3/4 Schedule:Farm

Theme: Farm
 
Literature:
Farmer Duck by Martin Waddel
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Driving My Tractor by Jan Dobbins
Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
                                                     
Retelling Story:
The Three Little Pigs
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Chicken” (cutting practice)
Letters with Diagonal Lines (W, V, X, Y)
 
Art:
Egg Carton Chicks
Three Little Pigs Puppets
Pig in the Mud

Sticker Sheep

 

Sensory:
Hay and Corn Sensory Bin
 
Math:
How Many Farm Animals?
Big Button Game (Sorting, Counting, Identifying Numbers)
 
Movement:
Old MacDonald Says…
The Pigs Go Skipping

Music:

In and Out of the Barn Game
Tune: The Farmer and the Dell
 
The (farm animal)’s out of the barn.
The _______’s out of the barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s out of the barn.
 
The (farm animal)’s is in the barn.
The _______’s is in barn.
Heigh-ho, the derry-o,
The _______’s is in the barn.

On the Farm/ lowercase b

Farms / Lowercase b

Monday

Literacy: lowercase b  -ow family, Who’s on the Farm book

Math: How Many Spots on the Cow?

Art: Who’s on the Farm Book

Science: Turning cream into butter

Music:  Down on Grandpa’s Farm

Book: Click Clack Moo

Tuesday

Literacy: lowercase b –en word famiy.

Math: Counting eggs how many is a dozen

Art: decorating eggs/hatching chick

Science: dissolving an egg shell in different solutions/life cycle of the chicken

Music: Down on Grandpa’s Farm

Book: CockaDoodle Doo

Wednesday

Literacy: lowercase b –eep family

Math:  Sheep in a Jeep

Art: Sheep farm scene with cottonballs

Science: What is wool made of?

Music: Old McDonald had a Farm

Book: Charlie Needs a Cloak

Thursday

Literacy: lowercase b –ig famly

Math: How Much Money in the Piggy Bank?

Art: Shape pig rolling in mud.

Science: What is the difference between a pig and a hog?

Music: Down on Grandpa’s Farm

Book: Pig in the Pond and Pig’s Egg

Friday:

Literacy: lowercase b-  -ash family

Math: Bubble counting

Art: Animals in the Mud

Science: Making Mud

Music: BINGO

Book: Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm

PM Preschool Schedule: Farms

Week of April 01-05
Theme: Farms

Literature:
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo! Barnyard Hullabaloo by Giles Andreae
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat

Letter:
Lowercase Letters (a, b, c)

Art/Science:
3D Red Barn
Standing up Sheep craft

Math:
How Many Hay Stacks Does it Take?
Count the Cow Spots

Fine Motor:
Cut out Farm Animals
Pre-writing Farm Words
My Itsy Bitsy Farm Book

Music:

Pigs on the Run!

One piggy, two piggies,
Three piggies, four
Wag their tails
And run out the door!
Five piggies, six piggies,
Seven piggies, eight
Hurry 'cross the yard
And jump the gate!
Nine piggies, ten piggies
Head down the street
And go to the market
For a sweet and tasty treat!

2/3 Schedule: Farms

Literature:

• Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
• Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell
• Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley

Letter:

• Review Letters with Straight Lines (T, I, F, E, L, H)

Art:

• Cotton Ball Sheeps
• Hand-print Paper Plate Chickens
• Making Butter 
• Tops & Bottoms Farming Art
• Shredded Wheat Haystacks

Math:

• How many cows are there in the barn?
• Counting Chickens
• Pigs Feet Math Game
• Sorting and Matching Farm Animals

Sensory:

• Tractors and Dirt
• Farm Animals with Popcorn Seeds

Fine Motor:

• Cutting: Vegetables in the Garden
• Pre-Writing Practice: Get the Farmer to his Farm

Music:

• Old McDonald Had a Farm - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5yvIKMCIPs
• B-I-N-G-O - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzakCuyWOKU

