Class Schedules for October 2008

       Infant 2        Infant 3        Two's        Three's        Four's        PreK's

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Infant 1A & B

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Color: All Colors

Shape: Oval

Theme: Fun with Colors

1

Tummy Time to develop reaching and stretching

Clapping hands for coordination

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Walkers to develop standing and walking skills

Buggy Ride

5

Play with a ball to develop gross motor skills

Play Peek-a-Boo to develop fine motor skills

6

Buggy Ride

ABC song to develop listening skills

7

Story Time: "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb"

Stretch Time to stimulate gross motor skills

8

Music Time to develop auditory skills

Buggy Ride

9
10 11

Saucer Time to develop standing skills

Sing a song: "The Wheels"

12

Art: Make a sun with hand print

Buggy Ride

13

Tummy Time to help growth

Bubble Time

14

Story Time: "My ABC Book"

Toy Time to help with stretching

15

Bring your favorite baby CD

Buggy Ride

16
17 18

Activity: Blue Star for visual tracking

Cuddle-U to encourage baby to sit up straight

19

Music Time: sing :Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" to develop listening skills

Story Time to develop memories

20

Walker Activity to learn simple steps

Mirror Time invites self- discovery

21

Clap and Squeal encourages motor skills

Ball play to encourage gross motor skills

22

Tummy Time to develop crawling and stretching

Buggy Ride

23
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Bubble Time to develop visual skills

Show and Tell: bring your favorite toy

26

Bounce the ball to encourage motor skills

27

Play a game with baby to develop fine motor skills

Stretch Time stimulates gross motor skills

28

Stretch Time

Music Time: "Lullaby Classics" to develop listening skills

29

Saucer Time to develop leg muscles

Bubble Time to develop visual skills

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                                                                                                                                                Infant 2

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Infant 2

Theme: Fun with Colors

Color: All the Colors

Shape: Oval

1

Introduce the theme and Tao the Turtle

2

3

4

Art: make a hat caterpillar

5

Art: make a paper plate turtle

6

Flower collage

7

Dramatic Play: arrange artificial flowers

8

Snack: enjoy flower sandwich

9

10

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Art: paint a bird

12

Art: Decorate butterfly

13

Small Muscle exercise:

Explore felt clouds

14

Science: sense of touch with butterfly tactile

15

Snack: watermelon butterfly

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17

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Fruit and vegetable collage

19

Math: count fruit and vegetables

20

Small muscle: match fruits and vegetables

21

Science: sense of smell and taste with fruits and vegetables

22

Snack: fruit cocktail

 

23

24/31

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Art: create tie dye shirts

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Art: create tie dye designs

27

Explore colored sand

28

Wear different color socks

29

Snack: rainbow sherbet

Wear tie dye shirts

30

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                            Infant 3

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Infant 3

Theme: Fun with Colors

Color: All the Colors

Shape: Oval

1

Introducing Tao the Turtle

2

3

4

Make fingerprint caterpillars

5

Talk about flowers and caterpillars

6

Look for turtles and lizards

7

Explore felt turtles

8

Cooking: make flower cookies

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10

11

Introduce rainbows, moon and stars

12

Make butterflies

13

Explore clouds and sun

14

Play "Go Under the Rainbow"

15

Cooking: make rainbow sundaes

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17

18

Introduce colorful food

19

Talk about more colorful foods

20

Make a fruit and vegetables collages

21

Explore toys, fruits, vegetables, and play dough

22

Cooking: butterfly toast

23

24/31

25

Smell and taste new fruits and vegetables

26

Talk about colorful clothes

27

Paint with socks

28

Create a clothing collage

29

Dress up in tie-dyed clothing

Make striped rice cereal treats

30

 

 

                                                                                                                                                Two's

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Two’s

 

Theme: Fun with Colors

Color: All the Colors

Shape: Oval

1

Introduce the theme of the month

2

3

4

Art: create a classroom lizard

If you have a book about lizards, please bring it

5

Math: sort tree frogs by color

6

Language: bring a book about tropical fish

7

Art: flower pots

8

Science: look for butterflies

9

10

11

Art: create a colorful birds

12

Science: cloud watching

13

Art: create a yarn rainbow

14

Science: explore a real kite

15

Art: create a green and yellow vegetable collage

16

17

18

Math: sort vegetables by color

19

Art: yellow and green fruits collage

20

Science: explore a cantaloupe

21

Science: compare white and whole wheat bread

22

Art: Tie-Dye shirt

Please bring white t-shirt by 8/15

23

24/31

25

Math: sort socks by color

Wear your colorful socks

26

Art: create striped prints

27

Wear your polka dots

28

Wear your Tie-Dye shirts

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                                                                                                                                                      Three's

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Three’s

Theme: All About the Wild West

1

Introduction to "The Wild West"

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3

4

Talk about deserts

5

Paint with sand

6

Play Shiver and Fan

7

Science: experiment with melting

8

Cooking: make and eat breadstick snakes

9

10

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Talk about the Grand Canyon

12

Math: sort animal shapes

13

Create with colored glue

14

Explore with sand and molds

15

Bring your favorite animal (toy)

