Summer Camp Schedule: Circus Acts

July 27-31
Monday:

Shape Circus

Literacy: Circus by Lois Ehlert

Activity: Cotton Popcorn (Recycled Art), Balance Beam (Outdoor)
Game: Ship Shore

Main Art: Shape Circus characters

Tuesday:

Under The Big Top

Literacy: Ginger Jumps by Lisa Campbell Ernst 

Activity:  Clown nose (Recycled Art), Simon Says (Outdoor) 
Game: Musical Chairs

Main Art: Clown puppet

Wednesday:

Circus Performance

Literacy: Circus Family Dog by Andrew Clements

Activity: Cotton Candy Playdough  (Recycled Art), Talent show (Outdoor), 
Game: Obstacle Relay

Main Art: Circus Animal

Thursday:

Carival Games

Literacy: Circus Family Dog by Andrew Clements

Activity:   (Recycled Art), Face Paint (Outdoor), 
Game: Ring Toss

Main Art: Ball in Cup game

Friday:

Carnival Games at the Gym

Summer Camp Schedule: Circus

July 20-24
Monday:

The Circus has arrived

Literacy: Star of the circus by Michael & Mary Beth Sampson

Activity: Circus Poster (Recycled Art), Musical Chairs (Outdoor)
Game: Scarve Juggling

Main Art: Circus postcards

Tuesday:

Under The Big Top

Literacy: Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer

Activity: Pinwheels (Recycled Art), Balance Beam (Outdoor) 
Game: Musical Chairs

Main Art: Popcorn Balls

Wednesday:

Let the Show begin: Circus Performance

Literacy: Ginger Jumps by Lisa Campbell Ernst 

Activity: Trapeze artist (Recycled Art), Talent show (Outdoor), 
Game: Obstacle Relay

Main Art: Balancing Robot

Thursday:

Carival Games

Literacy: Circus Family Dog by Andrew Clements

Activity: Clown ties (Recycled Art), Face Paint (Outdoor), 
Game: Ring Toss

Main Art: Clown Mask

Friday:

Field Trip to Marymoor Park

2/3 Summer Camp Schedule:Circus

Circus Week

 

Literature:
Circus
The Day at the Circus
The Popcorn Book
The Secret Circus
Ginger Jumps
           
Art:
Balloon Painting

Balloon Toss Paddles
Circus Clowns
Fork Lion
Clown Hats & Bow Ties

Math:
Bean Bag Toss/Measurement
Popcorn Estimation
Pattern Block Clowns

Dramatic Play:
Circus Performers

Sensory:
Water Beads

Movement:
Ring of Fire
Ring Toss
Balloon Toss with Paper Plate Paddles

Balance Beam

Summer Camp Schedule: Circus

Aug 4- 8
Monday:

Here comes the Circus

Literacy: Circus by Lois Ehlert

Morning Activity: Cartwheels, handstands (Outdoor), Circus Tickets (Recycled Art), Musical Chairs (Game)

Main Art: Circus poster

Short Drama: Circus Performance Names & Acts

Tuesday:

The Big Top

Literacy: Olivia Saves the Circus by Ian Falconer

Morning Activity: Tight Rope walk (Outdoor), Play-doh animals (Recycled Art), Scarve Juggling (Game)

Main Art: Circus Tents

Short Drama: Create own Story

Wednesday:

Circus Acts

Literacy: Star of the Circus by Michael & MaryBeth Sampson

Morning Activity: Balancing Act (Outdoor), Balancing dolls (Recycled Art), Dress up relay/ Bean Bag toss (Game)

Main Art: Pretzel bones

Short Drama: Talent show

Thursday:

Carival Games

Literacy: Circus Family Dog by Andrew Clements

Morning Activity: Magic show/ Water Spray(Outdoor), Lion mask (Recycled Art), Ring Toss (Game)

Main Art: Make marionettes for puppet circus

Short Drama: Puppet Show

Friday:

Circus Finale: Field Trip to Marymoor Park

Literacy: My Mother’s Secret Life by Rebecca Emberley

Morning Activity: Tight Rope/ Balance Beam walk (Outdoor), Outdoor Paint: favorite acts (Recycled Art), Follow the Leader (Game)

Main Art: Make cotton candy or kettle corn

Short Drama: Own Circus Show

2/3 Class Schedule: Circus Week! (8/19-8/23)

Theme: Circus

Art:

• Circus Riders Craft
• Silly Hand-print and Shapes Clown
• Circus Hats & Bow-Ties
• Popcorn Art
• Tightrope Acrobats Craft

Fine Motor:

• Circus Animal Tents Activity
• Lacing Circus Animals
• Juggling Clowns with Pom-Poms Activity 

Movement:

• Sack Races
• Bean Bag Toss
• Parachute Games
• Monkey in the Middle

Sensory:

• Finger-Print Balloons, Clowns, & Cotton Candy
• Pom-Poms Station

Music:

•   Circus Show! (Tune: Are You Sleeping?)

