Curriculum Outline
Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Program Preparatory Curriculum Adaptable for Ages 2 - 4 by Katrina Lybbert
26 Week Schedule Here is the outline of the 26 weeks showing the suggested theme, vocabulary word, shape/color, letter, number and nursery rhyme. This is just a suggested schedule. If your child needs a break I would take a week off every 4 weeks. Make it work for you! Week 1 - Lesson # 1: cows, calf, square, A, 1, Hey Diddle Diddle Week 2 - Lesson # 2: jungle, vines, green, B, 2, I Had a Little Nut Tree Week 3 - Lesson # 3: kittens, claws, diamond, C, 3, Pussy-Cat Pussy-Cat Week 4 - Lesson # 4: eyes, iris, blue, D, 4, Lavender's Blue Week 5 - Lesson # 5: lighthouses, beacon, octagon, E, 5, Bobby Shaftoe Week 6 - Lesson # 6: rainbows, prism, red, F, 6, Humpty Dumpty
Week 7 - Lesson # 7: stars, twinkle, star, G, 7, Wee Willie Winkie Week 8 - Lesson # 8: sun, ray, yellow, H, 8, Hickory, Dickory, Dock Week 9 - Lesson # 9: cookies, dough, circle, I, 9, The Queen of Hearts Week 10 - Lesson # 10: trains, engine, black, J, 10, Little Boy Blue Week 11 - Lesson # 11: moon, full (moon), crescent, K, 11, The Man in the Moon Week 12 - Lesson # 12: ducks, duckling, white, L, 12, Curly Locks Week 13 - Lesson # 13: cars/trucks, gasoline, rectangle, M, 13, See-Saw Margery Daw Week 14 - Lesson # 14: horses, mane, brown, N, 14, Ride a Cock Horse Week 15 - Lesson # 15: rain, downpour, oval, O, 15, Doctor Foster Week 16 - Lesson # 16: butterflies, antennae, purple, P, 16, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary Week 17 - Lesson # 17: sheep, wool, heart, Q, 17, Baa Baa Black Sheep Week 18 - Lesson # 18: ears, noise, pink, R, 18, Jack and Jill Week 19 - Lesson # 19: boats, sail, triangle, S, 19, Rub-a-Dub-Dub Week 20 - Lesson # 20: balloons, helium, orange, T, 20, Hot Cross Buns Week 21 - Lesson # 21: wind, gust, pentagon, U, 21, The North Wind Doth Blow
Week 22 - Lesson # 22: seasons, autumn, lavender, V, 22, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater Week 23 - Lesson # 23: snow, flake, hexagon, W, 23, Little Miss Muffet Week 24 - Lesson # 24: dogs, leash, tan, X, 24, Old Mother Hubbard Week 25 - Lesson # 25: rabbits, whiskers, parallelogram, Y, 25, Jack Be Nimble Week 26 - Lesson # 26: airplanes, contrail, grey, Z, 100, Old King Cole Graduation Party - After you have worked through all the weeks you can have a graduation party and present a certificate that shows your child is ready for the Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum, Step Two of the Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Program.