Welcome to Practice Week!
A hands-on preview of Experience Curriculum — explore real lessons, get comfortable with Brightwheel, and build confidence before your full launch.
What is Practice Week?
Practice Week gives you a chance to try real lessons right now — no waiting for boxes, no full launch required. It’s a safe, simplified environment where you can assign lessons, explore the curriculum, and get your classroom ready with confidence.
This is a condensed preview — just 2–3 activities per day using materials you already have in your classroom, plus a few printables. Your full Experience Curriculum will include more activities each day, all materials delivered to your door, and the complete themed experience.
3 steps to launch Practice Week
Launch in Brightwheel Admins only
This step is essential for teachers to see the lessons in Brightwheel!
- Configure your settings in Brightwheel — Watch how →
- Assign Practice Week to a week — Watch how →
View your Toddler Teacher Guide
See the exact lessons loaded in Brightwheel, laid out just like your printed guide.
Print a few extras
Most supplies are already in your classroom. We provided a couple printables for the activities – print these out before your lesson.
5 days of Practice Lessons
Gathering List
Most of the supplies you need for Practice Week are already in your classroom. A few printables are included in this guide — find them all in the printables below. Items that are not included are listed below for easy gathering — feel free to use what you have on hand and get creative with substitutions!
| Lesson / Day | Activity | Printable & provided supplies | Your supplies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 · Mon 🔊 Farm Sounds | ★ Bear’s Silly Sounds Circle Time | Read-Aloud: Old MacDonald inside the brightwheel activity | — |
| Hold Up Blue Music & Movement | Song: Blue Waves Blues | Paper: blue, yellow; Scissors | |
| Bear’s Salad Party Creative Corner | Coloring: Bear’s Salad Party | Crayons; Highlighter | |
| Day 2 · Tue 🌅 Farm Mornings | Maisy’s Morning on the Farm Storytime | Book: Maisy’s Morning on the Farm (or another farm book) | Children’s family pictures |
| Spoonful of Water Discovery Time | — | Spoons; Bowls; Tray; Water; Masking tape | |
| ★ Square Dance Music & Movement | Song: Square Dance | Masking tape; Shaker instruments | |
| Day 3 · Wed 🐑 Sheep | Sign Sheep Circle Time | Signing Card: sheep | — |
| Sheep Prints Creative Corner | Sheep Puppet; Read-Aloud: Little Boy Blue | Fingerpaint; Craft sticks; Tape; Scissors | |
| ★ Where’s the Bean? Discovery Time | — | Pompoms; Playdough | |
| Day 4 · Thu 🌽 Harvest | Harvesting Crops Circle Time | — | Paper scraps (variety of colors) |
| ★ Boy Blue Creative Corner | Coloring: Little Boy Blue | Fingerpaint; Crayons | |
| Design a Haystack Discovery Time | — | Mini craft sticks; Playdough; Nature items (sticks, leaves); Bowl | |
| Day 5 · Fri 🌾 Haystacks | ★ Haystack Fun Circle Time | — | Masking tape; Ball |
| A Farmer’s Life for Me Storytime | Book: A Farmer’s Life for Me (or another farm book) | — | |
| Sheep Sleep Music & Movement | Song: Sheep Sleep; Signing Cards: sheep, sleep | Tape |
Most days include a starred activity (★). These specific lessons are intentionally highlighted because they act as a built-in observation roadmap designed to spotlight core developmental skills.
Logging an observation during a starred activity connects it straight to a child’s learning profile. This automatically captures critical milestone data — ensuring that over the course of the unit, you’ll have observed every core skill without the extra guesswork.
★ Boy Blue
After this Thursday activity, log an observation for each child around writing skills — do they scribble or draw to represent their cozy nap spot, or begin to make letter-like forms?
LLD 7a & 7b · WritingPractice Week is a simplified preview — a taste of what’s coming. Your full Experience Curriculum includes a complete daily schedule, all hands-on materials shipped to your classroom, and the full themed experience your students will love. Think of this week as your test drive. The full experience is just around the corner.
You're ready. Let's go!
Log into Brightwheel, head to the Learning tab, and your Practice Week lessons are waiting.
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