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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 3:
/b/ - bears
number: 2
sight words: (student names)
Play "Flight of the Bumblebee" during clean up time this week
Key:
D ~ daily
M - F ~ days of week
M / W ~ send home / return
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until 8:30 am |
Free
Choice Play – with various themed
activities (below) |
daily ~ Bathe the bear
in the bucket activity
T ~ Let's Get Cookin' - bake bread
W ~ bear stick puppet
F ~ bean bucket - build patterns
with beans |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
Group
Activity (Board Games, Activity Buckets, Puzzles, Group Games,
Art, Cooking) |
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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 |
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Mon. |
Tues. |
Wed. |
Thurs. |
Fri. |
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Labor Day |
bread with butter & honey
Watch Power Point Presentation:
It Sounds Like This and it Looks
Like That a-z from
Zoophonics CD |
buttered popcorn
Recite Baa, Baa, Black Sheep,
signaling /b/ sounds and emphasizing rhyming words. |
brown banana
pudding (choc.-banana pudding)
Write b's in the banana pudding. |
wheat crackers, celery, cheese spread
Have children describe taste and sensations of each food.
(crunchy, hard, soft, squishy, salty, etc.) |
F ~ snack - story |
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9:30 – 9:45
All of the
children come to
Morning Meeting. The younger ones are provided with
quiet, theme-related activities to enjoy while they interact at
their own pace in the group activities. |
Use iTunes? Download your
songs for immediate use!
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Morning Meeting (literacy,
math): |
| T ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic from Yankee Doodle Mickey
Going on a Bear Hunt
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Goldilocks and the Three Bears song by Dr.
Jean
Mystery Box
- (Weather Bear and things that he loves:
bears, bubbles, balls, bees, blankets, bugs, breakfast,
along with his many outfits)
abc book - Create /b/ page and add /b/ words, pictures
and stickers to it
throughout the week. Have children draw a bubble
around each beginning b. Add to /ă/ page to create
a book.
Introduce
Zoophonics' Bubba Bear's ALC and sign. Trace Bubba's
shape in the air.
Read Bubba's page from
Zoophonics' Zeke and His Pals Level A Book 1, discuss.
Act out: "Bubba Bear sees bees,
do you? Reach to the hive and count to 2."
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Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work. |
| W ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic from
Yankee Doodle Mickey
The Bear Went Over the Mountain from
Dr. Jean's Silly Songs
Corduroy
Discuss blond, black, brown hair and brown and blue
eyes. Chart hair color.
Show 'n Tell:
Bring your favorite bath toy.
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Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work. |
| Th ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic from
Yankee Doodle Mickey
Come Meet Us at the Zoo from
Zoophonics CD - signal with ALCs
I Met a Bear from
Toddler Dance & Play Vol. 3
Bear Snores On
If you're a boy stand up, if you're a brother
sit down. Reverse.
~ Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work. |
| F ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, The Battle Hymn of the
Republic from Yankee Doodle Mickey
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around from
Wee Sing Children's Songs & Finger Plays
Bear Wants More
The Bear That Listened Too Much - online storyteller
~ Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Sort big bears and baby bears.
(manipulatives) |
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9:45 – 10:00 |
Table Activities (Morning
Meet. Extension – games, art) |
| T ~ |
View
Goldilocks and the Three Bears online story.
Clap out syllables for "teddy bear" and children's
names.
Sequence Goldilocks and the Three Bears using
story cards. |
| W ~ |
Watch
Bear Power Point, review Nature
Card. Complete Venn Diagram - compare brown
bears
and polar bears.
Sequence bears by size. |
| Th ~ |
String beads.
Using a-f alphabet dice, roll and signal/sound the
letter shown. |
| F ~ |
Point out birthday chart.
Read each child's birth date.
Tomorrow is Kiley's birthday. Make her a
birthday card. |
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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 ~ |
bubble art: Fill tray with
colored, soapy water. Ask, "What will happen if I
blow into the water through a straw?" Discuss,
then blow. Place
white paper onto bubbles, lift to see prints. |
| T ~ |
ball pit; move like bears,
butterflies, bees, bugs and birds
in the balls |
| W ~ |
wash the bicycles |
| Th ~ |
Bubbles! Fill the birdfeeders. |
| F ~ |
balance on one
foot, walk a balance beam or line |
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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
Activities (M & W) - *starting in Sept.
Group Spanish Games & Activities (T, Th)
Beth Manners' Fun Spanish for Kids |
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11:30 - 11:45 |
Library Day or Music/Dance Time or Cooking Time (helping
in the kitchen) |
| T ~ |
2 minutes to sort buttons
and explain the sorting rule used. Repeat. |
| W ~ |
Decorate large bear to post under beehive. (Cut
out shape from cardboard, cover with fake black fur.) |
| Th ~ |
balloon
dancing to bear-related songs |
| F ~ |
Cooking Time - make butter for
lunch condiment |
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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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Tues. |
Wed. |
Thurs. |
Fri. |
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nuggets, cauliflower, carrots, crackers |
lasagna, bread sticks, cantaloupe |
cheese nachos, bean dip, rice, green beans |
biscuits w/butter & jelly, scrambled eggs,
applesauce |
Lunch Story:
The Baby in the Basket: Moses from
Read and Learn Bible |
Lunch Story:
The Berenstain Bears' Bedtime Battle |
Lunch
Story:
Big Bear, Small Bear |
Betty Batter bought some butter.
But, she said, this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it
will make my batter bitter. So she bought some better butter,
better than her bitter butter, and, she said, "My batter's better!"
So, 'twas better Betty Batter bought a bit of better butter. |
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12:30 – 12:45 |
D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything
And Read) as Brahms' Lullaby plays |
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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 -- |
Prepare to go home, Free Choice Play, Outside
Play (weather permitting)
Buh-bye! |
Computer activities available throughout the day.
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Preschool Activities, Lessons, and Themes!
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