Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (5/8)

Theme: Story Problem Cont.

• Review ideas of story problems
• Go Fish & "I have, Who has" game
• Creative number stories
• Literacy: Take a Guess by Janine Scott & Zero, Zilch, Nada by Wendy Ulmer
• Craft: Number puppets for number story

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (5/1)

Theme: Story Problem

• What are word problems? How is it like a puzzle?
• "I have, Who has" & Go Fish game
• Story problem pocket charts
• Literacy: Sparrows Singing by Megan Atwood
• Craft: Make up our own math story

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Science & Cooking Around the World (5/5, 5/9)

Monday, Science Class: All About Spiders!

• Spider's Anatomy
• Spider's Senses Experiment
• Spider's Web Overview
• My Spider Web Chart

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Mother's Day Special!

• Mother's Day Cards
• Mother's Day Art
• How do other countries celebrate Mother's Day?
• Cooking Project: Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies

3/4 Class Schedule: Rainforests

April 28- May 2

Monday:

Circle Time: What is a Rainforest? Where are they?

Literature: We’re Roaming in the Rainforest by Laurie Krebs

Art: Our Own Rainforest

Math: Count the spots of the Jaguar

Sensory:  Rainforest Mural

Movement/Game: Swing, Swing Game

Tuesday: 

Circle Time: Plant life in the Rainforest

Literature:  Rainforest Romp by Tony Mitton

Art:  Rainforest Trees

Math: Senses Cans

Sensory: Jack Hanna's Jungle animal series

Movement/Game: Swing, Swing Game/ Scarf Dance

Wednesday: 

Field Trip to Fox Hollow Farm

 
Thursday:

Circle Time: What animals live in the Rainforest?

Literature: The Umbrella by Jan Brett

Art: Macaw Snack

Math: Senses Cans

Sensory: Leaf Matching

Movement/Game: Act-it-out Rainforests

Friday:
Circle Time: Why is the Rainforest important to us?
Literature: Who Is the Beast? by Keith Baker

Art: Foot Parrots

Math: Count the spots of the Jaguar

Sensory: Sense Cans/ Leaf Matching

Movement/Game: Act-it-out Rainforests

Music of the Week:

Boa Song

I'm being swalloed by a boa constrictor, boa constrictor, boa constrictor.
I'm being swalloed by a boa constrictor,
Now what do you think of that?
Oh no---he's got my toe
Oh gee---he's has my knee
Oh my---he's up to my thigh
Oh fiddle---he's up to my middle
Oh heck---he's up to my neck
I'm being swalloed by a boa constrictor, boa constrictor, boa constrictor.
I'm being swalloed by a boa constrictor

No! No! No! (In a high squeaky voice)

Layers in the Rainforest (sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It")

There are layers in the rainforest, yes indeed, yes indeed
There are layers in the rainforest, yes indeed, yes indeed
Emergent, canopy and the understory
There are layers in the rainforest, yes indeed, yes indeed

The emergent is home to birds and butterflies, butterflies
The emergent's home to birds and butterflies, butterflies
The trees are so high that they almost touch the sky.
The emergent is home to bird and butterflies, butterflies

The canopy is like a big umbrella, big umbrella
The canopy is like a big umbrella, Big umbrella
Monkeys, sloths orangutans, eat all the fruit they can
The canopy is like a big umbrella, big umbrella

The understory is home to many snakes, many snakes
The understory is home to many snakes, many snakes
They eat cats and bats and rats, And they like the gnats for snacks
The understory's home to many snakes, Many snakes

The forest floor is dim, dark and wet, dark and wet
The forest floor is dim, dark and wet, dark and wet
Oh, the ants go marching by, As they watch the birds up high.
The forest floor is dim, dark and wet, dark and wet

 

2/3 Class Schedule: Rainforest

April 28th-May 2nd

 

Theme Rainforest

 

Monday

Circle Time: What is a rainforest?

Literature: Wait for me Little Tiger! By Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes

Math: Counting Butterflies

Art: Paper Plate Snakes

 

Tuesday

Circle Time: What is a rainforest?

Literature: Gary and Ray by Sarah Adams

Math: How many Frogs can we count...

