August 2026
Creative Curriculum Study
Exercise
Monthly Topic
We Like to Move
Color
rainbow = arco iris
Shape
crescent = cresciente
Numbers
1 - 20
Letters
B & Z
Spanish Words
dance = ballar
move = mover
Spotlight Author
Cori Doerrfeld
Suggested Readings
Beneath
Nellie’s Big Splash
Goodbye Friend! Hello Friend!
Ready to Soar
Little Bunny Foo Foo – the Real Story
The Rabbit Listener
Dance
Sign Language
Move
Tune: The Mulberry Bush
This is the way I jump up and down,
jump up and down, jump up and down.
This is the way I jump up and down, when I’m at school.
Variations:
This is the way I touch my nose
Spin around
Stretch up high
Bend down low
Balance on one foot
Make up your own!
Math & Measuring
Number Sense and Quantity
Children develop number recognition and counting skills and learn the relationship between numbers and the quantity they represent. This begins when they recognize that there are “one” or “two” of something as infants, and grows to being able to use strategies to count large sets of objects (more than 10) by kindergarten.
Yoga Pose
Crescent Moon
Spotlight On...
Mathematics
Children develop number recognition and counting skills and learn the relationship between numbers and the quantity they represent. This begins when they recognize that there are “one” or “two” of something as infants, and grows to being able to use strategies to count large sets of objects (more than 10) by kindergarten.
