April 20, 2009

This Week's Projects...

Monday
7 Stickers
Fine Motor-Color the number 7. Stick 7 Stickers around the number 7
Math-Count the number of stickers each child stuck onto their paper

Tuesday
7 Easter Eggs
Fine Motor-Color the Easter Eggs
Math-Count the number of Easter eggs on the paper

Wednesday
Recycle Material
Language-Sing the recycle song with the children. What song has a similar turn? (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) Where do you think the recycle materials came from? How does recycling clean our earth?
Fine Motor-Glue the recycled material around the song. Let the children explore the different textures with their fingers
Library-"My Earth Day" by Mercer Mayer and "Earth Day-Horray!" by Stuart J. Murphy

Thursday
Earth Day Globe
Fine Motor-Color the earth blue and green. Have the children trace the round earth with their fingers.
Language-Read the definition of Earth Day to the children. You can discuss the importance of keeping the earth clean.
Drama/Role Play-Have the children clean up some papers around the home. They may want to pretend to be garbage men/women

Friday
Fruit Tree
Fine Motor-Have the children glue the apples and peaches on the tree. Color the tree
Language-Talk with the children about the importance of Arbor Day. Has anyone ever planted a tree? Do you have a favorite kind of tree? What grows on trees? Why do we need to take care of our trees?
Science-Take the children outside and measure the tree trunk. compare the different sizes of trees. Talk about the different color of trees.

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