3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle Books

June 6-10
Monday:
Who is Eric Carle? What does he do?
Literature: From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Art: Eric Carle Style animals
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Tuesday:
Bugs
Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 
STEM: Chemisty mixture
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Wednesday:
Rainbow
Literature: The Mixed up Chamelon 
Art: Mixed up chamelon
Movement/Game: Sharks & Minnows

Thursday:
Plant life
Literature: The Tiny Seed
Art: Animal Stamping
Movement/Game: Seed, Seed, Grow!

Friday:
Friendship
Literature: Pancake, Pancakes! & Friends by Eric Carle
Art: Making pancakes
Movement/Game: Back-to-Back

Music of the Week:
The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Sung to: Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping she dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up she was a butterfly!

2/3 Class Schedule: Caterpillars and Butterflies

Theme:  Caterpillars and Butterflies

Monday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Art: Butterfly Handprints
Math: Butterfly Matching

Tuesday:

Literature: From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Art: Life Cycle Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game

Wednesday:

Literature: Waiting for Wings
Art: Butterfly Symmetry (Painting)
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Thursday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Art: Very Hungry Caterpillar Book
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Friday:

Literature: Clara Caterpillar
Art: Clothespin Caterpillar/Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game
 

All Week

Science:
Caterpillar Life Cycle

Dramatic Play:

Very Hungry Caterpillar Dress Up

Fine Motor:

Bug Matching
What’s Hiding in the Grass?
“Don’t Cut the Caterpillar ” (cutting practice)
Playdough and Straws

Movement:
Butterfly Match
Bubble Bee Dance

Music:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider

The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!
 

Caterpillar/Butterfly Scarf Dance

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The caterpillars are wriggling around,
wriggling around,
wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
all around the ground.

The caterpillars are building a cocoon,
building a cocoon,
building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon
all around the ground.

The butterflies are flying around,
flying around,
flying around.
The butterflies are flying around,
all around the ground.

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle + What we’ve learned

June16- 20

Monday:
Circle Time: Who is Eric Carle? What does he do?
Literature: The Art of Eric Carle & From Head to Toe by Eric Carle
Art: Eric Carle Style animals
Math: Animals are in the cage From 1,2,3 to the Zoo
Sensory: Puppet show
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Tuesday:
Circle Time: Insects
Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Art: Caterpillar puppet
Math: Days of week (Time)
Sensory: Follow along activity for Hungry Caterpillar
Movement/Game: What can your body do? From Head to Toe

Wednesday:
Circle Time: Ocean
Literature: Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle
Art: Coffee filter Seahorse
Math: Sea creatures in the ocean
Sensory: Float or Sink
Movement/Game: Sharks & Minnows

Thursday:
Circle Time: Plant life
Literature: The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
Art: Seed picture
Math: Seed Grid
Sensory: Seed Sorting
Movement/Game: Seed, Seed, Grow!

Friday:
Circle Time: Friendship
Literature: Pancake, Pancakes! & Friends by Eric Carle
Art: Making pancakes
Math: Number of Fruit on pancakes
Sensory: Play-doh pancakes
Movement/Game: Back-to-Back

Music of the Week:
The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Sung to: Itsy Bitsy Spider)
The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping she dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up she was a butterfly!

3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle

Theme: Eric Carle Week
 
Literature:
The Mixed Up Chameleon
A Color of His Own
Papa, Will You Get the Moon for Me?
Hooray For You!
The Tiny Seed
 
Fine Motor/Alphabet:
Push Pin Names
Dot Paint Names
Caterpillar Pom-pom pinching
Mat Man Drawings
 
Art:
Camouflage Chameleons
Tissue Paper Chameleons
Ladders to the Moon
The Tiny Seed Art
Little Cloud Props
 
Sensory:
Seed/Planting Sensory

Math:

Sorting Button Game
Musical Numbers Game
I Have, Who Has Number Game

Music:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider

The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!

