Program
Sample Daily Agenda
This week’s focus: Owls -- Nightime Hunters Letter: R is for Raptor |
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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
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10:05 |
Clean up
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10:10 | Morning Meeting | ||
Movement: |
Guess the theme from hints: I am thinking of….
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Kids become owls: |
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Calendar and weather
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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.
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Transition to outside
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10:30 - 11:15 |
Outside
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11:15 |
Inside and wash up
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11:20 |
Lunch
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12:10 |
Group Story time
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Yoga Games
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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.
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Nonfiction Story |
Owls
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Transition |
fly and hoot like and owl
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12:30 | Outside/pick up |
Field Trips or in-services
These happen about one time per month and have included:
- Homestead Gardens Christmas-trains and llamas
- Horse farm and pony rides
- The Cape Beach picnic and fishing
- Owls in-service Carrie Murray Nature Center
- Cape St Claire Fire Department in-service
- Graul's Grocery store behind the scenes tour
- Broadneck park and nature trail
- Best Beginning stream hike
- Best Beginning woods hike and playground picnic
- Nature Walks
- Guiding Eyes in-service on guide dogs for the blind