Triangles

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Gathering Time:

Point the Way Game

Sing, “Triangles, Triangles”

Triangle Match-Ups

Do a dot-to-dot triangle, each taking a turn to draw a line

Sing, “My Hat has Three Corners”

Focus Activities:

Trace and Cut Triangles

Make Triangle Fish

Fold a Paper Hat

Cut tortilla into triangle shape and have as a snack with cheese- My kids were not interested in this idea at all today.  (You win some, you lose some)

Other Possibilities:

Online game

Triangle Butterfly

Hunt for triangles around the house

RESOURCES:

www.akidsheart.com

http://www.dltk-kids.com

www.preschoolexpress.com

http://www.herzogbr.net

http://www.cool-kids-craft-ideas.com/

Squares

Gathering Time:


Use a square box to explain what a square is

- Use pieces of yarn the same length to show the four sides are all the same length

Sing “I’m a Shape that Has Four Sides”

Lay yarn on the floor making a shape and have child walk around the square

Focus Activities:

Square Pictures

Nesting squares-order biggest to smallest and vice versa, fit inside each other

My husband made these paper nesting blocks for me.  He has an awesome origami blog, Stephen's Origami.

Color the squares

Hunt for squares around the house

Other Possible Activities:

Have a square snack (graham crackers, wheat thins, sandwich…)


Resources:

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

http://www.stepbystepcc.com/

http://www.teach-nology.com/

Circles

Gathering Time
Make pizza using circles (flannel)
Do "Ring Around the Rosie"
Make a circle with your arm straight out
Sing first verse of "Wheels on the Bus"
Sorting with circles (the circles have different pictures on them that the boys had to sort through and match)

 Focus Activities

Circle outline

 

Hunt for circles around the house

 Circle Matching Game (this is a matching game I made using my Cricut Machine-easy to make even without a Cricut and my boys love matching games)

 Make Froot Loop Necklace

Paint using bubble wrap

RESOURCES:

http://www.stepbystepcc.com/

November 2-5

Nov.2- Letter "N"

Language Arts	Find the letter "n" in the newspaper
Math	Counting Nuts
Science/Cooking	Talk about noses- smell
Music/Gross Motor	Go on a nature walk and point out things that start with "n"
Art/Fine Motor	Decorating "n" using pictures of noses

Nov. 3- Number "8"

Language Arts	Read "Eight Silly Monkeys"
Math	Felt Board 8
Science/Cooking	Talk about how octopus have 8 legs
Music/Gross Motor	Eight Black Legs
Art/Fine Motor	Number 8 Necklaces

Nov. 4- Scarecrows

Language Arts	"The Little Scarecrow Boy" by Margaret Wise Brown
Math	Scarecrow Shape and Cut
Science/Cooking	The purpose of a Scarecrow
Music/Gross Motor	Scarecrow Song
Art/Fine Motor	Scarecrow

Nov. 5- Diamond shape

Language Arts	Shape Monster
Math	Diamond Puzzles
Science/Cooking	Bread into diamond shape
Music/Gross Motor	"This is a Diamond"
Art/Fine Motor	Make diamond crowns

Preschool Activities October 12-16

October 12- Letter "M"

Language Arts	Read "Ten Hungry Monsters"
Math	Count the monsters in the book (see L.A.)
Science/Cooking	Make Crescent Mummy Dogs
Music/Gross Motor	Dance to "The Monster Mash"
Art/Fine Motor	Mummy toilet paper roll craft

Oct. 14- Black

Language Arts	Black Cat Poem
Math	Count black dots, I will make on paper
Science/Cooking	How do we get black?
Music/Gross Motor	Black movement fun
Art/Fine Motor	Pipe cleaner spider- use black pipe cleaner

Oct. 15- Rectangle

Language Arts	Talk about rectangles and what makes a rectangle
Math	Rectangle Puzzle
Science/Cooking	Rectangle Walk
Music/Gross Motor	"Do you know the Rectangle?"
Art/Fine Motor	Rectangle Mural

