We introduced the theme with various sports songs, named various sports and balls related, stories, “here we go brownies” song, “Take me out to the ball game”
Monday- classroom Outside
Tuesday- Swimming
Wednesday- Classroom Outside
Thursday- Coach charlotte
Friday Classroom Outside
Art
Monday- Marble painted with red paint and white paper to resemble a baseball
Wednesday-Glued white strips on brown paper to resemble a football
Thursday- Koosh painted with yellow paint on white paper to resemble a golf ball
Friday- Glued hockey puck and sticks to paper
Math
sports cups with small sports erasers for counting and matching into same sports cup, Magnet shape mirrors to make patterns and creations, sports grid with matching pieces to fill up board and find same matches, and cut open a real baseball to explore inside.
Motor Development
Baseball foam lacing cards with shoelaces to practice grip and weaving in and out of holes, writing boards with pens to practice tracing shapes, we rolled a real baseball across the table in pairs of 2 to keep the ball on the table, balance beam walking to practice balancing.
Sensory Table
Noodles, sea animals and small plastic cups
Activities
Sports books,
throwing basketball in hoop
ABC’s of Mindful breathing- Alligator, Butterfly, and cake breaths
Friday- Make pizza and eat at snack time.