We introduced the theme with a short video of the circus, and named animals, food we eat there and theme related art and activities.
Art
Monday- Clown- glued materials on paper to resemble a clown
Tuesday- Balloon stamping on paper with paint
Wednesday- Popcorn bags- glued paper strips on paper bags for popcorn on Friday
Thursday- Picture Day
Friday- Lion- paint yellow and glue rigatoni
Math
Popcorn counting with bags and counters, ice cream scoop counting, color matching and patterns placing in ice cream bowls, Popcorn tall buckets and colored chips for one-to-one counting, popcorn balls with numbers to practice counting and number recognition, and circus bingo matching grid- find 2 matches.
Motor Development
Colored chip clips with rope to hang by pressing open and hang on the line, circus peanuts/tongs and circus bags to fill up,, circus tickets and small circus box banks to slide tickets inside with fingers, scented play dough and small cookie cutters for pressing/rolling/cutting, and obstacle course to move body in varies directions.
Sensory Table
Popcorn, circus peanuts, scoops and popcorn buckets
Activities
Flaming Hoops
Walk the tight rope on the floor
Circus line tracing
What is your favorite ice cream/circus food?
Tasted cotton candy
Read and Review- “gentle hands” and Kindness Rules
Practicing Mother’s Day Song
Blow up balloon experiment