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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:
/ĕ/ - "Ellie Elephant" from
Zoo-phonics
number: 5
sight words: (student names)
vocabulary word: gray
Enrichment Activities:
Make Enter/Exit sign for door helper to hold up for each child as
children go outside or come in. Post 'Exit' signs at doors.
Have children read the signs as they enter/exit.
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until 8:30 am |
Free
Choice Play – with various themed
activities (below) |
Ellie & Elmer Elephant file folder game
Ellie Elephant peanut-number matching file folder game |
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8:30 - 9:00 |
Group
Activity (Board Games, Activity Buckets, Puzzles, Group Games,
Art, Cooking) |
| M ~ |
Ellie Elephant stick puppet from
Zoophonics |
| T ~ |
 One Elephant Went Out to Play:
Create a web or a line using masking tape on the floor.
Sing the following song:
One elephant went out to play on a tightrope string one
day. He had such enormous fun; He called for another
elephant to come.
First line of
the song and the next three lines increasing the number
of elephants until each child has a turn. Then sing the
following verse:
(number of children) elephants
went out to play on a tightrope string one day they had
such enormous fun, but the tightrope broke and they all
fell down! |
| W ~ |
 Throwing at a target:
Mix black and white paint. Discover grey. Paint a
large box where you have drawn an
elephant's face on one side. Paint this grey and cut
out the open mouth. Children can throw peanuts into
the mouth to....feed the elephant. (Check for
allergies.)
Question/Graph of the Week:
Do you like peanuts? |
| Th ~ |
egg puzzles: Using plastic
eggs, label one end with a number and the
matching end with the corresponding number of dots.
Put all halves in a basket. Children match the
correct halves together and put in egg carton. |
| F ~ |
Show picture of
Thomas Edison and discuss how he
discovered electricity. List things that we enjoy that use
electricity or batteries. Create "History Makers" wall to
post his picture. |
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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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Jell-O w/fruit, honey roasted peanuts
Peanut graphing: Each child scoops
peanuts onto a napkin. Count each child's peanuts and graph how
many each child got. |
peanut-shaped peanut butter cookies |
Johnny Appleseed Day apple
slices from red, green, & yellow apples w/caramel dip & homemade
peanut butter dip,
apple juice |
sherbet w/strawberry slices |
celery,
boiled egg circles, ranch/yogurt dip |
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Write e's in Jell-O with toothpick |
Watch Power Point Presentation:
It Sounds Like This and it Looks
Like That a-z from
Zoophonics CD |
Make peanut butter. Shell 2 cups peanuts, blend in
blender with pinch of salt. |
Baby Elephant's Birthday online story |
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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): |
| M ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, America from Yankee Doodle Mickey
One Elephant Went Out One Day also found on the CD
from
Wee Sing Children's Songs & Fingerplays
Elmo the Elephant from
"Sing and Read" Alphabet Little Books
Mystery Box - (plastic
eggs, stuffed elephant)
abc book - Create /ĕ/ page and add /ĕ/ words, pictures
and stickers to it
throughout the week. Have children draw a circle
around each beginning e. Add to other pages to create
a book.
Unscramble magnetic letters of Emmalisse's name to spell
Emmalisse. Clap out syllables in Emmalisse. Sing
N-A-M-E-O. Sing the
Name Game using Emmalisse's name.
Read Ellie's page from
Zoophonics' Zeke and His Pals Level A Book 1, discuss.
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Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Count by 5's to 50 "reading" number line. |
| T ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, America from Yankee Doodle Mickey
Five Brown Eggs
Miss Mary Mack: A Hand-Clapping Rhyme
egg patterning with plastic eggs
Estimation Jar: Place a handful of
elephant counters, plastic eggs, or peanuts in a jar.
Show the children and have them estimate how many are
there. Add more, play again. Take some out,
play again. End with number 5.
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Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Count by 5's to 50 "reading" number line. |
| W ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, America from Yankee Doodle Mickey
echo read
Elmo the Elephant from
"Sing and Read" Alphabet Little Books
 An Elephant Walks Like This and That
The Saggy Baggy Elephant
Show 'n Tell:
Bring something that starts with /ĕ/.
List items brought and by whom. Count letters in
each item, count words.
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Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Count by 5's to 50 reading a number line. |
| Th ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, America from Yankee Doodle Mickey
Hickety, Pickety, My Black Hen - act out with
props
Using a-e ALCs, scramble them up for the children to put
in order.
Ella The Elegant Elephant
Come Meet Us at the Zoo from
Zoophonics CD - signal with ALCs
~ Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Count by 5's to 50 "reading" nickels in a line. |
| F ~ |
After pledge listen to/sing, America from Yankee Doodle Mickey
Hide a-e animals in plastic eggs.
One to Ten
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
I caught an elephant alive.
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
I let her go again.~ Calendar, weather, 100s chart, pattern work.
Count by 5's to 50
"reading" nickels in a line. |
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9:45 – 10:00 |
Table Activities (Morning
Meet. Extension – games, art, art appreciation) |
| M ~ |
Introduce Edward Hicks
and his painting,
Noah's Ark. |
| T ~ |
Introduce Edward
Hicks' painting,
Peaceable Kingdom.
For our study of elephants we use black and white
finger-paint to mix to make the color of elephants. Gray! Then the children can use their
fingertips to make eyes, mouth and trunk. |
| W ~ |
Introduce Edward
Hicks' painting,
The Cornell Farm
Use unshelled peanuts or plastic
Easter eggs, labeled with e's, as counters. Count
out 5 at a time into egg carton.
Trace egg shapes (ovals) and e's. |
| Th ~ |
Introduce Edward
Hicks' painting,
Washington at the Delaware.
Use pictures of animals to talk about
which animals were born from eggs. Transfer the
information to a Venn Diagram.
egg patterns - create colored
egg patterns on strips of paper for children to match
plastic eggs to. |
| F ~ |
eggshell mosaic art - color eggs.
When dry, remove shells from eggs, rinse, dry, allow
children to create beautiful mosaics on cut-outs of the
letter e |
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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 ~ |
exercise
- try some jumping jacks, stretches, toe touching
Cool down - inhale (breathe in), exhale (breathe
out) |
| T ~ |
Play Pass the egg.
Pass it quickly. Pass it slowly. Then play
Pass the peanut. |
| W ~ |
Elbow walking - everyone links
elbows, walk in a line, in a circle, walk
backwards |
| Th ~ |
Pretend to be elephants.
Walk, spray water on your back. Trumpet loudly.
Imitate spraying through trunks using straws and cups of
water. |
| F ~ |
Act out |
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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, Music/Dance Time, Music
Appreciation, Cooking Time |
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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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Mon. |
Tues. |
Wed. |
Thurs. |
Fri. |
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elephant-shaped
pizza quesadillas, pineapple-mango salad |
hot dogs, potato sticks,
applesauce |
mini choc. chip waffles,
kiwi |
grilled cheese sandwiches, spinach, corn on the cob |
baked ziti, lentils,
olives |
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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 -- |
Prepare to go home, Free Choice Play, Outside
Play (weather permitting) |
Computer activities available throughout the day.
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