We introduced the theme with each picture of the Artist for the day, along with their name. I briefly described what they are known for painting/drawing and provided materials to represent their drawings and paintings.
Monday-Georgia O’Keefe-flowers
Tuesday- Henry Matisse-Water color painting
Wednesday- Da Vinci- Easel painting
Thursday- Edgar Degas-oil painting
Friday- Andy Warhol- Campbell soup can
Math
Geo boards with colored rubber bands to stretch and make colored patterns as the children work hard to wrap around each peg, Lily pads with numbers and dots to count, recognize number, name number they know and one-to- one with frog counters and dots on lily pads, Number foam puzzles to practice number recognition and place puzzle piece where it fits/belongs, scented paly-dough with small craft picks for counting, and Friday counting grid with markers to count and trace numbers.
Motor Development
Frogs on a log to practice balancing various size frogs on logs using fingers/hands/eye-hand coordination, magnet people to build/connect various pieces to make a magnet people, cottage houses with small people to manipulate and fit in houses, sand tray with with stars craft sticks for tracing in sand to make lines, marks and shapes.
Sensory Table
Chex, limes/lemons, ladles, vases
Activities
Frog hop,
obstacle course with wooden planks/balance boards and ladder climber
Follow the leader
ABC Music and movement
Clean up time and mealtime books-review what we do
If your Happy and you know it
Learning new Valentine songs