Thursday, May 29, 2014

2/3 Class Schedule: Zoo

 
May 2nd - May 6th

Monday:
Circle Time: Lets learn about the Zoo!
Literacy: Going on a Lion Hunt by Michael Rosen
Math: Which Animal is the largest?
Art: Lion Masks
  
Tuesday:
Circle Time: Lets learn about the Zoo!
Literacy: Going on a Lion Hunt by Michael Rosen
Math: Which Animal is the largest?
Art: Zoo Train Craft
 
Wednesday
Circle Time: Lets learn about the Zoo!
Literacy: Eight Silly Monkeys by Steve Haskamp
Math: Zoo Roll
Art: Monkey Craft
 
Thursday
Circle Time: Lets learn about the Zoo!
Literacy: Happy Hippopotami by Bill Martin Jnr
Math: Zoo Roll
Art: Elephant Headbands
 
Friday: 
Circle Time: Why is the American grassland important?
Literacy: The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens
 
Math: Snap Cube building
Art: Paper cup Bison
  
Sensory
Zoo sensory bin
Playdough w/zoo animals
Popsicle stick house
 
Fine Motor
Scissor Skills
Pre-writing practice
Matching Animal shapes/Shadows
 
Movement
Lion Hunt
Snake in the grass
 
 
Five Little Monkeys 
Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Four little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Three little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

Two little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

One little monkey swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!

No little monkeys swinging in a tree
 
Koala Bear 
Koala bear, koala bear, Turn around, (Turn around)
Koala bear, koala bear, Touch the ground (Touch the ground)
Koala bear, koala bear, Dance on your toes, (Dance on tip toes)
Koala bear, koala bear, Touch your nose (Touch your nose)
Koala bear, koala bear, Give a little clap, (clap)
Koala bear, koala bear, Take a nap (Put head on hands like sleeping)
 

Pre-K/K Class Schedule: Ocean

Week of June 2-6
Theme: Ocean

Monday:
Ocean
Centers: Literacy (My ocean has...) Math (take away) Science (depth of the ocean)
Art: Ocean Map
Games: Cards, Othello

Tuesday:
Ocean Motion
Literacy: Ocean book
Art: Paint the ocean
Math: Take away
Games: Puzzles, Snap-circuit

Wednesday:
Ocean, Sea, & Rivers
Centers: Literacy (ocean web words) Math (pre-writing practice) Science (salty water experiment)
Art: Ocean mural
Games: Monopoly, Chickaboom
 
Thursday:
Sea Critters
Centers: Literacy (alphabet writing lower & upper case) Math (pre-writing practice) Science (tide pools)
Art: Sea Critters free art
Games: Puzzles, Candyland

Friday:
Seaweed
Literacy: ch/-ch words
Math: Subtract bingo
Art: Seaweed/plant life collage
Games: Puzzles, Candyland

Enrichment Classes Schedule: (6/3, 6/4)

Tuesday, Sports & Games: Gymnastics/Ballet/Dance
  • History
  • Safety
  • Art: Gymnastics Paper Chain
  • Skill Building Exercises: Rhythm and balance

Wednesday, Literacy: Chicken Little by Laura Rader
  • Chicken Little Felt
  • Pom-pom Chicken Craft
  • Prewriting Practice
  • Book Review
  • Chicken Little & Friends

3/4 Class Schedule: Grassland & Prairies


May 12-16
Monday:
Circle Time: What is a grassland & where are they located?
Literature: About Habitats: Grasslands by Cathryn Sill
Art: Our own grassland scene
Math: Snap Cube building
Sensory: Grass cutting
Movement/Game: Snake in the grass

Tuesday: 
Circle Time: What is the weather like & what plants are in the grassland?
Literature: American’s Prairies & Grasslands by Marianne Wallace
Art: Painting with grass!
Math: Animal Matching
Sensory:  Video clip of American Prairies
Movement/Game: Snake in the grass

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: What animals live there?
Literature: Baby Animals in Grassland Habitats by Bobbie Kalman
Art: Prairie dog puppet
Math: Animal Matching
Sensory:  Video clip of American Prairies
Movement/Game: Bopper Tag

Thursday:
Circle Time: Where do the animals live in prairies?
Literature: Glasslands by Sean Callery  
Art: Play-doh den
Math: Snap Cube building
Sensory: Popsicle stick house
Movement/Game: Bopper Tag

Friday: 
Circle Time: Why is the Amercian grassland important?
Literature: The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens
Art: Paper cup Bison
Math: Snap Cube building
Sensory:  Popsicle stick house
Movement/Game: Snake in the grass

