SEPTEMBER
THEMES
ALL ABOUT ME
MY ACTIVE BODY
HARVEST
FARM ANIMALS
Classroom Open Houses/ Parent Conferences with Classroom Teachers
Labor Day: School Closed
Rosh Hashanah
Grandparents Day
Eid ul-Fitr - Ramadan Ends
Yom Kipppur Begins
Sukkot Begins
Autumn Begins
OCTOBER
THEMES
FALL SEASONAL CHANGES
WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
FIRE SAFETY & FIRE PREVENTION
HALLOWEEN SAFETY
Columbus Day Observed
Fire Prevention Week
Fire Truck & Firemen come to School (Union Fire Company)
Traveling Farm comes to School
Quiver Farm Projects
United Nations Day
Autumn Costume Parade at School
Halloween
Pumpkin Patch at School (Infants through Preschool pick a pumpkin from the patch)
NOVEMBER
THEMES
MY FAMILY
MY FIVE SENSES
Vision, Hearing, and Speech Testing
Hand-Washing Workshop – Wash Those Germs Away
Daylight Savings Ends
Pilgrim & Turkey visit School
Thanksgiving Feast at School
Thanksgiving Holiday: School Closed
DECEMBER
THEMES
LIGHT / DARK, COLOR,
SHADOWS
FESTIVALS OF LIGHT
Giving Tree Project in Office
Hanukkah Begins
Winter Begins
Christmas
Winter Holiday: School Closed
Kwanza begins
New Year’s Eve
JANUARY
THEMES
WINTER SEASONAL CHANGES
REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS
ASIAN COUNTRIES
New Year’s Holiday
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: School Closed
FEBRUARY
THEMES
COMMUNITY HELPERS
DENTAL HEALTH
DINOSAURS
AMERICAN LEADERS
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Groundhog Day
Chinese New Year
Valentines Day
Presidents’ Day: School Closed
MARCH
THEMES
AIR & WIND
THE SENSE OF TASTE
SOLAR SYSTEM
THE BRITISH ISLES
St. Patrick’s Day
Mardi Gras
Daylight Savings Begins
First Day of Spring
APRIL
THEMES
SPRING SEASONAL CHANGES
BIRTH & REPRODUCTION
WATER (RAIN & POLLUTION)
EARTH DAY
Passover
Easter
Earth Day
MAY
THEMES
FORCE, MOTION, EQUILIBRIUM, MAGNETS
ANIMALS (WILD & ZOO)
SEEDS & PLANTS
MEXICO, CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Cinco de Mayo
Mother’s Day
Memorial Day
JUNE
THEMES
SUMMER SEASONAL CHANGES
INSECTS & ARACHNIDS
TOOLS; THE SENSE OF TOUCH
MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES
HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR
Flag Day
Father’s Day
Graduation/Move-Up Day
Summer Begins
JULY
THEMES
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION
ANIMALS (PETS)
BIRDS
INDEPENDENCE DAY
Fourth of July
AUGUST
THEMES
WATER
TREES & LEAVES
POISONOUS PLANTS
CAMPING
AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND
Ramadan Begins
