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Week 1 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Circle Time Story |
Inch by Inch by Lionni |
Tops and Bottoms by Stevens |
Frog and Toad Together by Lobel |
Are You My Mother? By Eastman |
Jonathan and His Mommy by Smalls |
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Infant Story |
Are You My Mother? By Eastman |
I Love You as Much by Melmed |
Are You My Mother? By Eastman |
I Love You as Much by Melmed |
Are You My Mother? By Eastman |
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Circle Time Songs |
'The Ants Go
Marching'; 'Grasshopper Song' |
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Individual Activity |
Plant Lima
Beans in Bags |
Decorate a
planting container |
Plant Seeds
in Garden |
Egg Carton Tulips
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Watermelon
Seed Project |
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Group Activity |
Observe and
discuss seeds and what they might do |
Select Seeds
for Planting |
Garden Walk |
Family
Fun Event (Mall) |
Show and Tell:
Letter W |
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Art/Writing Center |
Dramatic Play |
Blocks |
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Letter W tracers,
pounders and stampers; Flower templates |
Fake flowers
and pots for planting |
Gardening fence
and tools |
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Small Manipulatives |
Science Center |
Library Area |
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Flower matching
game |
Now I Know
Changing Seasons by Troll; bottle filled with assorted
seeds; magnifying glasses |
Tops and Bottoms by Stevens; What a Wonderful
World by Bryan; Little Bunny Follows His Nose by Golden; Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus; Inch by Inch
by Lionni; Frog and Toad Together by Lobel; Inch by Inch: the Garden Song by Mallet; Are You My Mother? By
Eastman; My Mommy Doesnt Know My Name by Sachat; I Love You as Much by Melmed; Jonathan and His Mommy
by Smalls |
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Week 2 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Circle Time Story |
Good Job, Oliver by Molk |
Planting a Rainbow by Ehlert |
The Gardener by Stewart |
How My Garden Grew by Rockwell |
Xochitl and the Flowers by Argueta |
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Infant Story |
Colors by Emberley |
Numbers by Emberley |
Colors by Emberley |
Numbers by Emberley |
Colors by Emberley |
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Circle Time Songs |
Everything
Grows (Raffi); So Many Things that Grow (Palmer) and 10 Little Flowers (finger play) |
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Individual Activity |
Dictation:
What I think will happen |
Restart: Lima
Beans |
White carnation
in colored water |
Watermelon Project
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X Marks the
Spot: scavenger hunt |
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Group Activity |
Planting Grass
Seeds: some without clear plastic cup over the top and some with |
Marigolds with
fertilizer, w/o fertilizer, w/ worms |
Sprouting an
avocado pit |
Family
Fun Event (Mall) |
Show and Tell:
Letter X, Xylotrupes balloon toss game |
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Art/Writing Center |
Dramatic Play |
Blocks |
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Letter X tracers,
pounders and stampers; Flower templates |
Fake flowers
and pots for planting; gardening tools |
Gardening fence
and tools |
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Small Manipulatives |
Science Center |
Library Area |
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Flower matching
game; seed sorting set |
Now I Know
Changing Seasons by Troll; bottle filled with assorted
seeds; magnifying glasses |
Good Job, Oliver by Molk; Growing a Rainbow
by Ehlert; The Gardener by Stewart; How My Garden Grows by Rockwell; Xochitl and the Flowers by Argueta;
Colors by Emberley, Numbers by Emberley; Tops and Bottoms by Stevens; What a Wonderful World by Bryan; Little
Bunny Follows His Nose by Golden; Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus; Inch by Inch by Lionni; Frog and Toad
Together by Lobel; Inch by Inch: the Garden Song by Mallet |
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Week 3 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Circle Time Story |
The Very
Hungry Caterpillar by Carle |
The Very
Gouchy Ladybug by Carle |
Bugs by Greenberg |
The Roly
Poly Spider by Gardegna |
The Best
Bug Parade by Wilson |
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Infant Story |
Frog in
the Bog by Wilson |
Miss Spiders
New Car by Kirk |
Frog in
the Bog by Wilson |
Miss Spiders
New Car by Kirk |
Frog in
the Bog by Wilson |
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Circle Time Songs |
'The Cicadas
Go Humming'' and 'Cicada Song' |
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Individual Activity |
Create Cicada
wings |
Assemble Cicada Magnet |
Cut and Paint
Dragonfly |
Insect Stamp-a-Story
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Egg Carton
Ant Project |
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Group Activity |
Outdoor Observation
of Cicadas; Creating a Cicada Shell Collection; Continue to Observe Plant Growth Daily |
Family
Fun Event (Mall) |
Show and Tell:
Letter Y; Yellow Yarn Game |
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Art/Writing Center |
Dramatic Play |
Blocks |
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Letter Y tracers,
pounders and stampers; Insect Stamps |
Lady bug and
butterfly puppets |
Rubber insects |
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Small Manipulatives |
Science Center |
Library Area |
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Insect Sequencing
Game; Cootie Game |
Nets; Insect
Eye Viewing Glasses; Insect Guide Books |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Carle;
The Very Gouchy Ladybug by Carle; The Roly Poly Spider by Sardegna;
The Best Bug Parade by Murphy; A Frog in the Bog by Wilson; Bugs by Greenberg; Miss Spiders New Car
by Kirk |
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Week 4 |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Circle Time Story |
The Great
Kapok Tree by Cherry |
Amazon Boy by Lewin |
How Night
Came from the Sea: a Brazilian story retold by
Gerson |
Jungle Drum by Wundrow |
So Say the
Little Monkeys by Van Laan |
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Infant Story |
The Rainforest
Counts by McCourt and Five Little Monkeys Jumping
on the Bed by Christelow |
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Circle Time Songs |
Tico Tico (with
rhythm sticks); Sambahia (Brazilian Samba) and Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da |
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Individual Activity |
Create Brazilian
Flag Placemat |
Scent ID: Cocoa |
Rainstick Project |
Family Fun Day; drinking straw flutes
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Zig Zag scissor
practice/collage |
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Group Activity |
Locate Brazil
on map and globe. |
Make and taste
chocolate milk |
Rainstick band |
Family
Fun Event (Mall) |
Letter Z Show
and Tell |
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Art/Writing Center |
Dramatic Play |
Blocks |
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Letter Z tracers,
pounders and stampers |
Iguana and
Lizard Puppets |
Rubber insects |
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Small Manipulatives |
Science Center |
Library Area |
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Counting Poison
Dart Frogs; Insect Sequencing |
Up a Rainforest
Tree by Telford; Destination Rainforest
by Grupper |
Jungle Drum by Wundrow; So Say
the Little Monkeys by Van Laan; Deep in a Rainforest by Pascoe; The Rainforest Counts by McCourt; Amazon
Boy by Lewin; How Night Came from the Sea: a Brazilian story retold by Gerson; The Great Kapok Tree by Cherry;
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow; Verdi by Cannon |
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