Insects

Insects/ lowercase e

Monday

Literacy:  bug stamp book /word family –ug

Math:  Aphids on a leaf

Art: Create our own bug with a variety of shapes

Science: KWL bugs

Music: Ants in Your Pants by Nancy Stewart 

CHORUS:
If you have ants in your pants (clap 3 times)
Fleas in your knees (clap 3 times)
And you feel like a wiggle worm (wiggle)
Come on along with me and you’ll see at times
It’s o.k. to wiggle and squirm

Worms like to wiggle around in the ground
(children get down on tummies and wiggle like worms)
We’re luck that they do
‘Cause when they wiggle they stir up the dirt
And it helps the flowers to bloom
(chorus)

Can you jump up and down just like a flea
That’s what fleas like to do
If you walk under a tree where there is a flea
He will jump on you!
(chorus)

Now ants are very busy workers
They’re always on the move
So put those ants in your pants, get up and dance
Now you’re in the groove
(instrumental dancing verse)
(Chorus)

Kids like to wiggle and jump up and down
They’re just like kids that way
When they get to wiggle and jump up and down
They’re havin’ a real good day
(chorus)

Book: Creepy Crawly Baby Bugs

Tuesday

Literacy: An ant can…book/ -ant family

Math:  Flying through numbers  (number recognition, adding 2 and 3 numbers)

Art: Ant colony using clay

Science: Ants/Ant farm

Music: Ants in Your Pants

Book: Hey Little Ant/ Ant Cities

Wednesday

Field trip to the Woodinville Trout Farm

Thursday

Literacy: One day a little ant…..book/ -et family

Math:  Bug sequencing/Bug tangrams

Art: Sock ant

Science: Ant colonies, observing ants outside

Music: Ants in Your Pants

Book: Two Bad Ants

Friday

Literacy: Firefly book/ -ry family

Math: Buggy Spin and Graph

Art: Fireflies glowing in a jar

Science: bioluminescent animals

Music: Little Bitty Bug by Nancy Stewart

Book: Gus and the Firefly/The Very Lonely Firefly

PM Preschool Schedule: Bugs

Week of April 29-May 3
Theme: Bugs

Literature:
Bugs Galore by Bob Staake
I Love Bugs by Emma Dodd

Letter:
Review Straight Uppercase Letters
Letter M
Letter N

Art/Science:
Dragon Fly Craft
Paper Butttefly

Math:
Clothespin & Straws Butterfly Counting
Dot the Lady Bug

Fine Motor:
Cut Out Bug Shapes
Pre-writing Bug Words

Music:

Flutter, Flutter, Butterfly
Tune: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Flutter, flutter, butterfly.
Floating in the summer sky.
Floating by for all to see,
Floating by so merrily.
Flutter, flutter, butterfly,
Floating in the summer sky.

2/3 Class Schedule (4/29-5/3): Bugs

Theme: Bugs

Literature:

• I Love Bugs! by Philemon Sturges
• Bob and Otto by Robert O. Bruel
• Bug Safari by Bob Barner
• BUZZ by Eileen Spinelli
• Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming

Letter: Dd

• Dd is For Dots
• Dd is For Dinosaurs
• Dd is For Dogs
• Dd is For Doodle
• Dd is For Door

Art:

• Bug Net Craft
• Shape Bugs
• Fingerprint Flowers and Bugs
• Egg Carton Butterflies
• Fluffy Bumblebees

Math:

• Matching Butterfly Cards
• Counting Bugs
• Bug Patterns
• Bug Puzzles
• Sorting Bugs

Fine Motor:

• Cutting: Bug Cutting
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing Shapes with Bugs

Music:

• Shoo, Fly Don't Bother Me!

Shoo, fly don't bother me. Shoo, fly don't bother me. 

Shoo, fly don't bother me, I belong to somebody!

• I'm Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. Won't my mommy be so proud of me!

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee. Ouch! It stung me!

I'm squashing up the baby bumblebee. Won't my mommy be so proud of me!

I'm squashing up the baby bumblebee. Mmm... It looks like strawberry!

I'm licking up the baby bumblebee. Won't my mommy be so proud of me!

I'm licking up the baby bumblebee. Oh! No more bumblebee!

• Head, and Thorax, Abdomen, Abdomen (Tune: Head and Shoulders)

Head, and thorax, abdomen, abdomen.

Head, and thorax, abdomen, abdomen.

Antennae, wings, and six legs too.

Don't let this bug land on you,

Shoo, bug, shoo!