 

 

 

 

 

PM Preschool Schedule: Eric Carle

Week of June 24-28

Theme: Author - Eric Carle

Literature:
Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle
The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

Letter:
Review Lowercase Letters
Letter c
Letter d

Art/Science:
Draw me a Star Art
What are Stars?
Firefly Art

Math:
Count the Stars
How Many Fireflies Did You Catch?
Number eight (8)
Number nine (9)

Fine Motor:
Tracing Curve Lines
Tracing Straight Lines
Different Stars (tracing activity)

Music: 
TWINKLING STAR

At night I see the twinkling stars
And a great big smiling moon.
My mother tucks me into bed
And sings a good-night tunes.

TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STARS
Tune:  “Music, Music, Music”

Twinkle, twinkle little stars
Friends of Jupiter and Mars.
All you do the whole night through
Is twinkle, twinkle, twinkle.

Rockets keep flying higher,
Keep flying further, further every day
And need the stars to chart their way.

So while you watch the ships go by,
Keep on lighting up the sky,
Keep on shinning through the night
And twinkle, twinkle, twinkle.
                                    Jean Warren

2/3 Class Schedule (6/24-6/28): Eric Carle Month

Theme: Eric Carle Month

Literature:

• The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle
• Have You Seen My Cat? by Eric Carle
• Today is Monday by Eric Carle
• The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle
• The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard Pictures by Eric Carle

Letter: Ll

• Ll is For Leaves
• Ll is For Ladybug
• Ll is For Lion
• Ll is For Ladder
• Ll is For Lemon

Art:

• Cricket Art Cards
• Cat Masks
• Today is Monday Booklets
• Tissue Paper Firefly Art
• Cotton Ball Lamb Craft

Math:

• Size Sequencing Crickets Game
• Counting Fireflies in the Jar
• Counting Paws

Fine Motor:

• Pre-Cutting Practice: Bug Cutting Fun!
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing with Dry Erase Markers

Music:

• Ten Flashing Fireflies (Rhyme)

Ten fireflies flying in the night.
One's bright light
Went night, night.
Good-bye, sleep tight!
(Count down to one)
No more fireflies flashing in the night.
They are all gone, good-night!

Event:

• Friday, 6/28/13: We will be having an end of the school year party after lunch (noon). You are welcome to bring any dishes or treats for the party!

 

3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle (Little Cloud Week)

Theme: Eric Carle (Little Cloud Week)      
 
Literature:
Little Cloud
Cloudette
It Looked Like Spilled Milk
Rain!
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
 
Alphabet:
Alphabet Dot Art
Push Pin Names
White Board Writing (Practicing Names)
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Raindrop” (cutting practice)
Playdough with Straws
 
Art:
Little Cloud Emergent Reader
It Looked Like…Cloud Art
Shaving Cream Clouds
Eye Dropper Cloud Books
 
Math:
How Many Lightning Bolts?
Pack Peanut Cloud Addition
 
Science:
Rain Jars
Shaving Cream Clouds
 
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.

 

 

 

 

PM Preschool Schedule: Eric Carle

Week of June 17-21

Theme: Author - Eric Carle

Literature:
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Letter:
Review Lowercase Letters
Letter a
Letter b

Art/Science:
Secret Message Art
Color Illusions
Hungry Caterpillar Bag Art

Math:
Number six (6)
Number seven (7)

Fine Motor:
Cutting Curve Lines
Cutting Straight Lines
Lemon Juice - Squeezing Activity

Music: 
CATERPILLAR SONG
Tune: Skip to My Lou

Caterpillar oh, so fuzzy,
Caterpillar oh, so fuzzy,
Caterpillar oh, so fuzzy,
Eating green leaves today.

Caterpillar's making a cocoon,
Caterpillar's making a cocoon,
Caterpillar's making a cocoon,
Now she's sleeping.

Caterpillar's waking up,
Caterpillar's waking up,
Caterpillar's waking up,
Out of her cocoon she comes.

Caterpillar's grown some wings,
Caterpillar's grown some wings,
Caterpillar's grown some wings,
Now she's a butterfly.

