December Lesson Guide
Theme: Seasons
Toddler Class
Week 1: Introduction to All Seasons
Practical Life: Dressing for the Seasons
Provide dress-up items like scarves, hats, and mittens for winter;
rain boots and umbrellas for spring; sunglasses and hats for
summer; and jackets for autumn. Let children practice dressing for
each season.
Sensorial: Seasonal Sensory Bin
Create a sensory bin with items representing all seasons: snow
(cotton or white rice), autumn leaves, spring flowers, and summer
shells. Allow exploration and discussion.
Language: Season Vocabulary Cards
Introduce simple words for each season: “snow,” “leaf,” “rain,” and
“sun.” Show pictures and discuss.
Math: Sorting Seasonal Items
Provide small objects like shells, leaves, snowflakes, and flowers.
Children sort these by season into labeled baskets.
Cultural: Seasons Around the Year
Show a calendar or visuals illustrating the four seasons and discuss
how the weather changes during each.
Home Activity: Create a "Season Wheel" with pictures representing each
season and discuss what happens in each.
Week 2: Autumn Adventures
Practical Life: Leaf Cleaning
Provide autumn leaves for children to clean using small brushes,
enhancing their motor skills.
Sensorial: Autumn Textures
Explore a tray with autumn items like leaves, acorns, and pinecones
(careful as some pinecones are sharp), encouraging children to feel
and identify textures.
Language: Autumn Word Cards
Introduce words like “leaf,” “acorn,” and “wind” using picture cards
to build vocabulary.
Math: Sorting Leaves
Children sort leaves by size, color, or shape, enhancing observation
and categorization skills.
Cultural: Why Leaves Change Color
Use simple visuals to explain how and why leaves change colors in
autumn.
Home Activity: Collect leaves during a walk and use them for a simple
leaf-rubbing art activity.
Week 3: Winter Wonders
Practical Life: Snowflake Matching
Children match pairs of snowflake patterns using cards or wooden
pieces, enhancing focus and fine motor skills.
Sensorial: Ice Exploration
Children explore ice cubes with their hands, feeling the texture and
observing the melting process. Include colored ice cubes for added
interest.
Language: Winter Vocabulary Cards
Introduce simple vocabulary like “cold,” “snow,” and “scarf” with
picture cards, encouraging children to repeat and recognize words.
Math: Sorting Mittens
Children sort felt mittens by size or color, building early sorting and
categorization skills.
Cultural: Animals in Winter
Introduce pictures of animals in winter (polar bears, penguins).
Discuss where they live and how they stay warm.
Home Activity: Create “snow” at home using a mix of flour and oil for
sensory play.
Week 4: Christmas Cheer
Practical Life: Wrapping Practice
Provide small boxes and squares of paper for children to practice
“wrapping” and taping.
Sensorial: Bells Sound Matching
Introduce a set of bells with different tones for children to match by
sound.
Language: Christmas Word Cards
Introduce words like “tree,” “gift,” and “star” with colorful picture
cards for matching and naming.
Math: Counting Ornaments
Provide small, child-safe ornaments for children to count and hang
on a mini-tree.
Cultural: Festivals Around the World
Share pictures and simple stories of how people celebrate Christmas
in different cultures (without religious focus).
Home Activity: Make simple salt dough ornaments to hang on the tree.
Casa Class (3-6 years old)
Week 1: Introduction to All Seasons
Practical Life: Seasonal Sorting Activity
Provide items like scarves, umbrellas, shells, and leaves for children
to sort into groups based on the season.
Sensorial: Four Seasons Exploration
Create a tray with items representing each season (e.g., cotton for
winter, leaves for autumn, flowers for spring, shells for summer) for
children to explore and discuss.
Language: Seasons Word Wall
Create a word wall with seasonal words like “cold,” “warm,”
“bloom,” and “fall.” Discuss these words as children learn to
associate them with seasons.
Math: Counting Seasonal Items
Provide objects like snowflakes, flowers, leaves, and shells for
children to count and sort.
Cultural: Seasons and the Earth
Show a globe and explain how the tilt of the Earth creates different
seasons. Use pictures or visuals to make it engaging.
Home Activity: Create a seasonal collage with magazine cutouts or
printed pictures.
Week 2: Autumn Adventures
Practical Life: Pumpkin Scrubbing
Provide small pumpkins for children to scrub with brushes, building
hand strength and coordination.
Sensorial: Autumn Scent Jars
Introduce jars with autumn scents like cinnamon, nutmeg, and apple
for children to smell and identify.
Language: Autumn Poem
Share a poem about autumn, focusing on new vocabulary and
rhyming words.
Math: Leaf Counting
Children count and sort leaves or acorns into small baskets.
Cultural: Animal Preparation for Winter
Discuss how animals prepare for winter by collecting food or
hibernating.
Home Activity: Make leaf collages using collected leaves from a walk.
Week 3: Winter Wonders
Practical Life: Mitten Lacing
Provide mittens with holes for children to lace using yarn, practicing
fine motor control.
Sensorial: Frozen Sensory Bin
A bin filled with “frozen” objects (small toys in ice, snow-like cotton)
for hands-on exploration.
Language: Winter Poem
Introduce a simple poem about winter. Practice reciting and
recognizing rhyming words.
Math: Snowflake Patterns
Children create patterns using paper snowflakes, focusing on
sequencing and symmetry.
Cultural: Winter in Different Countries
Show pictures of winter landscapes in various parts of the world and
discuss the weather.
Home Activity: Go for a winter walk and collect items to create a nature
collage.
Week 4: Christmas Cheer
Practical Life: Sorting pinecones big and small
Sensorial: Holiday Texture Exploration
Language: Holiday Stories
Math: Ornament Patterns
Home Activity: Create paper chains or simple garlands together for
home decoration.