BUTTERFLY LESSON PLAN
WEEK OF: 10/04/10 –10/08/10
THEME: My Pets
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
CENTERS (COMMUNICATION SKILLS & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT)
IN ADDITION TO CHILD-LED PLAY IN ANY OF OUR AGE-APPROPRIATE, EDUCATIONAL TOY CENTERS, WE WILL HAVE THEME RELATED ACTIVITIES OUT TO REINFORCE THE CURRICULUM.
OUTDOOR PLAY SKILLS (GROSS MOTOR & SOCIAL SKILLS)
EITHER OUTSIDE OR IN THE MOTOR ROOM, WE WILL WORK ON MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION WHILE CONTINUING TO HONE OUR SOCIAL SKILLS. THEME BASED ACTIVITIES WILL BE A FOCUS.
Climing and Sliding
Bikes
Chalk Play
Bubbles
Free Play
CIRCLE TIME (COMMUNICATION SKILLS, LITERACY DEVELOPMENT)
LETTERS, NUMBERS, CALENDAR, WEATHER, BOOKS, AND SONGS WITH A THEME-BASED FOCUS EACH DAY.
MUSIC/MOVEMENT/CREATIVE EXPRESSION (GROSS MOTOR & CREATIVE EXPRESSION)
Make animal sounds
Doggie song
5 Little monkeys/Dress-up
Spanish class
Music class
LANGUAGE ARTS (COGNITIVE, LITERACY & FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT)
Petting Zoo. Book: Pony's day at play
Talk about our dogs. Diesel comes to visit. Book: Doggies
Fireman comes to visit. Water color fire hat. Book: I like it when…
Talk about cats. Paint a cat with tooth brush. Book: Hey Diddle Diddle
Cut/tear pictures of animals. Book: Counting with animals
MATH/SCIENCE/SENSORY (COGNITIVE & FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT)
Animal puzzles
Puppy play
Shaving cream
Play-doh; animal shapes
Water table
DIVERSITY
OUR LESSONS IN DIVERSITY WILL BE TAUGHT AND REINFORCED DAILY BASED ON THEME AND OPPORTUNITY. FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR OWN CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS TO OUR ATTENTION SO WE MAY SHARE THEM
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
THIS PART OF THE CURRICULUM WILL TEACH CONCEPTS SUCH AS WASHING HANDS, EXERCISE, HEALTHY FOOD CHOICES, AND SAFE BEHAVIOR. WE WILL INCORPORATE THEME RELATED MATERIALS AS NECESSARY.
Welcome to the Butterfly Class Blog!
We hope you will find what we post here to be both helpful and informative. If you have any suggestions to improve this blog, please feel free to let us know. We will be updating you weekly on lesson plans and upcoming events, as well as general classroom and school-wide reminders.
-Michel , Beverly and Lindsey
Meet the Teachers
Michel Otto is an amazing individual with a great background in education and childcare. Born and raised in South Africa, Michel speaks three different languages, and she worked on the Oprah Development Project there. She has a degree in social science and has trained as an Occupational Therapy Aide. In addition to her years of teaching preschool-aged children, Michel was also a gymnastics coach for ten years. Michel now lives in Round Rock with her husband and son. We welcome her and are very excited that she is now teaching at Emerson!
Beverly Franken joined Emerson as an assistant teacher in the Monkey class. She brings with her seven years of experience in child care along with an Associate of Arts degree and continuing education in Early Education. Beverly has captured the hearts of the kids and has a love for creative activities!
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