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Early Years Milestones and Outcomes

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Overview These Early Years curriculum areas and outcomes are drawn from the Curriculum for Excellence (Scotland) experiences and outcomes, the Common Core (USA) Maths and Language standards, the Michigan (USA) Science, Social Studies, Physical Education and C...

Alphabetical List of Themes

Early Years Themes Overview

Acts of the Apostles (X Sessions)Ancient Babylon and Persia [aka Three Holy Youths] (X Sessions)Ancient Egypt (X Sessions)Ancient Greece (X Sessions)Ancient Mesopotamia [aka Righteous Forefather Abraham] (X Sessions)Ancient Rome [aka Saints Peter and Paul] (X ...

Themes by Date

Early Years Themes Overview

The Calendar Cycle January 1st - Saint Basil the Great6th - Theophany30th - Three Holy Hierarchs February 1st - Saint Bridget of Kildare2nd - The Presentation of Christ16th - Saint Nicholas of Japan March 1st - Saint David of Wales4th - Saint Piran of Co...

Beavers

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Beavers are the second-largest rodents in the world, growing 3-4 feet or 1 metre long - about the same age as a preschool-aged child! They have double eyelids and are very short-sighted. The double eyelids function like swimming goggles. A...

Bison

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch a four-minute video "Meet the American Bison!" or a ten-minute video "Bison of the West". Bison are also called "buffalo", but they're not the same species as water buffalo in Asia. Activity 1 Bison, or buffalo, are mentioned in the...

Hedgehogs

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch the one-minute video (in Gaelic), "Còig Criomagan Gràineagan" Activity 1 Hedgehogs are 5-12 inches (12-30cm) long, with a coat of sharp spines, and will curl into a ball when they feel threatened. The spines are made out of keratin,...

Moose

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch a two-minute video, "Moose Facts for Kids". Activity 1 Moose are 10 feet (3 metres) long and 7 feet (2 metres) tall. Their antlers can be 6 feet (180cm) across. Measure this out on the floor, and measure it in terms of different uni...

Chipmunks

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch a four-minute video: "Discover Chipmunk Burrows". Activity 1 Chipmunks hibernate over winter. Sing some of the hibernation songs. Curriculum areas: X02a, X02c, S07a, S05b Activity 2 Print and construct the chipmunk preposition di...

Coyotes

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Coyotes are omnivorous mammals, and eat mice, voles, rabbits, insects, fish, frogs, snakes, and lizards, as well as grasses and nuts. The name comes from the Aztec word "coyotl", and they are found everywhere in North America. Activity 1 ...

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Squirrels, Part 1

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch a one-minute video, "Fun Facts for Kids about Squirrels", and a four-minute video, "How Do Squirrels Find the Food they Hide?" Activity 1 Go out and collect acorns, leaves, and twigs. Curriculum areas: E03a, E03b, S07b, R09b Activ...

Turkeys

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Activity 1 Curriculum areas:  Activity 2 Curriculum areas:  Lunch Snack Curriculum areas:  Activity 3 Curriculum areas:  Activity 4 

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Wolves

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Activity 1 Curriculum areas:  Activity 2 Curriculum areas:  Lunch Snack Curriculum areas:  Activity 3 Curriculum areas:  Activity 4 

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Caribou

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Caribou are also called reindeer. Watch the 2-minute video "Learn Facts about Reindeer". Reindeer are furry all over, including their nose and their hooves, and two different sorts of hair, with soft wool near the skin and long, hollow hair...

Deer, Part 1

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch the 5-minute video "Interesting Facts about Deer". Try to recall a time you've seen a deer. Deer are mentioned in the first verse of "Home on the range", as well as the chorus. Review it (from the bison session) and practice singing ...

Opossums

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch the four-minute video "Opossums". Activity 1 When they feel threatened, opossums flop onto their sides and pretend to be dead until they have an opportunity to escape. That's called "playing possum". Play musical opossums (statues) ...

Raccoons

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Watch a two-minute video, "Amazing Animals: Raccoon". Activity 1 Raccoons are called "wash bears" in most languages, because they wash their food. Wash your plastic toy animals! Fill a large container with some manner of brown gunk (choco...

Skunks

Early Years Themes Theme: North American Animals

Introductory Facts Skunks make a sulphur-like smell which they spray from glands near their bum when they feel threatened. Prep the sulphur egg activity by very carefully poking holes in the shell of an egg with a pin (use a hardboiled egg if the child is goi...