Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

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

Friday, April 11, 2014

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


Thursday, April 10, 2014

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