Water Play
Basic Outline:
9:00 Self-Directed Play Time and Clean up
9:10 Seat Work (writing name, worksheet)
9:20 Weather, Calendar, Counting, Letter and Number of the Day
9:25 Reading Time/Phonograms (letter sounds)
9:30 Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Movement—Rain is Falling
Instruments—White Choral Bells
Counting—Rain Rain Go Away (close eyes and count how many drops of rain fell)
ABC/Reading—Dance the Alphabet—(The Four Season’s Baby Einstien)
music appreciation/readiness—Pete Repeat
Choosing
10:00 Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather)
10:10 Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks)-Graham Crackers
10:20 Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Octopus Water coloring
10:45 Math/Science Skills-Water Cycle
10:55 Clean up and Goodbye Song
Basic Outline:
9:00 Self-Directed Play Time and Clean up
9:10 Seat Work (writing name, worksheet)
9:20 Weather, Calendar, Counting, Letter and Number of the Day
9:25 Reading Time/Phonograms (letter sounds)
9:30 Music Circle Time
Hello Song
Instruments- Drip Drop
Social—If all the raindrops were lemon drop and gumdrops
Counting-Blowing Bubbles-Under the Sea
Music Appreciation/Readiness—Blue Jello Rhythm
Small and Large Movement Skills-Insy Winsy Spider
ABC/Reading-Alphabet Rumba
Singing—Child Chooses Songs
10:00 Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather)
10:10 Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks)–Jello
10:20 Creating Project (arts and crafts)—Chalk Art
10:45 Math/Science Skills-Uno Attack
10:55 Clean up and Goodbye Song
Announcements: Our 4-5 year old class just had their last session with our Music Therapy Students Maddy and Jazmine. The kids just loved these two girls. We are happy to hear that Jazmine just got engaged to me married. On Thursday they did some of there favorite interventions from the semester and also composed a song. I’m going to work on putting the song on our blog so you can all hear their song writing.
Spring is a great time to talk about water because we typically get lots of rain. This week we will talk about water and rain and the importance it has on our lives. We also will talk about conserving water so we don’t waste when we brush our teeth and wash hands.
May 10th is coming up which is the Smithfield Health Day’s Parade. We will be riding in our little red truck and singing and throwing candy to parade goers. We did the parade last year and the kids had a great time. Have your children wear their yellow preschool t-shirt. We will meet at Sky View High at 9:45 and the parade will begin at 10:00am. Parents are welcome to walk on the side of the truck if you would like. I already have two parents who are willing to come with us so thank you! Let me know if you have any questions.
Home Challenge: By providing a variety of materials that children can explore like soil, sand, rocks and water this will help them understand their environment and be curious about the world we live in. When you take your children to the playground, a park or camping, encourage them to look at all the variety of material the earth is made of. You can also plan a trip to a museum like the USU Anthropology Museum which is open every Saturday for FREE or the Odgen Children’s Museum. Children need opportunities to explore their natural environment and so they can learn about the world we live in.