Enrichment Classes Schedule: (4/22-4/26)

Monday, Math/Science Class: The Solar System and Earth Day Celebration

• Moon Overview (The Moon Phases)
• Moon and Craters Experiment
• 3-D Earth Play-Dough Sculpture
• Earth Day Observation and Solutions
• Earth Day Project

Wednesday, Literacy Class: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

• Cookie Tear Art
• Cause and Effect of Cookie Activity
• Real Mouse Vs. the Mouse in the Story Comparison
• Making Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Mouse with Yarn Whiskers Art

Friday, Cooking Around the World: China

• Cooking Project: Egg Drop Soup and Beef with Broccoli
• Making Our Books About China
• More About Traditions and Culture
• 3-D Chinese Dragon Art

2/3 Class Schedule (4/22-4/26): Earth Week

Theme: Earth Week

Literature:

• Earth Day by Gary Kowalski
• What the World Needs by Mansfield Elem. Middle School in Mansfield, Louisiana
• Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
• All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon
• The Earth and I by Frank Asch

Letter: Cc

• Cc is For Cars
• Cc is For Cones
• Cc is For Cats
• Cc is For Cookies
• Cc is For Clouds

Art:

• 3-D Earth Play-Dough Sculpture
• Earth Watercolor Pipet Art
• Earth Hand-prints
• Tissue Paper Earth Craft
• Faces with Natural Stuff

Math:

• Sorting/Matching Earth Cards
• Counting Plants
• Earth Puzzle

Sensory:

• Snow Pom-Poms with Tongs Bin

Fine Motor:

• Cutting: Don't Cut the Raindrop!
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing Shapes

Music:

• Earth is in Our Hands

Earth day and more Weather/letter d

Earth Day and more about Weather/letter d

Monday

Literacy: My favorite word book  (a,b,c,d)  -ight

Math: How many helping hands around the Earth

Art: Earth tie dye print

Music: Alligators all Around

Science: Reuse and recycle

Book:Mossy

Tuesday

Literacy: My favorite word book (e,f,g, h) –ook family

Math: umbrella raindrop addition match

Art: Different cloud paintings

Music: Alligators All Around

Science: cloud in a jar

Book: Weather Words

Wednesday

Literacy: My favorite word book (I, j,k,l)-oot family

Math/Art: Sundial

Music: Pete the Cat (Rocking in my School Shoes)

Science: The importance of the sun.

Book: Sun

Thursday

Literacy: My favorite word book (m,n,o,p)  -it famly

Math: How many lightning bolts?

Music: Pete the Cat ( Rocking in my School Shoes)

Art: Stormy day

Science: Different kinds of storms / Tornado in a bottle  bring in a clear, plastic jar or water bottle

Book: The Storm Book

Friday

Literacy: My favorite word book (q,r,s,t) –ing family

Math: weather patterning

Music: Alligators All Around

Science/Art: Weather book   (review water cycle)

Book:The Best Book of Weather

PM Preschool Schedule: Earth Day

Week of April 22-26
Theme: Earth Day

Literature:
Earth Day, Birthday by Maureen Wright
Earth Day Every Day by Lisa Bullard

Letter:
Review Straight Uppercase Letters
Letter A
Letter E

Art/Science:
Stained Glass Planet Earth
Plastic Wrap Paint Art

Math:
Earth, Mark the Number Game
Helping Hands

Fine Motor:
Pre-writing Recycle Words
Cut out Recycle Shapes (bottles, plastic cups, etc.)

Music:

Recycling Song
Tune: Row Row Row Your Boat

Save, save, save the cans, throw them in the bin,

We can help to save the earth if we all pitch in.

Save, save, save the paper....

Save, save, save the bottles....

Save, save, save the plastics....

Weather/Lowercase d

Week of April 15-19

Weather/Lowercase d/adding numbers

Monday

Literacy:  -un

Math:  cotton ball cloud counting

Art: animal cloud pictures

Science:  clouds activity with shaving cream

Music: Cloud dancing

Book: Little Cloud

Tuesday

Literacy: -ip  (tr) sound

Math: How many clouds?

Art: water cycle craft

Science: what is the water cycle/ condensation experiment

Music: water cycle dance

Book:The Cloud Book

Wednesday

Literacy: -up

Math: adding raindrops in the clouds

Art: umbrella and raindrops

Science: measuring rain/ condensation

Music: Rain Rain go Away/April Showers

Book:The Rain Came Down

Thursday

Literacy: -ick  (ck) sound

Math: adding raindrops with water droppers

Art: Rain watercoloring

Science: measuring rain/condensation

Music: Rain, rain go away/ April Showers

Book: What is Rain?

