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Monday, January 28, 2013

Lesson Plans 1/28/13 - 2/1/13

Songs The More We Get Together
          Bingo

Sensory Playdough

Monday
Book The Worm Family
Circle Make Playdough
Art Worm Spaghetti Painting

Wednesday
Book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Circle I Spy
Art Foil Art

Friday
Book I Can Read With My Eyes Shut
Circle Science Experiment - Making a Lava Lamp
Art Telescopes

Bingo

There was a farmer who had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
B-I-N-G-O
and Bingo was his name-o


There was a farmer who had a dog
and Bingo was his name-o
B-I-N-G-(clap)
B-I-N-G-(clap)
B-I-N-G-(clap)
and Bingo was his name-o

Continue leaving off another letter each verse

The More We Get Together

The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together the happier we'll be
'Cause your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we get together the happier we'll be.

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Lesson Plans 1/14/13 - 1/18/13

Songs: The Ants Go Marching
Old MacDonald Had a Farm

Sensory: Water Activity

Monday
Book Farm Flu By Teresa Bateman
Circle Animal Game
Art Masks

Wednesday

Book Whoo! Whoo! Goes the Train By Anne Rockwell
Circle Balloon science experiment
Art Sand paper painting

Friday
Book Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr.
Circle One of these things is not like the other
Art Bear paintings

The Ants Go Marching


The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah!! Hurrah!!
The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah!! Hurrah!!
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stopped to suck his thumb,
And they all go marching down, to the ground, to get out of the rain.

Two by two/Tie his shoe
Three by three/Scratch his knee
Four by four/Slam the door
Five by five/Take a dive
Six by six/Pick Up sticks

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Lesson Plans 1/7/13 - 1/11/13

Songs:    Who Sits Next to You?
              Illy Ally Oh
Sensory: Fabric Scraps

Monday
Book:    The Squiggle by Carole Lexa Schaefer  
Circle:   Guess the Object
Art:       Roller Painting

Wednesday

Book:    You Are My 'I Love You' by Maryann K Cusimano
Circle:    Dice Game
Art:       January Gift
Other:    Science Experiment - Crystals

Friday
Book:   B is For Bear  
Circle:   Patterns
Art:      Puffy Paint