September Activity Calendar

Curriculum Activity:
Select an Activity from the Main Shape Page

Additional Activity:
Make an “All About Me” Book.

Curriculum Activity:
Select an Activity from the Main Color Page

Additional Activity:
Draw a picture and send it to a grandparent.

Curriculum Activity:
Select an Activity from the Main Letter Page

Additional Activity:
Use an ABC playdough mat to practice letter shapes.

Curriculum Activity:
Select an Activity from the Lifelong Learning Page

Additional Activity:
Make a growth chart for recording your child’s height. Talk about measurements.

Curriculum Activity:
Select an Activity from the Main Number Page

Additional Activity:
Make a 
bubble solution. Use different objects to make bubbles (fly swatters, slotted spoons, etc.).

Curriculum Activity:
Repeated Reading

Read Khalil and Mr. Hagerty
by Tricia Springstubb

Additional Activity:
Talk about the characteristics of an apple and how they grow, cut an apple into two pieces.

Curriculum Activity:
Reread Khalil and Mr. Hagerty
by Tricia Springstubb

Additional Activity:
Snack on Apple slices sprinkled with cinnamon or dipped in an apple dip.

Curriculum Activity:
Play with Sounds & Words

Additional Activity:
Tell the  Little Red House story. Cut an apple in half (two pieces) to illustrate the story.
 

Curriculum Activity:
Reread Khalil and Mr. Hagerty
by Tricia Springstubb

Additional Activity:
Give your child a laundry basket and let him/her go on a red scavenger hunt.

Curriculum Activity:
Activity tied to Khalil & Mr. Hagerty

Additional Activity:
Dip jar lids in red paint to make circle prints on paper.

Curriculum Activity:
Nursery Rhyme
The Wheels on the Bus

Additional Activity:
Use set of magnetic alphabet letters and spell out your child's name.

Curriculum Activity:
Play with Patterns

Additional Activity:
Fill a bag with shapes. Have your child name the shape as they pull it out. 

Curriculum Activity:
Concepts of Print

Additional Activity:
Cut squares, circles, triangles and have your child create a shape train.

Curriculum Activity:
Telling Stories

Additional Activity:
Go on a shape scavenger hunt.

Curriculum Activity:
Living Things and Light

Additional Activity:
Cut out different shapes from a magazine and glue them to a paper. Label the shapes.

Curriculum Activity:
Building Friendships

Additional Activity:
Gather up all of the hats in your house. Sort them by like characteristics. 

Curriculum Activity:
Dance to Express Emotions

Additional Activity:
Using the cat outline, make a calico cat by glueing different colored squares of tissue paper over the outline.

Curriculum Activity:
Play with Words

Additional Activity:
Have a teddy bear picnic with some neighborhood children. Sort the teddy bears into like characteristics.  

Curriculum Activity:
Personal Information and Identity

Additional Activity:
Make eyeglasses and go on a seeing walk. Play “I spy” and identify what you see .

Curriculum Activity:
Object Manipulation

Additional Activity:
Put a bowl of water outside and let it evaporate. Discuss evaporation.