanding expressive vocabulary
            a. Forms relationships with adults
                                                                  b. Speaks clearly
            b. Responds to emotional cues
                                                                  c. Uses conventional grammar
            c. Interacts with peers
                                                                  d. Tells about another time or place
            d. Makes friends
                                                              10. Uses appropriate conversational and other
       3.   Participates cooperatively and constructively
                                                                  communication skills
            in group situations
                                                                  a. Engages in conversations
            a. Balances needs and rights of self and others
                                                                  b. Uses social rules of language
            b. Solves social problems
                                                              COGNITIVE
       PHYSICAL
                                                              11. Demonstrates positive approaches to learning
       4.   Demonstrates traveling skills
       5.   Demonstrates balancing skills                         a. Attends and engages
                                                                  b. Persists
       6.   Demonstrates gross-motor manipulative skills
                                                                  c. Solves problems
       7.   Demonstrates fine-motor strength and
            coordination                                          d. Shows curiosity and motivation
            a. Uses fingers and hands                             e. Shows flexibility and inventiveness in thinking
            b. Uses writing and drawing tools                 12. Remembers and connects experiences
                                                                  a. Recognizes and recalls
                                                                  b. Makes connections
                                                              13. Uses classification skills

                                                              14. Uses symbols and images to represent
                                                                  something not present
                                                                  a. Thinks symbolically
                                                                  b. Engages in sociodramatic play

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Curriculum Overview

Our latest edition of the curriculum,                The objectives cover 10 areas of
features expanded objectives for                     development and learning, including
development and learning from birth                  broad developmental areas, content
through third grade. New progressions                areas, and English language acquisition.
for first, second, and third grade enable            Many objectives also include dimensions
teachers to see children’s development               that guide teachers’ thinking about
and learning along a progression across              various aspects of that objective and
the whole of the early childhood years.              help clarify what it addresses.

 LITERACY                                                                     MATHEMATICS
 15. Demonstrates phonological awareness, phonics                             20. Uses number concepts
     skills, and word recognition                                                 and operations
      a. Notices and discriminates rhyme                                          a. Counts
      b. Notices and discriminates alliteration                                   b. Quantifies
      c.	
         Notices and discriminates discrete units of sound                        c. Connects numerals with their quantities
      d. A
          pplies phonics rules and knowledge of word                             d. Understands and uses place value and base ten
         structure to decode text
                                                                                 e. Applies properties of mathematical operations
 16. Demonstrates knowledge of the alphabet                                   			 and relationships
      a. Identifies and names letters                                            f. Applies number combinations and mental
                                                                              			 number strategies in mathematical operations
      b. Identifies letter-sound correspondences
                                                                              21. Explores and describes spatial relationships
 17. Demonstrates knowledge of print and its uses
                                                                                  and shapes
      a. Uses and appreciates books and other texts
                                                                                  a. Understands spatial relationships
      b. Uses print concepts
                                                                                  b. Understands shapes
 18.	
     Comprehends and responds to
                                                                              22. Compares and measures
     books and other texts
                                                                                  a. Measures objects
      a.	
         Interacts during reading experiences,
         book conversations, and text                                             b. Measures time and money
         reflections
                                                                                  c. Represents and analyzes data
      b. Uses emergent reading skills
                                                                              23. Demonstrates knowledge of patterns
      c.	
         Retells stories and recounts details from
         informational texts                                                  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

      d.	
         Uses context clues to read and comprehend texts                      24. Uses scientific inquiry skills

      e. Reads fluently                                                       25. Demonstrates knowledge of the characteristics
                                                                                  of living things
 19. Demonstrates emergent writing skills
                                                                              26.	
                                                                                  Demonstrates knowledge of the physical
      a. Writes name                                                              properties of objects and materials
      b. Writes to convey meaning                                             27. Demonstrates knowledge of Earth’s environment
      c. Writes using conventions                                             28. Uses tools and other technology to perform tasks
                                                                              SOCIAL STUDIES
                                                                              29. Demonstrates knowledge about self
                                                                              30. Shows basic understanding of people and how they live
                                                                              31. Explores change related to familiar people or places
                                                                              32. Demonstrates simple geographic knowledge
                                                                              THE ARTS
                                                                              33. Explores the visual arts
                                                                              34. Explores musical concepts and expression
                                                                              35. Explores dance and movement concepts
                                                                              36. Explores drama through actions and language
                                                                              ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
                                                                              37. Demonstrates progress in listening to and
                                                                                  understanding English
                                                                              38. Demonstrates progress in speaking English

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How Curriculum and Assessment Are Linked
                        Before beginning any journey, you need to know where teachers are heading. When teachers
                        begin to implement the curriculum, they can look to the Objectives for Development & Learning
                        to guide them. These objectives, now expanded through third grade, define the skills, knowledge,
                        and behaviors that teachers are helping children acquire in their program. Teachers now have a
                        complete picture along a progression across the whole of the early childhood years, from birth
                        through third grade.

