Toddler Club Program...page 5. Model first. BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss using helpful hands. Pass...
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Friday
- Song: My pet Mosquito
- Finger Play: Flea Fly
- Instrument: Bells
- Movement Song: Dragonfly ribbon
dance
American Sign Language (ASL): farm, farmer, horse, foal, cow, calf, dairy, plow
Monday
Toddler Club Program
Date: June 4-8
Objective: This week students will be learning about farm animals- specifically horse and dairy cows.
Spanish Vocabulary: granja, granjero, caballo, potro, vaca, ternero,
lacteos, ararEnglish Vocabulary: farm, farmer, horse, foal, cow, calf, dairy, plow
Parents as Partners: # 41
Lesson Plans Theme: Theme 11 Farm Animals Week 1 Horses and Cows
UNITE: Using the CD and the farm
animal stick puppets sing, "Old
MacDonald Had a Farm." Encourage
them each to hold up an animal and
participate.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on washing your
face today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Act out the rhyme on
page 5. Model first.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss using
helpful hands. Pass around a toy
from friend to friend and focus on
kind words and gentle passes.
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
sing, "The Old Gray Mare" using the
CD.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his day
starts. Focus on toe touches today.
Model and encourage participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around the
safe keeper box and discuss our safe
community.
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and display the photos cards of the
cow and horse. Begin by explaining
that they will learn about horses and
cows.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on brushing teeth
today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Spanish
9:00-9:30
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UNITE: Using the CD and the farm
animal stick puppets sing, "Old
MacDonald Had a Farm." Encourage
them each to hold up an animal and
participate.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on taking deep
breaths today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Thursday
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and recite the poem, "Did You Feed
My Cow?" Encourage participation
and excitement throughout the
song.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on pretending to
eat breakfast today. Model and
encourage participation.
CONNECT: Call students
individually to help you act out the
rhyme on page 5. Encourage
participation and patience.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss why
helpful hands and so important and
how they make others feel.
Tuesday Wednesday
- Song: Mosquitoes
- Finger Play: walk, Buzzers
- Instrument: Sand Shakers
- Movement Song: There was and
old lady who swallowed a fly
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Starting the Day
10:00-10:15
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
- Song: Insect song
- Finger Play: Round and round
- Instrument: Rhythm Sticks
- Movement Song: Shoo fly action
song
- Song: Little Peter Rabbit
- Finger Play: Flea, Fly Flow
- Instrument: Castanets
- Movement Song: Something in my
boot.
- Song: Shoo fly
- Finger Play: Insect song
- Instrument: Multicultural
Instruments
- Movement Song: Mosquito March
Friday
- Song: My pet Mosquito
- Finger Play: Flea Fly
- Instrument: Bells
- Movement Song: Dragonfly ribbon
dance
Monday ThursdayTuesday Wednesday
- Song: Mosquitoes
- Finger Play: walk, Buzzers
- Instrument: Sand Shakers
- Movement Song: There was and
old lady who swallowed a fly
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
- Song: Insect song
- Finger Play: Round and round
- Instrument: Rhythm Sticks
- Movement Song: Shoo fly action
song
- Song: Little Peter Rabbit
- Finger Play: Flea, Fly Flow
- Instrument: Castanets
- Movement Song: Something in my
boot.
- Song: Shoo fly
- Finger Play: Insect song
- Instrument: Multicultural
Instruments
- Movement Song: Mosquito March
Display and read the, "Old
McDonald" story folder. Review the
animals and their sounds. Engage
students in the story.
Learning Centers
10:15-10:30
Using the kitchen items, find various
foods that are produced by cows.
Sing the song, " Chomp, Swish, Clip-
Clap." Discuss what horses do as
they eat and encourage them to
mimic.
Teach, "This Little Cow" poem to
students. Review the ASL for cow.
Model the song with each student as
noted on page 6.
Cognitive
Development
Todd C: 3:00-3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Present the photo activity cards # 59
(horse) and # 59 (cow). Teach the
ASL for farm, horse, and cow. Use
the back of the card for suggestions
and direction.
Teach the ASL for foal, horse, cow,
and calf. Using mommy and baby
animals, encourage students to
match them. Review the animals and
sounds.
Construction:
Teach the ASL for cow and horse.
Engage with students as they
pretend to build a fence out of
blocks for the animals.
Creativity Station:
Experiment painting with chalk by
dipping the chalk into water before
coloring on paper. See page 3.
Encourage the students to be
horses and gallop around outside
making horse sounds.
