As 2024 comes to a close, Experience Curriculum is here to help you save time as you plan holiday events and prepare for January’s curriculum. In this newsletter, you’ll find the following resources to support you:
Overview of January’s theme: Going on Safari
January resources
Family newsletter, now including Baby curriculum
More Math & Literacy curriculum supplements
Santa’s Workshop party kit
Introducing January’s theme: Going on Safari
We’re going on an adventure to the African grasslands! 🌍 Get ready to spot wild elephants, discover the art of people living in the savannah, create beautiful necklaces, learn to drum, build a shelter, and more!
Our Safari adventure will explore these exciting weekly topics:
🥁Getting Ready for Safari
🦁Wild Safari Animals
🌾Life in the Grasslands
🏕️Backyard Safari
Pack your curiosity—it’s going to be a wild ride!
Resources to help you prepare for the next curriculum theme!
Leverage the following resources to prepare your curriculum for the new year:
✅Bookmark the featured Digital Musicto stream, or play the music through the brightwheel app
✅Review the Pre-K Gathering List & Toddler Supply List to ensure you have all the supplies needed on hand
✅Set up your STEAM Stations with activity descriptions, printable questions, inspiration cards, and visual aids
🎉Review Member Resource items to further support your planning and assessments
🆕 Family Newsletters now include Baby!
Newsletter PDFs are available in Member Resources for you to download and share with families. These newsletters keep families engaged with their little ones' upcoming learning themes, help them stay connected, and encourage learning at home. This is an exciting new enhancement to our Baby kits and a continued resource for Toddler and Preschool kits.
💡For brightwheel users, you can upload these Newsletter PDFs as an attached file and share them through our Messaging tool.
Further enhance your curriculum and add More Math & Literacy!
More Math & Literacy is a fantastic way to extend your theme, enrich lessons, and offer advanced activities for 4 to 5 ½-year-olds. It’s the perfect tool to prepare them for Kindergarten, and it also works well for non-nappers or as an independent activity, allowing you to multitask while they stay engaged.
Host a wonderful Santa’s workshop celebration
Ready to spread holiday cheer? 🎉 Enjoy this free celebration kit designed to bring families together this season. It includes everything you need, from invitations and festive circle time activities to creative art projects and snack ideas. You’ll also find interactive games, holiday stations, and a full event itinerary to make your celebration seamless and fun!
💡For brightwheel users, don’t forget to share photos and videos with families, so everyone can be part of the celebration, even if they can’t attend in person.
📌Member Resources
Exclusive access to online resources that enhance your themes as well as digital music, assessment, and portfolio tools.
🎶Streaming Music in brightwheel
In brightwheel, you can stream Experience Curriculum music directly from your Room Plan. Simply navigate to the Learning tab, select the activity labeled with a music or dance & movement indicator, and tap the song to start playing.
⭐Getting Started with Experience Curriculum?
Here’s a helpful resource to support you in leveraging all that Experience Curriculum has to offer from tips & tricks, unboxing, assessing children’s learning, and more!
❤️Receiving support
Our exceptional support staff is here to help, check out this article on how to reach our team.
🎉Want to learn more about brightwheel?
Save time, automate billing and payments, integrate lesson plans with Experience Curriculum, and build quality connections–all within brightwheel. Get a free walkthrough today!
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