2/3 Class Schedule (3/24-3/28): Plants

Theme: Plants

Monday:

• Circle Time: What are Plants?
• Literature: How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
• Art: Sensory Plant Art
• Math: How Many Plants do You See?

Tuesday:

• Circle Time: How do Plants Grow?
• Literature: How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
• Art: Making Seed Packets
• Math: How Many Plants do You See?

Wednesday:

• Circle Time: What Kind of Plants do we Eat?
• Literature: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
• Art: Planting and Potting
• Math: Counting Petals

Thursday:

• Circle Time: Parts of a Plant Overview
• Literature: Flower Garden by Eve Bunting
• Art: Parts of a Plant Craft
• Math: Counting Petals

Friday:

• Circle Time: Why are Plants Important?
• Literature: This Is the Sunflower by Lola M. Schaefer
• Art:
• Math: Counting Petals

This Week:

• Letter: Going Over the Alphabet
• Fine Motor: Cutting Shapes/Pre-Writing Practice
• Game/Movement: Catch the Petals Falling Game/Dancing Flowers

Music:

• Plants

Sung to: "The Farmer In The Dell"

The farmer plants the seeds
The farmer plants the seeds
Hi, Ho and Cherry O
The farmer plants the seeds
The rain begins to fall
The sun begins to shine
The plants begin to grow
The buds all open up
The flowers smile at me

• Parts of the Plant

Sung to: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes"

Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
All kinds of plants that grow and grow and grow.
Do you know the parts of plants, parts of plants?
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The roots store food and water too.
The roots hold the plant in place, plant in place.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The stem brings water to the leaves.
The stem moves water up the plant, up the plant.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The sun helps the plant to grow and grow and grow.
The leaves soak up the sun, soak up the sun.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.
Inside the fruit are little, tiny seeds.
The flower grows into a fruit, into a fruit.