Art: Tissue paper Toucans

 

Wednesday

Fox  Hollow Farm Field Trip

 

Thursday

Circle Time: What animals live in the rainforest and what do they eat?

Literature: Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Math: Number Tracing

Art: Jungle Pasta Necklaces

Friday

Circle Time: What animals live in the rainforest and what do they eat?

Literature: Monkey Puzzle by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

Math: Animal Counting

Art: Foot Parrot

Fine Motor: Pre-writing and cutting practice

Playdough snakes

Letter: Alphabet review - Can you write the first letter of your name?

Sensory: Rainforest Sensory Bin

Movement/Games: Lazy Lions

 

 

Music

 

The Animals In the Jungle Say(Sung To: "The Wheels on the Bus")

 The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk,
Squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk, squawk,
The parrots in the jungle say squawk, squawk, squawk, all day long
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh, all day long.
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh,
ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh,
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, ooh, all day long.
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr,
grrr, grrr, grr, grrr, grrr, grr,
The tigers in the jungle say grrr, grrr, grr, all day long

I'm A Little Monkey…( Im a Little Teapot)
I’m a little monkey in the tree
Swinging by my tail so merrily
I can leap and fly for tree to tree.
I have lots of fun you see.
I’m a little monkey, watch me play.
Munching on bananas every day.
Lots of monkey friends to play with me.
We have fun up the tree

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Birds (cont.)

Week of April 28 - May 2
Theme: Birds continued

Monday:
Raptors
Centers: Literacy (rhyme - run) Math (patterns - birds) Science (flight)
Art: Paper airplane birds
Games: Farm Monopoly, Pengoloo

Tuesday:
The Eagles are Back

Literacy: -ight family

Art: Hand print eagle
Math: patterns - numbers

Games: Puzzles, Chickaboom

Wednesday:
Field Trip to Fox Hallow Farm
    
Thursday:
Owl Babies
Centers: Literacy (rhyme -ath) Math (patterns - shapes) Science (owl pellets)
Art: Owl free art
Games: Chickaboom, Farm Monopoly

Friday:
Vultures

Literacy: Rhyme -atch

Math: Patterns/math bingo

Art: Balancing bird

Games: Make-N-Break, Puzzles

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Games and Literacy (4/29, 4/30)

Tuesday, Sports & Games: Track & Field

• Timed Hurdle Jumps
• Timed Running
• Art: Decorate the Tracks
• Skill Building Exercises: Stretches & jumps

Wednesday, Literacy: Click, Clack, Splish, Splash by Doreen Cronin

• Gone Fishing Sign
• Our Little Fish Bowl
• How Many Fish in the Buckets?
• Fish Patterns
• Vocabulary Words
• Fish Game

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (4/24)

Thursday, Math: A-Maze-ing puzzles

·         Mazes continued

·         Game Mission Impossible, String maze

·         Craft: Zentangle design
·         Literature: Amazement Zoo park by Roxie Munro

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Birds

Week of April 21-25th
Theme: Birds

Monday:
Birds
Centers: Literacy (mosaic tiles letter sorting) Math (bird egg math - matching) Science (what are birds?)
Art: Bird nest
Game: Candyland, Puzzles

Tuesday:
About Birds

Literacy: My bird can...

Art: Bird watercolor
Math: Bird egg math (matching)

Game: Tune-N-Play, Pengoloo

Wednesday:
Feathers for Lunch
Centers: Literacy (Birds that start with the letter) Math (how many eggs in a nest?) Science (identify feathers, eggs, & birds)
Art: Bird & feathers
Game: Snap Circuit, Puzzles
    
Thursday:
Whose Nest is This?
Centers: Literacy (2-3 letter words) Math (birds in a tree) Science (bird sounds)
Art: Bird creations (egg sponge)
Game: Tune-N-Play, Make-N-Break

Friday:
Basil's Bird

Literacy: One day a bird...

