April 2026
Creative Curriculum Study
Gardening
Monthly Topic
Keeping Our World Green
Color
green = verde
Shape
diamond = diamante
Numbers
15 & 16
Letters
E & N
Spanish Words
Garden = Jardin
Environment = medioambiente
Spotlight Author
Eric Carle
Suggested Readings
Animals, Animals
The Grouchy Ladybug
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
The Tiny Seed
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me
The Very Hungry Ladybug
Garden
Sign Language
Environment
Sung to the tune of “The Farmer in the Dell”
The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi Ho the Derry O
The farmer plants the seeds
Sub in other verses:
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me
Add your own!
Math & Measuring
Geometry
In early childhood, young children learn to identify shapes and their attributes and solve mathematical situations using shapes. Infants and toddlers begin this work by exploring how differently shaped objects fit (or do not fit) together by manipulating toys as stacking cups. Older children will build pictures or designs with two- and three -dimensional shapes and create buildings or structures with shapes, such as building blocks.
Yoga Pose
Frog Squat
Spotlight On...
Social Studies
Through social studies, children can explore and develop an understanding of their place within and relationship to family, community, environment, and the world. Social studies learning supports children’s emerging understanding of social rules. Children are also introduced to the different perspectives that they and others share and to life within their community.
