Class Schedules for October 2008
Infant 2 Infant 3 Two's Three's Four's PreK's
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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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| 3 | 4 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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25 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 Theme: Fun with Colors Color: All the Colors Shape: Oval |
1 Introduce the theme and Tao the Turtle |
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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 |
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11 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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18 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
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25 Art: create tie dye shirts |
26 Art: create tie dye designs |
27 Explore colored sand |
28 Wear different color socks |
29 Snack: rainbow sherbet Wear tie dye shirts |
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Infant 3 Theme: Fun with Colors Color: All the Colors Shape: Oval |
1 Introducing Tao the Turtle |
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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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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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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 |
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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 |
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Two’s
Theme: Fun with Colors Color: All the Colors Shape: Oval |
1 Introduce the theme of the month |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Theme: All About the Wild West |
1 Introduction to "The Wild West" |
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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 |
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11 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) |
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18 Talk about ranches |
19 Make cowhand props |
20 Explore and make wind socks |
21 Science: experiment with pinwheels |
22 Create cowboy vests |
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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 |
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Fours—The Wild West
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1 Introduce the Wild West |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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! |
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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