Display and read the, "Old
McDonald" story folder. Review the
animals and their sounds. Engage
students in the story.
Assist the students in completing
the laminated farm animal puzzles
for cow and horse. Discuss the
animals and sounds they make and
the role they play on a farm.
Encourage the students to be
horses and gallop around outside
making horse sounds.
Adapt the "horseshoe" game and
use the bean bags to attempt to
throw them into an empty bucket.
Take turns with the students giving
pony rides. Be aware of your
surroundings and do not lift the
students too high on your leg. See
page 7.
Teach the ASL for farm and farmer.
Read the book, Grandpa's Farm.
Define unknown vocabulary pre-
reading and stop at various times to
discuss and explain the story.
Library and Listening:
Using the magnetic pieces, sing
"Old MacDonald." Review the
animals and the animal sounds.
Read the story, " Maggie the
Farmyard Horse" on page 48. Go
over the word giddy-up and model
for students.
Creativity Station:
Experiment painting with chalk by
dipping the chalk into water before
coloring on paper. See page 3.
Present the mommy and baby
laminated horses. Review what a
baby horse is called, as well as the
ASL for horse and foal. Using a
peeper puppet, perform the chant
"Farm Animals" with them.
Adapt the "horseshoe" game by
using the bean bags to attempt to
throw them into an empty bucket.
Present the laminated purple cow, as
well as the photo activity card of the
cow. Discuss the similarities and
differences and recite the chant, "The
Purple Cow."
Take turns with the students giving
pony rides. Be aware of your
surroundings and do not lift the
students too high on your leg. See
page 7.
Language
Development
Todd C: 3:00-3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Pretend and Learn:
Teach the ASL for farmer and using
the play animals, pretend to feed
them. Encourage them to be
farmers.
Outdoor Play
10:30-11:00
3:30-4:00
Social Emotional
Development
Todd C: 4:00-4:30
Todd A/B: 3:00-
3:30
Present the mommy and baby
laminated horses. Review what a
baby horse is called, as well as the
ASL for horse and foal. Using a
peeper puppet, perform the chant
"Farm Animals" with them.
Sit in a circle and model/assist in the
game duck, duck, goose. Use the
vocabulary, moo, moo, neigh.
Friday
- Song: My pet Mosquito
- Finger Play: Flea Fly
- Instrument: Bells
- Movement Song: Dragonfly ribbon
dance
Monday ThursdayTuesday Wednesday
- Song: Mosquitoes
- Finger Play: walk, Buzzers
- Instrument: Sand Shakers
- Movement Song: There was and
old lady who swallowed a fly
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
- Song: Insect song
- Finger Play: Round and round
- Instrument: Rhythm Sticks
- Movement Song: Shoo fly action
song
- Song: Little Peter Rabbit
- Finger Play: Flea, Fly Flow
- Instrument: Castanets
- Movement Song: Something in my
boot.
- Song: Shoo fly
- Finger Play: Insect song
- Instrument: Multicultural
Instruments
- Movement Song: Mosquito March
Using the CD, play "William Tell
Overture." Give students blocks to
mimic horse galloping noises.
Encourage participation and
excitement.
Recite the poem, "Five Little
Ponies." Model and assist the
students as they use their fingers to
count down throughout the poem.
Using the CD, sing the song, "The
Farmer and the Dell." Encourage
them to pretend they are various farm
animals and they dance and sing.
Place masking tape on the floor and
have students pretend to gallop like
a horse following the line. Discuss
the different ways that horse move
and the language associated with it.
See page 9. Physical
Development
4:00-4:30
If applicable, use a bell to mimic the
bells that are sometimes around a
cows neck. Explain the purpose and
play a game in which you ring the
bell and they take turns tossing a
bean bag into a bucket. Model and
practice patience and listening
skills.
(B.1.a) Establishes secure
relationships with primary
caregivers.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of self.
(B.3.f) Develops the inclination and
ability to respond appropriately to
others.
(B.1.a) Responds to and interacts
with others. Learning Goals
(B.1.a) Establishes secure
relationships with primary
caregivers.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of self.
(B.3.f) Develops the inclination and
ability to respond appropriately to
others.
(D.4.b) Uses imitation in pretend
play to express creativity and
imagination.
(B.1.a) Establishes secure
relationships with primary
caregivers.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of self.
(B.3.f) Develops the inclination and
ability to respond appropriately to
others.
(D.2.c) Applies knowledge to new
situations.
(B.1.a) Establishes secure
relationships with primary
caregivers.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of self.
(B.3.f) Develops the inclination and
ability to respond appropriately to
others.
