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 Week 1

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

Snow Bears by Waddell

Lets Get Dressed

Baby Donald Makes a Snowfriend by Disney

Snowy Day by Keats

Curious George Flies a Kite by Rey

Circle Time Songs

3 Little Kittens

Six Little Snowmen

Six Little Snowmen

Six Little Snowmen

3 Little Kittens

Circle Time Felt Board

Dress for Winter

Dress for Winter

Snowman

Dress for Winter

Snowman

Individual Activity

Mitten Matching

(cut and paste)

Dressing (Teddy Bear) for Winter

Snowman (Small, Medium, Large Sequencing)

Family Fun Event (Mall)

Its Snowing Inside (Tactile)

Letter K Day:

Kissing the Letter K

Group Activity

Mitten matching (our real mittens)

Practice putting on our coats

Dancing like snowflakes

Play pass the ice cube

Show-and-Tell

Kiwi fruit for snack

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Packing peanut snow, Letter K stencils, stampers and pounders, white paint, kite stencil

Winter hats and Coats added; also crowns for kings (letter K)

Packing peanut snow

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Snowflake matching game

Kaleidoscopes available

 

Curious George Flies a Kite by Rey, Snowy Day by Keats, Baby Donald Makes a Snowfriend by Disney, Snow Bears by Waddell, Things to Wear by Honey Bear, Polar Bears live on Ice by Berger

 

Week 2 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

Kindling a Fire by Jiannan

Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao

Baby Animals and Their Mothers by Yiming

Leo the Late Bloomer by Lionni

A Beautiful Dreamer by Keng Keng

Circle Time Songs

Show Ha Mo and selections from The Collection of Chinese Traditional Music

Lets Be Friends

Individual Activity

Chinese Flag Placemats

Making Dumplings (Cooking)

Dictation: What Chinese Music Feels Like to Me

Family Fun Event (Mall)

Letter L day: lemon and lime prints

Dictation and drawing: My Dream

Group Activity

Look at books on Chinese fashion

Tea party

Dancing to several Chinese music selections

Letter L Day: Show-and-Tell; Group lego building; ladder relay

Black and white pudding snack

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Letter L stencils, tracers and pounders; Chinese artwork posters for inspiration; Chinese newspapers for examining/collaging

Chinese hats, slippers, traditional masks, costume, fans; Chinese tea set

Legos

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Abacus, monkeys in a barrel

Bamboo

 

Kindling a Fire by Jiannan, Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao, Baby Animals and Their Mothers by Yiming, A Beautiful Dreamer by Keng Keng, Eyes of the Dragon by Leaf, Leo the Late Bloomer by Lionni

 

 Week 3

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

 

Eyes of the Dragon Leaf

Kindling a Fire by Jiannan

Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao

Missing Mittens by Murphy

Circle Time Songs

Show Ha Mo (Hop Little Frog) and selections from The Collection of Chinese Traditional Music

Individual Activity

 

Dictation about dumplings

Dictation about chopsticks

Make a Chinese lantern

Macaroni collage

Group Activity

 

Cook Dumplings

Eating with chopsticks

Chinese New Year Celebration

Letter M show and tell

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Letter M stencils, pounders and tracers; masking tape; Chinese artwork posters for inspiration; Chinese newspapers for examining/collaging

Chinese hats, slippers, traditional masks, costume, fans; Chinese tea set

maps

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Abacus, monkeys in a barrel

Bamboo; Lantern Effects (flashlights and colored plastic cups)

 

Kindling a Fire by Jiannan, Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao, Baby Animals and Their Mothers by Yiming, A Beautiful Dreamer by Keng Keng, Eyes of the Dragon by Leaf, Leo the Late Bloomer by Lionni; Missing Mittens by Murphy

Week 4

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

Dragon Eyes by Leaf

Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao

 

Polar Bears live on Ice by Berger

Cinderella Penguin by Perlman

The Four Seasons: Winter by Rius

Circle Time Songs

Show Ha Mo (Hop Little Frog) and selections from The Collection of Chinese Traditional Music

Six Little Snowmen

Circle Time Felt Board

 

 

Snowman

Dress for Winter

Snowman

Individual Activity

Panda Project

Counting to 10 (in Chinese)

Polar Bear Puppets

Penguin (Torn Paper Collage)

Sorting by 6s

Group Activity

Learn about Pandas and their Habitat

Ten Steps Game

Polar Bear role play

Family Fun Day; Penguin Relay Race

Version of Simon Says with each action done 6 times; Show and Tell: Sets of 6

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Chinese artwork posters for inspiration; Chinese newspapers for examining/collaging; Number 6 clay pounder

Chinese hats, slippers, traditional masks, costume, fans; Chinese tea set

Cardboard tubes

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Polar bear counters

Bamboo; Lantern Effects (flashlights and colored plastic cups)

 

Kindling a Fire by Jiannan, Big Brother and Little Brother by Xuntao, Baby Animals and Their Mothers by Yiming, A Beautiful Dreamer by Keng Keng, Eyes of the Dragon by Leaf, Leo the Late Bloomer by Lionni; Missing Mittens by Murphy, Polar Bears live on Ice by Berger; Cinderella Penguin by Perlman; The Four Seasons: Winter by Rius