Hatchling Curriculum lessons integrate sensory and hands-on activities that children will love to explore. These creative projects offer many individualized learning opportunities in language, math, science, art, and gross or fine motor skills. Each lesson is developmentally appropriate for children ages three to six years and can be customized to accommodate the learning needs of an individual child. Many activities have extensions to develop the lessons concept or aid in its comprehension. Lessons include activities that use a printable worksheet or template. These can be found at the end of each lesson and can be printed or photocopied for each child. Most of the lesson’s activities only require some basic art supplies. A list of any materials that are needed are itemized at the top of each lesson. Each lesson begins with a song. The lyrics to many of the songs have been included. Most are traditional songs or use the tune from a well known song. If you are unfamiliar with the melody you can listen to a sample of the tune on iTunes or YouTube. The lessons can be further enriched with a story. Discussion topics at the end of each lesson encourage children to think, discuss, and ask questions that are relevant to each topic. You can choose to complete one or all of the lesson’s activities in any order. Each lesson offers multiple activities that can be explored daily or customized to integrate into a week’s curriculum. Suzanne Hieke has been an educator for over 25 years specializing in early childhood education and children’s music and movement. She has a Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in Performance Arts from Middlesex University (UK) and has taught and performed in the field of dance and theatre. Suzanne completed her early childhood education training with California State East Bay (USA) and transitioned into developing and teaching preschool curriculum. She has taught in Montessori, Reggio approach, HighScope, and traditional schools. Suzanne has been creating, developing, and teaching her curriculum throughout her career.