Experience Preschool Curriculum - Family and Pets – Teacher Guides

Celebrate the people and pets who fill our lives with love in the Family and Pets Teacher Guide, an engaging and developmentally rich resource from the Experience Preschool curriculum. This guide provides educators with everything they need to support young children in exploring family roles, emotions, diversity, and responsibility through playful, hands-on learning.

Throughout this theme, children will:
Build Social-Emotional Understanding by identifying family members, expressing feelings, and practicing empathy.
Develop Language and Literacy through storytelling, themed vocabulary, and read-alouds centered around families and animal companions.
Explore Early Math and Science Concepts by comparing pet sizes, sorting household items, and learning how to care for living things.
Express Creativity with open-ended art projects and dramatic play opportunities that reflect real-life family and pet experiences.

The guide includes daily lesson plans, circle time activities, learning center ideas, and assessment support, all aligned to early learning standards. With Family and Pets, teachers can foster a warm, inclusive classroom where every child’s unique family story is honored.

Each month, educators receive a complete set of 20 lessons and materials designed to guide preschoolers through hands-on learning, observation, and foundational skill-building. Literacy Tools - Storybooks, storytelling magnets, loose letter cards, literac