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Nature Study - Natural Disasters 🌦️ Introduction Natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, and blizzards can sound scary, especially to young children. But teaching kids about these powerful forces of nature doesn’t have to be frightening. In fact, learning about them helps children feel prepared, confident, and curious about the world around them. 🌎 What Are Natural Disasters? Natural disasters are extreme events caused by the Earth’s natural processes. They can happen anywhere in the world and include: Hurricanes – giant storms that form over warm oceans with strong winds and rain Earthquakes – sudden shaking of the ground when rocks deep below the surface move Volcanoes – mountains that can erupt with hot lava and ash Floods – when heavy rain or rising water covers the land Wildfires – large fires that spread quickly through forests or grasslands Tornadoes – powerful spinning columns of air that touch the ground Snowstorms and Blizzard...
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50 Essential Skills For The First 5 Years

Bike riding w. training wheels (2-3 yrs)


Newborn to 12 months


  • Shapes 
  • Colours
  • Numbers
  • Letters
  • First Words 
  • Motor Skills - Rolling Over, Sitting Up, Crawling, Cruising & Walking 
  • Healthy Eating
  • Self feed with fork and or spoon 
  • Hold and drink from a glass or cup 
  • Swimming


12 - 24 months 


  • Animal names & sounds 
  • 2D Shapes
  • Colours
  • Numbers
  • Letters
  • First Words
  • Motor Skills - Running, Jumping, Climbing
  • Healthy Eating 
  • Climb up and down stairs 
  • Potty Training (start between 18 & 21 months) 


2-3 Years


  • 3D Shapes 
  • Count from Numbers 1-25
  • Days of the Week
  • Phonics - Letter Sounds
  • Recite Days of the Week & Months of the Year
  • Manners
  • Gross Motor Skills - Bike riding, Scooter riding etc.
  • Healthy Eating - Identify Food Groups
  • Scissor Skills 
  • Practice tracing shapes, numbers, letters


3-4 Years 


  • Count from 1 - 100
  • Say & Write full name
  • Phonics - Blends, Sight Words, Word Families 
  • Basic Computer Skills
  • The Environment - Name the Seasons & the Planets
  • Healthy Eating - Food Prep 
  • Read simple sentences
  • Identify Primary vs. Secondary colours 
  • Practice tracing shapes, numbers, letters
  • Draw stick figures, people and or animals


4-5 Years 

  • Simple addition & subtraction from memory
  • Say full home address
  • Spell Phonetically 
  • Garden (from seed to plant)
  • Create new recipes from familiar ingredients 
  • The Environment: Describe the life cycle
  • Read beginner books like Bob Books etc.
  • Learn simple greetings in a new language
  • Draw a landscape and or map that tells a story or gives information. 
  • Gross Motor Skills: climb/ coordinate movement on more complex structures like a kids climbing wall and or zip line, gymnastics bar or tree (with adult help/supervision)

Bonus: Practice tying shoe laces 



What other skills would you add? Comment below. 


Kids playground with climbing structures (Gross Motor Skills)

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