Thursday, April 17, 2008

Fun With Dr. Seuss

THEME: Fun With Dr. Seuss

Some books in our library
Dr. Seuss’s ABC
And To Thank That I Saw It On Mulberry Street
Oh, The Thinks you can Think
Mr. Brown Con Moo! Can You?
One Fish, Two Fish
The Cat In the Hat
There’s a Wocket in my Pocket
Fox In Sox
Horton Hears a Who and other stories
If I Ran The Zoo

Mon.
Music:
Rhythm instruments – following the beat
Activity: Make up a silly rhyme and illustrate
Book: The Cat in the Hat & The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins
Religious Activity: Learn the song “Let’s Pretend” – Take an imaginary carpet ride

Tues.
Music :Rhythm stick activities with rhyming words
Small Group: Color, cut and group Small, Smaller, Smallest worksheet
Book: Horton Hears a Who
Activity: Feelie-Meelie box of different sized items
Religious Activity: Learn the song “Let’s Pretend” – Take an imaginary carpet ride

Wed
Music: Rhythm stick activities with rhyming words
Small Group: Create Yertle the Turtle using paper plates and paints
Book: Yertle The Turtle
Activity: Examine Crackers the tortoise, what does her shell look like? What does it feel like”
Religious Activity:

Thur.
Movement: Bean Bag activities
Small Group: Design/create a bird college using feathers.
Book: Gerturde McFuzz
Activity: Sharing-feather blowing relays
Religious Activity: Gospel storytelling and action song

Fri.
Movement:
Animal Actions
Small Group: Create our own whacky zoo
Book: If I Ran The Zoo
Activity: Sharing- Animal sound lotto
Religious Activity: Gospel storytelling and action song

Work Jobs:
File folder games
Wooden Puzzles
Sorting/counting teddy bears
Pattern blocks
Balance scale & items to weigh
Pom-Poms w/ spoons/tweezers

Free Art:
Easel Painting
College tray with items to create Seuss pictures
Markers & crayons
Scissor: straight edge & decorative
Play dough

Block & Accessories:
Doll house
Family figures
Furniture
Cars, trucks & Trains
Lincoln Logs
Legos

Dramatic Play: Book Store: Dr. Seuss Books, crazy hats, cash register, play money, book bags, couch and chair, cups and saucers

Sensory Table:
Oobleck, funnels, measuring cups

Writing Center:
Pencils, color pencils, stencils, lined paper, journals, easy sight words to copy(the, and, if, ran, you, me)

Overall Curriculum Objective:

Provide activities that allow the students to explore “division” by folding, use scales for weighing Provide activities that reinforce rote counting to 20 and above, focus on the numbers 19 & 20.
Encourage students to draw or write in their Journals and dictate stories.

Religious Theme: God gives us the gift of our imaginations
Religion Objectives:
To help the children be aware of God’s gift of imagination with which they can make many new things.
To affirm how well the children can use their imaginations.
Prayer: “Dear God, thank you for the gift of my imagination. Amen.”
Prayer Center:
Butterflies,
Butterfly books and puzzle

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