We introduced the weather by using a weather board and move the arrow to the day’s weather. We read books, songs and word wall board with pictures and print. We also look out the window everyday and name the weather.
Art
Monday-paper plate sun
Tuesday- Umbrella w/ rain drops
Wednesday- Made pumpkin mousse
Thursday- Snow- glued fake snow on paper
Friday- Clouds- glue cotton balls on paper
Math
The children practiced with a variety of weather related activities to work on their numbers, patterns and shapes. Sun number wooden round boards to name the number and drop into slot, rain drop number grid with markers to trace/color number of rain drops, snowman button color matching by placing same color button on snowman, and arrange various blocks by size.
Motor Development
We explored with activities to allow the children work on problem-solving, fine/gross motor skills. Yellow play-dough with cookie cutters, marbles with pie pans to manipulate the pan to make the marble go around the pan without dropping the marbles, cloud/line tracing grid with markers, magnet shapes and star colored links.
Sensory Table
Noodles, weather pieces, scoops and baskets
Activities
Center activity- colored Thanksgiving paper table cloth in great room
Snow Ball throwing
Made pumpkin Mousse
Thanksgiving Feast
Ramps with cars
Thanksgiving Songs
Weather songs