EAC Y Curriculum
Extend-A-Care YMCA Early Education programs meet children’s individual needs by offering cognitively, socially, and physically enriching curricula.
All EAC YMCA Early Learning programs follow guidelines and curriculum for Texas Rising Star, Texas School Ready and FrogStreet. Our programs are recognized with a high-quality accreditation from Texas Rising Star. We are dedicated to meeting the highest level of recognition for each program
Upcoming January 2025 Curriculum Themes
January 13th – 17th
Toddlers
Shapes & Sizes: Circles
Our toddlers will learn about shapes over the next few weeks. When children learn to recognize circles and triangles they are building early skill stat will help them recognize numbers and letters.
Preschool
Favorite Tales and Rhymes: Mouse Tales
Many traditional and modern tales include a mouse as a central character. Our focus this week will be on some fun, make-believe mouse tales. Children seem to love mice perhaps because they are small and children identify with their size or perhaps because they usually appear as both cute and smart.
January 20th – 24th
Toddlers
Shapes & Sizes: Squares
This week children will learn about squares. The focus is on recognition. Even though we will count the sides and corners, we are not expecting children to know this information. It is simply exposure.
Preschool
Favorite Tales and Rhymes: Tales of Three
There are many favorite folktales that are built around the number three, such as the three bears, the three pigs, the three goats, and three wishes. This week children will explore two of the most-beloved tales: “The Three Bears” and “The Three Little Pigs.”
January 27th – 31st
Toddlers
Shapes & Sizes: Triangles
This week children will learn about triangles. Triangles are not as common as circles and squares but children often learn to recognize them easily because they have a distint appearance.
Preschool
Favorite Tales and Rhymes: “Jack” Rhymes
Research indicates that nursery rhymes are greatly beneficial as children develop early literacy skills. They experience unusual vocabulary (fetch, crown), a variety of sounds (onomatopoeia, alliteration, rhyme) and a sense of story (beginning, middle, and end). Nursery rhymes are short, easy to repeat, and children learn them quickly. This week children will be immersed in nursery rhymes.
