Saturday, December 27, 2008

Shapes and Sizes - Triangles and Rectangles

Jan. 13 – Triangles and Rectangles
*Thursday, Jan. 13 – Triangles and Rectangles
Greeting Time (9:00 – 9:15)
Morning Circle (AM 9:15-9:30)
1. Bingo
2. Song Can
3 Calendar
4 A rope will be arranged in the form of a rectangle and we will all sit inside. I will hold up a square and a rectangle and ask, “What is different about these two shapes” (a rectangle has two sides that are longer than its other two sides and the square has all equal sides). We will make a human rectangle.
5. We will then move our rope into a triangle and make a human triangle.
6. Book. “Pancakes, Crackers, and Pizza” Marjorie Eberts
7,. Pizza Match. Each child chooses a piece of cardboard pizza from a bag and then adds his pizza slice to the correct pizza by matching the toppings. If a player chooses a slice from a pizza that has not yet been started, he should begin a new pizza. The game is over when all of the pizzas are complete.

Learning Centers (AM 9:30-10:15)
*Creative Art: Negative space pictures – I will cut a small rectangle from the middle of a large, rectangular piece of paper. The children will be provided with markers, crayons, glue, misc. and they ca turn the rectangle into a work of art.
*Creative Art 2: Shape Collages. The children will use pre-cut shapes to create collages and abstract designs with materials provided.
*Messy Table: Gingerbread play dough or shaving cream – both are wonderful ways for children to build shapes.
*Cut and Color Table: Shape Rubbings. Different shapes will be taped to the table and children are encouraged to put their ‘copy’ paper over the shapes and rub the sides of the crayones to transfer the shapes onto their paper. When the children use a variety of colors, these pictures turn out quite beautiful.
*Dramatic Play/Manipulatives: Boxes are a favorite for children. Give a child a box and they can travel anywhere or be anything!
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: Bread squares and cheese squares.
Recess (AM 10:20-10:30..PM 1:50-2:00)
Closing Circle (AM 10:30-11:00..PM 2:00-2:30)
1. Story “Fuzzy yellow Ducklling” Mathew Van Fleet
2. Phonics
3. Music and Movement –
Three Corners – one child is blindfolded and the other children choose a corner to stand in. The blindfolded chil calls out a number (1,2, or 3) Everyone in that corner is out and has to sit down.
Bigger than/Smaller than – a shoe box will be placed in the center of the room. Two children will find something in the classroom that is bigger than the box and something that is smaller than the box. The children will lay the big items by the box and place the small items in the box to test the items for its size.
Dancing around the shapes - There will be a large circle, square, triangle and rectangle. I will put on dancing music and the children will dance around the shapes until I stop the music and yell out a shape and an action I want the children to perform with the shape. (i.e. hop around the triangle/ touch the square/ step on the circle)

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