Education Continuity
To start us off with our goal of educational continuity throughout the school closure, we have provided below some activities that we do at the school to engage the children in hands-on/minds-on whole body learning.
Classroom Playlists
Links for Parents
- Sunshine Academy Town Hall (03/20/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine Academy April 2020 Curriculum (all classrooms)
- Sunshine Academy Town Hall (04/15/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine Academy Town Hall (04/29/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine Academy May 2020 Curriculum (all classrooms)
- Sunshine Academy June 2020 Curriculum (all classrooms)
- Sunshine Academy Town Hall (06/08/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine South Town Hall (06/16/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine North Town Hall (06/17/2020) Rebroadcast
- Sunshine Washington Square Town Hall (06/17/2020) Rebroadcast
Parent Requested Curriculum Plans:
Music Program
Language Program
Chinese Language Program:
- Julie French – Learning About Chinese Family Words
- Julie French – Vocabulary / Three Bears Story
- Lauren Justice – Chinese Class Songs
Spanish Language Program:
Coolidge Corner South
164 Harvard
Infants
Story Time Activities:
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
Toddlers
Story Time Activities:
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
Preschool and PreK
Story Time Activities:
- Ann Haber – “Wemberly Worried”
- Ann Haber – “Where The Wild Things Are”
- Ann Haber – “We’re Going On A Bear Hunt” By: Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury
- Tyric Johnson – “Cars Book” and Book Making Activity
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
- Briana Duperval – Building Activity: Paper Airplane Construction
- Ann Haber – Exploration Activity: Exploring Carrots
- Sergine Bertrand – Science Activity: Magic Milk Experiment
- Briana Duperval, Tyric Johnson , and Sergine Bertrand – Pre-K Picture Guessing Game
- Sergine Bertrand – Number Match Activity: Plastic Egg Match
Coolidge Corner North
302 Harvard
Infants
Story Time Activities:
- Lori Naugle – Circle Song Activity: “Old Macdonald Had A Farm”
- Kaila Peak-Inge – “Eyes, Nose, Fingers, And Toes” By: Julie Hindley
- Kaila Peak-Inge – “Here Are My Hands”
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
Toddlers
Story Time Activities:
- Rachel Starr – “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” By: Eric Carle & Bill Martin Jr.
- Phillip Kim – “From Head To Toe” By: Eric Carle
- Ann Haber – “Mr. Brown Can Moo”
- Ann Haber – “There’s A Wocket in my Pocket”
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
- Rachel Starr – Language Counting Activity: Counting Kitty
- Damaris Calderon – Health Science Activity: Hand Washing Experiment / Demonstration
- Damaris Calderon – Matching Houses
- Rachel Starr – Animal Sound Matching
- Mariah Silva And Shane Waxler – Drum Counting Song
- Sarah Stevens – Is Your Mama A Llama? / Finger Family Song
- Rachel Starr – Science Sensory Activity: 5 Minute Salt Dough
- Phillip Kim – Color Scavenger Hunt
- Sara Sada – Art Activity: Bubble Painting
- Rachel Starr – Gardening Activity: Bean Plating
- Shane Waxler – Sports Activity: Intro To Basketball
Preschool and PreK
Story Time Activities:
- Ann Haber – “Wemberly Worried”
- Ann Haber – “Where The Wild Things Are”
- Jennifer Kennedy – “Arthur’s Pet Business” By Marc Brown
- Jennifer Kennedy – “Blueberries For Sal” and Sequencing Activity
- Adrienne Price – “Arthurs Eyes” and Eye Chart Game
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
- The Preschool Teachers (Cara, Desery and Adrienne) Food Sorting Activity
- Janice Barrows – Literacy Activity: Letter Recognition
- Janice Barrows – Pre-K Morning Routine
- Jennifer Kennedy – Scavenger Hunt: Shapes
- Cara Prochilo – Animal Activity: I Want A Pet Story / Bird Feeder Making
- Corey Wisnowski – Problem Solving Activity: Make Your Own Puzzle
- Desery Lamotte – Scavenger Hunt Activity: Looking For Letter V
- Corey Wisnowski – Art Activity: Rock Art
Washington Square
1658 Beacon St
Infants
Story Time Activities:
- Holly Shanley – “Giraffes Can’t Dance” By: Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees
- Jaleh Adibi -“Where Is Puppy”
- Madie – “My Dad Can Nap”
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
Toddlers
Story Time Activities:
- Ann Haber – “Mr. Brown Can Moo”
- Ann Haber – “There’s A Wocket in my Pocket”
- Jessica Bunnell: “Where The Wild Things Are” By: Maurice Sendak
- Kendra Rouse – “The Bear Snores On” By: Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman
- Jessica Bunnell – “How Do Dinosaurs Say I Love You” By: Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
- Desmond Pittman – “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” By: Eric Carle
- Jessica Bunnell – “Brown Bear Story Song” By:Eric Carle & Bill Martin Jr.
- Nancy Randolph – Story Time Activity: “Germs Are Not For Sharing”
- Betty Georges-Lafontant – French Story Time Activity: “ Lola Et Olga”
- Kendra Rouse – “The Way I Feel”
- Nasrin Alamdari – “Dear Zoo”
- Nasrin Alamdari – “My Book Of Opposites”
- Nasrin Alamdari – “The Foot Book”
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
Preschool and PreK
Story Time Activities:
- Haley Bettinson – “The Adventures Of Beekle (The Unimaginary Friend) By: Dan Santat”
- Punleu Kitiyakara: “Pete The Cat And His 4 Groovy Buttons” By: James Dean and Eric Litwin
- Ann Haber – “Wemberly Worried”
- Ann Haber – “Where The Wild Things Are”
- Punleu Kitiyakara – “We Don’t Eat Our Classmates” By: Ryan T. Higgins
- Haley Bettinson – “Swimmy Book And Art Activity”
Circle Time/Curriculum Activities:
- Jennifer Burrows-Halstrom: Journal Activity
- Cindy Le: Pre-K Language / Counting Activity
- Ruchi Pathak: Health Science Activity: Hand Washing
- Rachel Maibor – Science Activity: Citrus Tasting
- Maryam Dezfoly – Cooking Activity: Spider Snacks
- Maryam Dezfoly – Construction Activity: Paper Boat Building
- Brian Gomes – Science Activity: Sink Or Float Experiment
- Punleu Kitiyakara – PreK Daily Exercises
- Rachel Maibor – Science Activity: Making Oobleck
- Cindy Le – Circle Time Activity: Morning Greeter
- Rachel Maibor – Cardboard Castle Building
- Jennifer Burrows-Halstrom – Art / Science Activity: Shadow Tracing
- Rachel Maibor – Art Activity: Treasure Box
- Julie French – Preschool Morning Circle With Julie
- Punleu Kitiyakara – Dramatic Play Activity: Indoor Bear Hunt