Month 1 • 2026
January
Shapes, Colors, and Numbers, Oh My!
an introduction to
Learning Objectives
- •Younger class-
- •Identify shapes including: circle, square, triangle, and rectangle
- •Identify the primary and secondary colors
- •Identify numbers 1-5
- •Count to 5
- •Older class-
- •Identify shapes including: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, diamond, and oval
- •Identify primary and secondary colors
- •Identify numbers 1-10
- •Count to 10
Focus Skills
counting, color recognition, shape recognition, number recognition,
Materials List
construction paper, scissors, glue sticks,
Mommy Helpers
Week 1:Sadie Sorensen
Week 2:Sydney Walker
Weekly Activities
Week 1
- Phonics: The letter A
- Reading Concept: What does an author do?
- Math: number sorting
- Story Time: "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss
- Free Play Theme: Construction
Week 2
- Phonics: The Letter A
- Reading Concept: What does and Author do?
- Story Time: "Shape By Shape" by
- Large group: ball sorting number game
- Small group "Beams": build a man with shapes
- Small group "Rays": build a man with shapes
- Free Play Theme: Construction
Week 3
- Phonics: The letter B
- Reading Concept: what does an Illustrator do?
- Story Time: TBD
- Large group: Shape hop
- Small group "Beams": number line scavenger hunt
- Small group "Rays": color hunt
- Free Play Theme: Construction
Week 4
- Phonics: The letter B
- Reading Concept: What does an illustrator do?
- Story Time: TBD
- Large group: "what's missing?" colored object memory game
- Small group "Beams": candy land
- Small group "Rays": candy land
- Free Play Theme: Construction
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