Tabitha Zimmer

1. Tabitha Zimmer • Mother of 3 • Daycare 27 years • Partnered with Head Start • I’m a organized hoarer • Organized people are to lazy to get up and look for things • Clear containers – solid boxes– I forget about

2. Make your ownPerpetual Creative Curriculum Work Smarter – Not Harder Head Start and Parent Aware approved

3. Tools that I used: • Computer • Printer • Ipod • Microsoft Word • File Folders and folder tabs

4. What you are going to get from this class: • 12 months of DHS and other requiring info (September to the end of Aug) Infant and preschool set • 39 weeks of ideas of creative curriculum (September to the end of May) Infant & preschool set • 13 weeks of ideas/curriculum for the summer months (June, July & Aug) 4. My website to download the charts – one that is mine to use has a cheat cheat and one for our own to fill that will already have the requiring info and material that will never change (abc, 123 example).

5. Question: • Raise your hands if you are partnered with Parent Aware. Anyone have stories of submitting their curriculum to them? • Who likes having everything on one page?

6. Collecting Data From all Sources

7. Things we need in our Curriculum

8. 1. Emotional Teaching Second Step Comes with 33 cards to help you teach little ones about Emotional feelings. (I would do 3 every month and the 4th week do fire and safety drill. Under the column 3 that is labeled E/FD/TE/S/CL) the cheat cheat curriculum is on my website. http://www.secondstep.org/Purchase/Product/all-products/second-step-early-learning-classroom-kit Link to order your kit

9. 2. Songs (ideas) = need 39 + 13

10. 3. Skills = 39 + 13

11. 4. Skill reading books = need 39 + 13 Finding skill books to go with your skill: Here are some examples:

12. 5,6,7 - ABC, 123, Colors and Shapes(9 months & the other 3 months is a review)

13. 8. Book of the week (need 39 + 13) • You can pick a book that will correlate with the theme of the month or skill - Read the same book every day for the week by changing it up. Examples: Day 1. I ask the children what they see or notice on the pages. Day 2. I will read the book Day 3. Bring out a puppet Day 4. Use the kids name in the book Day 5. Use my own words to put a spin on it. Or/And: Have them read you the book. Or/And: Don’t read the whole book.. Leave them with a cliff hanger.

14. 9. Finger Play (Ideas) = need 20 + 6 I alternate Finger Play (Action) and Rhyming from week to week.

15. 10. Rhyming (Ideas) = need 20 + 7 I alternate Rhyming and Finger Play (Action) from week to week.

16. 11. Music and Dance (need 20 +6)I alternated Music/Dance with Games

17. 12. Games (Ideas) = need 20 + 7I alternated Games with Music/Dance)

18. 13. Weeks 1-39 and 1-13 summerDates / Months/Theme • Dates (optional) but needs to be changed every year • Months – September through August • Theme for each Month: Ideas below

19. 14. Theme - Twelve months placed on poster board for display • Picture of my display board.

20. 15. Tooth Brushing • This is a Head Start requirement, and soon will be an accreditation recommendation – this is optional for Providers who do not partner with Head Start and not accredited. Rules: • Brush teeth everyday • Swish and spit everyday • Change brushes every 3 months or bristles look warn out. – which ever the two comes first.

21. Holidays to Celebrate

22. 16. Flower & Stone of the month

23. 17. Centers • Sand Sensory • Game Table • Movement • Computer • Science • Creative • Dramatic • Library • Block

24. 18. Learning Station • There will be 4 stations that you need to change weekly. Game Center, Art Center, Science Center & Math Center

26. Learning Station • There will be 1 thing you change & 1 station you change monthly. • Theme board • Book center - display of books

27. 19. Fire/Storm Drills • Fire and Storm drill are monitory for all Providers. • Check list – Crib sheet and other safety checklist you may have.

28. 20. Other activities of your skills to teach • You have a life skill to teach – Example on my weekly planner The print in red means “it never changes”

30. 21. Outside

32. 22. Circle/Group Time, Games, Music

35. 23. Story Time

37. 24. Trips/Special Speaker/Events • Trips, special speaker and events is optional

38. 25. Conferences • This is optional – but if you are accredited or Parent Aware or partner with Head Start – you must do these. I don’t put these on my advent calendar.

39. 26. Days Off • This is optional to have it – but if you want this to be a perpetual calendar – only put place things that will never change.

40. 27. Website/Info Links • Website link to retrieve the cheat cheat info and documents to make it your own. • Go to http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/ , click on (Forms and Information) then click on (make your own curriculum) this page is your master DATA, once that is done you can place your data unto your Advent monthly curriculum. • Master Data Collection: http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/forms-and-information/make-your-own-curriculum/ • Preschool http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/forms-and-information/make-your-own-curriculum/preschool-monthly/ • Infant: http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/forms-and-information/make-your-own-curriculum/infant-monthly/ • If you have any question – you contact me through my website and I will help you.

41. Pictures of my files

42. Pictures of my filing

43. http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/forms-and-information/make-your-own-curriculum/http://www.sturgeonlakeclubhousedaycare.com/forms-and-information/make-your-own-curriculum/

44. Ways of catching every cliental • You where already their friend • Word of mouth – • Preschool activities • House looks a preschool setting • Parent aware because of funding • Note: I’m more about emotional development then 123, ABC.