Lessons

The Gingerbread Man

Patterns for a paper house, gingerbread man, and tree

A fun story of "The Gingerbread Man" and related crafts.

Helping Hands from History

Blocks, North and South signs, and a Harriet Tubman puppet with dollhouse figures.

A Black History Month lesson.

Beary Special Class

A bunny plushie and bear plushie.

A back-to-school lesson.

Super Summer: Paletero Man

Popsicle sticks with color names and felt popsicles for each color laid out on a rug.

A lesson about popsicles and how we can love our neighbors in the summer.

Our Triune God

Graphic of a triangle that has the text "GOD" in the center, with "Father", "Jesus", and "Holy Spirit" text on the sides.

Introducing the concept of one God and three persons.

Spring: Living and Nonliving

Two mats, one with the caption "Living... They grow!" and the other partially in the frame with a caption starting with "Nonliving". Placed on the first mat are a small plant, a wooden representation of a tree, and a photo of a baby bird.

Learning about living and nonliving things.

All About Feelings

Cloth babies with different expressions tucked in sewn pockets.

Exploring various feelings with “feelings babies,” stories, music and movement, and centers.

Animals in Winter

A small plush squirrel, moose, and bear with a winter hat and scarf sit on wooden shapes inside a round bin with fuzzy antlers attached.

What do animals do in winter?

Let's Create!

Closeup photo of a sectioned container with craft supplies: a glue bottle, pom-poms, foam shapes, heart stickers, buttons, and a pair of scissors.

Creating together and sharing in a group.

Ten Little Rabbits

A photo of the Ten Little Rabbits book.

Lessons introducing Native American cultures to very young children.

Advent Means Waiting

An angel doll holding a stringed instrument, and a Mary doll.

Advent lasts for many days; Advent means waiting.

Christmas Shapes

An assortment of objects of different shapes - baby Jesus in a rectangular basket, rectangular and square bags, cylinder-shaped canisters, ornaments in a circle-shaped basket, a triangular/rectangular shaped toy building, and Montessori geometric solids next to a stuffed animal.

A lesson on shapes with a Christmas theme.

So Thankful

A child creating a thankful turkey - the turkey is created by tracing the child's hand, with a drawn eye, beak, and feet, and paper feather cutouts glued on each finger outline.

A lesson based on Psalm 105. Give thanks and make thankful turkeys.

Pretty Pumpkins

A photo of a pumpkin cut open on a tray. Its seeds, pulp, and shell are next to it. Its flesh has a paper label with the word "Flesh" on it, and each of the other parts are also labeled.

Explore pumpkins, act out a rhyme, and identify favorite harvest fruits and vegetables.

Lovely Leaves

A photo of a kid-sized rake and fall leaves on a blanket. Some of the leaves have been gathered into a basket.

A lesson on Fall leaves.