Thursday, October 3, 2013

Pre-K 3: Trees

Theme: Autumn Trees
Letter of the Day: S for Seasons, L for Leaf, T for Tree
Science Project: Collect Leaves for Specimen Book and Complete an Obsevation Page
Arts and Crafts:Thumbprint Autumn TreeSalt Dough Leaf Ornaments (just add a hole and ribbon)Leaf Rubbing with Tinfoil
Music:Heavenly Father
Value: Heavenly Father Loves Me,

Day One:
Focus-Seasons
Book-Autumn An Alphabet Acrostic
Talk About-The Four Season and their charcteristics and order. What to wear. Favorite seasons
Math-One to One Correspondence –Sing Five Little Ducks to practice one to one correspondence. Print off ten clip art ducks from online, color and laminate them. Practice one to one correspondence by singing the song counting down from ten instead of five.
Drama-Dress up for each season and do a photo shoot
Practice/Memory Work-Leaf PatternsWhich Leaf is DifferentSeason SpinnerSeason Sort, Rhyme Matching, Maze
Media Helps-Seasons App

Day Two:
Focus-Changing Leafs
Book-Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf
Talk About-How the seasons change effects Trees, talk about some of the leaves you have observed
Math-Number Matching Leaf GameLeaf Counting
Drama-Turn on Autumn and pretend to be leaves dancing in the wind
Practice/Memory Work-Lacing Fine Motor Practice with Foam Leaf Garland, Leaf PartsPrewrite
Media Helps-A Good Science ResourceSo much to Expand on!

Day Three:
Focus-Change
Book-The Giving Tree
Talk About-How things are always changing but we can predict some changes.  Talk about how the weather will change in the future.  Talk about how our bodies will change as we get older.
Math-Number OrderSize Sort
Drama-Act out the life cycle by being a baby, kid, adult, elderly.  Pretend to be a seed and then "grow" into a tree
Practice/Memory Work-Leaf ShadowsFill in the Blank
Media Helps-Aging TimelapseAcorn to Oak Time Lapse

Field Trip Ideas: Nature Walk, Drive to see the colors, Arboretum or Nature Center, Rake Leaves and jump in, Rake a neighbor's yard

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