Math: Addition Bingo

Art: Milk carton bird feeder

Game: Snap Circuits, Pengoloo

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Games and Literacy (4/22, 4/23)

Tuesday, Sport & Games: Olympics/Track & Field

• Review winter & summer sports
• What's your favorite sport?
• Art: Team names
• Skill Building Exercises: Warm-up Exercises & Scrimmage

Wednesday, Literacy: Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin

• Pre-writing Practice Animal Words
• Alphabetical Adventure
• Roles of Farm Animals
• Animal-sounds matching
• Duck Number Game

2/3 Class Schedule (4/21-25): Earth Day and Birds

Theme: Earth Day and Birds

 

 Monday

Circle Time: All about birds

Literature: Are you my mother by PD Eastman

Math: How many Eggs in the Nest?

Art: Paper Plate Birds

 

Tuesday

Circle Time: All about birds

Literature: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus by Mo Williams

Math: Counting Sticks

Art: Handprint Parrots

 

Wednesday
Circle Time: All about birds

Literature: Are you my mother by PD Eastman

Math: Fingerprint Eggs

Art: Bird Feeders

 

Thursday

Circle Time: All about birds

Literature: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus by Mo Williams

Math: Counting Sticks

Art: Cardboard Tube Birds

 

Friday

Circle Time: What birds do we see here?

Literature: Are you my mother? by P. D Eastman
Math: Penguin bow tie match
Art: Dove Hands

Fine Motor: Pre Writing Practice
Chicks in their nests
Letter: Alphabet review
Sensory: Shadow bird puppet
Chicks and Eggs
Movement/Game:  Egg race

 

 

Music

Birds tune: "Here we go round the Mulberry Bush"
This is the way we scratch for worms, scratch for worms, scratch for worms.
This is the way we scratch for worms so early in the morning.
This is the way we peck our food, peck our food, peck our food.
This is the way we peck our food so early in the morning.
This is the way we sit on our eggs, sit on our eggs, sit on our eggs.
This is the way we sit on our eggs so early in the morning.
This is the way we flap our wings, flap our wings, flap our wings.
This is the way we flap our wings so early in the morning.
This is the way we fly away, fly away, fly away.
This is the way we fly away so early in the morning.

Two Little Blue Birds
Traditional Fingerplay
Two little blue birds
Sitting on a hill
One named Jack
One named Jill
Fly away Jack
Fly away Jill
Come back Jack
Come back Jill

Two children sit in center of circle. (all children sitting). Two little blackbirds sitting on a wall, one named _____(child's name), the other named _______(child's name). Fly away ____, (child flies around room), fly away _____ (other child flies). Come back _____ (child goes to his/her place in circle), Come back _______.

3/4 Class Schedule: Earth Day & Birds

April 21- 25

Monday:

Circle Time: 3 R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Literature: The Earth Book by Todd Parr

Art: Recycled Kazoos

Math: Snap cube Earth

Sensory: Play-doh Earth  & animals

Movement/Game: Scarf Dance/ Around the World

Tuesday: 

Circle Time: Earth Day!

Literature: Earth Day hooray!  by Stuart Murphy

Art:  Hand Earth

Math: Class Earth Puzzle

Sensory: Earth story

Movement/Game: Around the World/ Garbage game

Wednesday: 

Circle Time: Birds

Literature: Birds by Ann Squire

Art: Bird feeder

Math: Penguin bow tie match

Sensory: Shadow bird puppet/ which bird flies?

Movement/Game: Keep the feathers up/ Egg race

Thursday:

Circle Time: Birds Life Cycle

Literature: Basil’s Birds by Lynn Rowe Reed

Art: Bird Nest

Math: Feather & Bird matching

Sensory: Plastic egg & nests

Movement/Game: Hatch, hatch little egg (Birds)

Friday: 
Circle Time: What birds do we see here?

