We introduced the theme with a new Nursery Rhyme song each day, did activities related to each Rhyme, books with various Nursery Rhymes, movements, jumping over the candle stick and introduced old Nursery Rhymes.
Art
Hot cross buns- painted white and added raisins
Jack Be Nimble- Glued various materials to make a candle stick
Ba Ba Black Sheep- glued cotton balls to black paper
Itsy-Bitsy Spider- glued various materials related to song
Humpty-Dumpty- Glued Humpty back together again
Math
Jumbo penny coins and banks to practice counting, craft candle sticks with #’s and clear jugs to count, fill and dump, sheep counting with cotton balls and clothespins with sheep paper boxes, foam cups and black pipe cleaners to poke and count the spider legs and egg shape sorters with holders to find matches.
Motor Development
Muffin tins with playdough for pulling a part and pressing onto each muffin spot to build finger grasp and strength, candles with cups to poke through using both hands to manipulate, hold and make stand, sheep wrapping with black yarn and cardboard sheep wrapping the yarn around it several times-eye-hand coordination, egg drop with tubes to drop into tubes one at a time.
Sensory Table
Chex/cheerios, sheep animals, spoons, plated and marbles
Activities
Jack Be Nimble – The children pretended to be Jack and jumped over the candle stick
Songs: Hot Cross Buns, Jack Be Nimble, Ba Ba Black Sheep, Itsy-Bitsy Spider and Humpty-Dumpty
Egg Experiment Raw Vs. boiled?
Exercise Cube
Markers, Halloween note pads at the writing table