Threes & Fours Program

Sample 3’s and 4’s Daily Agenda

This week’s focus: Owls -- Nightime Hunters
Letter: R is for Raptor
8:45 arrival & centers
  Art: Make your own owl puppet, ice and glitter hanging decoration for an outdoor tree, easel painting
Math:

Measure the carrot sprouts, patterning with owl stamps
Sensory:

rice and confetti and measuring, playdough
Letter work:

build an r with blocks
Light table:

Coloring different types of owls, Find and circle all the owls in their homes in the US. Talk about the diff places owls live, where would you want to live if you were an owl?
Snack

popcorn, apple and cheese
Read: Owl Moon
10:05 clean up
10:10 Morning Meeting
  Movement: Guess the theme from hints: I am thinking of….
Kids become owls:
  • 5 little owls on a moonlit night 5 little owls are quite a sight.
  • 5 little owls Are you keeping score? One flew away! And then there were 4.
  • 4 little owls Happy as can be, One flew away! Then there were 3.
  • 3 little owls Calling "Whoo! Whoo!" One flew away! And that left two.
  • 2 little owls having lots of fun. One flew away! And that left 1.
  • 1 little owl We are almost done. He flew away! And that leaves none.

Calendar and weather
Owl Ears:

Practice locating sounds as a hunting owl would (kids have blindfolds on, I move around in the room and make a soft sound.

  • First, without moving their heads towards the sound, they point to where the sound came from
  • Second, they cup their hands behind their ears (owl ears) and move their heads toward the sound.
  • Discuss how owls have facial disks and the feathers funnel the sound into the ear openings.
Transition to outside
10:30 - 11:15 Outside
11:15 inside and wash up
11:20 Lunch
12:10 Group Story time
  Yoga Games Shanti means peace “Shanti, shanti in me and you. Peace, peace in all we do.” Pass a ball around the circle, tell something good about yourself (or like to do, favorite toy), pass the ball and repeat.
Balloon Game Send a balloon around the circle, everyone must hit it with a specific body part.
Nonfiction Story Owls
Transition fly and hoot like and owl
12:30 Outside/pick up

Field Trips or in-services

horse barn field trip

These happen about one time per month and have included:

owl in-service field trip