More about Plants lowercase a and b

More about plants/ lower case a and b

Monday

Literacy: lowercase a/ practice writing  -am family

Math: Carrot counting book

Art: Class Garden/collage

Science: what is compost/examining compost for planting seeds

Music: BINGO and Hokey Pokey

Book: Round the Garden

Tuesday

Literacy: lower case a  -ad family

Math; Petal counting with real plants/compare as a class

Art: Plant in a Bag

Science: Extracting chlorophyll from leaves

Music: The Farmer Plants the Seeds

Book: From Plant to Seed

Wednesday

Literacy: lowercase  b   word family-all

Art: What is in our garden book? Flap book

Math: Tangram flowers

Science: Soil/making mud

Music: The Farmer Plants the Seeds

Book: In the Garden, Who’s Been here

Thursday

Literacy: lowercase b  word family –an

Math: measuring plant stems

Art: Finish rain sticks

Science: examining real flowers

Music: BINGO, Hokey Pokey

Book: Rain

Friday

Literacy: lowercase b  -ar word family

Math: Petal addition

Art: flower pigment painting

Science: Examining flowers

Music: The Farmer Plants the Seeds

Book: What is in Our Garden?

3/4 Schedule: Plants Continued

Theme: Plants
 
Literature:
The Carrot Seed
Who’s in the Garden
What’s This? A Seed Story
The Gigantic Turnip
Grandpa’s Garden
 
Retelling Story:
Jack and the Beanstock
 

Fine Motor:

“Don’t Cut the Flower” (cutting practice)
Review Letters with Straight Lines (T, I, F, E, L, H)
 
Art:
Planting Carrot Seeds
Peas in a Pod
Carrots in Dirt
Sponge Flowers
Easel Seed Starters
 
Sensory:
Seed Sensory Bin
 
Science:
What do plants need to grow?
Foods that are seeds, roots, stems or flowers
 
Math:
I have…Who has… Game

Big Button Game (Sorting, Counting, Identifying Numbers)

 
Movement:
Musical Number Mat Game

Music:

Planting Time

Sung to: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Dig, dig, dig the earth
Then you plant your seeds
A gentle rain
And bright sunshine
Will help your flowers grow 

I'll Plant A Little Seed

Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot"

I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM Preschool Schedule: Plants

Week of March 25-29
Theme: Plants

Literature:
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
In the Garden: Who's Been Here? by Lindsay Barrett George

Letter:
Alphabet Book Cover
Letter B Words

Art/Science:
Tops & Bottoms Garden Craft
Carrot Baggie
Colorful Pots
Parts of a Tree (continued)

Math:
How Many Petals? (dice game)
Carrot Seeds for the Rabbit

Fine Motor:
Cut out Plants
Scooping soil into pot

Music:

PLANTING SEEDS

First you take the seed and you plant it in the ground
Next a rain cloud comes and waters all around
Next the sun shines brightly, without a sound
And in just a few days, a flower is found

2/3 Class Schedule: Plants

Theme: Plants

Literature:

• Mrs. Spitzer's Garden by Edith Pattou
• Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
• Round the Garden by Omri Glaser
• Living Sunlight by Molly Bang and Penny Chisholm
• How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan

Art:

• Decorating Pots
• Potting Soil and Seeds
• 3-D Plants
• Parts of a Flower Craft
• Sunflower Seed Art

Fine Motor:

• Cutting: Water the Garden
• Pre-Writing Practice: Writing Patterns
• Colors and Shapes in Bloom
• Parts of a Flower Puzzle

Sensory:

• Watering Plants
• Sensory Seed Bin 

Music:

• What Do Plants Need? (Tune: Frere Jacques) 

What do plants need?
What do plants need?
To grow tall?
To grow tall?

Plants need soil.
Water, air, and sun.
Watch them grow!
Watch them grow!
 

2/3 Class Schedule: Plants

Theme: Plants

Literature:

• Round the Garden by Omri Glaser
• From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons
• Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens

Art:

• Watercolor Flowers
• Germinating Bean/Pumpkin Seeds
• From Seed to Plant Craft
• Carrot in a Bag
• Dandelion Cotton Art

Fine Motor:

• Steady Hand Control Game
• Cutting Shapes

Math/Science:

• Matching/Sorting Flowers
• Counting Carrot Seeds Game
• Estimating the Growth of Seeds/Measuring the Seeds

Sensory:

• Seed Sensory Bin 

Music/Rhymes:

•   Planting Season: 
• • "First you take the seed and you plant it in the ground." (Mime taking a seed and planting it in your other hand, balled up in a fist.) 
  "Next a rain cloud comes and waters all around." (Keep fist with seed same, use other hand to simulate a rain cloud raining down on seed.)
  "Next the sun shines brightly, without a sound." (Keep fist with seed same, use other hand to shine down by moving fingers over seed.)
  "And in just a few days... a flower is found!" (Move fist with seed up through other hand and open like a flower. This is actually the sign for "new" or "flower.") 
• I'm a Little Seed (Tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
• • Sung to the Tune: I'm a Little Teapot
  I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground.
  Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
  Down come the raindrops soft and slow(ly)
  Up comes the flower grow, grow, grow!
  