Friday

Literacy: -ain , rainbow book

Math: Rainbow races

Art: Pasta rainbow

Science: What makes a rainbow?

Music: In the Rainbow

Book: What Makes a Rainbow

Enrichment Classes Schedule: (4/15-4/19)

Monday, Math/Science Class: The Solar System

• Moon Phases Activity
• Sun with Paint Experiment
• Making Moon Sand
• Toilet Paper Solar System Experiment
• Counting with Stars

Wednesday, Literacy Class: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

• Cookie Tear Art
• Cause and Effect of Cookie Activity
• Real Mouse Vs. the Mouse in the Story Comparison
• Making Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Mouse with Yarn Whiskers Art

Friday, Cooking Around the World: China

• Cooking Project: Egg Drop Soup and Beef with Broccoli
• Making Our Books About China
• More About Traditions and Culture
• 3-D Chinese Dragon Art

PM Preschool Schedule: Weather

Week of April 15-19
Theme: Weather

Literature:
The Cloud Book by Tomie dePaola
One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler

Letter:
Review Straight Uppercase Letters
Letter M
Letter X

Art/Science:
Umbrella Raindrops
Wind Art

Math:
Count the Raindrops
Sort Rainbow Colors/Weather Clouds

Fine Motor:
Pre-writing Weather Words
Cut out Weather Shapes (clouds, thunder, etc.)

Music:

Whistling Wind
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It

If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup up your ears.
If you hear it in the trees,
Making music with the leaves,
If you hear the whistling wind,
Cup your ears.
If you feel the Blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.
If you feel it lift your hair,
Like a kite up in the air,
If you feel the blustery wind,
Whirl around.

2/3 Class Schedule (4/15-4/19): Weather

Theme: Weather

Literature:

• The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
• When the Earth Wakes by Ani Rucki
• Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
• Rain by Robert Kalan
• Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld

Alphabet: Bb

• Bb is For Bats
• Bb is For Baseball
• Bb is For Bears
• Bb is For Bears

Art:

• Paper Plate Weather Cycle
• 3-D Clouds
• Rainbow in a Jar
• Raindrops with Pipets
• Lightning Paint Art

Math:

• How Many Raindrops Do You See? Game 
• Counting Umbrellas
• Sorting Clouds and Rainbows

Sensory:

• Cloud Sensory Bin
• Weather Sensory Table

Fine Motor:

• Cutting: Clouds
• Pre-Writing Practice: Follow the Sunshine

Music:

• 5 Little Raindrops (Rhyme): 

Five little raindrops plopping on the floor,
one plopped away, and then there were four.
Four little raindrops dripping on the trees,
one dripped away, and then there were three.
Three little raindrops splashing on my shoe,
one splashed away, and then there were two.
Two little raindrops starting to run,
one ran off, and then there was one.
One little raindrop drying in the sun,
it dried all up, and then there were none!

• Weather Song (Tune: B-I-N-G-O):
    
  There was a time when we were wet and rainy was the weather r-a-i-n-y-, r-a-i-n-y, r-a-i-n-y and rainy was the weather. 
  There was a time when we were hot and sunny was the weather, S-u-n-n-y, s-u-n-n-y, s-u-n-n-y and sunny was the weather. 
  There was a time when we were cool and windy was the weather, w-i-n-d-y, w-i-n-d-y, w-i-n-d-y and windy was the weather. 
  There was a time when we were cold and snowy was the weather, s-n-o-w-y, s-n-o-w-y, s-n-o-w-y and snowy was the weather! 

3/4 Class Schedule (4/22-4/26): Earth Week

Theme: Earth Week    

 
Literature:
The Earth and I by Frank Asch
All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon
Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
What the World Needs by Fourth Grade Students at Mansfield Elementary School
Earth Day: An Alphabet Book by Gary Kowalski
Watch Over Our Water by Lisa Bullard
Earth Day, Every Day by Lisa Bullard

Alphabet:

Letters with Curves (S, J, U, D, P)
I Have, Who Has Game (lowercase letters)

Fine Motor:

Preschool Mazes
Squeezing Pipettes/Mixing Color on Coffee Filters
 
Art:
Squeeze Paint Earth Craft
Shaving Cream Marble Painting
Lunch Trash Collage
Plastic Bottle Cap Mosaic
Toilet Paper Bird Feeder

Math:

How Many Drops of Water?
Number Poems
 
Recycle:
Tune: Three Blind Mice
 
Recycle. Recycle.
See how we save.
See how we save.
We save our paper, glass and cans.
Everyone lend a helping hand.
We must pitch in to save our land.
So recycle.

