Lesson Plans 2/25/13 - 3/1/13

Songs: If You're Happy and You Know It
           Who Sits Next to You?

Sensory: Playdough
              Water with Sponges

Monday 2/25/13
Book: How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms?
Circle: Dice Game
Art: Puffy Paint
Special thanks to Haley for volunteering today!

Wednesday 2/27/13
Field trip to Valentino's at 9:30
562 Las Posas Rd
We will meet at the preschool at 9:00 to arrange carseats and will leave at 9:15
After the field trip, we will be going back to the preschool.
Special thanks to those parents who volunteered to drive!

Friday 3/1/13
Book: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons By Eric Litwin
Circle: What's Missing?
Art: Flower Painting

Lesson Plans 2/20/13 - 2/22/13

Songs: Six Little Ducks
           Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

Sensory: Playdough

Wednesday
Book:  Space Boy by Leo Landry
Circle:  Making a Mathematical Chart - How tall are you?
Art:      Chalk Paint

Friday

Book:  Big Words for Little People by Jamie Lee Curtis

Circle:  Fair Play*

Art:      Group Painting Project

*We will do an activity that helps the children have fun with classroom rules and routines. We will also talk about friendship such as how to get along with others and how to ask for help. It is normal for preschoolers to need a refresher on this every few months. Letting the children take part in making and maintaining the classroom rules and routines makes it not only easier but more fun.

Six Little Ducks

Six little ducks
that I once knew
tall ones, short ones
fair ones too
but the one little duck
with the feather on his back
he led the others with a
quack quack quack
quack quack quack
quack quack quack
he led the others with a
quack quack quack.

Lesson Plans 2/13/13 - 2/15/13

Songs: Slippery Fish
           Please Stand Up

Sensory: Cornstarch and Water Goop

Wednesday
Book:  Mole Music
Circle: Color Matching
Art:     Tambourines

Friday

Book: Perfect Square 

Circle: Pattern Recognition

Art:     Tissue Paper Art

Please Stand Up

If you're wearing red stand up, stand up.
If you're wearing red, stand up.

Clap your hands and turn around and then sit down.

If you're wearing blue stand up, stand up.
If you're wearing blue, stand up.

Clap your hands and turn around and then sit down.

If you're wearing yellow stand up, stand up.
If you're wearing yellow, stand up.

Clap your hands and turn around and then sit down.

Continue with several other colors.

Slippery Fish

Slippery fish, slippery fish, sliding through the water,
Slippery fish, slippery fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!

Oh, no! It’s been eaten by an…

Octopus, octopus, squiggling in the water
Octopus, octopus, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Tuna fish, tuna fish, flashing in the water,
Tuna fish, tuna fish, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Great white shark, great white shark, lurking in the water,
Great white shark, great white shark, Gulp, Gulp, Gulp!
Oh, no! It’s been eaten by a…

Humongous whale, humongous whale, spouting in the water,
Humongous whale, humongous whale,
Gulp! … Gulp! … Gulp! … 

Lesson Plans 2/4/13 - 2/8/13

Songs Open, Shut Them
          When Cows Get Up in the Morning

Sensory Rice with sifters and funnels

Monday
Book Cock a Moo Moo by Juliet Dallas-Conte
Circle Veggie Chip Tasting*
Art     Cookie Cutter Painting

Wednesday

Book  The Peace Book by Todd Parr

Circle What's Missing

           Science Experiment

Art     February Gift

Friday

Book  The Little Pea by Eric Battut

Circle  Find The Object

Art      Collage

*The children will have the opportunity to taste several all-natural veggie chips, most of which are homemade. We will be making a graph of the chips that children like and will use it as an opportunity to discuss mathematical concepts such as counting, and comparing quantities (less than, greater than). The veggie chips will also be our snack today.

Please check out our updated snack menu as well.

When cows get up in the morning

When cows get up in the morning
what do they say?
when cows get up in the morning
they always say g'day!
Moo-moo moo-moo
moo-moo moo-moo
when cows get up in the morning
that is what they say

Repeat with horse, sheep, pig, etc.

Open, Shut Them

While singing, do the motions with your hands:

Open shut them, open shut them
give a little clap clap clap
open shut them, open shut them
put them in your lap

Creep them creep them
creep them creep them
right up to your nose nose nose

Creep them creep them

creep them creep them

right down to your toes toes toes

Open shut them, open shut them

give a little clap clap clap

open shut them, open shut them

put them in your lap

Creep them creep them

creep them creep them

right up to your chin

open up your little mouth

but do not let them in

Open shut them, open shut them

give a little clap clap clap

open shut them, open shut them

put them in your lap