Under the Big Top

The circus is coming to Discovery Garden! This week’s theme is circus. Each day will be filled with fun and creative activities! We will read books, create projects, engage in math activities, and practice some circus show movements. For the movement portion, we will practice juggling with one, two, or three beanbags/scarves, walk a tight rope (the rope will be on the ground J), balance on a low balance beam, jump/step through a hula hoop, and march like elephants. Also, at the end of each day the students will perform a short circus act!

Here is an outline of what we’ll be doing each day:

Monday

·         Create a clown face

·         Clown face pattern blocks

·         Clown matching

·         Snack: strawberry, cucumber

Tuesday

·         Circus diorama

·         Balloon sort/matching

·         Balloon addition (4 and 5 year olds)

·         Snack: mango, carrots

Wednesday

·         Circus trains

·         Circus train upper case/lower case matching

·         Snack: peaches, peas

Thursday

·         Circus texture art scene

·         Find the difference circus scene

·         Number act (one-to-one correspondence book)

·         Snack: mango, romaine lettuce

Friday

·         Cotton candy art project (from paper towel tubes and cotton balls)

·         Cotton candy count

·         Cotton candy probability (4 and 5 year olds)

·         Snack: snap peas, fruit smoothies