Some Suggested AE Units – Remember, AE stands for Authentic Education – Keeping it 100. Notice the units not strictly cultural, but very open-ended so children can build the concepts listed in the previous blog.

Our Favorite Veggies, Using Big Muscles, Dental Health Week, Using Small Muscles, Field Day/Mini Olympics, Fine Motor Relay Day, Community Helpers, 100th Day of School, Things We Can Count, Let’s Build Shelters, If I Was President, Using Our Words

Or:

Let’s Learn Another Language (English, French, Spanish, Arabic, or Sign)

Local Event Celebrations (fairs, parades, community anniversaries)

Birthdays! (children in the class, teachers, & staff members) MRS. B. IS 63!  

Personal Achievements and Milestones (first tooth, first word, crossing the monkey bars, printing your own name, new baby, new house, or Out of My Crib Day!)

Family Events (What We Do on the Weekend, Our New Apartment, Daddy’s Home!)

How About:

Transportation   Grandmas   Clothes   Everybody Dance!   Friends   Same & Different

Folk Tales   Places I’ve Been   Favorite Books   Machines   Bodies   Music I Like

Places People Live   Holidays   My Name   Heroes With Capes   Heroes With No Capes

Farms   Pets   Animal Homes   Green Food   Colors   Day & Night   Balls   People Homes

Jobs People Do   Buildings   Hats   Babies   Land and Sea   Water, Wind & Weather  

Growing   Look In the Mirror   All About ME!   Socks & Shoes   Lines   Dirt

And Just a Couple More:

Make New Friends  –  My Family Tree  –  How I Got My Name  –  Best Jokes

Big & Little  –  Zoo Animals  –  Winter Time Fun  –  Talking

How We Move  – Care for Earth  – Happiness!  –  All Kinds of Breads

I HATE Broccoli!  –  I LOVE Broccoli!  –  Clean the Playground  –  Tools

How to Help Others  –  Around the School, Around the Block, & Around the World  

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