Fall, K, and Number Five

Tuesday, October 3, 2011

9:30 Gathering – blocks and puzzles

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 –

9:50 Literacy Activity – SEEL – Kindergarten K Kit

10:05 Math – Review 0,1,2,3.4 Introduce #5.

Practice writing 5’s on whiteboards while saying rhyme:
TEACHING RHYME
With a straight neck and around tummy, put his hat on, 5 sure looks funny.
Trace five fingers and hands to be used later.
10:20 Break/Snack – play outside, eat gold fish in schools of 5

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!"

Read Book: “I know It’s Autumn”

Art Project with leaves we picked and dried last week– and color five finger tree
Need: A cut out leaf from paper, Dried leaves, Glue, and a Paint brush
Directions: Provide a large leaf cut from colored construction paper. Set out bowls of dried fall leaves and have the children brush glue on their leaf shapes and then sprinkle with the dried leaves.

11:05 Choosing Time
1. Look at books about autumn
2. Play with blocks – see how many towers of 5 blocks they can make.
3. Play with the fall sensory stim. box
4. Work on five finger tree some more

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