Community Helpers Songs

The Mail Carrier's Song

Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Write, write, write your cards,
And lots of letters, too.
I will bring them to your friends,
And they will write back soon.

Bring Your Dogs

Tune: “Oh, My Darling”

Bring your dogs, bring your cats,

Bring your hamsters, one by one.

I take care of the animals,

I’m a veterinarian.

Roll, Roll, Roll Your Dough
Tune: "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

Roll, roll, roll your dough
Smoothly as can be.
Roll it till it's big and round,
Then add some good toppings.

Cupcake Poem

Five Yummy Cupcakes in the Bakery Shop

Round and sugary with icing on top

Along came (name of child) with a dollar one day

He/she bought the cupcake for a friend and gave it away

Ms. Lindsay's Class: Community Helpers

Monday: Post Office

·         Numbers 4, 5, 6

·         Art: name painting

·         Math: sorting mail

·         Literacy: mailbox writing

·         Dramatic play: post office

Tuesday: Post Office

·         Numbers 7, 8, 9

·         Book: Here Comes the Mail by Janet Ahlberg/ Dear Mr. Blueberry by John Schindel

·         Art: name painting

·         Math: name matching/sorting in mailboxes

·         Fine Motor: postcards with name labels

Wednesday: Veterinarian

·         Numbers 10, 11, 12

·         Art: toothbrush painting

·         Math: counting to 20, types of vet animal sort

·         Dramatic Play: veterinarian

 

Thursday: Pizza Restaurant

·         Number 13

·         Book: Pete’s A Pizza

·         Art: create own pizza with art supplies

·         Math: counting backwards from 10, buying pizza with money

·         Literacy: creating restaurant menus

Friday: Bakery

·         Number 14

·         Book: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff

·         Art: cookie/cupcake art

·         Math: selling cookies

·         Literacy: creating bakery menus

Ms. Lindsay's Class: Construction and Garbage

Monday:

·         Letters P, Q, R

·         Book: Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia

·         Art: Traffic light cutting project

·         Math: counting rocks in the dump truck

·         Fine Motor: Hammering T’s

Tuesday:

·         Letters S, T, U

·         Book: Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

·         Art: Shape Bulldozer with tear art

·         Math: Garbage truck recycling Legos (color sorting, counting)

·         Fine Motor: cars and marker activity/play dough construction

Wednesday:

·         Letters V, W, X

·         Book: The House in the Meadow by Shutta Crum/Machines At Work by Byron Barton

·         Art: Popsicle stick house

·         Math: number roads to trace with car/construction vehicle

·         Science/Fine Motor: Hammering T’s

Thursday:

·         Letters Y, Z

·         Book: The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler

·         Art: stop sign Q-Tip painting

·         Math: counting rocks in the dump truck

·         Science: Construction vehicles and their purposes

Friday:

·         Numbers 1, 2, 3

·         Book: Trashy Town/ Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! By Barbara Odanaka

·         Art: Recycled Collage

·         Math: Garbage truck recycling Legos (color sorting, counting)

·         Science: Recycle vs. garbage sort

Ms. Lindsay's Class: Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Monday:

·         Letters G, H, I

·         Book: I Wish I Were a Pilot by Stella Blackstone

·         Art: popsicle stick airplanes

·         Math: helicopter/airplane tangram

·         Science/Fine Motor: cutting practice

Tuesday:

·         Letters J, K, L

·         Book: Freight Train by Donald Crews, Two Little Trains by Maragret Wise Brown

·         Art: Egg Carton Train

·         Math: Shape Train

·         Science: Train track building

Wednesday: Field Trip

Thursday:

·         Letters M, N, O

·         Book: The Journey Home from Grandpa’s by Jemima Lumley

·         Art: tire track art/cars and markers

·         Math: pattern block template

·         Science/fine motor: liquid glue activity

Friday:

·         Letters P, Q, R

·         Book: Magic Train Ride by Sally Crabtree

·         Art: creating a road

·         Math: transportation sort

·         Fine Motor: using tape to make roads

Transportation: Emergency Heroes

This month our theme will be transportation. Our first week of transportation will focus on emergency heroes.