      Objective 20 Uses number concepts and operations
      b. Quantifies
         Not Yet   1              2              3             4               5             6               7              8                 9             10              11             12             13            14               15

                        Demonstrates                 Recognizes and                Makes sets of 6–10            Solves simple equal              Answers how much               Answers how much              Compares
                        understanding of             names the number              objects and then              share problems;                  questions about                questions about               fractions and
                        the concepts of one,         of items in a small           describes the parts;          makes sets of 11–20              wholes partitioned             wholes partitioned            explains them
                        two, and more                set (up to five)              identifies which part         objects and then                 into equal-size                into equal shares             using physical
                                                     instantly; combines           has more, less, or the        describes the parts              shares of two                  of two (halves),              models, pictorial
                        • Says, “More apple,”        and separates up              same (equal); counts                                           and four; verbally             four (fourths),               representations,
                          to indicate he wants                                     all or counts on to           • Cuts a banana in half          labels each part               and three (thirds);           and number lines
                                                     to five objects and
                          more pieces than                                         find out how many               and says to a friend,          and describes its              verbally labels each
                                                     describes the parts
                          given                                                                                    “Now, we each have a                                          part and describes            • Partitions the
                                                                                                                                                  relationship to the
                        • Takes two crackers         • Looks at the sand           • Says, “I have nine            fair share because we                                         its relationship to             space on a number
                                                                                                                                                  whole
                          when prompted,               table and says                cars in a row. I only         each have the same.”                                          the whole                       line from 0 to 1
                          “Take two crackers.”         instantly, without            need one more to            • Uses two-sided                 • Cuts a paper pizza                                           into six equal parts
                                                       counting, “There are          get to 10!”                   counters to                      into two equal parts;        • Divides a rectangle           Puts a red dot
                                                       three children at the       • Says, “I have eight           determine                        gives one part to a            into two rows and             to indicate 4/6,
                                                       table.”                       big buttons, and              different number                 friend and says, “We           two columns of                a green dot to
                                                     • Says, “I have four            you have eight little         combinations for 14              have equal amounts.            equal size; colors            indicate 2/6, and a
                                                       cubes. Two are red,           buttons. We have                                               We each have half of           in one part when              blue dot to indicate
                                                                                                                 • Counts the students              the pizza.”                    asked to represent            a whole. Signs,
                                                       and two are blue.”            the same.”                    in the circle, and
                                                                                                                                                  • Divides a clay length          one fourth, colors            “That’s six sixths.”
                                                     • Puts three bunnies          • Tosses 10 puff balls          says, “There were                                               in another part to
                                                       in the box with the           at the hoop. When             12 of us from Mrs.               into four equal parts                                      • Given a plate
                                                                                                                                                    when asked by the              show one half                 divided into
                                                       two bears. Counts             three land outside,           Holt’s class, and four
                                                       and says, “Now I              says, “More went              more kids came. That             teacher to make              • Says, “When I put             eighths, shows one
                                                       have five.”                   inside.”                      means there are 13,              fourths                        these four quarter            piece for 1/8, three
                                                                                                                   14, 15, 16 of us playing         Signs, “It’s three             pieces together, I            pieces for 3/8, and
                                                                                   • Puts two dominoes                                              fourths” when asked            have one whole.               four pieces for 4/8.
                                                                                     together, says, “Five         dodge ball.”
                                                                                                                                                    what three pieces of           Four fourths equal            Then says, “Hey,
                                                                                     dots,” and counts                                              the whole represent            a whole.”                     these 4/8 are
                                                                                     on: “Six, seven,                                                                                                            equal to one half
                                                                                     eight. Eight dots all                                                                       • Provides the
                                                                                                                                                                                   correct response              because they are
                                                                                     together.”                                                                                                                  the same size!”
                                                                                                                                                                                   when the teacher
                                                                                                                                                                                   shows pictures
                                                                                                                                                                                   representing two
                                                                                                                                                                                   thirds, two fourths,
                                                                                                                                                                                   one half, etc.

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