(D.5.b) Develops an ability to be
creative and expressive through a
variety of activities, such as art.
(B.1.a) Establishes secure
relationships with primary
caregivers.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of self.
(B.3.f) Develops the inclination and
ability to respond appropriately to
others.
(C.2.d) Develops language skills in
structured language contexts, such
as through storytelling and
reenacting.
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Starting the Day
10:00-10:15
Thursday
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
review the new animals for the week
using the photo cards. Sing, "Old
Mcdonald Had a Farm" using the
CD.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on pretending to
eat breakfast today. Model and
encourage participation.
CONNECT: Read the rhyme, "Hen
Friends." Assist with the actions for
each student.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss why
helpful hands and so important and
how they make others feel.
Tuesday Wednesday
Miss Andrea's Lesson
UNITE: Greet every child by name
and using the CD sing, "Over in the
Barnyard." Encourage participation.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on washing your
face today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Model the rhyme, "Hen
Friends." Encourage them to mimic
your motions.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss using
helpful hands. Pass around a toy
from friend to friend and focus on
kind words and gentle passes.
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
sing, "Little Red Hen" using the CD.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his day
starts. Focus on toe touches today.
Model and encourage participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around the
safe keeper box and discuss our safe
community.
Miss Andrea's Lesson
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Little Red Hen."
Use various instruments to create
different sounds.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "The Farmer in the
Dell." Use the sound sticks to create
noises that mimic a cow bell.
UNITE: Greet every child by name
and using the CD sing, "Over in the
Barnyard." Encourage participation.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on taking deep
breaths today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Lesson Plans Theme: Theme 11 Week 2 Ducks and Chickens
Friday
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
display the duck and chicken photo
cards. Preview together and then
sing, "Old McDonald Had a Farm"
using the CD.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on brushing teeth
today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Spanish
9:00:9:30
Miss Andrea's Lesson Miss Andrea's Lesson Miss Andrea's Lesson
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use ribbons to
encourage creative dancing
throughout.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Five Little Ducks."
Use coffee cans to create beats as
you sing this songs.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "New Chicken
Dance." Use your body to follow the
motions throughout this song.
American Sign Language (ASL): duck, duckling, chicken, chick, rooster, hen, farmer, farm
Monday
Toddler Club Program
Date: June 11- 15
Objective: Students will continue their study of farm animals focusing on ducks and chickens.
Spanish Vocabulary: pato, patito, pollo, pollo, gallo, gallina, granjero,
granjaEnglish Vocabulary: duck, duckling, chicken, chick, rooster, hen, farmer, farm
Parents as Partners: # 42
LESSON
COMPONENTSThursdayTuesday Wednesday
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Little Red Hen."
Use various instruments to create
different sounds.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "The Farmer in the
Dell." Use the sound sticks to create
noises that mimic a cow bell.
Friday
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use ribbons to
encourage creative dancing
throughout.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Five Little Ducks."
Use coffee cans to create beats as
you sing this songs.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "New Chicken
Dance." Use your body to follow the
motions throughout this song.
Monday
Language
Development
Todd C: 3:00-3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Construction: Use blue paper to
represent a pond and encourage
students to build hen houses and
fences out of blocks or legos. Use
rubber ducks for the pond.
Outdoor Play
10:30-11:00
3:30-4:00
Social Emotional
Development
Todd C: 4:00-4:30
Todd A/B: 3:00-
3:30
Give each student a feather and
encourage them to place the feather
on the parts of their body that you
name. Encourage participation and
help as needed.
Using the orange duck prints, create
a pathway and encourage students
to follow them.
Cognitive
Development
Todd C: 3:00-3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Present the photo activity cards # 60
(chicken) and # 61 (duck). Use the
back of the card to prompt learning
and discussion.
Using the CD, sing and act out, "The
Chicken Dance." Encourage them to
participate and mock the actions
that you do.
Sing the song, "If You're a Duck."
Encourage students to act like the
particular animal and make the
noises with you.
Model and assist in the game, "Duck,
Duck, Goose." See page 44.
Give each student a few feathers to
glue on a piece of paper. Assist with
the gluing and review colors and
facts about feathers as explained on
page 18.
Using play dough, encourage
students to roll it into egg shapes.
Review the shape oval.
Learning Centers
10:15-10:30
Read the story, Grandpa's Farm.
Stop throughout the story to explain
and discuss. Review the ASL for
chicken, duck, and farmer.
Using play dough, encourage
students to roll it into egg shapes.
Review the shape oval.
