This month’s March curriculum is about playtime and Spring. Our life will soon be more beautiful with all the flowers and blossoms arriving with the warm weather. At LittleField, we like to enjoy the world around us and use it in all disciplines.
The vocabulary and basic concepts are:
park swings slide ladder
sandbox monkey bars tunnel butterfly
bee ladybug caterpillar flower
garden rain umbrella run jump throw catch kick
fly crawl hide play
stop go
To add these concepts into daily activities, we suggest: looking at books and magazines to practice pointing and naming skills, match pictures to the object or activity to help reinforce new words, highlight these words in a variety of places (school, park, grandparent’s house, etc.), and songs such as “Baby Bumble Bee” and “Five Speckled Frogs.”
Songs and music are a great way to encourage overall development. Nursery rhymes and lullabies can calm a young child and encourage self-regulation. Music can stimulate memory and increase vocabulary, laying a foundation for early literacy. Encourage your child to imitate movements or gestures and sing along with you during music time. Below are the lyrics for a new song this month.
“ Baby Bumble Bee”
I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee,
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me.
I’m bringing home my baby bumble bee,
Ouch! It stung me!
I’m squishing up my baby bumble bee,
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me.
I’m squishing up my baby bumble bee,
Eww! It’s yucky!
I’m wiping off my baby bumble bee,
Won’t my mommy be so proud of me.
I’m wiping off my baby bumble bee,
Now my mommy won’t be mad at me!
Some of LittleField’s favorite books for Spring time are:
(0-2 years) Spot Goes to the Park: by Eric Hall
(3-5 years) Oh Say Can You Say what’s the Weather Today by Tish Rabe
(6-8 years) The Dog That Stole Football Plays: by Matt Christopher