2/3 Class Schedule (6/17-6/21): Eric Carle Month

Theme: Eric Carle Month

Literature:

• Rooster's Off to See the World by Eric Carle
• 1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle
• "Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," said the Sloth by Eric Carle
• The Rabbit and the Turtle by Eric Carle
• Do You Want to Be My Friend? by Eric Carle

Letter: Kk

• Kk is For Kites
• Kk is For Kangaroo
• Kk is For Keys
• Kk is For King
• Kk is For Kitten

 Art:

• Feathered Roosters
• Animal Train Craft
• Craft Stick Sloths
• Paper Bowl Turtles
• Mouse Ears Headband

Math:

• Counting with Animals
• Animal Train Math Game

Fine Motor:

• Pre-Cutting Practice: Cutting Straight Lines
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing
• The Slow Game

Music:

• The Animals at the Zoo (Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)

The snake at the zoo goes Hiss Hiss Hiss Hiss Hiss Hiss
The Snake at the zoo goes Hiss Hiss Hiss
All day long 
The lion at the zoo goes Roar Roar Roar Roar Roar Roar
The lion at the zoo goes Roar Roar Roar
All day long (Add other animals

•   The Elephant Song (Tune: The Mulberry Bush)

The elephant goes like this and that, this and that, this and that. (Walk heavily and stomp feet) The elephant goes like this and that, cause he's so big and he's so fat! (Puff up cheeks and stretch out arms)
He has no fingers and has no toes, He has no fingers and has no toes. (Wiggle fingers; wiggle toes) He has no fingers and has no toes, But goodness, gracious, what a nose! (Pull hands out from face to suggest a long trunk.)

 

3/4 Schedule: Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar Week)

Theme: Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar Week)

 
Literature:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Butterfly Alphabet
Waiting For Wings
Clara Caterpillar
From Caterpillar to Butterfly
 
Alphabet:
Alphabet Dot Art
Push Pin Names
White Board Writing (Practicing Names)
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Caterpillar ” (cutting practice)
Drawing Fingerprint Bugs
Playdough and Straws
 
Art:
Very Hungry Caterpillar Storytelling Bags
Caterpillar Balloon Painting
Handprint Butterflies
Handprint Caterpillars
Pipe Cleaner and Beaded Caterpillars
 
Science:
Caterpillar Life Cycle

Math:

Count to ten Caterpillar Game
Drawing & Counting Caterpillar Circles 

Music/Movement:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider

The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!
 

Caterpillar/Butterfly Scarf Dance

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The caterpillars are wriggling around,
wriggling around,
wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
all around the ground.

The caterpillars are building a cocoon,
building a cocoon,
building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon
all around the ground.

The butterflies are flying around,
flying around,
flying around.
The butterflies are flying around,
all around the ground.

 

 

 

 

PM Preschool Schedule: Eric Carle

Week of June 10-14
Theme: Author - Eric Carle

Literature:
Pancakes, Pancakes by Eric Carle
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle

Letter:
Last Week to Review Uppercase Curve Letters
Letter S
Letter U

Art/Science:
Making Pancake Activity
Which is your favorite pancake flavor? (Art Craft)
Colorful Chameleon

Math:
Number four (4)
Number five (5)

Fine Motor:
Tracing straight and curve lines
Cutting straight and curve lines

Music:
The Pancake Song

We made pancakes on Tuesday, we tossed them in the air,
One fell on the table and one fell on the chair,
One fell on the floor and one fell on the cooker and,
One fell on the grate, but luckily for me then
One fell on my plate!

 Color Song
I know my colors for painting fun
green like the grass and the yellow sun,
an orange pumpkin and white snow,
a red rose and a black crow,
blue like a mailbox, brown like an ape,
a pink pig and some purple grapes!

2/3 Class Schedule (6/10-6/14): Eric Carle Month

Theme: Eric Carle Month

Literature:

• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Eric Carle
• The Mixed Up Chameleon by Eric Carle
• The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
• The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
• Pancake, Pancake by Eric Carle

Letter: Jj

• Jj is For Jelly Beans
• Jj is For Jungle
• Jj is For Jellyfish
• Jj is For Jacket
• Jj is For Jar

 Art:

• Textured Brown Bear
• Tissue Paper Chameleons
• Dotting Ladybugs
• Seed Art
• Pancake Food Project

Math:

• Brown Bear Matching Activity
• Brown Bear, What Comes Next?
• Counting Dots on Ladybugs

Fine Motor:

• Pre-Cutting Practice: Cutting Out Shapes
• Pre-Writing Practice: Trace the Lines

Music:

• Ladybug, Ladybug (Poem)

Ladybug, Ladybug on the tree.
Fly down here and sit with me.
Rest on my hand, I'll count your spots.
2, 4, 6, 8 POLKA-DOTS!