Using the orange duck prints, create
a pathway and encourage students
to follow them.
Blow bubbles for the students and
encourage them to waddle like
ducks as they try and catch the
bubbles.
Discuss the differences between
hens, roosters, and chickens. Show
them pictures of each as well as
review the ASL signs. Recite the
poem, "Little Chicks."
Read the large storybook, Little Red
Hen. Teach the ASL for hen. Stop
throughout for discussion.
Pretend and Learn: Review the ASL
for farmer and farm. Encourage
students to pretend to be farmers
using dress up clothes and animals.
Physical
Development
4:30-5:00
Sing the song, "Little Red Hen and
Her Lazy Friends." Tie it in with the
book from yesterday.
Sensory: Using the sensory table,
explore with rubber ducks. Teach
the ASL for duck and sing
coordinating songs while they learn.
Review colors as well.
Pick a student to do a feather race
with you. Place a feather for you and
one for them on the table and see
who can blow theirs the farthest.
Rotate to let each student have a
turn.
Sensory: Using the sensory table,
explore with rubber ducks. Teach
the ASL for duck and sing
coordinating songs while they learn.
Review colors as well.
Creativity Station: Assist students in
creating a baby chick face using
construction paper, feathers, etc.
Brainstorm on names for their
chicks.
Using two plastic eggs, hide a small
object in one of them. Encourage
each student to guess what egg the
object is in. Review the colors of the
eggs as well.
Sing the song, "If You're a Duck."
Encourage students to act like the
particular animal and make the
noises with you.
Blow bubbles for the students and
encourage them to waddle like
ducks as they try and catch the
bubbles.
Using the farm animal stick puppets,
retell farm stories or songs with
students.
Assemble the duck and chicken farm
animal puzzles together. Discuss the
role that chickens play on the farm.
Using the laminated mommy and
baby animals, focus on the horse,
cow, duck, and chicken. Assist
students in matching them, as well
as review the ASL.
Using the CD, sing "Five Little
Ducks." Display the book as well
and teach the ASL for duck and
ducking. Read the book together
stopping for discussion and
questions.
Assist students in blowing feathers
off of the table. Encourage them to
keep the feathers off the floor.
Review colors as well.
Read the story, Grandpa's Farm.
Stop throughout the story to explain
and discuss. Review the ASL for
chicken, duck, and farmer.
LESSON
COMPONENTSThursdayTuesday Wednesday
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Little Red Hen."
Use various instruments to create
different sounds.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "The Farmer in the
Dell." Use the sound sticks to create
noises that mimic a cow bell.
Friday
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use ribbons to
encourage creative dancing
throughout.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "Five Little Ducks."
Use coffee cans to create beats as
you sing this songs.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, "New Chicken
Dance." Use your body to follow the
motions throughout this song.
Monday
(B.4.f) Develops emerging skills in
caring and cooperation.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.3.b) Develops capacity to predict
routines and regular events that
make up the day or the session.
(C.2.e) Develops communication
skills for increasingly complex
purposes, such as negotiating,
predicting, reasoning, and guessing.
Learning Goals
(B.4.f) Develops emerging skills in
caring and cooperation.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.3.b) Develops capacity to predict
routines and regular events that
make up the day or the session.
(D.5.a) Develops skill and
confidence with processes of art,
such as drawing and collage.
(B.4.f) Develops emerging skills in
caring and cooperation.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.3.b) Develops capacity to predict
routines and regular events that
make up the day or the session.
(D.5.c) Develops confidence to sing
songs.
(B.4.f) Develops emerging skills in
caring and cooperation.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.3.b) Develops capacity to predict
routines and regular events that
make up the day or the session.
(D.4.b) Uses imitation in pretend play
to express creativity and imagination.
(B.4.f) Develops emerging skills in
caring and cooperation.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.3.b) Develops capacity to predict
routines and regular events that
make up the day or the session.
(A.2.c) Moves body to achieve a
goal.
Using the Start Smart Songs for 1's,
2's, and 3's CD sing, Higglety,
Piggety, Pop!" Use the ribbons to
dance to the beat.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use various
instruments to dance to this song.
American Sign Language (ASL): pig, piglets, hog, goat, kid, farm, farmer
Monday
Toddler Club Program
Date: June 18-22
Objective: Students will continue their study of farm animals, focusing on pigs and goats.