Monday:

·         Number 8

·         Book: Firefighters! Speeding! Spraying! Saving! By Patricia Hubbell

·         Art: paper plate fire hat

·         Math: race to the fire math game

·         Science: flame in a jar

Tuesday:

·         Number 9

·         Book: The Firefighters by Sue Whiting

·         Art: Marble/Finger painting flames

·         Math: How many droplets? Math game

·         Science: flame in a jar

Wednesday:

·         Number 10

·         Book: I Love Trucks by Philemon Sturges

·         Art: color matching flame with tissue paper

·         Math: spots on the dog

·         Fine Motor: cutting practice

Thursday:

·         Letters A, B, C

·         Book: Firefighter Frank by Monica Wellington

·         Art: no mess finger painting

·         Math: counting firemen/patterns

·         Fine Motor: liquid glue activity

Friday:

·         Letters D, E, F

·         Book: Even Firefighters Hug Their Moms by Christine Kole MacLean

·         Art: shape fire truck

·         Math: shape book

·         Fine Motor: using tape to make roads

Ms. Lindsay's Class Schedule: Ocean

Monday: No School- Memorial Day

Tuesday: Dolphin

·         Number 4

·         Book:  There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout

·         Art: finger paint and color dolphin

·         Math: fishing for numbers

·         Science: ocean animal sort

Wednesday: Seahorse

·         Number 5

·         Book: Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle/ Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone

·         Art: tissue paper seahorse

·         Math: seahorse counting

·         Science: the role of a daddy seahorse

Thursday: Squid

·         Number 6

·         Book: I’m the Biggest Thing in the Ocean/ I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

·         Art: squid art project

·         Math: counting pearls on a clam/ocean patterns

·         Fine Motor: Pinchers

·         Science: ocean sensory tub

Friday: Octopus

·         Number 7

·         Book: Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway

·         Art: Toilet paper roll octopus

·         Math: octopus number recognition

·         Fine Motor: sea urchins

Ms. Lindsay's Class: Ocean

Monday: Shark

·         Letter: Y

·         Book: I’m a Shark! By Bob Shea

·         Art: shark

·         Math: goldfish math (sorting, counting, patterns)

·         Literacy: fishing for letters

Tuesday: Whale

·         Letter Z

·         Book: The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson

·         Art: whale art project with glitter and raffi

·         Math: counting spots on a whale

·         Science: listening to sounds of whales, ocean sensory tub

Wednesday: Shark

·         Number: 1

·         Book: Fidgety Fish by Ruth Galloway

·         Art: shark from envelope

·         Math: sorting fish by colors

·         Fine Motor: pinchers

Thursday: clam

·         Number 2

·         Book: Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck

·         Art: clam with a pearl

·         Math: counting pearls on a shell

·         Fine Motor: sea urchin

Friday: crabs

·         Number 3

·         Book: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Trout

·         Art: finish crab from last week

·         Math: fishing for numbers

·         Fine Motor: Cutting practice

Ms Lindsay's Class: Ocean Continued

We will be continuing more fun ocean activities this week!  At the end of this post are the lyrics to one of the songs that we learned last week. The kids know the movements that go along with the lyrics too!

Monday: jelly fish

·         Letter U

·         Book: Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck 

·         Art: Jellyfish

·         Math: counting jellyfish tentacles

·         Science: observing seashells and seashell sort

Tuesday: fish

·         Letter V

·         Book: The Rainbow Fish

·         Art: rainbow fish paper plate

·         Math: counting “fish scales”

·         Fine Motor: finger pinchers to catch fish

Wednesday: fish

·         Letter W

·         Book: Swimmy by Leo Lionni

·         Art: swimmy fish

·         Math: counting fish/sorting fish by colors

·         Literacy: fishing for letters

Thursday: fish

·         Letter X

·         Book: Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

·         Art: finger painting water and fish art project

·         Math/science: sorting seashells based on sized

·         Fine motor: sea urchin

Friday: crab

·         Letter Y

·         Book: Clumsy Crab by Ruth Galloway

·         Art: bowl crab

·         Math: number recognition

·         Fine motor: fishing

Waves at the Beach
Sung To: " Wheels on the bus"

The waves at the beach go up and down, up and down, up and down,
the waves at the beach go up and down, all day long.

The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, all day long.

The lobsters at the beach go, snap, snap, snap; snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap
The lobsters at the beach go snap snap snap, all day long

The clams at the beach will open and shut, open and shut, open and shut,
The clams at the beach will open and shut, all day long.

The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble; wibble, wobble, wibble, wibble, wobble, wibble,
The jelly fish go wibble, wobble, wibble, all day long