I have been wanting to share this blog with you for a while. I run a home based child care and have been doing so for 24 years. In our centre we love learning through themes. I also love teaching through themes. Themes are easily adaptable for any age since most home based child care centres will have variety of ages. There are many educational benefits to themed based learning and a great way for teachers to base their curriculum planning. I am sharing my themes with you that I use and have used for many years. I divide them to weekly and monthly themes.
Themes
January –It’s a Brand New Year
- Happy New Year
- Winter Animals
- Nutrition, Health, Hygiene
- Safety
- 5 Senses/Groundhog Day
February –Animals and Hearts
- Friendship
- Valenties
- Pets
- Reptiles/Amphibians
March – Going Buggy
- Dinosaurs
- St. Patrick’s Day
- Spring
- Insects
April –A Spring has Sprung
- Pond Life
- Sea Life
- Easter
- Earth/Planets/Moon
- Rainforest/Jungle
May – May Flowers
- Mother’s Day
- Farm
- Occupation
- Transportation
June – Water, Water Everywhere
- Father’s Day
- Summer
- Camping
- Canada Day
July – Life’s a Beach (for the month of July and August I am usually off one or two weeks for summer holidays. If you are not you can pull a theme from extra theme)
- The Beach/Vacations
- Wild Wild West
- Circus
August – Imagination
- Pirates
- Medieval Times
- Back to School
September – All About Me
- Alphabet
- Me I’m Special
- Families
- Fall
- Harvest
October – Going Batty
- Thanksgiving
- Octoberfest
- Halloween
- Halloween
November – Blustery Days
- Birds
- Weather/Remembrance Day
- Forest Animals
- Winter Sports
December – It’s Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas
- Winter
- Christmas
- Christmas
- Christmas
Extra Themes (these are used with other themes through out the year):
- Emotions
- Our Body
- Shapes
- Colors
- Numbers
- Maners
This is what my Monthly Plan looks like
And this is what My weekly planning looks like
To get your free printable for Monthly Planning go here
Happy Planning
Sonja
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