16

17

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Talk about ranches

19

Make cowhand props

20

Explore and make wind socks

21

Science: experiment with pinwheels

22

Create cowboy vests

23

24/31

25

Talk about horses

26

Role play with stick horses

27

Trace and paint horseshoes

28

Cooking: make s’mores

29

Dress-up as cowboys and cowgirls

30

 

 

                                                                                                                                                Four's

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Fours—The Wild West

 

1

Introduce the Wild West

2

3

Unit 1

Rocky Mountains

4

Introduce cowhands

Ride like cowhands

5

Talk about cowhands

6

Make binoculars

Use our binoculars on a nature walk

7

Talk about campfire safety

8

Snack: Beans and Franks

9

10

Unit 2

The Badlands

11

Introduce badlands

Create sand art

12

Explore number combinations using animal manipulatives (10, 15)

13

Create with sand dough

Talk about doing your best

14

Match beginning sounds

Letter Review

Play "Prairie Dog in the Hole"

15

Work in pairs to form letters with our bodies

Create and paint with gray

16

17

Unit 3

The Grand Canyon and The Sonoran Desert

18

Make layered sand art

Talk about how the sand moves in the bottle

19

Layered sand art

20

Paint cacti

Count the spines in the bottle

21

Paint cacti

Play "Don’t Step on the Cactus"

22

Play "Guess the Picture"

Snack: Grand Canyon Parfait

23

24/31

Unit 4

Yellowstone National Park

25

Introduce Yellowstone National Park and its wildlife

26

Sort and count stones

Paint with stones

27

Spray paint outdoors

Compare hot and cold

28

Toss balls across hot springs

29

End of Summer Celebration!

30

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                        Pre-K

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Class has Writing and Prewriting, Circle Time, Letter Activity, and Phonics each day.

 

 

 

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3

Letters E & F: sounds, words, write, and trace

Circle Time: Days of the week, patterns, shapes, numbers 1-25

Spanish: Days of the week

4

Math: sequencing

Reading: Cowboys, discuss cowhands & campfire safety

Language: discuss ideas about being a cowhand

5

Math: sequencing and classify lengths

Reading: cowgirls and cowboys in story, discuss

Art: make art with natural materials

Language: talk about the Rocky Mountains, what might happen on a camping trip

Game: pretend to take a hike

6

Math: different activities with shapes

Reading: The Wonder of a Waterfall

Art: create waterfalls

 

7

Math: number 9

Reading: Mountain Dance, talk about animals

Game: Elk and Wolf Tag

Language: talk about animals who live alone or in groups

8

Math: number 8 & 9, organize, trace and make sets of 8

Reading: Rocky Mountains, discuss bats

Art: make binoculars

Language: Show and Tell

9

10

Letter G: sounds, words, write, and trace

11

Math: review 9 and positional concepts

Game: explore sand shapes

Reading: Welcome to Badlands National Park and discuss safety around wild animals

Language: Share the story book

12

Math: review 1-9 and number combinations

Art: create with markers and water

Science: discover what melts in the sun

Language: share the story book

13

Math: grouping, counting and adding

Game: Have a hot sand walk

Reading: Brave as a Mountain, talk about doing your best

Art: create with sand dough

14

Math: sequencing and subtraction

Game: play Prairie Dog in the Hole

Reading: Peeking Prairie Dogs

Language: share the story book

15

Math: shapes, grouping, sequencing, counting

Game: Howl at the Moon

Reading: Borrequita and the Coyote

Art: create and paint with gray

Language: Show and Tell

16

17

Letter H: sounds, words, write, and trace

18

Math: Number 10, review math skills

Music: Freeze Dance

Reading: G is for Grand Canyon, discuss the Grand Canyon

Art: make layered sand art

19

Math: sequencing, counting, writing numbers

Music: Follow Directions

Reading: That’s Good! That’s Bad! In the Grand Canyon, discuss mule trips

Science: check our height

Language: discuss the characteristics of mules

20

Math: grouping objects, match with numbers

Game: toss a beanbag into a target

Reading: Shapes in the Desert, discuss the story

Art: make shape rubbings

21

Math: counting

Game: play Guess the Picture

Reading: Shapes in the Desert, discuss cacti

Art: manipulatives, create cacti

Science: examine cactus

Language: explore sounds

22

Math: shapes, play Rattlesnake Shake

Game: I Went to the Desert

Reading: Sunshine teaching cards, talk about sunrise and sunset in the desert

Language: Show and Tell

Art: create with colored chalk

23

24/31

Letter G & H: review

25

Math: sort and count, write the number

Music: free dance

Reading: Yellowstone National Park, discuss safety around hot things

Art: paint with stones

Language: discuss bighorn sheep

26

Math: number sets

Music: follow directions to music

Reading: Geyser

Art: spray paint outside

Science: compare hot and cold water

27

Math: numerical order

Game: move around a hot spring

Reading: spicy hot colors, talk about hot springs

Art: paint with warm fingerpaint

Science: tint water different colors

28

Math: first and last

Game: lift and lower a parachute

Reading: Volcano, discuss

Science: Make a volcano

Language: explore the word "volcano"

29

Math: numerical order

Music: have a volcano dance

Reading: talk about the Wild West

Art: draw pictures

Game: play wild west characters

Language: Show and Tell

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