The theme was introduced with pictures and print of school supplies, materials, art, songs and books related to schools, peers and teachers.
Art
Monday- Bus
Tuesday-Pencil- glued materials to resemble a pencil
Wednesday- Apple- painted paper plate red and glued on stem
Thursday-Tree- stamped corks and fall colors/glued trunk on
Friday-stamping with real apples on paper
Math
Number apple craft sticks and play-dough for counting, crayon box with crayons to practice counting/filling and dumping and naming colors they know, caterpillar dot counting with colored bingo chips one-to-one, pencil counting with containers with opening to fill with pencils one-to-one.
Motor Development
Zipper colored pencil pouches with various paper school cut outs to practice zipping/unzipping, pool noodles with pom-poms and tongs to practice balance and using tongs to squeeze and release with fingers, muffin geo boards with rubber bands to stretch open and place over the boards,
animal foam lacing boards with shoe strings to practice grip and eye-hand coordination and stringing apple jacks with straws to practice eye-hand coordination and grip.
Sensory Table
Cheerios, worms and pots
Activities
Group Time- asked children what they liked most about school, recorded and posted on the wall
Science- Discover the parts of an apple
Books about school all week