USA education, preschool/Curriculum

Curriculum

The following is a sample of the major items that children learn during the preschool years.

Community Helpers

• Bank teller
• Chef
• Construction worker
• Delivery person
• Dental hygienist
• Dentist
• Doctor
• Factory worker
• Farmer
• Firefighter
• Hairstylist
• Highway worker
• Judge
• Librarian
• Mail carrier
• Mechanic
• Military
• Nurse
• Paramedic
• Pharmacist
• Pilot
• Police officer
• Religious leader
• Sales clerk
• Sanitation worker
• School bus driver
• Teacher
• Veterinarian

Colors

• Red
• Orange
• Yellow
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Black
• White
• Brown
• Tan
• Pink
• Gray

Seasons and time

Seasons

• Fall
• Winter
• Spring
• Summer

Calendar

• January
• February
• March
• April
• May
• June
• July
• August
• September
• October
• November
• December

Holidays

• Christmas Day
• Columbus Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Flag Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah
• Independence Day
• New Years Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• Labor Day
• Lincoln's Birthday
• Passover
• Purim
• President's Day
• Rosh Hashanna
• Saint Patrick's Day
• Tax Day
• Thanksgiving Day
• Valentine's Day
• Veteran's Day
• Yom Kippur

Directional and positional words and opposite words

• same and different
• in and out
• up and down
• rough and smooth
• bottom and top
• small, medium, and large
• hard and soft
• over and under
• sink and float
• high and low
• empty and full
• first, middle, last
• long and short
• in front, behind, beside, and between
• more and less
• above and below

Shapes

• Circle
• Diamond
• Heart shape
• Oval
• Octagon
• Pentagon
• Rectangle
• Square
• Triangle
• Shamrock shape

Vocabulary

• School
• Body parts
• Fire prevention and fire safety
• Family
• Toys
• Instruments
• Pets
• Things that go together
• Dental health
• Housekeeping
• Transportation
• Machines
• Police officer and safety

Places

• School
• Grocery store
• Library
• Pet store
• Rooms of a house
• Department store
• Music store
• Toy store
• Farmer's market
• Orchard
• Farm
• Train station
• Bus station
• Airport
• Dairy farm
• Plant nursery
• Forest preserve
• Zoo
• Factory
• Police station
• Fire station

Five senses

• Sense of smell
• Sense of sound
• Sense of touch
• Sense of taste
• Sense of sight

Stories

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Little Engine That Could, The
• Three Little Kittens
• Three Pigs, The
• Gingerbread Man
• Mother Goose
• Nursery Rhymes
• Three Billy Goats Gruff, The
• Little Red Hen, The

Summer activities

Places near your home

• Parks
• Playground
• Sandbox
• Pools
• Lakes
• Beaches
• Picnics
• Forest preserve
• Nature center
• Fire station
• Police station
• Post office
• Hospital
• Zoo
• Farm
• Pet shop
• Museums

Sports and transportation

• Swimming
• Miniature golf
• Bowling
• Boating
• Fishing
• Pony rides
• Baseball game
• Train ride
• Bus ride
• Airport
• Skyscrapers

Miscellaneous Activities

• Restaurants
• Shopping centers
• Toy stores
• Community free concerts
• Children's theater productions
• Movies
• Circus
• Parades
• County fairs
• Local carnivals