Curriculum

[My3cents]

BCat I private messaged you.... I too am very interested in this and for all the same reasons as Silver. I am still doing it but just having more input, ideas etc....would be a great help. My kiddo's are little but crave more- and so do I.

I can private you my snail mail info and trust that you would keep that information to yourself. I would be willing to pay shipping cost etc.. I just can't afford the $63 a month for my small class either, maybe someday I will be able to do that. I also like to pick and choose myself what I want to do, so have been putting together my own- but I am exhausted.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I have a COMPLETE curriculum on a CD. I have it for both toddler's and preschoolers and it is separated into months with each month pretty much laid out for you for EVERY area.

It also includes, bonus activities and clip art sheets such as letter flashcards etc....

Trust me, it is ALOT of stuff. The curriculum company has closed up shop and is no longer in business and the dates on everything is from 2008-9 but it is re-usable every year.

Each month (and age group) is offered in 3 different but COMPLETE series.

If you are at all interested and computer savvy....maybe you could figure out how I would e-mail you all the files on the CD's....... (I have NO clue)

Everything needs to be printed off....but I kind of liked that option because I only had to print as many or as few as I needed.

Let me know...

I'd love to see this, too! How interesting!

[Jewels]

LOL, I would love the link as well!
thanks!

[JeepGirl6]

Can you send me the link too please thank you so much!!!

[Blackcat31]

Hang tight peeps! ::

Apparently there is some technical difficulties.....I'm trying to work them out.

Well, MarinaVanessa is

For some reason, some people can't open the link. Not sure if a Google acct is required or not :confused:

I'll send the link to everyone as soon the kinks are ironed out.

[earlystart]

If you need any additional help setting things up I could help, I'm pretty tech savvy. Also, I would be interested to see this curriculum, I have a gmail account if that is necessary.

[MyAngels]

Hang tight peeps! ::

Apparently there is some technical difficulties.....I'm trying to work them out.

Well, MarinaVanessa is

For some reason, some people can't open the link. Not sure if a Google acct is required or not :confused:

I'll send the link to everyone as soon the kinks are ironed out.

How are you trying to share it? I think for Google Drive you need a gmail account, but you can share with any e-mail address. If you want to use mine just PM me and I'll give you the info to log in (it's my junk account so no privacy issues : and you can share it from there.

[MamaBearCanada]

I would love the link too please if you dont mind.

[earlystart]

I bought the Buttercups kit from Funshine Express for March-April. It is geared towards toddlers up to 36 months. They also have a 3-5 year old kit. I do my own lesson plans, but hated planning the arts and crafts and such. This 2 month kit costs about $88 for 6 kids. The older kids one is more expensive. There is a calculator on the site to see how much it will cost, and shipping is extra. I liked it and will probably continue using it, because I can make it last longer than 2 months since I only use it as a supplement to my own lesson plan. The "art" is mostly crafts where the kids can paint the pieces and you help them assemble it with glue or tape to make the finished piece. It has full color printed pages on cardstock that are for various activities, like flashcards, color recognition, puzzle games. Comes with a couple board books. It has a teacher book with a large calendar that lays out activities for every day, and the activities are described week by week in the rest of the book.

[MarinaVanessa]

I can just imagine what BC's message box looks like right now ::.

[Blackcat31]

How are you trying to share it? I think for Google Drive you need a gmail account, but you can share with any e-mail address. If you want to use mine just PM me and I'll give you the info to log in (it's my junk account so no privacy issues : and you can share it from there.

Yep, that is exactly what we figured out....you HAVE to have a gmail/Google acct to view the files. Which I think is no big deal since signing up is super easy....

Plus, I've already spent so much time trying to upload this stuff and bugged the heck out of MarinaVanessa that I am simply leaving it the way it is and if anyone wants to view it badly enough, they'll just have to sign up for a Google acct. in order to do so.

Thank you though for helping! I really appreciate it!

[Blackcat31]

I can just imagine what BC's message box looks like right now ::.

Wow! that's all I can say!

I had to clear it out once already today ::

[sammie]

Thanks Blackcat for the link!! I have a question....let me preface this with that I am at times computer challenged . I set up a google accout and am now able to see the 7 different folders. However when I click on them nothing happens. Do you know (or anyone else know) what I am doing wrong or if there is another step? Thanks!!

[earlystart]

I was inspired to share some of my toddler lesson plans because I am grateful blackcat shared these resources with us. I posted it in the Curriculum board, but will copy/paste it here too (also the end gives directions how to download google drive files):

I wanted to share some lesson plans I've made that are geared for 2 year olds mostly - some are from when I worked at a center, and some are from my home daycare (some newer ones borrow directly from the old ones). There are lots of ideas there and it describes what developmental skills are being learned with each activity. However, it doesn't go into detail about what each activity is - it'll just have the name of the activity, such as "paper plate lady bugs", so you have to use your imagination on what that craft would entail.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BwXUaJazwk8-OWpNdDV5Z3ZyUm8&usp=sharing

You must be logged into a gmail account before clicking the link. Once the page opens, click "Open in Drive" in the upper left. Then select all files with the checkboxes, then click the drop-down menu "More" on the top, and click "download". Hope this works!

[Sunchimes]

Could I ask for this link too? My creativity seems to have gone out the back door. Thank you so much!