October

• Study of the Earth in context of the Solar System
• Components of the Earth – Land, Air, Water ; categorization of different objects
• Land and water forms : lake, island, isthmus, strait, gulf, peninsula, bay, cape
• 7 Continents and 4 Oceans
• Activities – fall/harvest
• Sounds of the month – a, b, c, d

November

• Living and Non-Living beings
• Beginning of Human lives on earth
• Parts of the body – head, toes, fingers, etc. ; focus on Human skeleton, brain and heart
• 5 senses – hearing, smell, touch, taste, vision
• Faces of human emotions
• Activities – things we are thankful for
• Sounds of the month – e, f, g

December

• Basic needs of all Humans – food, shelter, clothing
• Adaptation of early humans to the early earth environment
• Migration of early humans - in search of food and shelter
• Activities – Holiday Greetings
• Sounds of the month – h, i, j

January

• Early humans as hunter-gatherers
• Food habit for modern humans
• Nutrition discussion, food pyramid and different foods
• Shelter for survival – including different kinds of shelters from prehistoric through modern age and also in different parts of the world
• Clothing for protection – including different kinds of clothing from prehistoric through modern age and also in different parts of the world
• Activities – Drawing Human Body, make daily food charts
• Sounds of the month – k, l, m, n

February

• Cultural Expression or Art (need of humans to narrate their stories) and Curiosity (motivation to know the unknown)
• Cave Art – tells the story of early humans
• Transition to civilization – from nomads to city dwellers
• Early civilization – Egypt’s Nile Valley, Indus Valley, Mesopotamia
• Activities – Valentine cards, use charcoal and natural color to copy cave art
• Sounds of the month – o, p, q

March

• Reasons of art – communication, expression, culture, fun, history
• Art elements : color, line,
• Colors around us, Colors of the seasons
• Primary, Secondary and Tertiary colors –color wheel, the whole spectrum
• Lines represented in art  
• Curves and angles – zigzag, wavy, looped, curly, scalloped
• Activities - One color art, Three color painting , Color mixing, Contrasting colors, Colored pencil blending, Plaid pattern, Line designs
• Sounds of the month – r, s, t, u, v

April

• Art elements : shape and value
• Shapes represented in art
• Positive and negative shapes, shape designs and shape searches
• Colors have many values (light and dark), black and white, and gray (in between)
• Families depicted in art
• Activities – Color gradation, Pictographs, Shading shapes, Create a maze and Rainbow
• Sounds of the month – w, x, y

May

• Art elements: texture and form
• Awareness of texture – rough, grainy, hard, bumpy, prickly, fluffy
• Creating texture with paint and assorted objects (dry brush, comb, plastic utensils, toothbrush, etc.)
• What is Form?
• 2-D to 3-D, Geometric Solids
• Native American Totem Poles
• Sculptures
• Activities - Print a texture (stamping sponges, potatoes, etc.), Collage with different textures (cloth, paper, yarn, aluminum foil, etc.), Shape rubbing, Clay forms, Mother’s day cards
• Sounds of the month – z

June

• Art element : space / perspective
• What is perspective? How do artists create a vanishing line in a drawing?
• Famous Portraits, Sculptures and Architecture and their artists
• Activities – Overlapping collage, Self Portraits, Father’s day cards