Writing & Math Skills: Writing/ Spelling numbers 

Music of the Week
10 Little Cowboys (Sung to: Ten little cowboys)
10 Little Cowboys Standing in a row – (hold up 10 fingers)
When they see the foreman
They bow just so-  ( bend fingers down)
They ride to the left  (hands move left)
And they ride to the right  (move hands to right)
And then they shut their eyes
And sleep all night.  (put cheek on hands)

Move on, Little Dogies (Sung to: My Bonnie lies over the ocean)
All day long I ride on the prairie.
All night I sleep on the ground.
Oh, I'm a roaming cowboy,
Who travels around and around.
Move on, move on
Move on, little dogies, move on, move on.
Move on, move on,
Move on, little dogies, move on.

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

2/3 Class Schedule (5/27-5/30): Under the Sea - Week 2



Theme:
Under the Sea (Week 2)
 
Monday
**No school – Memorial Day**

 Tuesday
Circle Time: All about the Ocean
Literacy: Ten Little Fish by Audrey & Bruce Wood
Math: Counting Starfish
Art: Textured Starfish

 Wednesday
Circle Time: All about the Ocean
Literacy: One Lonely Sea Horse by Saxton Freymann
Math: Goldfish Math
Art: Tissue Paper Turtles

 Thursday
Circle Time: All about the Ocean
Literacy: Five Little Sharks Swimming in the Sea by Steve Metzger
Math: How many Sharks can you see?
Art: Fruit Loops Octopus Craft
 
Friday
Circle Time: All the things in the Ocean
Literature: Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
Art: Ocean Fish Tank
Math: Fish Counting
 
 

 Fine Motor
Sea Creature Play Dough
Pre-writing and cutting practice

 Sensory:
Ocean Sensory Tub
Wave Bottle/Water Table

Music
Fish in the Sea

The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim
swim, swim, swim, swim, swim, swim

The fish in the sea go swim, swim, swim
All through the Day
The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch
pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch, pinch

The lobsters in the sea go pinch, pinch, pinch
All through the Day
The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle

The octopus in the sea go wiggle, wiggle, wiggle
All through the Day
The crabs in the sea go click, click, click
click, click, click, click, click, click

The crabs in the sea go click, click, click
All through the Day

 Movement
Crab Walk

Friday, May 23, 2014

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (5/29)

Thursday: Math: Number Patterns
  • Review different pattern ideas
  • Discuss number patterns
  • Detective Number game
  • Craft: Number Web
  • Literacy: Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails Shapes by Betsy Franco

Thursday, May 22, 2014

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

Week of May 26- 30
Theme: Bugs

Monday:
Memorial Day - No School

Tuesday:

Butterfly
Literacy: Prewriting practice
Art: Life cycle of a butterfly
Math: Take away
Games: Cards, Make-N-Break

Wednesday:
Sam and the Firefly
Centers: Literacy (firefly book) Math (how many fireflies in the jar?) Science (how fireflies glow)
Art: Glow paint words/drawings
Games: Pengoloo, Othello
 
Thursday:
The Very Quiet Cricket
Centers: Literacy (-ick) Math (how many times did it cricket?) Science (observe live crickets)
Art: Clothespin cricket
Games: Cards, Chickaboom

Friday:
Grasshopper
Literacy: My grasshopper can...
Math: Bingo
Art: Grasshopper free art
Games: Candyland, Othello

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Games and Literacy (5/27, 5/78)

Tuesday, Sports & Games: Yoga
  • Yoga Dance
  • Learn about Hot Yoga
  • Art: Eye Pillow Craft
  • Skill Building Exercises: Warm-Exercises & Yoga Class Fun!
Wednesday, Literacy: Curious George Goes to the Hospital
  • What is a hospital?
  • Medical Bag Art
  • Review roles of doctors and nurses
  • Why we should not "play" at the hospital
  • Word-picture match

3/4 Class Schedule: Under the Sea- Underwater creatures


May 26-30
Monday: 
Memorial Day: No School

Tuesday: 
Circle Time: What are saltwater creatures?
Literature: Somewhere in the Ocean by Jennifer Ward
Art:  Colorful Jellyfish
Math: Fish counting
Sensory:  Water Table: Sink or Float 
Movement/Game: Octopus Tag

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: What are the BIG fishes in the Ocean?
Literature: Blue Sea by Robert Kalan
Art:  Shark Mask
Math: Patterns of Fish
Sensory: Wave Jar/ Fishing Magnets
Movement/Game: Sharks and Minnows

