October 2026
Creative Curriculum Study
Trees
Monthly Topic
The Secret Life of Trees
Color
orange = anaranjado
Shape
triangle = triangulo
Numbers
3 & 4
Letters
O, T, Z
Spanish Words
change = cambiar
leaf = hoja
Spotlight Author
Jennifer Ward
Suggested Readings
Because You Are My Baby
Mama Built a Nest
Forest Bright, Forest Night ….
There Was a Coyote Who Swallowed a Flea
How to Find a Bird
What Will Hatch?
Change
Sign Language
Leaf
This is my trunk, I'm a tall, tall tree,
In the autumn the apples grow on me.
They drop; they drop.
This is my trunk, I'm a tall, tall tree,
In the winter the snowflakes fall on me.
They glisten; they glisten. Brrrrr!
This is my trunk, I'm a tall, tall tree,
In the springtime the blossoms grow on me.
They open; they open.
This is my trunk, I'm a tall, tall tree,
In the summer the breezes blow through me.
I bend; I bend.
Math & Measuring
Patterning
Children learn to identify patterns and to predict the next sequence in a pattern. Infants and toddlers learn about patterns by singing along with a parent or teacher and by preschool age can show that they recognize a simple, repeating pattern, as well as replicate patterns.
Yoga Pose
Tree
Spotlight On...
Language Development
The development of children’s early language skills is critically important for their future academic success. Language development indicators reflect a child’s ability to understand increasingly complex language (receptive language skills), a child’s increasing proficiency when expressing ideas (expressive language skills), and a child’s growing understanding of and ability to follow appropriate social and conversational rules.
