Head Start Curriculum Aligned Homework
Find the current week's Head Start Curriculum Aligned Homework below.
Unit 0 - Ready for School
With the Ready for School unit, children will experience a sense of belonging in the classroom as they build relationships with their peers and teachers and follow the daily classroom routines, expectations, and rules necessary to foster a safe, inclusive, and welcoming environment for learning.
Unit 1 - Anthropology: Our Families' Stories
Families and children alike will explore their personal stories that help them learn more about who they are and where they come from.
Unit 2 - Big Kid, Bigger World
Where we are and what that means, from community helpers to awareness and features of a place…Children will understand how civic principles, governance, and interdependence keep us safe.
Unit 3 - Movement & Music Wiggle, Jiggle Jam!
Moving to the rhythm, improving coordination, balance, and strength, children will learn about sound and physical movement and how they work in tandem while exploring the movers and shakers across eras.
Unit 4 - Active Bodies, Joyful Minds
Building self-awareness and understanding of bodies, children will learn about care mentally and physically from going for regular check-ups to self-regulating with deep breathing.
Unit 5 - Building, Bouncing, Breaking
Transportation, Pneumatic arms, and more…mechanisms and structures surround young engineers everyday and they will learn more about those interactions in their daily environment
Unit 6 - Meteorology: Effects of Sun & Light Sunshine & Shadows
How does the sun and light change? From seasonal changes to shadows, light has an interesting way of interacting with Earth. Children will learn about what is light, where it comes from, and how it behaves while observing its changes and movements.
Unit 7 - Digging Up Treasures
Let’s go back to prehistoric times when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and how that connects to young archaeologists' present day modern birds and more. Children’s investigations will mirror the archaeological process of questioning, digging, observing, documenting, and drawing conclusions.
Unit 8 - Forces & Motion
Children become little scientists as they explore how things move through hands-on play, from racing cars down ramps and building sturdy forts to mastering the art of the "fast and slow" freeze dance.