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Cognitive Skills
May 1, 2012
Cognitive Skills
The children will practice sorting by size as they explore seeds and sort them in order from smallest to largest and largest to smallest. The teacher will explain to the children how seeds turn into plants.
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Science and Nature Studies
May 2, 2012
Science and Nature Studies
The children will explore the concept of how seeds grow into plants as they plant seeds in their own flower pot. The teacher will show children how to fill their flower pot with soil, plant a seed, and water the plant.
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Social Science
May 3, 2012
Social Science
The children will develop strategies for expression of ideas as they explore the "greenhouse" in the dramatic play area. The children will use fake flowers, gardening gloves, pots, foam base pads and gardening tools to develop their imagination and express their ideas.
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Creative Art
May 4, 2012
Creative Art
The children will develop the art process of application as they collage using seeds, leaves, flowers, glue and paper. The teacher will encourage a discussion allowing children to express their ideas using these garden art materials.
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Planting
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Music and Movement
May 7, 2012
Music and Movement
The children will use specific movements during songs as they follow along as the teacher sings "The Green Grass Grew" during circle time.
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Motor Activities
May 8, 2012
Motor Activities
The children will show increased balance and coordination in play activities as they pretend to grow like a flower, starting at the floor and moving upward while reaching for the sky.
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Special Enrichment
May 9, 2012
Special Enrichment
The children will learn a second language as they practice the word "grow" in ASL and Spanish.
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Language Arts
May 10, 2012
Language Arts
The children will have time to write or draw in their journal after the teacher reads The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss. The teacher will encourage the children to recall the sequence and details of the story in their journal and facilitate a group discussion about the story.
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Cognitive Skills
May 11, 2012
Cognitive Skills
The children will develop graphing skills as they work as a group to graph what everyone's favorite vegetable is. The teacher will encourage a discussion about what vegetable is the most liked and which vegetable is the least liked.
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Vegetable Garden
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Science and Nature Studies
May 14, 2012
Science and Nature Studies
The children will work on a flower and plant study as they explore different flowers using their senses. The children will be encouraged to describe the different flowers which will help them understand different types of plants.
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Social Science
May 15, 2012
Social Science
The children will develop their economic skills as they play flower shop in the dramatic play area. The students will learn to buy, barter or trade using fake flower purses, price tags, tissue paper, cell phones, and play money.
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Creative Art
May 16, 2012
Creative Art
The children will use a variety of materials for tactile experience and exploration as they created art using fake leaves, flowers, paint and paper.
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Music and Movement
May 17, 2012
Music and Movement
The children will develop rhythm and tempo as they moved freely with scarves to the Garden CD by Scholastic.
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Yoga
May 18, 2012
Yoga
The children will develop body awareness as they practiced the yoga move "Butterfly" as a group.
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Flowers
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Motor Activities
May 21, 2012
Motor Activities
The children will stoop to explore bugs on the ground while they go on a bug hunt during outdoor play.
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Language Arts
May 22, 2012
Language Arts
The children will develop comprehension by demonstrating understanding of text after the teacher reads The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The teacher will encourage a group discussion by asking the children questions about the story and allowing the children to ask each other and the teacher questions about the story.
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Cognitive Skills
May 23, 2012
Cognitive Skills
The children will practice matching by relationships as they match the amount of dots on butterflies to the number on flowers.
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Science and Nature Studies
May 24, 2012
Science and Nature Studies
The children will be encouraged to ask questions about growth and change in insects after the teacher shows and explains a display of the life cycle of caterpillars.
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Computer Lab
May 25, 2012
Computer Lab
The children will practice using the computer mouse effectively as they explore the computer game Land Before Time.
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Insects
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Happy Memorial Day!
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Social Science
May 29, 2012
Social Science
The children will develop their imagination as they used raincoats, rain boots and umbrellas in the dramatic play area. The teacher will encourage children to pretend it is raining in the classroom so the children can develop strategies for expression of ideas.
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Music and Movement
May 30, 2012
Music and Movement
The children will identify specific instruments and their sounds as they explored rain sticks while listening to The Weather CD by Aardvark Kids during music and movement.
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Science and Nature Studies
May 31, 2012
Science and Nature Studies
The children will observe the weather conditions while on the playground. The teacher will facilitate a discussion about the sun, wind, and clouds and encourage children to look and feel for the sun and wind.
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Weather
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