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.

 

 

 

 

3/4 Schedule: Ocean

Theme: Ocean Week 3         

 
Literature:
I’m the Biggest Fish in the Ocean
From Pup to Shark
One Tiny Turtle
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea
 
Alphabet:
Find my Letter Buddy (Matching Lower and Upper Case Letters)
Sea Animal Sort (Beginning Sounds)
 
Fine Motor:
“Don’t Cut the Pirate” (cutting practice)
Pinching Fish Water Play

Art:

Sand Paper/Oil Pastel Starfish
Rubber Glove Squid
Tissue Paper Fish
Liquid Water Color Jellyfish

Sensory:

Colored Sand
Pinching Fish Water Play
 

Math:

Measuring Sea Animals with Links
Sea Animal Patterns
Counting Sea Animals

Movement:
Pirate Planks
Follow the Leader

Science:

Sink or Float

Dramatic Play:

Pirate Treasure Hunt

 

 

 

 

 

Enrichment Classes Schedule: (5/28-5/31)

Monday, Math/Science Class:

• No School

Wednesday, Literacy Class: Today is Monday by Eric Carle

• Today is Monday Booklets
• Re-telling of the Story
• Food/Art Project
• Animal Collages
• Discussion/Questions About Today is Monday

Friday, Cooking Around the World: Mexico

• Cooking Project: Caldo De Res
• Mexico's Culture and Traditions (Continued)
• Learning About Proper Etiquette
• Cooking and Handling Foods Properly

PM Preschool Schedule: Shark Week

Week of May 28-31
Theme: Shark Week

Literature:
The Three Little Fish and the Big Bad Shark by Will Grace
The Shark in the Dark by Peter Bently


Letter:
Review Curve Uppercase Letters
Letter J
Letter O

Art/Science:
Hanging Shark Craft
Pop up Shark
Clothespin Shark

Math:
Number Book Cover
Number One (1)

Fine Motor:
Pre-writing Practice
Cutting Straight/Curve Lines
My Itsy Bitsy Shark Book

Music:
Baby Shark Song

Oceans of Fun/lowercase h

Shore and Tide Animals
Lowercase h

Monday:
No School - Memorial Day 

Tuesday:
Science/Literacy: What are Shells? My favorite shell is...   -ell word family
Math: Sorting Shells
Art: Shell Picture Frames With Paint an Shells
Music: Five Little Seashells
Book: Shore Life 

Wednesday:
Literacy: One day a fighting conch...     -ight word family
Math: Counting, Sorting, and Grouping Conch
Art: Decorating a Fighting Conch Shell
Science: Observing Conch Shells
Music: Seashell
Book: There was an old Lady who Swallowed a Shell

Thursday:
Literacy: One day a hermit crab....    -ab word family
Math: How Many Reeds of Seagrass?
Art: Hermit Crab in a Shell
Science: What is a Crab? Observing a real crab.
Music: Five Crank Crabs
Book: Hermit Crab

Friday:
Literacy: These are things I can find on a beach...    -each word family
Math: How Long is one Minute? (using minute sand glasses)
Art: Beach Scene with Sand
Science: What is Sand? Observing Sand
Music: At the Beach
Book: The Sand Castle Contest

2/3 Class Schedule (5/28-5/31): Oceans Week 3

Theme: Oceans

Literature:

• Moving Day by Robert Kalan
• Seal Pup Grows Up by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
• Toothwalkers by Jo Windsor
• Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey
• Coastal Habitats by PAPP Intl.

Letter: Hh

• Hh is For Hearts
• Hh is For Hats
• Hh is For Hammer
• Hh is For Hand
• Hh is For Horse

Art:

• Hand-print Crabs
• Rainbow Seahorse
• Tissue Paper Sea Anemone
• Shell Prints
• Starfish Sand Craft

Math:

• Counting Starfishes
• How Many Shells Do You See? Game
• Sorting Sea Animals

Fine Motor:

• Pre-Cutting Practice: Humpty Dumpty Cut-Out Activity
• Glue Control: Gluing Together Humpty Dumpty
• Pre-Writing Practice: Tracing Patterns

Sensory:

• Ocean Themed Sensory Tub

Music:

• Slippery Fish: 

Slippery fish, slippery fish

swimming in the water

A slippery fish, a slippery fish

Gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Jellyfish, a jelly fish

swimming in the water

A jelly fish, a jelly fish

gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Tuna fish, a tuna fish

swimming in the water

A tuna fish, a tuna fish

gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by a

Great White Shark, a great white shark

swimming in the water

A great white shark, a great white shark

gulp, gulp, gulp

OH NO! He's been eaten by an

Enormous Whale, an enormous whale

Spouting in the water

Enormous Whale, enormous whale

Gulp, gulp, BURP!

Excuse ME!

• Sticky, Sticky Starfish (Tune: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)

Sticky sticky little starfish,
How I wonder what you are,
Beneath the sea so cool and blue
Can you see me as I see you?
Sticky sticky little starfish
Beneath the sea so cool and blue!