More about Plants

Letter of the week is Z

Review numbers 11 and 12

Monday

Literacy: My favorite animal in the zoo is ________ .

Math/Art : Seed sort wheel

Science: What does a seed need to grow?

Music:  seed song

I plant a little seed in the cold, cold ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down come the raindrops soft and slow(ly)
Up comes the flower grow, grow, grow!

Book: The Living Sunglight

Tuesday

Literacy: I have zero____________.

Math: counting carrots In the ground with playdough

music/Art: seed rainsticks

Science: Experimenting with seeds in moisted in paper towels and dirt

Book: The Rain Came to Kapitii Plain

Wedneday

Literacy:  I can zip my_______.

Math: weighing vegetables and seed counnnt

Art: Rainbow garden

Science: Transferring seeds and examing roots.

Music: Dancing to Chicken Dance, Hokey Pokey and Limbo

Book: Planting a Rainbow

Thursday

Literacy: I can zoom all over _________.

Math:  matching petals to plant numbers (dice game)

Art: Tops and Bottoms book

Science: observing root seeds

Music: Little Seed

Book: Tops and Bottoms

Friday

Literacy: My favorite letter in the alphabet is ________. ________ begins with the letter ____.

Art: Flower garden box  (please bring in a small box)

Math: How many roots on the seed?

Science: Observing seeds of vegetables that grow above the ground.

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around

Book: Flower Garden

3/4 Schedule: Plants

Theme: Plants
 
Literature:
The Carrot Seed
Who’s in the Garden
What’s This? A Seed Story
The Gigantic Turnip
Grandpa’s Garden

Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Flower” (cutting practice)
Review Letters with Lines (T, I, F, E)

Art:

Planting Carrot Seeds
Glowing Window Gardens
Parts of a Flower Picture
Egg Carton Flowers
Grass Heads

Sensory:
Seed Sensory Bin
 
Science:
What do plants need to grow?
Foods that are seeds, roots, stems or flowers

Math:

I have…Who has… Game
Big Button Game (Sorting, Counting, Identifying Numbers) 

Movement:

Musical Number Mat Game

Music:

Planting Time
Sung to: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Dig, dig, dig the earth
Then you plant your seeds
A gentle rain
And bright sunshine
Will help your flowers grow

I'll Plant A Little Seed

Sung to: "I'm A Little Teapot"

I'll plant a little seed in the dark, dark ground.
Out comes the yellow sun, big and round.
Down comes the cool rain, soft and slow.
Up comes the little seed, grow, grow, grow!

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM Preschool Schedule: Plants

Week of March 18-22

Theme: Plants

Literature:

Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou

From Seed to Plant by Gail Gibbons

Letter:

A is for Ant

A is for Aquarium

Art/Science:

Parts of a Tree

Paper Plate Gardening Craft

Hand & Arm Plant Paint

Lima Bean in a Baggie

Math:

Seeds Pie

Flower Number Bingo

Fine Motor:

Don’t cut the Plant

Prewriting Plant Activity

Music:

The Farmer Plant the Seeds

The farmer plant the seeds

The farmer plant the seeds

Hi, Ho, and Cherry O

The farmer plant the seeds

The rain begins to fall

The sun begins to shine

The plants begins to grow

The buds all open up

The flowers smiles at me

Enrichment Class Schedule

Monday, Math/Science Class: Our Bodies

• All About Our Eyes and Sight
• Covering One Eye Experiment
• Introducing the Braille Alphabet
• Making the Braille Alphabet with Glue Dots
• Magnifying Glass Experiment
• Counting Eye-balls

Wednesday, Literacy Class: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

• Discussion Questions about The Lorax
• Lorax Mustaches Craft
• Recyclable Art
• Cotton Ball Truffula Trees
• Don't Take My Tree Game