Literature: Are you my mother?  by P. D Eastman

Art: Dove hands

Math: Penguin bow tie match

Sensory: Shadow bird puppet       

Movement/Game:  Egg race/ Hatch, hatch little egg (Birds)

Literacy work of the week: Review of letters F- J & continuation of alphabet review/written skills

Music of the Week:

Recycling For Our Earth (Sung to: "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch, 
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, 
Hear the cans go crunch, crunch, crunch, 
Recycle for our earth. 
Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding
Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, 
Hear the bottle go ding, ding, ding
Recycle for our earth.
Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle
crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle, crinkle 
Hear the paper go crinkle, crinkle, crinkle
Recycle for our earth

Humming Birds

Five humming birds flying in the air (Hold up five fingers)
The first one landed in my hair (Grab little finger)
The second and third were a pair. (Touch index finger and thunb together.)
The fourth humming bird didn't care. (grab ring finger.)
The fifth humming bird hummed everywhere (Touch middle finger and hum loudly)

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Science & Cooking Around the World (4/21, 4/25, 4/28, 5/2)

Monday, Science Class: Ladybugs (Insects Unit)

• Introducing the Ladybug!
• Ladybug Life Cycle Booklets
• Paper Plate Ladybug Anatomy Craft
• Making a Ladybug Terrarium
• Observation/Conclusion

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Thailand

• Review of Thailand's Flag
• Review of Thailand's Animals
• Exploring Thailand's Islands
• Colorful Elephants Craft
• Cooking Project: Tom Yum Soup

Monday, Science Class: Insects (cont'd)

• That's Buggy Activity
• Water Bugs Experiment
• Catching Bugs and Insects!
• Observation/Conclusion 

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Mexico!

• Mexico's Flag Art
• Mexican Culture and Traditions
• Mexico's Habitat
• Mexico's Food Review
• Cooking Project: Tacos

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (4/17)

Thursday, Math: A-Maze-ing puzzles

·         Puzzles continued, what are mazes?

·         Marble maze game, Game Mission Impossible

·         Craft: Make our own mazes 

·         Literature: Amazement park by Roxie Munro

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Farms

Week of April 14-April 18
Theme: Farms continued

Monday:
Farm Animals - Pigs
Centers: Literacy (rainbow writing) Math (farm data & graph ) Science (mud for cool body temp.)
Art: Pig shape (free art)
Game: Snap Circuits, Pengoloo

Tuesday:
 Pig Pigger Piggest

Literacy: My pig can...

Art: Pig watercolor
Math: Farm Animals (take away)

Game: Gobblet, Candyland

Wednesday:
Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type
Centers: Literacy (alphabet sorting) Math (roll & dice game) Science (making butter)
Art: Cow craft
Game: Puzzles, Snap Circuits
   
Thursday:
Horses
Centers: Literacy (farm word search) Math (farm data & graph) Science (horses & their muscle)
Art: Horse scenery
Game: Gobblet, Pengoloo

Friday:
A Field Full of Horses

Literacy: One day my horse...

Math: Addition Bingo

Art: Horse shoe

Game: Puzzles, Candyland

3/4 Class Schedule: Weather & Earth Day

April 14- 18

Monday:

Circle Time: April Weather, what do we wear?

Literature: Weather, True or False? by Daniel Nunn

Art: Windsocks

Math: Weather chart

Sensory: Weather dress up

Movement/Game: Scarf Dance

Tuesday: 

Circle Time: Water Cycle

Literature: All the water in the world by George Ella Lyon

Art:  Cloud art

Math: Water dropper transfer

Sensory: Cloud jar

Movement/Game: Rain dance

Wednesday: 

Circle Time: Spring Flowers

Literature: The Golden Egg Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Art: Ping-pong chick

Math: Rain drop counting

Sensory: Word play umbrella

Movement/Game: Wheelbarrows & Rain Dance

Thursday:

Circle Time: What is Earth day?

Literature: Earth Day (Robin Hill School) by Margaret McNamara 

Art: Bottle cap critters

Math: Sorting & recycling

Sensory: Compost/ Pond pollution game

Movement/Game: Garbage sorting game

Friday:
Circle Time: How can we take care of the Earth?
Literature: Earth Day, Birthday by Maureen Wright

Art: Recycle Crayon

Math: Reusable or not

Sensory: Play-doh Earth/ Pond pollution game

Movement/Game: Around the World

Literacy work of the week: Review of letters A- E & continuation of alphabet review/written skills

Music of the Week:

What’s the Weather? (Sung To: ”Where is thumbkin?”)

What's the weather, what's the weather? Like today, like today? 
Look outside the window, look outside the window.

Can you say, can you say? 
It’s a sunny, it’s a sunny, sunny day, sunny day.

