Things that Grow - May 22-27

This will be the last week of our Things that Grow Unit. During this unit children will explore how living things grow, using observations, experiments, and books. Through story time readings, children hear about ducks who find a special home, a new baby on a farm, a boy who grows from babyhood to school age, and a girl who discovers the joys of growing vegetables. Children continue to learn about letters, sounds, and rhyming words and participate in many mathematics, science, music poetry and art activities.
The theme concepts include:
- Living things grow and have life cycles
- Living things reproduce and the offspring are the same kind of plant or animal as the parents.
- Living things need food, water and proper living conditions to survive.
- Immature living things need special care.
- Living things interact and among animals there are predators and prey.
Books this week:
I Heard Said the bird, By Polly Berrien Berends
Bigger, By Daniel Kirk

On the Farm, By Julie Lacome
Small Groups:
Language - Students will talk about the who and what you see at a Farm. They will put together a book and identify the things that do not belong on a farm.
Literacy - Students will put together their Alphabet book and make a cover page for it.

Math - Students will trace their bodies on paper, measure themselves with carboard blocks and decorate them.
Choice Time:
-Sensory Table- Bird seed, plastic eggs and pretend birds

-Easel - Animal paintings

-Blue table - Caterpillar and bug creation blocks
**Art table - This week we will learn about the letter "Z". Students will glue zebra pictures and decorate the letter "Z" with stripes. We will save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "Z." Send it in this week for show and tell!
-Rug - Alphabet floor puzzle
- Yellow table - Students will observe worms in their habitat witha magnifying glass.
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
Old McDonald had a Farm

Alphabet Action song

Rhythm sticks
Bean bag songs
Down by the Bay
The Green Grass Grows

Things that Grow - May 16-20

This week we will continue the OWL unit called Things that Grow. During this unit children will explore how living things grow, using observations, experiments, and books. Through story time readings, children hear about ducks who find a special home, a new baby on a farm, a boy who grows from babyhood to school age, and a girl who discovers the joys of growing vegetables. Children continue to learn about letters, sounds, and rhyming words and participate in many mathematics, science, music poetry and art activities.
The theme concepts include:
- Living things grow and have life cycles
- Living things reproduce and the offspring are the same kind of plant or animal as the parents.
- Living things need food, water and proper living conditions to survive.
- Immature living things need special care.
- Living things interact and among animals there are predators and prey.
Books this week:

Planting a Rainbow by Louis Elhert

I Heard Said the bird, By Polly Berrien Berends
Make way for Ducklings, By Robert McClosky
Small Groups:
Language and Literacy - Students will oserve the growth of their bean planted last week. They will record the progress in observation booklets.
Science - Students will use clay and scraps from outside to make small bird nests.
Fine motor group - Students will develop fine motor skills and observe their own progress as they create self portraits and practice writing their first names.
Choice Time:
-Sensory Table- Soil and pretend bugs
-Easel - Flower painting

-Creation table- Students will use pine cones and bird seed to make bird feeders to hang outside. **Art table - This week we will learn about the letter "Y". Students glue yearn scraps to decorate the letter "Y." We will save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "Y." Send it in this week for show and tell!
-Rug - Large colored building blocks
- Yellow table - Students will observe worms in their habitat
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
5 Little Ducks Went out To Play
Alphabet Action song

Rhythm sticks

Bean bag songs
Down by the Bay
The Green Grass Grows

Things that Grow - May 9-13

This week we will begin a new OWL unit called Things that Grow. During this unit children will explore how living things grow, using observations, experiments, and books. Through story time readings, children hear about ducks who find a special home, a new baby on a farm, a boy who grows from babyhood to school age, and a girl who discovers the joys of growing vegetables. Children continue to learn about letters, sounds, and rhyming words and participate in many mathematics, science, music poetry and art activities.
The theme concepts include:
- Living things grow and have life cycles
- Living things reproduce and the offspring are the same kind of plant or animal as the parents.
- Living things need food, water and proper living conditions to survive.
- Immature living things need special care.
- Living things interact and among animals there are predators and prey.
Books this week:

Make way for Ducklings, By Robert McClosky
Growing Vegetable Soup, By Louis Elhert
The Ugly Vegetables, By grace Lin
Small Groups:
Science - Students will place beans in a plastic bag and paper towel to see them grow in the sun. They will record the progress in observation booklets.
Language and Literacy- Students will talk about different kinds of vegetables as they play Vegetable Bingo.
Math - Students will develop counting skills as they sing 5 Little Ducks and make a song board to accompany it.
**Special Activity - On Thursday the class will make vegetable soup together! Please refer to the notice in your child's backpack regarding the ingredient they can bring to contribute to the soup!
Choice Time:
-Sensory Table- Soil, rakes, shovels and different sized containers
- Dramatic Play - Students will pretend to make their own vegetable soup
-Easel - Vegetable picture painting
Creation table- Students will use pine cones and bird seed to make bird feeders to hang outside.

**Art table - This week we will learn about the letter "X". Students will use xylophone cutouts to decorate the letter "X." We will save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "X." Send it in this week for show and tell!
-Rug - Farms and farm animals
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
5 Little Ducks Went out To Play

Buttercups and daisies poem
Down by the Bay
Color Song
The Green Grass Grows
Clap Your Hands
Old McDonald

Things that Grow

This week we will begin a new OWL unit called Things that Grow. During this unit children will explore how living things grow, using observations, experiments, and books. Through story time readings, children hear about ducks who find a special home, a new baby on a farm, a boy who grows from babyhood to school age, and a girl who discovers the joys of growing vegetables. Children continue to learn about letters, sounds, and rhyming words and participate in many mathematics, science, music poetry and art activities.

The theme concepts include:

- Living things grow and have life cycles

- Living things reproduce and the offspring are the same kind of plant or animal as the parents.

- Living things need food, water and proper living conditions to survive.

- Immature living things need special care.

- Living things interact and among animals there are predators and prey.
Books this week:
Growing Vegetable Soup, By Louis Elhert

The Ugly Vegetables, By grace Lin
Small Groups:
Science - Students will plant their own Marigold flowers. They will use soil, seeds, water and then place the plant in front of the sunny window.
Language and Literacy- Students will talk about different kinds of vegetables. They will measure the weight of them using a bathroom scale, a balance scale, and their own arms as a scale.

Math - Students will develop one to one correspondence skills as create a floral picture with flowers of different heights.

Art - Students will create a vegetable soup picture

Special Activity - Students will create a special gift for Mother's Day!
Choice Time:
-Sensory Table- Soil, rakes, shovels and different sized containers

- Dramatic Play - Students will pretend to make their own vegetable soup

-Easel - Green paintings
Creation table- Students will use different vegetables to paint vegetable prints
**Art table - This week we will learn about the letter "W". Students will use whale cutouts to decorate the letter "W." We will save the picture to create an alphabet book.** Please look around your house with your child to find something that starts with the letter "W." Send it in this week for show and tell!
-Rug - Farms and farm animals
Songs, Word Play, and Letters
Buttercups and daisies poem

Down by the Bay

Color Song

The Green Grass Grows

Clap Your Hands

Old McDonald