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Mommy Nature's Preschool Blog |
Schedule is used as a
basic guide only. Times are subject to change and flexibility is
used throughout each day and week.
Week 1:
Gettin' in the Groove
Main Objectives:
~ learning the jobs system
~ learning classroom rules/use of supplies, toys
~ recognizing names/friends
~ adjusting to the school routine (daily/weekly)
Key:
D ~ daily
M - F ~ days of week
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until 8:30 am |
Free
Choice Play with various themed
activities
~Morning prep time~ |
file folder games about friends
match objects to dots (fig. 6-14, Exp. in Math - Young Children)
pre-assessment of each child (one-on-one) |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
Group
Activity (Board Games, Activity Buckets, Puzzles, Group Games,
Art, Cooking) |
M ~ Make play dough & paint (3 cups flour, 2
T. liquid soap, 3/4 cup water, coloring. Mix well.
Add Karo for glistening effect when dry.)
T ~ Let's Get Cookin' for snack time
W
~ Name Puzzles - names written on outside of envelope, name
inside is cut apart on index cards. Children reassemble
theirs or their friends' names using the envelope as help
Th ~ Duck-duck-goose
F
~ Friendship Memory
Group Art: "Friend Collage" (using pictures of each other
- glue onto large paper to hang) |
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9:00 9:15 |
Diapers, Restroom, Wash hands |
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9:15 9:30 |
Snack, Extra-Curricular/Seasonal Story time, Clean up |
M ~ Friendship Salad
(Each child adds an ingredient into the fruit salad while we
discuss how working together helps everyone enjoy school.
Then, attempt to add a rotten banana and talk about how no one
wants to be the rotten banana that ruins the whole salad/class.)
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Clifford Goes to Dog School
F ~ "Friendly Face" snack - Sam Goes to School |
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9:30 9:45 |
Morning Meeting (literacy, math, theme): |
Daily Activities:
M - F
~ Graph: girls/boys in class
M - F
~ Pattern: AB = girl, boy
M - F
~ Begin Year-long timeline/number line
M
F ~ Morning Meeting Report
M - F ~ Guess Who?:
Each day, put one student's name (mixed-up) on a magnetic
surface using magnetic letters. Have the students see if they
can figure out who's name it is before Morning Meeting/Circle
Time. Once someone guesses the correct answer, have that
student come up and put the letters in the correct order. Then
use their name to reinforce letter identification.
| M ~ |
Do We Go To Your
School?
http://doe.sd.gov/octe/terc/careeract/elem/kindergarten/
GradeK-02-4.pdf
Rule Review/model class rules/behaviors
with puppets |
| T ~ |
If You Take a Mouse to School
Sing Look Who Came to School Today |
| W ~ |
Listen Buddy
Discuss the importance of listening to directions.
Show 'n Tell: Me in a Bag
Oh,
what did you bring for show 'n tell?
What, oh what, did you bring?
Your friends are here and waiting to see.
Show yours, please, to me! |
| Th ~ |
Clifford's First School Day
Discuss our class pet, Creamy and how to treat her. |
| F ~ |
Boomer Goes to School
What do you like to do at school? |
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9:45 10:00 |
Table Activities (Morning
Meet. Extension games, art) |
M
~ Label table, cubbies, hooks with children's names/pictures
M ~ Make class friends puzzle (using an old puzzle, paint front
side a solid color, put a picture of each child on the front of
one piece and let them decorate their piece "We fit together" -
might be able to find blank puzzle to decorate)
T
~ Name Mobiles
W
~ Decorate Time Capsules
Th
~ Beehive paper mache/pinata
F ~
Back to School Book (featuring pictures of each
of the children and a sentence, "My name is ___________. I
like to ________ at school."
Homework to discuss:
(mail out w/welcome letters to bring the first day, Monday, Aug.
13)
~ Decorating cut outs to look like themselves (mail out with
welcome letters to bring the first day, Monday Aug. 13)
M / W ~ Who Am I? Class
Book: Have each student write or dictate
3 clues about themselves onto a page. The last line of
everyones page should be: Who am I? |
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10:00 - 10:45 |
Outside Play (Large motor
act. indoors in bad weather) - one organized activity will be
offered along with plenty of time for free play |
M ~
Jumpy Castle
T ~
Play set/sandcastle
W ~
Friendship Parade
Th ~ Red Light, Green Light
F (outside till 11:15 - change, clean up, then follow 11:30 time
schedule) ~
Water Play - Friday (wading pool) |
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10:45 - 11:00 |
Clean up,
restroom, wash hands |
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11:00 11:30 |
Elem. Spanish at Home (M & W)
Group Spanish Games (T, Th) |
M - F ~ story in Spanish
Counting to 10 in Spanish
singing the ABCs in Spanish |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
Library Day or Music/Dance Time or Cooking Time (helping
in the kitchen) |
M ~ Library Day (11:30 - 12:00)
T ~ friendship songs - free expression
W ~ Hokey Pokey
Th ~ Cooking Time
F ~ Looby Loo |
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11:45 12:00 |
Diapers, Restroom, Wash hands, Set table |
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12:00 12:30 |
Lunch, Clean up |
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grilled cheese sandwiches, applesauce,
pickle spears |
hot dogs w/cheese, baked beans, broccoli slaw |
Alfredo pasta, garlic bread, peaches |
pizza, green beans |
multi-grain pancakes, pineapple |
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12:30 12:45 |
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything
And Read) |
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12:45 1:00 |
Restroom, Wash hands, Brush teeth, Nap mats |
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1:00 3:00 |
Children's Choice story time &
Nap time (Story at 1:00, put on short show after
story/discussion, TV off after nap time show.)
~Afternoon planning time~ |
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3:00 3:15 |
Diapers, Restroom, Wash hands |
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3:15 3:30 |
Snack, Clean up |
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3:30
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Prepare to go home, Free Choice Play, Outside
Play (weather permitting) |
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Computer activities available throughout the day.
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