Spanish Vocabulary: cerdo, cerditos, puerco, chivo, cabrito, granja,
granjeroEnglish Vocabulary: pig, piglets, hog, goat, kid, farm, farmer
Parents as Partners: # 43
Lesson Plans Theme: Theme 11 Week 3 Pigs and Goats
Friday
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and present the goat and pig
photos. Explain the new animals for
the week. Using the CD sing, "Old
McDonald Had a Farm."
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on brushing teeth
today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Spanish
9:00-9:30
Miss Andrea's lesson Miss Andrea's lesson Miss Andrea's lesson
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Three Little Pigs."
Encourage creativity with the sound
sticks.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " The Billy Goats
Gruff." Use the coffee cans to create
booming sounds as if you were a
goat.
Using the Frog Street Action Songs
CD sing, "The Farmer in the Dell."
Use the various instruments to assist
in the animal noises. Try to stay on
the beat of the music.
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and review the animals for the week.
Use the CD and sing, "Old McDonald
Had a Farm."
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on taking deep
breaths today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and review the animals for the week.
Use the CD and sing, "Mary Had a
Little Goat."
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his day
starts. Focus on toe touches today.
Model and encourage participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss our
safe community.
Miss Andrea's lessonMiss Andrea's lesson
Thursday
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
review the animals for the week. Use
the CD and sing, "Higglety, Piggety
Pop!"
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on pretending to
eat breakfast today. Model and
encourage participation.
CONNECT: Sing the song, "Three
Pink Pigs" again. Focus on gentle
hands as arms are raised and
demonstrate gentle hugs.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Have a few
friends model how to use helpful
hands and pick toys up. Discuss
how it makes people feel and call
attention to helpful hands!
Tuesday Wednesday
UNITE: Greet everyone by name and
review the animals for the week. Use
the CD and sing, "Higglety, Piggety
Pop!"
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on washing your
face today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Sing and model the
song, "Three Pink Pigs." See page
25. Encourage students to do the
motions with you.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Review what
helpful hands look like. Model how
to help a friend.
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Starting the Day
10:00-10:15
Using the Start Smart Songs for 1's,
2's, and 3's CD sing, Higglety,
Piggety, Pop!" Use the ribbons to
dance to the beat.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use various
instruments to dance to this song.
Monday Friday
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Three Little Pigs."
Encourage creativity with the sound
sticks.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " The Billy Goats
Gruff." Use the coffee cans to create
booming sounds as if you were a
goat.
Using the Frog Street Action Songs
CD sing, "The Farmer in the Dell."
Use the various instruments to assist
in the animal noises. Try to stay on
the beat of the music.
ThursdayTuesday WednesdayLESSON
COMPONENTS
Read the storybook, The Three Little
Pigs. Stop throughout the story to
discuss unfamiliar words and
stimulate interest.
Place scrap paper made into "pig
tails" in an empty bucket. Dump it
on the floor and encourage students
to pick them all up an return to the
bin.
Using the water table, model and
assist in cleaning the farm animals.
Pretend they are getting a bath by a
farmer.
Assemble the pig and goat farm
animal puzzles. Review the animal
and sounds as well as you guide
them to complete the puzzle.
Assemble the pig and goat farm
animal puzzles. Review the animal
and sounds as well as you guide
them to complete the puzzle.
Have students color a paper plate
pink. Using various paper for snout,
ears, eyes, and tail, create a pig
paper plate. Attach a straw or
popsicle stick.
Read the book, Grandpa's Farm.
Review about pigs food and the
information on page 26 pre-reading.
Review the ASL for pig as well.
Use page 27 to teach various facts
about goats. Recite the Lullaby to
students, encouraging them to act it
out and pretend to sleep as well.
Read the book, Grandpa's Farm.
Review about pigs food and the
information on page 26 pre-reading.
Review the ASL for pig as well.
Gross Motor:
Use blocks or legos to create a
bridge. Have students pretend
smaller blocks are goats and make
trip-trapping noises up the bridge.
Model light taps.
Using the mommy and baby animal
cards, focus on the horse, duck,
chick, pig, and goat. Teach students
the mommy names and the baby
names for each. Use a peeper
puppet to perform the chant, " Farm
Animals."
Pretend and Learn:
Using the farm animals and dress up
clothes, encourage students to
pretend they are farmers tending to
the animals.
Construction:
Teach the ASL for pig and goat. Use
blocks or legos to create a fence for
the pigs and a meadow for the goats.
Using the photo activity cards of the
goat and horse, discuss the
similarities and differences between
them.
Learning
Centers
10:15-10:30
Read the storybook, The Three Little
Pigs. Stop throughout the story to
discuss unfamiliar words and
stimulate interest.
