Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes
Seat Work—Mother Goose coloring
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day: Review D, C, I Numbers: 60-70
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Rhythm/Instruments—Hey Diddle Diddle-tapping and visuals
Social—I’m in the Mood
Counting- Bubble Gum Bubble Gum
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Pick a card
Small and Large Movement Skills—Jack and Jill w/ actions and xylophone
ABC/Reading-Three Blind Mice w/ bells
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Humpty Dumpty finger puppet
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime—Boiled Eggs (Humpty Dumpty)
Storytime—Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Stories
Group Motor Activity—London Bridges
Math/Science Skills-Uno Attack
Reading Time & Writing assignment (numbers and/or letters)
Goodbye Song
Practice writing names
Weather/Calendar
Introduce Theme and Letter and Number of the Day: Review D, C, I Numbers: 60-70
Counting
Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments-Three Different Instruments choices (egg shakers, bells, wood blocks) “Can I hear the _______”
Social-The Farmer in the Dell
Counting- Hickory Dickory Dock
Music Appreciation/Readiness-Rhythm Matching Cards
Small and Large Movement Skills—Little Miss Muffet (take turns being the spider and Miss Muffet)
ABC/Reading-Three Blind Mice w/ Bells
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Gingerbread man paper doll chain
Free Time-choose activity inside or outside before snacks
Snacktime- Gingerbread cookies
Storytime: Nursery Rhyme and Fairy Tale Stories
Group Motor Activity-Poison Ball
Math/Science Skills-Magnet Skills
Goodbye Song
Announcements: No School next week for spring break. I will hand out calendars on Wednesday or Thursday for April. The Lowes Field Trip was a lot of fun. The bug boxes turned out so cute and they encouraged your children to go home and color them to make them their own. The Monday group didn’t take off the brown paper off the top glass. It makes it so much easier to slide the glass on and off if you peel off the brown paper from both sides, then you can see your bugs inside. Lowes invited all the children to come back with their moms and/or dads on Saturdays. They do a free wood project every other Saturday. The next class is April 14th at 10:00 am. click here for more details. These are all easy projects that you can build in about 30 minutes.
Home Challenge: This week we are learning about Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. The language and rhythm in Nursery Rhymes especially help children develop language skills which will in turn help with learning the patterns of reading. I encourage you to teach your child some new nursery rhymes and say them often. You can also add clapping or tapping your feet to them to emphasis the rhythm in the verses.