Wonders

<p>Childhood is full of wonders. The <i>Wonders</i> curriculum builds on the questions children ask creating more opportunities for learning. The books in Prufrock's new Differentiated Curriculum Kits employ a differentiated integrated curriculum based on broad themes. <br><br>This all-in-one curriculum helps teachers save planning time ensure compliance with national standards and most importantly pique their students' natural excitement and interest in discovery. By participating in the wide variety of activities in the Differentiated Curriculum Kit for Kindergarten students will learn to discover the wonders around them and gain a lifelong desire to learn.<br><br>In <i>Wonders Book 2: Plants Insects and Dinosaurs</i> students will wonder about plants insects and dinosaurs. Kindergarteners will participate in hands-on experiments related to seed scattering camouflage and fossils. Other topics studied within the concept of wonders include plant parts plant adaptations dinosaur eating habits extinction arachnids worms and body characteristics of insects.<br><br>Other books in the <i>Wonders</i> series include <i>Wonders Book 1</i>: <i>Nature Space and Community</i>; and <i>Wonders Book 3</i>: <i>Machines My Body and Physical Fitness</i>.<br><br>Grade K<br><br>This curriculum unit makes use of the following great children's literature books:</p><ul> <li> <i>From Seed to Plant</i> by Gail Gibbons;</li> <li> <i>A House is a House for Me</i> by Mary Ann Hoberman;</li> <li> <i>Bugs and Other Insects</i> by Bobbie Kalman;</li> <li> <i>The Grouchy Ladybug</i> by Eric Carle; and</li> <li> <i>Dinosaur Encore</i> by Patricia Mullins or <i>How Big Were Dinosaurs? Gigantic!</i> by Patrick O'Brien.</li> </ul>