Month: September
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Week 4
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Gentlemen Training:
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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.
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Day One
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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.
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Math: Size Sequencing with Tractors
Size sorting from: http://ateachingmommy.com/preschool-printables/
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Snack
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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?
Words and music: Moiselle Renstrom, 1889-1956
From Merrily We Sing, (c) 1948, 1975 Pioneer Music Press, Inc. Used by permission.
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, 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.
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.
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Art: Shapes
Color and make shape tractors.
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Movement:
The Farmer Says (like Simon Says but with the farmer instead).
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Day Two
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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)
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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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Snack
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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. |
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Art: Handprint horses and other animals from:
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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)
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Tuesday, July 15, 2014
September Week 4
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
September Week 3
Month: September
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Week 3
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Gentlemen Training:
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Being Clean (not littering,
cleaning room/house, putting toys away, etc.)
Watch Daniel Tiger episode 123 on Netflix.
Talk about how littering makes our world dirty and how it can be
dangerous for animals and other people.
Talk about chores that they can do around the house.
Maybe make a simple sticker chore chart together.
Clean up a room while singing the clean-up song (to hear the song, you
can go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkRE66MWORc)
Barney clean-up song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhXVg2QisM
A fun clean-up video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lte1uo5hLVw
Have a clean-up race or game. Play music while we clean up a room.
Resources:
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http://www.flandersfamily.info/web/organization/printable-charts/
**I've decided to introduce this ping-pong chore chart idea from: http://www.bhg.com/decorating/storage/organization-basics/declutter-and-stress-less/?rb=Y#page=26 
We will have 30 minute chore time each day. The boys can pick their chores and do as many as they can in 30 minutes. The boy with the most balls in his chore jar at the end of the 30 minutes gets a prize: a no-chore day, gets to pick a show to watch, a small treat, etc.
When the boys get a little older, I want to try this chore chart: 
Here's a good list of age-appropriate chores, plus a printable:
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Day One
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
The Letter C: color C pictures and talk about things on the farm that
start with C.
Read a book that one of the kids chooses.
A Farm poem:
(Maybe use pictures to do this poem and have the kids guess at the
sounds).
Down in the Barnyard
When the farmer’s day is done,
In the barnyard, ev’ry one,
Beast and bird politely say,
“Thank you for my food today.”
The cow says “Moo”
The pigeon says “Coo”
The sheep says “Baa”
The goat says “Maa”
The hen, “Cluck, cluck”
“Quack,” says the duck;
The dog, “Bow-wow”
The cat, “Meow”
The horses say,
“Neigh, I love sweet hay!”
The pig nearby,
Grunts in his sty.
When the barn is locked up tight,
Then the farmer says “Goodnight”.
Thanks his animals, ev’ry one,
For the work that has been done.
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Math: Count from 1-10. How many spots on the
cow? From: http://thepreschoolexperiment.blogspot.com/2011/11/farm-theme-tot-trays.html
You can use black pom poms or black magnets to put spots on the cow.
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Snack
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Science/Social Studies: Days of the week
Look at calendars. I have a big poster calendar that we can use. Talk
about the days of the week, yesterday, today, and tomorrow.
Make the slider from the website listed below.
To the tune of “Are You Sleeping, Are
You Sleeping, Brother John?”
Every week has 7 days,
See how many you can say. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Saturday - that’s 7 days!
To the tune of “The Addams Family”
Theme Song
Days of the week, (clap, clap)
Days of the week, (clap, clap) Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week. (clap, clap)
There’s Sunday and there’s Monday,
There’s Tuesday and there’s Wednesday, There’s Thursday and there’s Friday, And then there’s Saturday!
Days of the week, (clap, clap)
Days of the week, (clap, clap) Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week. (clap, clap)
More Resources:
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Art:
Rhyme: 5 White and Fluffy Sheep
Five white and fluffy sheep In the pasture fast asleep Their wool kept them cozy all night long. Snore! Snore! The farmed slipped away with one And sheared the wool till he was done Then there were 4 white fluffy sheep. Baa! Baa!
Make cottonball
sheep by coloring sheep and glueing on cotton balls.
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Movement:
SHEEP HERDING
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Day Two
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Literacy: The Letter c—color pictures for the letter
c. Practice the c sound and saying c.
Read a book that a child chooses.
Rhymes and songs:
Five and Five Eggs
Five and five eggs (hold up hands)
That makes ten
Sitting on top is mother hen (fold one hand over the other)
Crackle, crackle, crackle (clap hands three times)
What do I see? (Fingers around eyes)
Ten fluffy chicks
As yellow as can be. (Hold up and wiggle ten fingers).
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Math: A Dozen Eggs…
Number twelve eggs or Ping Pong balls (or plastic eggs) 1 through 12 with paint or a marking pen. Have the child place the eggs in numerical order in an egg carton. To make the activity easier for younger children, write the appropriate numeral in the bottom of each section of the egg carton. Talk about the word “dozen.” What other items are sold by the dozen? |
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Snack
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Science/Social Studies:
Days/months/year
Watch Busy Beavers Video “The Ice Cream Song”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyg6L6X5JPQ
Go through a calendar and put stickers on special days each month, such
as birthdays and holidays. Hang calendar where kids can refer to it often and
maybe even mark down days.
