Preschool Class - Room 4
10:40 - 11:40
Students will be introduced to a theme a week (such as shapes, seasons, trees & plants, dinosaurs, sun and moon, weather, holidays etc.) through music, stories, art, pre-writing, motor skills and movement. We will begin with music and stories then divide up and rotate through three stations: arts & crafts, motor skills and pre-writing development.
| 10:40 | 11:05 | 11:15 | 11:25 | 11:35 | 11:40 |
| Songs & Books | Station 1 | Station 2 | Station 3 | Closing | End |
Holidays are 10/13/14, 11/10/14 and 2/16/15
| Date | Letter/Theme | Books | Songs | Art Station | Pre-Writing Station | Motor Skills Station |
| 9/8 |
Flowers |
Memphis's week 4 books |
Flower fingerplays Bop until you drop |
Muffin cup flowers |
p101-102 (shapes) p21-22 (#1) |
Wooden blocks & Lincoln Logs |
| 9/15 | Trees | M's week 5 books |
Apple tree fingerplay Leap like a frog Days of the Week |
Trace arm for trunk and branches and use do a dot markers for leaves |
p103-104 (shapes) p39 (#2) p37 (lines) |
Zoob & playstix |
| 9/22 | Shapes | M's week 6 books |
the way we do it sing through the year |
Stick shapes |
p15 (triangles) p64 (#3) p55-56 |
Pattern blocks |
| 9/29 | Dinosaurs |
How does a Dinosaur... ABC Dinosaur |
We are the Dinosaurs marching Days of the Week The Freeze |
Dinosaur fingerprint creations |
p81-82 (#4 and circles) p69-70 |
Hullabaloo |
| 10/6 | Seasons | M's week 7 books |
Bop Until You Drop Seasons fingerplays |
Seasons craft |
p89-90 (#5) p79 (different) p101 (lines) |
Wedgits & Gears |
| 10/20 |
Rain |
M's week 8 books |
Bear Hunt Rain fingerplays |
Fingerprint Rain craft |
p121-122 (#6 & shapes) p126 (counting) p104 (dot 2 dot) |
Zingo |
| 10/27 | Beach & Ocean | M's week 11&12 books |
Leap like a Frog Days of the Week Beach fingerplays |
Beach scene |
p138 (#7) p134 (counting) p140 (shapes) p110 (trace lines) |
Building set & Bristle Builders |
| 11/3 |
Fall/Autumn Pumpkin |
Pumpkin & Fall books |
The Freeze Sing through the year Pumpkin fingerplays |
Paper Plate Pumpkins |
p152 (#8) 153 (matching) p154 (coloring shapes) p160 (counting) |
Pattern blocks |
| 11/17 |
Thanksgiving |
Thanksgiving books | The Way We Do It Days of the Week Thankful & turkey figerplays |
Thankful Tree with verse (in my files) |
p172 (#9) p161 (matching shapes) p169 (trace lines) p176 (dot to dot) |
Train Tracks |
| Date | Letter/Theme | Books | Songs | Art Station | Pre-Writing Station | Motor Skills Station |
| 1/19 | cancelled |
p272 (#11) p180 (drawing) p191 (dot to dot) p200 (counting) |
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| 1/26 | Snow | Memphis snow books |
Bop Until You Drop Days of the Week |
p291 (#12) p201 (matching) p204 (dot to dot) p226 (matching numbers) |
Pattern blocks | |
| 2/2 | Water | Memphis water books |
The Freeze Sing through the year |
Water cycle craft |
2p75 (#0) p209 (matching shapes) p227 (tracing lines) p232 (matching numbers) |
Hullabaloo |
| 2/9 |
Valentines/ Love |
God Gave Us Love I love my momma, daddy... Valentines books |
Leap like a frog Singing the Alphabet |
Heart craft |
2p81 (#1) p215 (matching shapes) p234 (coloring boxes) book 2 p127 (dot to dot) |
Zingo |
| 2/23 |
Mouse |
If you give a mouse a cookie... books |
The Way We Do It Days of the Week |
Cookie craft |
2p86 (#2) p242 (star) p252 (matching numbers) 2p142 (count shapes) |
Wedgits & Gears |
| 3/2 | Farm Animals |
Donkey Donkey Don't be so nosy posey The cow that went oink |
Bop Until You Drop Old MacDonald |
Cow face craft |
2p95 (#3) p283-284 (shapes) p300 (counting) |
Zoob & playstix |
| 3/9 |
The Little Red Hen |
The Little Red Hen Pancakes Pancakes A Family for Old Mill Farm |
The Freeze The little red hen song |
The Little red hen craft |
2p102 (#4) p285 (patterns) p310 (counting) p312 (match numbers) |
Building Set & bristle builders
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| 3/16 | Frogs |
Frog and Toad Books Frog simple science book |
Leap Like a Frog Days of the Week Frog songs |
Frog craft |
2p108 (#5) p327 (line tracing) p335 (shapes) 2p13 (oval matching) |
Wooden blocks & Lincoln Logs |
| 3/23 |
Shapes, Colors, |
Over in the Meadow The day the crayons quit |
The Way We do it |
Shape craft |
2p116 (#6) p344 (line tracing) 2p73 (shapes) 2p61 (dot to dot) |
Pattern blocks |
| 3/30 |
Easter |
Our Easter books |
Bear Hunt Easter songs? |
2p125 (#7) 2p172 (color shapes) 2p3 (trace shapes)) p267 (dot to dot |
Zingo |
Packing List:
roster? and nametags
music player with music loaded
books to read
Art station supplies
Writing station pages and do a dots and pencils
Motor skills station stuff
Memphis & Morgan backpacks and supplies