Thursday:
Circle Time: How do small fishes HIDE in the Ocean?
Literature: How to hide an Octopus & other sea creatures by Ruth Heller
Art: Invisible Octopus
Math: Patterns of Fish
Sensory: Fishing Magnets
Movement/Game: Hide & Seek

Friday: 
Circle Time: All the things in the Ocean
Literature: Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae
Art: Ocean Fish Tank
Math: Fish Counting
Sensory: Wave Bottle/ Water Table
Movement/Game: Hide & Seek

Music of the Week: 
Octopus
An octopus has Eight long arms (Hold up four fingers on each hand)
It lives in the sea, but don't be alarmed (Wave hands back and forth to show no worry)
He squirts out ink (Clap hands), when he is the prey
And grows a new arm when it’s torn away.(Hold up arm as high as you can)

Catch a Fish (Sung To: Row, Row, Row your boat)
Catch, catch, catch a fish,
Hook it on your line.
Reel it, reel it, reel it,
This one will be mine.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Cooking Around the World (5/30)

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Mexico
  • My Mexico Book (cont'd)
  • Pinata Contest
  • Mexico Tissue Paper Flowers
  • Cooking Project: Easy Burritos

Thursday, May 15, 2014

2/3 Class Schedule: Under the Sea

 5-19/5-23 – Week 1

Monday:
Circle Time : Let’s talk about what is Under the Sea!
Literacy: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Math: Sorting Sea Animals
Art: Squishy Fishy Aquariums

 Tuesday
Circle Time: Let’s talk about what is Under the Sea!
Literacy: The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Math: Sorting Sea Animals
Art: Jellyfish Streamers

 Wednesday
Circle Time: Let’s talk about what is Under the Sea!
Literacy: There was an old Lady who swallowed a shell by Lucille Colandro
Math:  Counting Seashells
Art: Rainbow Fish Craft

 Thursday
Circle Time: Let’s talk about what is Under the Sea!
Literacy: There was an old Lady who swallowed a shell by Lucille Colandro
Math: Counting Seashells
Art: Ocean Life Craft

 Friday:
Circle Time: What do we know about the ocean?
Literacy: Beach Day by Karen Roosa
Math: Pearls in shells
Art: Egg carton clams

 Fine Motor
Fish Stamps
Pre-writing and Cutting Practice

 Sensory:
Ocean themed sensory tub
Go fish

 Music:
Five Little Fishies in the Sea
Five little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. Sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea. Four little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. Sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea.

Three little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. Sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea.
Two little fishes in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. Sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! a fish up
right out of the sea
One little fishy in the sea
teasing Mr. sharky
you can't catch me
you can't catch me
Well along came Mr. sharky (softly) as quiet as can be
He snapped! that fish up
right out of the sea
Now Mr. Sharky is lonely can't you see.
 Games/Movement:
Fishey Pokey
Shark in the Sea

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

Week of May 19 - 23
Theme: Bugs (cont.)

Monday:
Planet Ant
Centers: Literacy (rhyming) Math (what are fractions?) Science (ants and their colony)
Art: Create your own ant (free art)
Games: Gobblet, Chickaboom

Tuesday:

Amazing World of Ants
Literacy: Small group activities
Art: Colony of an ant
Math: Fractions with pizza/pie
Games: Candyland, Make-N-Break

Wednesday:
Bees and Their Hives
Centers: Literacy (sight words) Math (fractions with pizza/pie ) Science (honey and wax)
Art: Bees Craft
Games: Cards, Pengoloo
 
Thursday:
What if There Were no Bees
Centers: Literacy (Brainstorm words - web) Math (fractions - squares) Science (why are bees important)
Art: Bees and their home (honey comb hive)
Games:Chickaboom, Snapcircuit

Friday:
Butterfly
Literacy: small group activities
Math: Fraction Bingo
Art: Butterfly art with colors
Games: Puzzles, Candyland

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Sports & Game and Literacy (5/20, 5/21)

Tuesday, Sports & Games:
  • Review Poses
  • Learn about relaxing and breathing techniques
  • Art: Homemade Candles
  • Skill Building Exercises: Relaxation/Meditation
Wednesday, Literacy:  Curious George Plants a Tree
  • Learn about different Trees
  • Why trees are important 
  • Tree Art
  • Plant a real life tree to take home
  • Math: Talk about how tall trees & counting tree rings

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Math (5/22)