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Art: Farm shadows matching and farm shape match from:
Make animals and shapes with play dough and cookie cutters.
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Movement:
Play with farm animals and barn for 10-15 minutes while listening to
music.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
September: Week 2
Month: September
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Week 2
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Gentlemen Training:
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Being Clean (bathing, washing
hands, brushing teeth, etc.)
Read the book: Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley.
Watch some of the videos about cleanliness on You Tube (there are so
many!):
Elmo-brushing teeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxMrtK-kYnE&feature=share&list=FLDUbR1e7AEXAX3LQHqn-92g
Debbie Doo—brushing teeth, washing hands, combing hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-8ReRgGpPA&feature=share&list=FLDUbR1e7AEXAX3LQHqn-92g&index=2
EZTales-brushing teeth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51troJkekSc&list=FLDUbR1e7AEXAX3LQHqn-92g&feature=share&index=3
The Wiggles-wash your hands: http://youtu.be/w_RwRoiwe6Q
Yo Gabba Gabba—Germs: http://youtu.be/RjFPDUi6Rd4
Sing the song: This is the way we…(brush our teeth, wash our hands,
take a bath) while acting out the actions.
This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth;
This is the way we brush our teeth,
So early in the morning.
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Day One
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Literacy:
Sing the Alphabet Song.
The Letter B: color B pictures and talk about things on the farm that
start with B.
Read a book that one of the kids chooses.
Farm rhymes and songs:
FINGER
PLAY 'PIGGIES'
"It's time for my piggies to go to bed,"
The nice big mother piggie said.
"Now I must count them up to see
If all my piggies came back to me.
One little piggy, two little piggies,
Three little piggies dear...
Four little piggies, five little piggies-
Yes they are all here.
They're the dearest little piggies alive...
One, two, three, four, five."
Five Little
Piggies
Five little
piggies rolling in the mud.
Squishy,
squashy, felt so good!
Then along
came the farmer,
who took
one for a bath.
Continue to
one little piggy
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Math: Count from 1-10.
Matching activity from: http://3dinosaurs.com/pdf/packs/farmtotpack.pdf
Rhyme: Ten Clean Squeaky Pigs
Ten pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest pigs you've ever seen! Wanted to go outside and play Snort! Snort! One jumped into the mud Landed with a great big THUD! (slap thighs) Then there were nine clean squeaky pigs. Oink! Oink! |
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Snack
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Science/Social Studies: Where does our food come from?
Some resources:
Read the book: Pancakes,
Pancakes! by: Eric Carle
Sort pictures of foods into
categories trees/plants, pig, cow, chicken.
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Art: Colors and Painting
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Movement:
Bean bag toss—practice throwing bean bags into a bucket from various distances.
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Day Two
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Literacy: The Letter b—color pictures for the letter
b. Practice the b sound and saying b.
Read a book that a child chooses.
Rhymes and songs:
Alphabet
Farm Song
(Tune: Old MacDonald Had a Farm)
Mrs. _______ had a farm
A B C D E Letters, letters in the hay F G H I J
With a K L M, N O P
Pigs and ducks and bumblebees..
Q R S T U and
V
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Math: Number clip activity from:
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Snack
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Science/Social Studies:
Review where our food comes from with the Farm to Table Activity Sheet
from:
Talk about the food pyramid and eating healthy, fresh food.
Songs:
Are You Eating (Tune: Are You
Sleeping)
Are you eating, are you eating Healthy foods, healthy foods? For your body needs them, for your body needs them Everyday, everyday.
Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli (Tune: Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Star)
Vegetables are good for me. For my snack and in my lunch, Veggie sticks are great to munch. Carrots, Peas, and Broccoli, Vegetables are good for me.
Happily We Eat Our Food (Tune: Merrily
We Roll Along)
Happily we eat our foods, eat our foods, eat our foods. Happily we eat our foods, To grow up big and strong Happily we drink our milk, drink our milk, drink our milk. Happily we drink our milk, To grow up big and strong. Other Verses: Happily we eat our fruits... Happily we eat our vegetables... Happily we eat our meat... Happily we eat our beans... Happily we eat our breads... Happily we eat our cereal..
Resources:
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Art: Color pigs different colors from:
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Movement:
DO THE CHICKEN POKEY!
Sung to: "Hokey Pokey" You put your RIGHT WING IN (put right fist under right arm-pit) You take your right wing out… You put your right wing in…. And you shake it all about. You do the Chicken Pokey And STRUT yourself around, That's what it's all about!
Choice
of additional verses:
"You put your left wing in… You put your chicken leg in… You put your chicken beak in You put your tail feathers in…”
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CHICKEN DANCE --to the chicken dance
music!
To the beat of the music: 1. Hold up your hands and make them do a TAKING MOTION-four times... 2. Flap arms like WINGS four times 3. WIGGLE BOTTOMS four times 4. CLAP four times
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CHICKEN EGG ROLL
GAME The children (chickens)) roll their eggs (PLASTIC OR REAL) using only their noses. (beaks) The first one over the finish line wins...
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EGG AND SPOON RACES
Eggs (real hard-boiled or plastic), spoons, and an area to run are all you need for this game. Variations could include relays and obstacle courses. To make it easy for younger kids, place something on the spoon to make the egg stick. |
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