Western Roundup

Theme: Western Roundup
Sounds: ow Numbers 80-90
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-Jimmy Crack Corn-use sticks on every “crack” in the song
Social—Horsey Horsey—teach partners the horsey trot dance
Counting—Bubble gum-with money
Music readiness/rhythm—Snake-mixed up and fix up
Small and Large Movement Skills—Match your feet to the beat—galloping like a horse
Cognitive (colors, shapes, letters)—Home on the Range w/ Microphone
Singing—Child Chooses Songs

10:00 Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather)
10:10 Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks) Flapjacks–Fastest Drawer in the West
10:20 Creating Project (arts and crafts) Footprint horse
10:45 Math/Science Skills –Number puzzle game
10:55 Clean up and Goodbye Song

Wednesday and Thursday
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
Hello Song
Instruments—Coyote Pow Wow/drums, shakers, recorder
Social-Tell some Navajo legends to music
Counting-10 little Indians (Count forward and backwards)
Music readiness/rhythm-Echo Dog-(repeat my pattern)
Small and Large Movement Skills—Circle to the left-old brass wagon
Cognitive (colors, shapes, letters)—Rainbow Song
Singing—Child Chooses Songs–

10:00 Outside Play (Dress appropriately for weather) Cowboy beanbag toss
10:10 Snacktime/Storytime (story read by teacher while eating snacks) Indian Fry Bread
10:15—Earth Quake Drill
10:20 Creating Project (arts and crafts) Playdough/Footprint Horse
10:45 Math/Science Skills –Counting by 10’s with the abacus
10:55 Clean up and Goodbye Song
Announcements: The 4-5 year old group was invited by a parent to have an additional field trip this week. See e-mail for details.
Home Challenge: Next week we are participating in a state wide earthquake drill. I would like to encourage you to talk to your families about what you will do in the case of an earthquake. It would be a fun family activity to practice what you would do at home. Here is a website to check out for more information. http://www.shakeout.org/utah/ Do you have extra food and water to live off for a few days. It would also be good to talk about your fire escape plan. This statewide earthquake awareness is something you can also do with your family at home or at work. We all must get better prepared for major earthquakes, and practice how to protect ourselves when they happen. The purpose of the ShakeOut is to help people and organizations do both. The following video has been created to show what may happen in a Wasatch fault earthquake, and what Utahns can do to reduce losses.

Earthquake Video