This volume offers you practical weekly themes as well as all the necessary materials for the best possible preparation of preschool children for the demands of first grade. In addition, you will receive important background information and assessment sheets to determine the developmental level of the children. The learning content and activities for each week are clearly outlined. The volume also includes book recommendations, songs, and numerous templates for immediate use. This way, you have all the materials for the entire preschool year! The book contains: - Seasonal weekly themes: seasons, months, festivities throughout the year - Topics in early mathematical education: left-right, shapes, spatial relationships, quantities and numbers up to 6, ordinal numbers - Topics in the area of writing and language: names, rhyming words, reading - Topics in the area of nature and technology.