Abide
Abide's Early Curriculum
Early Curriculum Overview
Learning to Be: Awe and Wonder
Daily moments of being filled with appreciation
Awareness and Mindfulness Games
The Compassionate Circle: Nurturing Love, Kindness, Empathy and Gentleness
Learning to be Together: Developing Social and Emotional Skills
Emotional Literacy
Celebrating the Contemplative Year
Learning to Learn: Learning through Play and Exploration
Choices and Free Play
Role Play
Learning to Know: Mathematics, Language, Social Studies and Science
Language Arts
Pre-Literacy
Pre-Numeracy
Nature Studies: Seasons, Wilderness, Farming Year, the Elements
Building a Strong and Rich Language Foundation through Poetry, Rhymes, Storytelling, Puppet shows, and Dramatic Play
Early Daily Schedule
Meeting on Thursday and Friday*
9:00- 9:30 Story-time/puppetry/mindfulness and awareness games
9:30-11:00 Choices/arts and crafts activities/cooking
11:00 - 11:15 Tidy up time/washing
11:15 - 11:40 Snack
12:00 - 12:00 Circle time
12:00 Goodbye circle and end of day
*We reserve the right to change the days prior to commencing date.