• The Bear Went Over the Mountain 

Oh, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see.
To see what he could see, to see what he could see O the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, the bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see.
But all that he could see, but all that he could see, was the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain, the other side of the mountain Was all that he could see.
 

2/3 Class Schedule (6/3-6/7): Eric Carle Month

Theme: Eric Carle Month

Literature:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
• The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle
• Little Cloud by Eric Carle
• A House For Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
• The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle

Letter: Ii

• Ii is For Ice Cream
• Ii is For Ice
• Ii is For Igloo
• Ii is For Iguana
• Don't Drip the Ice Cream Activity

Art: 

• Potato Printing Caterpillars and Flowers
• Polka-Dotted Painting Animals
• Cloud Paint and Little Cloud Parfaits
• Our Own Hermit Crab Homes
• Paper Plate Spider Yarn Craft

Math: 

• Counting Foods with the Hungry Caterpillar
• Sorting Clouds
• Spider Legs Math Activity

Sensory:

• The Very Hungry Caterpillar Bin
• Cloud Sensory Bin

Fine Motor:

• Pre-Cutting Practice: Don't Cut the Spider
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing Lines

Music:

• The Fuzzy Caterpillar: (Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider)

The fuzzy caterpillar curled up on a leaf.

Spun her little chrysalis and then fell fast asleep.

While she was sleeping, she dreamed she could fly.

And later on when she woke up, she was a butterfly!

• Caterpillar (Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)

One caterpillar ,two caterpillars, three caterpillars today. 
Four caterpillars, five caterpillars eating all the day. 
One cocoon, two cocoons, three cocoons today. 
Four cocoons, five cocoons sleeping all the day. 
One butterfly, two butterflies, three butterflies today. 
Four butterflies, five butterflies, flying, flying away.  

PM Preschool Schedule: Eric Carle

Week of June 3-7
Theme: Author - Eric Carle

Literature:
A House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle
Little Cloud by Eric Carle

Letter:
Review Curve Uppercase Letters
Letter Q
Letter R

Art/Science:
Hermit Crab Painting Craft
Little Cloud Cotton Ball Activity
Little Cloud Parfait

Math:
Number two (2)
Number three (3)
Shapes and Color Sort

Fine Motor:
Pre-writing Practice
Cutting Straight/Curve Lines

Music:
The Cloud
Tune: Bingo

Today the clouds are in the sky
And cloudy is the weather.
C L O U D Y C L O U D Y C L O U D Y
And cloudy is the weather.

3/4 Class Schedule: Eric Carle (Brown Bear Week)

Theme: Eric Carle (Brown Bear Week)

 
Literature:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Eric Carle
Paint Me A Star By Eric Carle
House for a Hermit Crab By Eric Carle
The Foolish Tortoise By Eric Carle
 
Alphabet:
Color Mystery (Beginning Sounds)
Find my Alphabet Buddy (Matching Upper and Lower Case Letters)
 
Fine Motor:
Brown Bear Glue Dots
Brown Bear Scissor Skills
Rainbow Writing Strokes
 
Art:
Brown Bear Color Book
Paint Me A Star
Hand Print Hermit Crab
Turtle Shell Prints
Paper Bowl Turtles 

Sensory:

Clean Mud
 
Math:
Animal ABC’s
Brown Bear Color Graph
Brown Bear Number Tracing
 
Movement:
Bear Crawls
 
Dramatic Play:
Camping
 
Music:
Bears are Sleeping
Tune: Frere Jaques
 
Bears are sleeping,
Bears are sleeping.
In a cave,
In a cave.
Wonder when they’ll wake up?
Wonder when they’ll wake up?
In the spring,
In the spring.