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Italy

• Cooking Project: Spaghetti
• Learning the Ingredients That Make Spaghetti
• Italian Culture and Customs
• The Italian Flag Review
• Designing Our Aprons
• Working On Our Cookbooks

2/3 Class Schedule: Rainbows and Leprechauns

Theme: Rainbows and Leprechauns

Literature:

• A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
• Leprechaun, Leprechaun What Do You See? (Emergent Reader)
• The Leprechaun's Gold by Pamela Duncan Edwards
• What Makes a Rainbow? by Betty Ann Schwartz

Letter: Zz

• Z is For Zebra
• Z is For Zipper
• My Little Z Book

Art:

• Leprechaun Tear Art
• Cotton Ball Rainbow Painting
• St. Patrick's Day Hand Print Rainbow Craft
• Leprechaun Traps
• Shamrock Tissue Paper Craft
• Fruit Loop Rainbows

Math:

• Counting Gold Coins
• How Many Clovers Do You See?
• Find the Missing Leprechauns

Fine Motor:

• Cutting Squares
• Gluing Tissue Paper onto Rainbows

Music:

• I See Rainbows (Tune: Frere Jacques)

I see rainbows,
I see rainbows,
Way up high
In the sky.

They are red and orange,
Yellow, green and blue.
Purple, too.
What a view!

I see rainbows,
I see rainbows,
Way up high
In the sky.

They are made from sunshine,
Shinning through the rain.
What a view
In skies so blue!

• Rainbows In My Bubbles (Tune: She'll Be Coming' Round the Mountain)

I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I do.
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I so.
When I blow up towards the sun,
They have rainbows, every one.
I’ve got rainbows in my bubbles, yes I do.

3/4 Schedule: Rainbows and Leprechauns

Theme: Rainbow and Leprechauns
 
Literature:
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing
Leprechaun, Leprechaun, Who Do You See? (Emergent Reader)
The Leprechaun’s Gold by Pamela Duncan Edwards
The Luckiest Leprechaun by Justine Korman
 
Letter:
Animal Puppet: Zebra
Z is for Zebra
Z is for Zipper

Leprechaun Letter Hunt

 

Journal Activity:
If I had one wish, I’d wish for ______.
 
Art/Science:
Cookie Cutter Shamrock Painting
Thumb Print Four Leaf Clovers
Fruit Loop Rainbows
Shamrock hats
Leprechaun Traps
Magic Fizzing Shamrocks
 
Math:
How much gold at the end of the rainbow?
Leprechaun and Clover Puzzle
Leprechaun Counting
 
Fine Motor:
Don’t Cut the Leprechaun (Cutting Practice)
Line Lines and Big Lines
 
Music:
Great Big Rainbow
Tune: I’m a Little Teapot 

There’s a great, big rainbow

In the sky,

With pretty colors
Way up high.
When it starts to rain
And the sun comes out-
A beautiful rainbow
Will pop out!
 

Rainbow Song

Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
 
Let’s all name our colors right now
Red and orange and yellow
Green and blue and purple, too
Look! It’s a rainbow.

From Seed to Plant/ Letter Y

Monday

Literacy:  I like to _______in a yard.

Math:  How Much is 20/seed sort and count

Art: arm/hand sunflower

Science: What is a seed?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around

Book:  The Tiny Seed

Tuesday

Literacy: A ________is yellow.

Math: counting to 10 with seeds

Art: Carrot in a bag

Science: How does a seed grow?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around

Book: The Carrot Seed

Wednesday

Literacy: I yell when_________.

Math: How Many feet up the beanstalk?

Art: Beanstalk to cloud seed

Science: What happens after a seed sprouts?

Music: The Green Grass Grows all Around/  I’m a Little Seed

Book:  Jack and the Beanstalk

Thursday

Literacy: A ______is yummy!

Math: Root Vegetable survey/graphing

Art: Root vegetable free art/ Leprachaun traps  (please bring a shoe box)

Science:  When a plant blooms.

Music: I’m a little plant/ Green Grass Grows all Around

Book: Growing Vegetable Soup

Friday

Literacy:  Yesterday I __________.

Math:  Shamrock addition

Art:  Rainbow handprint leading to pot of gold

Science: Exploring rainbows

Music:  Limericks and Irish songs

Book: The Luckiest Leprechaun