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June Lesson Plans'04
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 Week 1

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

CLOSED

Jungle Drum by Wundrow

Verdi by Cannon

The Great Kapok Tree by Cherry

Deep in a Rainforest by Pascoe

Infant Story

The Rainforest Counts by McCourt and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Christelow

Circle Time Songs

Tico Tico (with rhythm sticks); Sambahia (Brazilian Samba) and Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Da

Individual Activity

CLOSED

drinking straw flutes

Field Trip to Pet Store

Dictation: If I went to Brazil I would

12 is a dozen project

Group Activity

CLOSED

Cooking: Tropical Milk Shakes

Dancing to Brazilian Music

Family Fun Event (Mall)

Set of 12 Show and Tell

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Number 1 and 2 stampers; variety of stamps

Iguana and Lizard Puppets

Rubber insects

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

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

 Week 2

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

Owl Babies by Waddell

Frog Odyssey by Snape

Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen

Animals in Summer by National Geographic

Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey

Infant Story

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Carle and Are You My Mother by Eastman

Circle Time Songs

So Many Things that Grow (Palmer), Theres a Hole in the Ground and The Littlest Worm

Individual Activity

Found item hanger mobile

Screen Painting with Items from Nature

Painting with pine branches

Leaf rubbings

12 is a dozen project

Group Activity

Nature Walk and collecting

Nature Walk and Collecting

Nature Walk- gathering branches for painting

Family Fun Event (Mall)

Set of 12 Show and Tell

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Number 1 and 2 stampers; variety of stamps

Native Animal Puppets and Stuffed Animals

Plastic Models of Animals that can be found in our area; paper tubes

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Bird Puzzle, Insect Puzzle

Observation chart updated daily and based on the types of animals we see outside; local field guides; found items for observation

Frog Odyssey by Snape; Owl Babies by Waddell; Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen; Animals in Summer by National Geographic; Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey; Time for Bed by Fox; In the Small, Small Pond by Fleming; Waiting for Wings by Ehlert; Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Carle and Are You My Mother by Eastman

 Week 3

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Circle Time Story

Animals in Summer by National Geographic

Waiting for Wings by Ehlert

In the Small, Small Pond by Fleming

Daddy is a Doodlebug by Degan

None

Infant Story

Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Carle and Are You My Mother by Eastman

Circle Time Songs

Fathers Day Song, So Many Things that Grow (Palmer), Theres a Hole in the Ground and The Littlest Worm

Individual Activity

Bird Seed Squiggles

Dictation: About Field Trip

Leaf Screening with Chalk

Mushroom prints

None

Group Activity

Bird Walk

Trip to Potomac Park

Nature Walk- gathering leaves

Family Fun Event (Mall)

Field trip to Splashdown

 

Art/Writing Center

Dramatic Play

Blocks

Variety of nature stamps

Native Animal Puppets and Stuffed Animals

Plastic Models of Animals that can be found in our area; paper tubes

Small Manipulatives

Science Center

Library Area

Bird Puzzle, Insect Puzzle

Observation chart updated daily and based on the types of animals we see outside; local field guides; found items for observation

Frog Odyssey by Snape; Owl Babies by Waddell; Were Going on a Bear Hunt by Rosen; Animals in Summer by National Geographic; Make Way for Ducklings by McCloskey; Time for Bed by Fox; In the Small, Small Pond by Fleming; Waiting for Wings by Ehlert; Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Carle; Daddy is a Doodlebug by Degan and Are You My Mother by Eastman

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