Using the laminated pig food,
discuss what pigs eat and don’t eat.
Use en empty bin to mimic a pig and
have students "feed" the pig the
appropriate food.
Encourage students to pretend they
are goats as they climb and play on
the playground equipment.
Using the water table, model and
assist in cleaning the farm animals.
Pretend they are getting a bath by a
farmer.
Using the photo activity cards of the
goat and horse, discuss the
similarities and differences between
them.
Read the storybook, The Three Billy
Goats Gruff. Stop throughout the
story to ask questions and discuss,
as well as review the ASL for goat.
Pretend and Learn:
Using the farm animals and dress up
clothes, encourage students to
pretend they are farmers tending to
the animals.
Physical
Development
4:30-5:00
Experiment with pink play dough.
Encourage students to make pig
snouts and use black paper circles
to represent nostrils.
Sing the song, "If You're a Pig."
Encourage participation and review
the sounds that animals make.
Using small pails filled with shredded
paper, invite students to pretend to
feed the goats hay, dropping it into a
box.
Sing the song, " This Little Piggy."
Take time with each student to act it
out with them on their fingers. Use
the photo card of the pig as a visual
and compare them to human feet.
Tape the goat picture to an empty
bin. Encourage students to rip
shreds of scrap paper and "feed" the
goat.
Language
Development
Todd C: 3:00-
3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Creativity Station:
Using the pig template, have
students paint using sponges or
brushes. To make them appear
muddy, color pink first and then
paint brown over.
Outdoor Play
10:30-11:00
3:30-4:00
Social
Emotional
Development
Todd C: 4:00-
4:30
Todd A/B: 3:00-
3:30
Using the mommy and baby animal
cards, focus on the horse, duck,
chick, pig, and goat. Teach students
the mommy names and the baby
names for each. Use a peeper
puppet to perform the chant, " Farm
Animals."
Encourage students to pretend they
are goats as they climb and play on
the playground equipment.
Cognitive
Development
Todd C: 3:00-
3:30 Todd A/B:
4:00-4:30
Discuss the photo activity cards # 43
(piglets; wolf), # 45 (goats), and # 62
(pig). Teach the ASL and use the
back of the card to stimulate
discussion.
Using the Start Smart Songs for 1's,
2's, and 3's CD sing, Higglety,
Piggety, Pop!" Use the ribbons to
dance to the beat.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Old MacDonald
Had a Farm." Use various
instruments to dance to this song.
Monday Friday
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " Three Little Pigs."
Encourage creativity with the sound
sticks.
Using the Frog Street Sing-Along
Songs CD sing, " The Billy Goats
Gruff." Use the coffee cans to create
booming sounds as if you were a
goat.
Using the Frog Street Action Songs
CD sing, "The Farmer in the Dell."
Use the various instruments to assist
in the animal noises. Try to stay on
the beat of the music.
ThursdayTuesday WednesdayLESSON
COMPONENTS
(B.4.c) Recognizes and responds to
the feelings and emotions of others.
(B.3.c) Develops an increasing
awareness of the impact and
consequences of their actions.
(B.2.h) Develops a feeling of being
valued as an important individual
who belongs within the group
setting.
(C.1.a) Listens with interest to
language of others.
Learning Goals
(B.4.c) Recognizes and responds to
the feelings and emotions of others.
(B.3.c) Develops an increasing
awareness of the impact and
consequences of their actions.
(B.2.h) Develops a feeling of being
valued as an important individual
who belongs within the group
setting.
(D.1.h) Matches items that go
together.
(B.4.c) Recognizes and responds to
the feelings and emotions of others.
(B.3.c) Develops an increasing
awareness of the impact and
consequences of their actions.
(B.2.h) Develops a feeling of being
valued as an important individual
who belongs within the group
setting.
(A.2.a) Develops control of large
muscles for movement, navigation,
and balance.
(B.4.c) Recognizes and responds to
the feelings and emotions of others.
(B.3.c) Develops an increasing
awareness of the impact
andconsequences of their actions.
(B.2.h) Develops a feeling of being
valued as an important individual
who belongs within the group
setting.
(A.3.c) Coordinates eye and hand
movement.
(B.4.c) Recognizes and responds to
the feelings and emotions of others.
(B.3.c) Develops an increasing
awareness of the impact and
consequences of their actions.
(B.2.h) Develops a feeling of being
valued as an important individual
who belongs within the group
setting.
(D.4.b) Uses imitation in pretend
play to express creativity and
imagination.
LESSON
COMPONENTS
Creativity Station:
Use white paint to create a hand
print sheep. See page 31.