Oct. 16- Bats

Language Arts	Read "Stellaluna"
Math	Bat Opposites
Science/Cooking	Bat Life Cycle book
Music/Gross Motor	Bat Moves
Art/Fine Motor	Bat Handprint

Preschool Activities June 22-26

June 22- "If You Give a Mouse A Cookie"

Language Arts	Read, "If You Give A Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Joffe Numeroff
Math	Counting cookies (using a cookie jar (any jar will do) and cookies (paper)
Science/Cooking	Bake chocolate chip cookies
Music/Gross Motor	Play charades- acting out parts in the story
Art/Fine Motor	Mouse Finger Puppet

June 24- square

Language Arts	Fill a bag with different household items with square shape and talk about them
Math	Square match up game
Science/Cooking	Make waffles
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Squares"
Art/Fine Motor	Sponge Painting

June 25- Four

Language Arts	Teaching Rhyme- writing in fours
Math	Look for the number 4 around the house
Science/Cooking	Four Seasons
Music/Gross Motor	Four Seasons Song
Art/Fine Motor	Make a number four out of beans

June 26- Nose

Language Arts	Talk about our noses and how our nose helps us smell things
Math	Count how many things we smelled from our science activity
Science/Cooking	It Smells Like…
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "The Smelling Song"
Art/Fine Motor	Flowers

Preschool Activities May 18-22

May 18- Number 3

Language Arts	Flip Story of "The Three Little Pigs"
Math	Hide "3"s around the house and go on a hunt for them
Science/Cooking	Three Years Old- explain that he is three years old
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Three Blind Mice"
Art/Fine Motor	Make a three using beans

May 19- Triangles

Language Arts	Play "I Spy", naming things that are shaped in a triangle
Math	Matching triangles (I'll make using different colors)
Science/Cooking	Make a triangle snack using triangular Triscuits and cheese shaped in a triangle
Music/Gross Motor	"Triangles Triangles"
Art/Fine Motor	Toothpick Triangles

May 20- Color purple

Language Arts	Watch "Harold and the Purple Crayon"
Math	Put items in a bag, pick out the purple ones
Science/Cooking	Make Purple Cows
Music/Gross Motor	Sing "Little Purple Pansy"
Art/Fine Motor	Use purple kool-aid and water to finger paint on white paper

May 22- Jack Be Nimble Nursery Ryhme

Language Arts	Jack Be Nimble with flannel board pictures
Math	Put out different numbers of candles and count them
Science/Cooking	What happened to Jack's candle?
Music/Gross Motor	Pretend to be Jack and jump over our candle from our art section
Art/Fine Motor	Candle Craft

Preschool Activities May 4-8

May 4- Circles

Language Arts	Search for circles around the house and talk about how they have no sides
Math	Make different sizes of flannel pizzas and put them in sequence (big to small)
Science/Cooking	Make pizzas using hamburger buns
Music/Gross Motor	"Ring Around a Rosie"
Art/Fine Motor	Circle Outline

May 5- Yellow

Language Arts	Read "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" book
Math	Play with legos sort through to find yellow pieces
Science/Cooking	Make banana pudding
Music/Gross Motor	Sing, "You are my Sunshine" and use sun we make in art
Art/Fine Motor	Sun Art

May 6- "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"

Language Arts	Read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
Math	Story Sequencing Cards
Science/Cooking	Life cycle of a butterfly
Music/Gross Motor	Strawberries and Straw Snack
Art/Fine Motor	Egg Carton Caterpillar

May 7 "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" Tot-Book

Language Arts	Flannel board version of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle
Math	How Many Butterflies- Tot Book
Science/Cooking	Nature Walk looking for caterpillars or butterflies
Music/Gross Motor	Turn into a butterfly
Art/Fine Motor	The Caterpillar Shape Book

May 8- Mother's

Language Arts	Read, "Are You My Mother?"
Math	Mom and Baby Match
Science/Cooking	Explain that grandma's are mothers too
Music/Gross Motor	Play "Mother May I"
Art Fine Motor	My Hand and Mom's Hand