Each month's theme comes with 8 high quality children’s books that form the foundation for the curriculum. Each and every day our read aloud lesson is based on one of these amazing children’s books. We had several criteria for selecting texts…
Nurturing
These books were selected to nurture a love of reading in preschoolers. They are engaging, full of rhymes and repetition and full of information. They’re also the perfect length, to respect a preschooler’s attention span.
Inclusive
A recent study revealed that only 15% of children’s picture books are about or written by people of color. But our books value diversity! Out of nearly 45 books that feature human characters in the blueprint curriculum, 85% feature diversity in those characters.
Balanced
We also looked for balance. From fiction to nonfiction to ABC books to counting books, to rhyming books –to expose children to a wide variety of genres.
Books in Each Theme
Theme 1
- Little Blue Truck
- Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes
- Reading Makes You Feel Good
- The Bus for Us
- Cat & Bunny
- Friends at School
- How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?
- From Head to Toe
Theme 2
- My First Day
- Families (Morris)
- Honey, I Love
- Papa and Me
- Mama Cat Has Three Kittens
- Bee-bim Bop!
- Swim, Duck Swim
- Jazz Baby
Theme 3
- Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
- City Signs
- Blackout
- Trashy Town
- Say Hello
- Demolition
- Have You Seen My Dragon?
- Firefighters A to Z
Theme 4
- Castles, Caves, and Honeycombs
- Old Bear
- Time to Sleep
- Boom Boom
- Such a Little Mouse
- Our Apple Tree
- No Two Alike
- The Snowy Day
Theme 5
- Bunny Money
- Yummy
- Lunch
- To Market, to Market
- Feast for 10
- The Beeman
- Apples for Everyone
- Watermelon Seed
Theme 6
- Me on the Map
- My Granny Went to Market
- Take Me Out to the Yakyu
- What We Wear
- One World, One Day
- Hush!
- A Pig is Big
- Maria Had a Little Llama
Theme 7
- Manana Iguana
- This Little Chick
- Little Red Hen (Finch)
- Three Little Pigs (Galdone)
- Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf
- All Pigs are Beautiful
- I Spy on the Farm
- Hattie and the Fox
Theme 8
- Alphabet Under Construction
- Actual Size
- Building a House
- Tooling Around
- Dreaming Up
- Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop
- Tools (Morris)
- Inch by Inch
Theme 9
- Flower Garden
- Compost Stew
- Lola Plants a Garden
- Plants Feed Me
- Wonderful Worms
- Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow?
- A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds
- Who Will Plant a Tree?
Theme 10
- Step Gently Out
- Waiting for Wings
- One Duck Stuck
- Birds (Henkes)
- Bring on the Birds
- Lucky Ducklings
- Red Eyed Tree Frog
- Jump Frog Jump