Elephants walking, elephants walking
See the clowns, funny clowns
Ponies with their riders, poodles doing tricks,
See the show, circus show

• Let's All Go to the Circus Today (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb)

Let's all go to the circus today,

The circus today, the circus today.

Let's all go to the circus today,

And watch the big parade.

Lions and tigers jump through hoops,

Jump through hoops,jump through hoops.

Lions and Tigers jump through hoops,

In their circus cage.

The prancing horses step so high,

Step so high, step so high.

The prancing horses step so high,

In the circus ring.

See the clowns all tumbling,

Tumbling, tumbling.

See the clowns all tumbling,

In the circus ring.

PM Preschool Schedule: T/W/Th

Week of August 19-23
Theme: Review Previous Sports & Circus

Tuesday, Sports & Games:
What's Your Favorite Sport Crafts?
Group Warm Up & Stretch

Learning Objectives

• Review Soccer, Football, Baseball, & Volleyball
• Safety Rules
• Positions
• Scrimmage & Skill Building Exercises 

Other Games:
Bean Can Toss
Ring of Fire
What Number Duck?
Bottle Ring Toss
  
Wednesday, Literacy: The Circus Ship by Chris Van Dusen

• Pretend Cotton Candy Art
• Paper Plate Clown
• Balloon Clown
• Clown Hat Craft
• Circus Games

Thursday, Discovery Math:
TBA 

3/4 Class Schedule: Circus Week!

Circus Week

Literature
Circus
The Day at the Circus
The Popcorn Book
The Secret Circus
Ginger Jumps
           
Art
Balloon Painting
Ring Toss Game
Circus Clowns
Popcorn Painting
Clown Hats & Bow Ties
 
Math
Bean Bag Toss/Measurement
Popcorn Estimation
Pattern Block Clowns

Dramatic Play
Circus Performers

Sensory
Water Beads inside Balloons
 
Movement
Ring of Fire
Ring Toss
Balloon Toss with Paper Plate Paddles

Circus Books

These are some of the books that we will be reading and looking through this week J

Babar’s Little Circus Star by Jean de Brunhoff

The Day the Circus Came to Town by Melody Carlson

Adding with Sebastian Pig and Friends: At the Circus by Jill Anderson

If I Ran the Circus by Dr. Seuss

Say Hola to Spanish at the Circus by Susan Middleton Elya

Emeline at the Circus by Marjorie Priceman

The Circus Alphabet by Linda Bronson

Who Walks the Tightrope?: Working at a Circus by Mary Meinking

Circus by Lois Ehlert

Contortionists and Cannons: An Acrobatic Look at the Circus by Marc Tyler Nobleman

Under the Big Top

The circus is coming to Discovery Garden! This week’s theme is circus. Each day will be filled with fun and creative activities! We will read books, create projects, engage in math activities, and practice some circus show movements. For the movement portion, we will practice juggling with one, two, or three beanbags/scarves, walk a tight rope (the rope will be on the ground J), balance on a low balance beam, jump/step through a hula hoop, and march like elephants. Also, at the end of each day the students will perform a short circus act!

Here is an outline of what we’ll be doing each day:

Monday

·         Create a clown face

·         Clown face pattern blocks

·         Clown matching

·         Snack: strawberry, cucumber

Tuesday

·         Circus diorama

·         Balloon sort/matching

·         Balloon addition (4 and 5 year olds)

·         Snack: mango, carrots

Wednesday

·         Circus trains

·         Circus train upper case/lower case matching

·         Snack: peaches, peas

Thursday

·         Circus texture art scene

·         Find the difference circus scene

·         Number act (one-to-one correspondence book)

·         Snack: mango, romaine lettuce

Friday

·         Cotton candy art project (from paper towel tubes and cotton balls)

·         Cotton candy count

·         Cotton candy probability (4 and 5 year olds)

·         Snack: snap peas, fruit smoothies

Pictures from Monday!

4 & 5 year old project

2 & 3 year old project

                                              The wolf, pigs, and music accompaniment

                                                    The wolf blowing down the house