Fall, Four, and "J"

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

9:30 Gathering – wooden puzzles and blocks

9:40 Welcome Time
-song – FOUR RED APPLES from preschoolexpress.com
Tune: “This Old Man”
Four red apples, on the tree,
Two for you and two for me.
Let’s shake the tree and watch them fall.
One, two, three, four – that is all.
Jean Warren, Adapted Traditional

-Who is here today -
-calendar
-Read Aloud – “Leaf Season” by Quinlan B Lee

9:50 Literacy Activity – SEEL - Going on a J Journey

10:05 Math – Review 0,1,2,3. Introduce #4.
Show them 4 by folding paper into 4 sections.
Practice writing 4’s while saying rhyme:
TEACHING RHYME
Down and over
Then down some more
That’s the way
To make a four.
Author Unknown
10:20 Break/Snack – play outside, eat animal crackers

10:40 Science/Social Studies –
Sing: Falling leaves-by KM Simpson
*to the tune of London Bridges falling down
“Leaves are falling all around,
all around, to the ground
Leaves are falling all around,
It is finally Fall!
yellow, red, orange, green and brown,
to the ground, to the ground
all the leaves are falling down
it is finally Fall!"

Have pictures of and discuss 4 seasons.
Read Book: “Autumn” by Melvin and Gilda Berger
Sensory: "Fall Feely Box"
Learning different textures and identifying them is fun for young preschool and kindergarten children during this early childhood activity by Jana M.

Materials: Leaves, acorns, pine cones, nuts, apples, and other things you have discussed. You'll need a box the children can fit their hands into without seeing inside. I use a large shoe box. With a hole cut in the top.

Description: Teachers, without the children seeing you, add the objects in the box. During circle time have the children take turns feeling inside the box. Ask each child to describe what he or she feels and what they think it is.

Go outside to explore for signs of fall. Have kids pick some leaves to dry in a book for next week’s lesson.

11:05 Choosing Time
1. Look at books about autumn
2. Play with blocks – see how many towers of 4 blocks they can make.
3. Play with the fall sensory stim. box
4. Mess up my house.

11:25 Clean up, Gather to sing and read until picked up.