Nursery Rhymes
I introduced the theme with various Nursery Rhyme songs and had the children guess and tell me the name of the songs. I introduced a different song each day, with theme related activities.
Art
- Hot Cross Buns- The children used koosh rings to stamp on brown paper with white paint,
- Jack be nimble- glued materials to make their own candle-
- Ba Ba Black Sheep- Glued cotton on black sheep pattern,
- Itsy-Bitsy-Spider- glued spout, spider and sun
- Humpty-Dumpty- glue arms/legs and band aids to put Humpty- Dumpty back together again.
Math
Money sorting with jumbo plastic coins, Candle craft stick counting with numbers and round foam blocks, Sheep counting with cotton balls and clothespins , spider leg cups to practice counting as they poked black pipe cleaners into foam cups.
Motor Development
Muffin tins with white/brown play dough to press into tins working fingers and pulling apart, real candles with foam bowls to make stand up by poking, sheep wrapping- the children practiced wrapping yarn around the cardboard sheep to practice over and under motions and egg drop with tubes.
Sensory
Glitter sand, spoons, plates and cows(-Hey Diddle, Diddle)
Activities
- Pretend jumping over the candle stick
- Crawling up the spout and rolling down on floor
- My Plate puzzle
- Hard boiled egg Vs. raw egg- which one will break?
- Exercise Cube