Starting the Day
10:15-10:30
Outdoor Play
10:30-11:00
3:30-4:00
Have the students pretend to be
little lost sheep. Have them hide
and you will look for them as if you
are Little Bo Peep.
Thursday
UNITE: Greet everyone by name
and using the CD, sing "Old
MacDonald Had a Farm." Use the
farm animal stick puppets to add
visual references.
CALM: Explain to students that
Old MacDonald does tasks before
his day starts. Focus on
pretending to eat breakfast today.
Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Review the tricks that
dogs can do. Remind students
that they do tricks gently as well.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Review why
we should use gentle, helpful
hands and how it makes us feel.
Practice giving gentle high fives
and working together to clean up.
Have the students pretend to be
little lost sheep. Have them hide
and you will look for them as if you
are Little Bo Peep.
Tuesday Wednesday
Learning
Centers
10:15-10:30
- Song: Farmer in the dell
- Finger Play: Old McDonald
- Instrument: Bells
- Movement Song: Ribbon dance
Teach the ASL for dog. Encourage
students to chase after balls that
you toss.
Have the students pretend to be
little lost sheep. Have them hide
and you will look for them as if
you are Little Bo Peep.
Pretend and Learn:
Review the ASL for farmer.
Encourage students to pretend
they are farmers. Use play
clothing, animals, and farm.
Fine Motor:
Explore with play dough. Model
how to flatten it and use their fist
to imprint what a dog paw print
might look like.
- Song: If you’re a sheep
- Finger Play: My dog rags
- Instrument: Drums
- Movement Song: bean bag game
dance.
Fine Motor:
Explore with play dough. Model
how to flatten it and use their fist
to imprint what a dog paw print
might look like.
Construction:
Using blocks/legos and play
animals, encourage students to
make a dog and sheep house.
Miss Andrea's lesson Miss Andrea's lesson
Teach the ASL for dog. Encourage
students to chase after balls that
you toss.
UNITE: Greet everyone by name
and review the new animals for the
week using the photo cards. Using
the CD sing, "Bingo."
CALM: Explain to students that
Old MacDonald does tasks before
his day starts. Focus on taking
deep breaths today. Model and
encourage participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and
send well wishes to absent
friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss
our safe community.
UNITE: Greet everyone by name
and review the new animals for the
week using the photo cards. Using
the CD sing, "Bingo."
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on washing your
face today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Discuss that dogs can
do tricks. Practice shaking hands
(paws) today as dogs would do.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Discuss using
helpful hands. Practice gently
passing something to the friends
next to them. Use polite words.
UNITE: Greet each student by name
and discuss the new animals for
the week. Using the CD, sing, "
Mary Had a Little Lamb." Discuss if
their pet followed them to school!
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on toe touches
today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss
our safe community.
UNITE: Greet each student by
name and using the photo cards of
pet and lamb, introduce the new
animals of the week- sheep and
dog. Sing, "Old MacDonald Had a
Farm." Use the farm animal stick
puppets if you wish.
CALM: Explain to students that Old
MacDonald does tasks before his
day starts. Focus on brushing
teeth today. Model and encourage
participation.
CONNECT: Welcome Max and send
well wishes to absent friends.
BUILD COMMUNITY: Pass around
the safe keeper box and discuss
our safe community.
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
- Song: BINGO
- Finger Play: Baa, Baa Black
Sheep
- Instrument: Rhythm Sticks
- Movement Song: Mary had a little
lamb
- Song: Old McDonald
- Finger Play: Little boy blue
- Instrument: Sand Blocks
- Movement Song: 5 Farm Dogs
- Song: If you’re a sheep
- Finger Play: My dog rags
- Instrument: Drums
- Movement Song: bean bag game
dance.
Spanish
9:00-9:30
Miss Andrea's lesson Miss Andrea's lesson Miss Andrea's lesson
American Sign Language (ASL): farm, farmer, sheep, lamb, wool, dog, puppy
Monday
Toddler Club Program
Date: June 25- June 29
Objective: Students will complete their study of farm animals. The focus this week will be about
sheeps and dogs.
Spanish Vocabulary: granja, granjero, oveja, cordero, lana, perro,
perritoEnglish Vocabulary: farm, farmer, sheep, lamb, wool, dog, puppy
Parents as Partners: # 44
Lesson Plans Theme: Theme 11 Week 4 Sheep and Dog
Friday
LESSON
COMPONENTSThursdayTuesday Wednesday
- Song: Farmer in the dell
- Finger Play: Old McDonald
- Instrument: Bells
- Movement Song: Ribbon dance
- Song: If you’re a sheep
- Finger Play: My dog rags
- Instrument: Drums
- Movement Song: bean bag game
dance.
