September Week 4

Month: September	Week 4
Gentlemen Training:
Doing Kind Things for Others (Service) Watch the movie Charlotte’s Web. (We might also read the book as our bedtime story during this month). Talk about how when we do kind things for other people, we feel good and others feel good too. We can do kind things at home, like helping clean up or cook dinner. We can do kind things for our friends, like sharing a toy or making them a treat. We can do kind things for everyone around us. Write a story about barnyard animals doing nice things for each other. Use prompts such as the following to develop the story. Cow is sick with a cold. What can do pig do? Pig is sad. What can horse do? Horse hurt her leg. What can dog do? Write the story and then have the kids draw pictures (or color pictures that you draw) to go along with the story.
Day One
Literacy: Color pictures for the letter D. Focus on recognizing the letter and the sound it makes. Read a book that a child chooses. Rhymes and songs: B-I-N-G-O Then we can review some of their favorite songs and rhymes.
Math: Size Sequencing with Tractors From: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5rA1Pr6EkStZ29RZFNoTl9xNXc/edit Size sorting from: http://ateachingmommy.com/preschool-printables/
Snack
Science/Social Studies: Weather Talk about the basic weather patterns: sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy, windy. Sing some weather songs: Eensy Weensy Raindrops (Tune: Eensy, Weensy Spider) Some eensy, weensy raindrops Are falling from the sky. They're filling up the puddles And dropping in my eye. Drip, drip and drop, drop, I love to hear them fall, For the eensy, weensy raindrops Mean wet fun for us all. What's the weather? (Tune: Clementine) What's the weather? What's the weather? What's the weather like today? Tell me children what's the weather? What's the weather like today? Is it sunny, is it rainy, is it windy out today? Tell me children, what's the weather, what's the weather like today? From: http://www.childcarelounge.com/general-themes/weather.php Rain is falling* all around, On the housetops, on the ground. Rain is falling on my nose, On my head and hands and toes. *Alternate phrases: Sun is shining Wind is blowing Leaves are falling Snow is falling Words and music: Moiselle Renstrom, 1889-1956 From Merrily We Sing, (c) 1948, 1975 Pioneer Music Press, Inc. Used by permission. Falling down, gently down, See the softly falling snow Falling down, gently down, Covering the ground below. Words and music: Lois Lunt Metz; alt. (c) 1956 IRI Once there was a snowman, snowman, snowman, Once there was a snowman, tall, tall, tall. In the sun he melted, melted, melted. In the sun he melted, small, small, small. Words and music: Moiselle Renstrom, 1889-1956 From Tune Time, (c) 1955, 1981 Pioneer Music Press, Inc. Used by permission. From: https://www.lds.org/music/library/childrens-songbook?lang=eng Make a weather wheel with a paper plate. Go outside and determine what kind of weather it is. I also have a poster calendar that has little weather pictures that they can stick on each day to show what the weather is like. Talk about how we wear certain clothes depending on the weather. Have a few items of clothing  (a rain boot, a scarf or snow glove, a t-shirt, etc.) and have kids guess what kind of weather you would wear it for.
Art: Shapes Color and make shape tractors. From: http://ateachingmommy.com/preschool-printables/
Movement: The Farmer Says (like Simon Says but with the farmer instead).
Day Two
Literacy: Color pictures for the letter d. Think of things on the farm that start with d. Read a book that a child chooses. Rhymes and songs: Review their favorite songs and rhymes. Horse songs and rhymes: 10 Wild Horses 10 wild horses came galloping through town. Five were white, 5 were brown. Some galloped up And some galloped down. They galloped away and out of town. Horsie, Horsie Horsie, horsie, don’t you stop. (Clip-clop hands on legs) Just let your feet go clippety-clop; Your tail goes swish, (swish hands back and forth) And the wheels go round—(roll hands) Giddy-up, take us homeward bound. (Clap three times)
Math:  Sorting I plan on purchasing the farm sorting game from Lakeshore Learning. If I don’t though, we’ll just do a sorting activity with the toys and pictures that we already have. Sorting ideas: Animal/plant Things that move/don’t move Things that fly/things that don’t fly By colors
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Science/Social Studies: Weather Talk briefly about the water cycle. Using cotton balls and a cup of water, show how clouds fill with drops of water and then it rains. Water cycle chart can be found here: http://ateachingmommy.com/2012/03/spring-rain-color-count-and-water-cycle/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+2teachingmommies/yGHl+2+Teaching+Mommies Snow happens when the weather gets really cold and the rain freezes into snow. Talk about wind and do wind experiment: Will the Wind Blow It? Have a collection of items to show children (such as feather, straw, piece of paper, rock, marker, seashell, etc.). Ask children to predict which items will blow when it is windy. Turn on a fan and place each item in front of the fan to see if their predictions were correct. From: http://www.childcarelounge.com/general-themes/weather.php
Art: Handprint horses and other animals from: http://mrskarensclass.blogspot.com/2012/03/old-mrs-karen-had-farm.html
Movement: Dance and play to our favorite farm music. Here’s some of the music on my playlist: Mairzy Doats (Best of Silly Songs) Bill Grogan’s Goat (Best of Silly Songs) The Bunny Hop (Dance Along Volume 1) The Chicken Dance (Dance Along Volume 1) The Farmer in the Dell (Disney 6) The Hokey Pokey (Disney 6) Old MacDonald (Mother Goose Rocks) Bingo (Mother Goose Rocks) I’m Proud to be a Cow (Sesame Street Silly Songs) The Boogie-Woogie Piggies (Sesame Street Silly Songs) I Know a Chicken (The Best of the Laurie Berkner Band)