Thursday: Math: Patterns
  • Review patterns
  • What is a number pattern?
  • Pattern Hunt/ Pattern Wheel 
  • Craft: Number Pattern Weaving
  • Literacy: Pattern Bugs by Trudy Harris & Bees, Snails & Peacock Tails Shapes by Betsy Franco

3/4 Class Schedule: Under The Sea


May 19-23
Monday:
Circle Time: What is an Ocean?
Literature: This is the Ocean by Kersten Hamilton
Art: Water color Ocean scene
Math: Fish counting
Sensory:  Go Fish Magnets
Movement/Game: Octopus Tag

Tuesday: 
Circle Time: What's the difference between the Ocean & a Pond?
Literature:  Atlantic by Brian Karas
Art: Ocean Jar
Math: Fish counting
Sensory: Water Table: Making waves/ Seashell Imprint
Movement/Game: Octopus Tag

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: How is there sand?
Literature: Beach Day by Karen Roosa
Art:  Sand Art
Math: Pearls in Shells
Sensory: Wave Jar/ Seashell Imprint
Movement/Game: Fishy Pokey

Thursday:
Circle Time: What sea plants are there? Even ones we can eat!
Literature: Ocean Plants by Pamela Dell
Art: Seaweed snack
Math: Fishes in the ocean
Sensory: Water Table: Sink or Float
Movement/Game: Shark in the Sea

Friday: 
Circle Time: What do we know about the Ocean?
Literature: Beach Day by Karen Roosa
Art: Egg carton clams
Math: Pearls in Shells
Sensory: Go Fish
Movement/Game: Shark in the Sea

Music of the Week:
Down by the Shore
Down by the shore 
In the sand and in the sun
I like to dive and splash and run 
And as the waves roll out and in
I'll get warm in the sun and 
Have lots of fun 
Down by the shore

My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea.
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
Please bring back my Bonnie to me. Bring back, Bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me, to me.
Bring back, Bring back,
Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Enrichment Classes Schedule: Science & Cooking Around the World (5/19, 5/23)

Monday, Science Class: Food Science!
  • Types of Foods Review
  • Finding Seeds Experiment
  • Food Classification
  • How Does Food Change? Experiment
  • The Celery Experiment
Friday, Cooking Around the World: Mexico
  • Review of Mexico Holidays
  • Mexican Art
  • Paper Bag Pinatas
  • Cooking Project: Mexican Rice Pudding ("Arroz Con Leche")

Friday, May 9, 2014

3/4 Class Schedule: Deserts

May 12-16
Monday:
Circle Time: What is a desert & where are they located?
Literature: Desert by Sean Callery
Art: Sand Art
Math: Pattern bugs
Sensory:  Sand writing
Movement/Game: Camel Race

Tuesday
Circle Time: What is the weather like & what plants are in the desert?
Literature: Cactus Hotel by Brenda Guiberson
Art: Spaghetti Cactus
Math: Number Coloring Page
Sensory: Hot & Cold dress up
Movement/Game: Hot & Cold game/ Camel Race

Wednesday: 
Circle Time: What animals live there?
Literature: Baby Animals of the Desert by Carmen Bredenson
Art:  Paper Snake
Math: Dot-to-dot Camel
Sensory: Animal match-up
Movement/Game: Snake Race/ Hot & Cold game

Thursday:
Circle Time: What would it be live if we lived in the desert?
Literature: Desert December by Dorian Haarhoff
Art: Adobe house
Math: Desert Survival chart (Twos thing you need to live) 
Sensory: Making Water
Movement/Game: Prickly Cactus/ Snake Race

Friday: 
Circle Time: Why is the desert important?
Literature: Armadillo Ray by John Beifuss
Art: Desert Jackrabbit ears
Math: Dot-to-dot Camel
Sensory: Play-doh Cactus
Movement/Game: Prickly Cactus (Hot Potato)

Writing Skills: Finishing the Alphabet/ “I have…”  Numbers writing

Music of the Week:
I'm a Cactus (Sung to: Clementine)
I'm a Cactus, I'm a Cactus 
In the desert, oh so dry. 
I am prickly 
So don't touch me 
As you come a-walking by.

The Animals In The Desert (Sung to: The Wheels On The Bus)
The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, hops like this, hops like this
The jackrabbit in the desert hops like this, all night long

The coyote in the desert howls Awwww, Awww, Awww
The coyote in the desert howls Awww, all night long

The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss
The rattlesnake in the desert goes hiss, hiss, hiss, all night long

The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, fast like this, fast like this
The roadrunner in the desert runs fast like this, all night long!