Themes and activities

[playfelt]

If you start doing seasonal themes and then branch out from there it is easier too because there is so much available online and easy to find and it is what is meaningful to the little ones cause they see snow, wear mittens, hats and boots, etc. As long as you program for the special day weeks you will find that is about a theme a month anyways so gradually you can just fill in the left over weeks with something that interests the kids.

[2cuteboys]

I found the Earth School curriculum on etsy and I really like it. Of course you'll probably have to change it up to suit your needs, but it has a good foundation and great hands on ideas. It was originally created by a ECE who was homeschooling her kids.
And each package is usually around $20 (you buy each "unit" separately), so it's not a huge investment if you just want to check it out. I'm using the arctic one now, 5 senses next.

[torontokids]

No worries Momof4, I didn't take it personally. I am very much a "say it how it is" person and don't ruffle easily. Heh heh I wondered as I was writing if there are people out there that think programming is rocket science and I would get angry pm's, heh heh.