"All About Me" is a popular September preschool theme and I decided to go with it as well because I love all that can be discussed within this topic! I threw in Grandparent's Day because I thought it was perfect to go with this theme since we'll be talking about families, and I also added a Mexican Independence Day project because a) one more thing to celebrate, b) I'll be adding in Spanish printables/books/flashcards every month since I want my boys to be bilingual!
Check out my post for free preschool planning printables as well as our entire 12 months of themes.
In my printables you'll find a sheet that has 12 developmental focus areas. After planning our monthly theme and activities, I went through the focus areas to make sure I covered each one at least once. That's why you'll see random things like "help Mommy clean..." that may not seem to necessarily tie in with our theme but housekeeping is a developmental focus so I added it in there.
Theme: "All About Me" - my five senses, my body, my family, all about me
Things to explore: healthy food, appropriate touch (normally this would be a place to visit or a field trip, the science museum would be a good place to visit for this theme).
Celebrate: Grandparent's Day, Mexican Independence Day
Numbers: 1, 2
Letters: G (grandparents), X (x-ray)
Week 1
Tuesday - Library, help Mommy dust the house (discuss the importance of taking care of our home)
Wednesday - My 5 Senses craft
Friday - Grandparents Day Craft
Read: Fun With My Five Senses, I Already Know I Love You, Grandma, Grandpa, and Me
Week 2
Monday - My Body Can Do Many Things printable
Tuesday - Read the book "Too Much Junk Food"
Wednesday - Mexican Independence Day craft
Thursday - Help prepare a healthy recipe for dinner (discuss foods that make our bodies strong)
Friday - Letter "X" x-ray craft
Read: Who Has What? All About Girls' Bodies and Boys' Bodies, Your Body Belongs to You, Mexican Independence Day and Cinco de Mayo
Week 3
Monday - Our home craft
Tuesday - Build our house using Legos or wooden blocks
Wednesday - Family tree craft
Thursday - Spanish family flash cards
Friday - Q-tip painting, letters G and X
Read: Who's In My Family? All About Our Families
Week 4
Monday - All About Me booklet craft
Wednesday - Bilingual number tracing printables, 2 coloring sheet printables
Thursday - dramatic play: play house
Friday - Practice writing name using highlighter
I seriously love this! You are so creative and I love how simple each day is!
Thanks Chelsea!
Painting with q-tips! I'm totally stealing that idea. Love how organized and prepared you are with this schedule.
I know, how cool is that little craft?! Thanks girl, I'm trying!
What a fun and comprehensive month.
I think too much curriculum can be overwhelming. Plus this is a nice pace to ease yourselves into the learning environment. You'll see as you go along, how learning can be incorporated into so much of your day (and you may even realize just how much you were doing already)!
I'm very excited to observe your homeschool journey Jessica.
xoxo
Yesss, that's what's I'm hoping! That this will help us ease into a learning environment. I'm already seeing how so much learning happens constantly once you're thinking about it and have a subject you're covering! I love it. Thanks for commenting Jennifer!! Xo