Hatchling Curriculum Growing Things is a complete curriculum for individual, group, classroom, and homeschool learning. The curriculum is age appropriate for children ages three to six.
The lessons integrate science, art, math, language, music, movement, fine motor skill practice, and discussion topics to promote social and emotional readiness. Each lesson offers multiple activities that can be explored daily throughout the week or integrated into a class curriculum.
A complete ready-to-teach weekly planning tool combines the Growing Things activities into one week of creative curriculum lessons.
Growing Things includes 60 pages of hands-on activities, creative art ideas, science exploration, printable templates, worksheets, songs, and movement ideas. The lesson ideas offer the opportunity to immerse the child in an exploration of nature and the things that grow in our world including plants, trees, flowers, fruit, seeds, and vegetables.
1 week of ready-to-teach lessons exploring plants and things that grow.
Song lyrics for the original and traditional songs.
Fun facts and vocabulary to discuss and learn.
Fine motor skill practice: pincer finger activities, fingerprint flowers, paper tearing, cutting, and coloring.
Early writing activities: tracing and writing.
Early math concepts: number tree, sets of flowers, explore quatrefoil shape, number grids, fractions, and vegetable counting.
Hands-on science to explore, observe, and discover: plant terrarium, living/non-living activity, capillary action experiment, tree seasons, woodland habitat, leaf matching, rainforest diorama, pollination experiment, parts of a flower, plant lifecycle, grow a bean, friendship soup, and food plate.
Sensory exploration: leaf pressing, nature rubbing, flower petal potpourri, and explore seeds.
Creative art ideas: nature collage, coffee filter flower, flowers in a vase, celery flowers, seed letters, seed picture, apple printing, and potato printing.
Music and movement ideas to develop gross motor skills and creative play.
40 printable templates of coloring pages, worksheets, and crafts.
Alternatives and suggestions to individualize and extend the learning experience and so much more. The ideas are endless! Have fun and explore all things that grow.