Go out in the sunshine, go out in the sunshine. Play all day.
It’s a cloudy, it’s a cloudy, cloudy day, cloudy day.

Better get a sweater, better get a sweater. If it’s cold.

It’s a windy, it’s a windy, windy day, windy day.

We’ll go fly a kite now, we’ll go fly a kite now. Fly it high.

It’s a rainy, it’s a rainy, rainy day, rainy day.

Better get a raincoat, better get a raincoat. It’s all wet.

It’s a snowy, it’s a snowy, snowy day, snowy day.

Get your coat & mittens, Get your coat & mittens. Brr.

Pick up Litter (Sung To: "If Your Happy And You Know It")

If you see a piece of litter pick it up
If you see a piece of litter pick it up
You will make the world look better
If you pick up all the litter.
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up

2/3 Class Schedule (4/14-4/18): Spring

Theme: Spring

Monday:

• Circle Time: All about Spring!
• Literature: Wake up its Spring by Lisa Campbell Ernst
• Art: Coffee Filter Umbrella Craft
• Math: Counting Tulips

Tuesday:

• Circle Time: All about Spring!        
• Literature: Who likes rain  by Wong Herbert Yen          
• Art: Decorating Plastic Eggs                       
• Math: How Many Eggs?                   

Wednesday:

• Circle Time: All about Spring!
• Literature: Out came the sun (Spring is here) by Taro Gomi
• Art: Hand Print Butterflies
• Math: How Many Eggs?

Thursday: 

• Circle Time: All about Spring!
• Literature: Out came the sun (Spring is here) by Taro Gomi
• Art: Play dough Earth (For Earth Day) 
• Math: Counting Tulips

Friday:

• Circle Time: How can we take care of Earth?
• Literature: Earth Day, Birthday by Maureen Wright
• Art: Recycle Crayon
• Math: Trash Sorting
• Sensory: Play-doh Earth/Pond pollution game

This Week:

• Letter: Alphabet review
• Fine Motor: Pre-writing - Tracing Shapes
•                     Tissue Paper Tear
• Sensory: Easter Bin - Find the Eggs!!
• Game/Movement: Egg & Spoon Races + Catch the Bunny

Music:

 5 Little Clouds

Five little clouds floating in the sky.
One saw a bird and wanted to fly.
Four little clouds floating in the sky.
One saw a friend and went to say "Hi.".
Three little clouds.......One was sad and started to cry.
Two little clouds.......One saw the bright sun and say, "Oh My!"
One Little cloud alone in the sky.
Went to find the others and said, "Bye bye!".

All the little Ducks 

All the little ducks go upside down, upside down, upside down,
All the little ducks go upside down as they dabble at the bottom of the pond.
All their little beaks go snap, snap, snap,
Snap, snap, snap,
All their little beaks go snap, snap, snap as they dabble at the bottom of the pond.
All their little tails go wiggle waggle wiggle,
Wiggle, waggle, wiggle,
All their little tails go wiggle, waggle, wiggle as they dabble at the bottom of the pond.

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Games and Literacy (4/15, 4/16)

Tuesday, Sports & Games: Olympics/Track & Field

• Positions
• Scoring
• Art: Olympic Banner
• Skill Building Exercises: Javelin

Wednesday, Literacy: Diary of a Fly by Doreen Cronin

• Finish Diary Book
• Make a Bookmark
• Can You Help Spider Find Fly?
• Write a postcard to Spider!
• Fly Anatomy

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Science & Cooking Around the World (4/14, 4/18)

Monday, Science Class: All About Insects (Bees)

• What are bees? What do they make?
• Messy Honeycomb Experiment
• Exploring Bees Habitat
• Bees Anatomy Art
• Overview of Insects

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Thailand

• Thailand's New Year Celebration
• Thailand's Animal Craft
• Making Islands with Play-Dough
• Cooking Project: Tom Yum Soup

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (4/10)

 Thursday, Math: Brain Puzzle

·                 Review what do puzzles do?

·                 Venn diagram puzzles & Word search puzzles

·                 Craft: Make our own letter puzzle

·                 Literature: I Spy a Butterfly by Jane Marzollo