Music and
Movement
8:30-9:00
- Song: BINGO
- Finger Play: Baa, Baa Black
Sheep
- Instrument: Rhythm Sticks
- Movement Song: Mary had a little
lamb
- Song: Old McDonald
- Finger Play: Little boy blue
- Instrument: Sand Blocks
- Movement Song: 5 Farm Dogs
- Song: If you’re a sheep
- Finger Play: My dog rags
- Instrument: Drums
- Movement Song: bean bag game
dance.
Monday Friday
(B.3.a) Shows ability to cope with
stress.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of
self.
(A.3.a) Uses hands or feet to touch
objects or people.
Learning Goals
(B.3.a) Shows ability to cope with
stress.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of
self.
(D.1.h) Matches items that go
together.
(B.3.a) Shows ability to cope with
stress.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of
self.
(A.2.c) Moves body to achieve a
goal.
(B.3.a) Shows ability to cope with
stress.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of
self.
(D.4.a) Uses objects in new ways or
in pretend play.
(B.3.a) Shows ability to cope with
stress.
(B.4.b) Responds to and interacts
with others.
(B.2.e) Begins to develop and
demonstrate a positive sense of
self.
(C.1.c) Increasingly understands
non-verbal messages and makes
non-verbal requests.
Language
Development
Todd C: 3:00-
3:30
Todd A/B: 4:00-
4:30
Social
Emotional
Development
Todd C: 4:00-
4:30
Todd A/B: 3:00-
3:30
Assist students in matching the
mommy and baby animals. Discuss
the adult names and baby names
of all the animals. Teach the ASL
for dog, sheep, puppy, and lamb.
Cognitive
Development
Todd C: 3:00-
3:30 Todd A/B:
4:00-4:30
Discuss the photo activity cards #
12 (pets) and # 63 (lamb; sheep)
Teach the ASL for dog and sheep.
Use the back of the card for
discussion suggestions.
Play a version of Simon Says but
say "The farmer says…" Use
simple commands such as touch
your nose and lay on your tummy.
Present the photo activity cards of
the pets, goats, pig, and lamb.
Discuss the similarities and
differences, as well as the various
animal sounds.
Model the song, "If You're a
Sheep." Encourage students to
participate and sing with you.
Discuss the sound that sheep and
dogs make.
Read the book, Grandpa's Farm.
Teach the ASL for sheep, as well
as reviewing all the other farm
ASL previously learned. Stop
throughout the story to ask
questions and discuss.
Using an empty buckets and a
beanbag, encourage students to
place the beanbag into the bucket.
Practice patience and turn taking.
Using the CD, teach students the
actions for the song, " My Dog
Rags." Discuss that farm dogs are
great workers because they obey.
Discuss who has dogs and home
and if they want one if they don’t
have one.
Read the story folder, "Old
MacDonald." Review the ASL for
farmer and focus on discussing
that women can be farmers too.
Use Francis Farmer as a visual
throughout the story.
Physical
Development
4:30-5:00
Using an empty buckets and a
beanbag, encourage students to
place the beanbag into the bucket.
Practice patience and turn taking.
Teach the ASL sign for wool.
Provide students a blanket to feel
when discussing wool items.
Use the whole photo of the sheep
in the farm animal puzzle and hide
it somewhere in the room.
Encourage students to pretend
they are sheep dogs looking for
the sheep.
Play a version of Simon Says but
say "The farmer says…" Use
simple commands such as touch
your nose and lay on your tummy.
Using a dog puppet to stimulate
interest, recite the Max listening
story on page 47. Encourage them
to act out the motions as written.
Sing together the nursery rhyme,
"Little Boy Blue." Discuss the
various jobs that the character
have in tending to the sheep.
Assist in assembling the sheep
and dog farm animal puzzles.
Discuss the various roles that they
play on a farm.
Teach students the poem, "Five
Farm Dogs." Model using your
fingers how to act it out. Review
the role that dogs have on a farm.
Using a dog puppet to stimulate
interest, recite the Max listening
story on page 47. Encourage them
to act out the motions as written.
Work together with students to
match the dog and bones. Review
colors and shapes and practice
counting skills as well.
Read the book, Grandpa's Farm.
Teach the ASL for sheep, as well
as reviewing all the other farm ASL
previously learned. Stop
throughout the story to ask
questions and discuss.