Saturday, October 25, 2008

All About Me - Celebration

All About Me!
*Thursday, Nov. 13 – CELEBRATING ME!! – Dd
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Song Can.
2. New letters
3 Calendar
4 Read “Parts” and “More Parts” and then we’ll talk about different parts of our bodies and why they are important. The teacher will have a doll with several layers and we will peel back each layer, explaining about muscles, bones, etc. We’ll sing “I’m all made of hinges” and “Head, shoulders, knees and toes” during singing time.
Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Thumb Printing: each child will put their thumb print on a piece of paper and then, using magnifying glasses, we will look at each thumb print and note than none of them are the same. The children are encouraged to use their unique thumbs to make a drawing using Tempera paint.
*Messy Table: Surgery Table – Gak will be made out of elmers glue and liquid starch. Blunt needles and thread will be provided and the children can pretend to be surgeons who need to sew up a patient. Doctors masks, coats, and rubber gloves will be added for effect.
*Cut and Color Table: Medicine Dropper Art. There will be coffee filters, food coloring and water, and medicine droppers at the art table. Children can drip colors from their medicine droppers onto the coffee filters to make a beautiful rainbow of color.
*Dramatic Play: Doctor’s Office. Doctor’s lab coats, bandaids, stethoscopes, bandage wraps, rubber gloves, masks, doctor tools, etc.
*Measurement: Measure me! The teacher will take string and measure each child. Children can compare strings with the other students.
Snack (small groups come at different times to eat during Self-Selected Activities. Unless we are making our snack, then we will eat it during small group.)
*Snack: During closing circle we will make pancakes and each child will get to choose what unique shape they would like their pancake to be (mickey mouse head, the first letter of their name, animal, etc)
Outside Play (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story “I like Myself”
2. Make special pancakes
3. Music and Movement – march around the room making lots of noise with our musical instruments.
4. Phonics

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