DAILY SCHEDULE
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7:30 Children begin to arrive, child’s choice of activity
YOUNG TODDLER ACTIVITIES Indoors: Push and pull or ride-on toys, sand and snow play, various size balls (rolling, kicking, catch/throw), walks around the neighborhood. Outdoors: Reading large and small books with lots of pictures, stacking and knocking down, emptying and filling , blocks, sorting (shapes, colors, texture), scribbling on paper or scribble pad. Circle time: circle time is typically a gathering time to share poems, songs, stories and action games. Numeracy and music activities can also be incorporated into circle time. Young children can participate for a little while and since their attention span is much shorter they might be engaged in other ways or thye can learn watching older children participate in more advanced activities. Samples of some games:
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MARCH 2011 THEMES AT A GLANCE week1 letter S intro, playdoh snakes , dr Seuss books, favorite book share day, triangle shape week2 letter T, tic tac toe, letter T tracer page, rainbows, color purle, mixing color purple, red fish-blue fish craft, go fish cards, rainbow fish, fish math, fish colors week3 letter U intro, intro St.Patrick's Day, leprechaun catchers, rainbow necklaces, leprechaun hats, St.Patricks, green fizzle surprise, rain theme umbrella craft week4 letter A-U review, intro to spring, color mixing, rainbow cloud, number 8, review 1-8, octopus craft, spring color book week 5 intorduction to butterfly life cycle, caterpillar craft and learning activites, garden priject planning
FEBRUARY 2011 THEMES AT A GLANCE week1 letter P intro, parashuteplay, popcorndance, phonics worksheets, chinese new year and chinese lantern craftweek2 letter Q, Q quilt, valentines intro and heart shape, heart songs and dances, heart sorting, counting, name recognition game eek3 valentine's party, letter R, rolling, rice letter R, Race cars, ribbon dancing, R tracer page week4 review A-R, transportation theme:bikes, cars, car mechanic, bus, trains, airplane, boat, number 7 intro JANUARY 2011 THEMES AT A GLANCE week 1 Letters J, K, L;worksheets, tracing sheetsweek 2 Letter M, marshmallow counting, painting, story Mittens; letter N, noodle necklaceweek 3 Letter O introduction, worksheets, polar bear theme stories, coffee filter snowflake craft, rectangular introduction, oppositesweek 4 review of letters A-O, numbers 1-5; 6 introduction, theme My Body, body matchup and body mixup activities DECEMBER 2010 THEMES AT A GLANCE Most of December went by visiting library, Strong Start program and getting over the cold season. We did some Christmas crafts, ginger bread cookie decorations and other Christmas activities, therefore January will be busy month NOVEMBER 2010 THEMES AT A GLANCE WEEK1 Letter G, phonics, glitter glue G, dramatic play-gorcery store; color brown, story Goldilocs and the three Bears. WEEK2 Letter H, Hula dancing, H phonics worksheets, Brown Bear activities, craft, bear games. Food H-hummus and pita. WEEK3 Letter I intro, phonics, Icky Germs, Icky goop, I craft, sqare shape, hopskotch, sponge square collage, scarf dancing. WEEK4 Review G, H, I, dramatic play-restaurant, family theme activities, story Stone Soup, number 3, muffin tin counting, float and sort. OCTOBER 2010 THEMES AT A GLANCE Letters "D,E,F", Number 2, Shape "Oval",colors "Orange, Black", Name games, creepy srawlers, fire safety, pumpkins, Halloween, digging for dinosaurs in the dirt, feathers, finger paint, footprints. WEEK 1 Letter D introduction, D is for dog, collage and D tracer worksheets. Introduction of Oval shape, oval snacks, oval thumbprint art. WEEK 2 Letter E introduction (elephant, egg), color Black intro, spiders, spider webs, spagetti spider webs, creapy crawlers. WEEK 3 Letter F intro (fuzzy F's), Dr. Seuss "Foot book", fire safety worksheets, color Orange, pumpkins, pumpkin tissue craft. WEEK 4 Review of letters, numbers 123, pumpkin carving, pumpkin seed estimation / mosaic, Halloween SEPTEMBER 2010 THEMES AT A GLANCE Letters " A, B, C" , Number " 1", Shape "Circle", Themes "Back to Shool, Apples, Fall Season". WEEK 1 Name tags, weather, days of the week, letter A introduction. A is for "apple". WEEK 2 Red and green color, circle, reading " 10 apples up on top" by Dr. Seuss. WEEK 3 Introduction of letter B. B is for "bumblebee", "ball", "bowling", "balloon", and "banana bread". Week 4 Letter C introduction. C is for "crayon", "cookie" , "curls", "confetti". Week 5 Number 1, review ABC and green/red apples
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