Earth Day Hooray!

Tune: The Ants Go Marching
 
Soon it’s gonna be earth day.
Hooray! Hooray!
Soon it’s gonna be earth day.
Hooray! Hooray!
We’ll do our part. We’ll do our share.
To clean up the earth everywhere.
That’s what Earth Day’s all about.
Give a shout! Say, “Hooray!”
For Earth Day.

 

 

 

 

 

3/4 Class Schedule (4/15-4/19): Weather

Theme: Weather

Literature:

Weather Words by Gail Gibbons
Weather Forecasting by Gail Gibbonso
Cloudette by Tom Lichtenheld
Rain by Manya Stojic
Splish! Splash! A Book About Rain by Josepha Sherman
Rain by Robert Kalan
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman

Alphabet:

Letters with Curves (C, O, Q, G)
I Have, Who Has Alphabet Game
C is for Clouds
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Raindrop” (cutting practice)
Glue Dots
Disappearing Clouds
 
Art:
Weather Words Book (Rain, Cloud, Sun, Rainbow)
Rainbow Sunshine Craft
Coffee Filter Umbrella
Fork Painting Sunshine
Q-tip painting Sunshine
 
Science:
Rain Jars
Shaving Cream Clouds
 
Math:
Graphing Weather Patterns
I Have, Who Has Number Game

Music:

What’s the Weather?
Tune: Jungle Bells
 
Sunny day,
Cloudy day,
Or rainy day so gray?
Look outside and tell us now:
Can we go out and play?
 
Out Pop the Raindrops!
Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel
 
All around the sky today,
The clouds are full of raindrops.
The push and shove until the burst.
Out pop the raindrops.

 

 

Enrichment Classes Schedule

Monday, Math/Science Class: The Solar System

• Night and Day Activity
• Earth's Axis Experiment
• All About Moons
• Space Object Differences Experiment
• The Solar System and Asteroid Belt Project

Wednesday, Literacy Class: If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff

• Popcorn Art
• Popcorn Necklaces
• Movie Ornaments
• Book Trivia Game
• Mouse Puppets

 Friday, Cooking Around the World: China

• Traditions and Culture
• Practice Using Chopsticks Game
• Learning About Tai Chi
• Chinese Red Envelopes
• Cooking Project: Chow Mein

3/4 Schedule: Farm Work

*Reminder: Field Trip to MaST Center on Wednesday

Theme: Farm Work

Literature:

Farmer Duck by Martin Waddel

Pig’s Egg by Katherine Sully
Driving My Tractor by Jan Dobbins
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming

Retelling Story:

The Three Little Pigs
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Chicken” (cutting practice)
Letters with Diagonal Lines
 
Art:
Peas in a pod
Growing Carrots
Sheep Farm Scene

Sensory:

Hay and Corn Sensory Bin
 
Math:
How Many Farm Animals?
How Many Eggs did the Farmer Find?

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 c

Farms / lowercase c

Monday

MaST Center Field Trip @ 9:45am

Tuesday

Literacy: lowercase c –ay word family

Math: Pin the hair on the horse

Art: Handprint horses

Science: Egg experiment (cont.)

Music: If I was a horse

Book: Horses

Wednesday

Literacy: lowercase c –ake family

Math:  Measuring ingredients

Art: Decorating strawberry shortcake

Science: Extract strawberry DNA

Music: Cock-a-doodle-do

Book: Cook-a-doodle-do

Thursday

Literacy: lowercase c –op family

Math: Weight eggs from experiment

Art: Pick a boo bunny

Science: Observe eggs

Music:  Take me out to the barnyard

Book: Guess How Much I Love You

Friday

Literacy: lowercase c -oat family

Math: Food Pyramind sorting

Art/Science: Healthy vs Junk

Music: Farm Chores

Book: Gregory, the Terrible Eater

PM Preschool Schedule: Farms (cont.)

Week of April 8-12

Theme: Farms

Literature:
Mrs. Wishy Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley
Pig's Egg by Katherine Sully

Letter:
Upper Case Straight Letters

Art/Science:
Cardboard Tube Farm Animals

Wishy Washy Tub Craft

Math:
My Piggy Bank

How Much Eggs did the Farmer Find?

Fine Motor:
My Itsy Bitsy Farm Book

Hey for Hay! (Glue Control)

Music:

Farm Sounds

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The cow in the barn goes moo, moo, moo,

Moo, moo, moo, moo, moo, moo,

All around the farm.

The pig in the pen goes oink,.....

The hens in the coop go cluck,....

The lambs on the hill go baa,......

The ducks on the pond go quack,....