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Three year old Curriculum
March’s Theme and Curriculum Guide
“God Wants Me to Love and Care for Others”
“Jesus Loves Me So Much That He Died on the Cross and Is Alive Today”
“Community Helpers: Doctor, Firefighters, Police Officers; Easter”
Three year olds
Bible Focus
Week of March 3rd:
Bible Story: Jesus Enters Jerusalem Matthew 21:1-11, 15-16; Mark 11:1-10
Memory Verse: “Sing praises to the Lord” Psalm 9:11
Week of March 10th:
Bible Story: The Empty Tomb Matthew 28:1-10; Luke 22:2; 23:33-24:9; John 19:38-42
Memory Verse: “Sing praises to the Lord” Psalm 9:11
Week of March 17th:
Bible Story: The Road to Emmaus Luke 24:13-35
Memory Verse: “He is risen!” Luke 24:6
Core Knowledge Skills
Books of the Week
(Year long goals of Core Knowledge include: listening to illustrated picture books building up to a 15 minute reading; holding books correctly; answering questions about the story (characters, setting, plot and events), retelling story; sequencing 3 illustrations of events from a story, tell a story using a wordless picture book.)
Week of March 3rd: Fire! Fire! by Gail Gibbons
Week of March 10th: Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Week of March 17th: Various Easter Books
Rhymes of the Month (Year long goals of Core Knowledge include: Memorizing and reciting with others a simple nursery rhyme, poem or song; while listening to the recitation of a familiar nursery rhyme, clap or tap the beat with hands and/or feet and perform the associated hand and body gestures that have been previously taught.)
All throughout the month of March:
Jesus Loves the Little Children
My Body, Strong and Good
Silver and Gold Have I None
Spring Poem
Father Abraham
Little Jack Horner
Autonomy and Social Skills:
Follow rules for simple childhood games (board games
and group circle games) (all year)
Emerging Literacy Skills inReading and Writing:
Draw on paper
and use as motifs in designs:
- Circles
Mathematical Reasoning: Identify the numeral 4
Given the oral number four, create or represent with the correct number of objects
Identify a diamond; select a diamond from other shapes
Identify purple objects; separate purple objects into a group apart from other colored objects
Count groups of objects up to 5
Given an oral number, create or represent a group with the given number of objects, up to 5
Identify and count pennies up to 5
Orientation in Time and Space: Situate himself or herself in space or situate objects in relation to one another according to the following words: to the side-in the middle
Identify the following geographic features and environments by name in “real life” photos or drawings: ocean
Scientific Reasoning: Identify and describe objects on the basis of specific properties discerned through the sense of smell
Four year old Curriculum