Tot School- November 2016 (3 Years Old)
Here are our Tot School plans for November! We will be out of town quite a bit this month, so while there are 5 weeks this month, I just made plans for 4 and I'm hoping we can even get those done!
Just a reminder that we're using these literacy and math curriculum bundles and will be following these directly, so I have not outlined any of the details in my plans, just noted which lesson we're doing or which concept we're focusing on.
Also, these plans are geared towards children ages 3-4. If you are interested in younger activities, you can check out this November post for around a year old, and this post for around age 2! I'm sure I'll be pulling old ideas from those posts for Fynn to join us some too!
Color: Brown
Color: Marron
Shape: Star
Forma: Estrella
Number: 3
Numero: 3
Letter: C, A, D
Letra: C, A, D
Verse: Psalm 107:1
Themes:
Wk 1: 5 Senses
Wk 2: My Body
Wk 3: Thanksgiving
Wk 4: Cooking
Bible Stories:
Wk 1: Joshua & the Wall
Wk 2: Samuel
Wk 3: David & Goliath
Wk 4: Catch up
Week 1:
Bible Story:
Catechism:
#27
Theme:
5 Senses
Letter:
C
Library Book List:
Tiger Math
Bar Graphs
My Five Senses
Sounds All Around
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses
The Listening Walk
The Five Senses
How Does the Ear Hear?
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell
Soft and Smooth, Rough and Bumpy
You Can’t Taste a Pickle With Your Ear
Music/Chants:
Songs/Chants from Phonological Awareness Preschool Pack
My senses are a part of me,
A nose to smell and eyes to see.
Ears to hear and hands to touch,
A tongue to taste good food and such.
My senses are a part of me,
Working all in harmony.
Fine Motor/Worksheets:
C Dot Art
Use dots or stickers to decorate printout
C Letter Recognition
Use dot marker to identify the letter C
5 Senses Matching Worksheet
5 Senses Coloring Page
Activities:
Scratch and Sniff Names
Write your child’s name in glue. Sprinkle flavored Jello powder on top of it. Observe it as the glue turns the powder wet and the color appears. When the glue dries, your child can smell their name, and even scratch it to bring the smell out more!
Water Xylophones
Fill up 4-5 glass bottles with water with varying amounts. Have your child tap each one with a spoon and hear the different sounds. Have fun making music!
5 Senses Popcorn
Have your child use their 5 senses to describe and fill out this book about popcorn!
Literacy:
Phonics Unit- Letter C
Oral Language Skill- Summarize spoken message
Phonological Awareness- Syllable segmentation
Math:
Graphing (unit 8 week 1)
Centers 8-1, 8-2
Week 2:
Bible Story:
Catechism:
#28
Theme:
My Body
Letter:
A
Library Book List:
Butterfly Colors & Counting
Ten Black Dots
Parts
The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body
Your Fantastic Elastic Brain
The Tooth Book
Germs Make Me Sick
The Skeleton Inside You
Inside, Your Outside
Music/Chants:
Songs/Chants from Phonological Awareness Preschool Pack
My hands are for clapping
My arms can hug tight
Or can turn on a light.
My legs are for jumping
My eyes help me see
This is my body,
And I love all of me!
Worksheets:
A Dot Art
Use dots or stickers to decorate printout
A letter recognition
Use dot marker to identify the letter A
Face worksheet
Activities:
Q-Tip X-Rays
Use black construction paper and trace your child’s hand with chalk. Have your child color in the hand and then glue Q-tip where the bones would be. Talk about the different bones that make up our body!
Body Tracing
Have your child lay down and trace their body. Talk about the different body parts, decorate and hang on the wall!
Literacy:
Phonics Unit- Letter A
Oral Language Skill- Respond to a Song
Phonological Awareness- Syllable segmentation
Math:
Counting 0-10 (unit 4 week 1)
Centers 4-1, 4-2
Week 3:
Bible Story:
Catechism:
#29
Theme:
Thanksgiving
Letter:
D
Library Book List:
Shape by Shape
Wild About Shapes
10 Fat Turkeys
I’m a Turkey
My First Thanksgiving
Over the River
Thank You Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving Beast Feast
Turkey Trouble
Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks
Fancy Nancy and the Thanksgiving Feast
Music/Chants
Songs/Chants from Phonological Awareness Preschool Pack
Gobbly, Wobbly Turkeys (tune: Ten Little Indians)
One little, two little, three little turkeys,
Gobbly, wobbly, bobbly turkeys,
It's Thanksgiving Day!
I Eat Turkey (tune: Frere Jacques)
I eat turkey, (point to self)
I eat turkey. (point to self again)
Yes, I do, (nod head)
Yes, I do (nod head
Turkey in my tummy. (rub tummy)
Yummy, yummy, yummy.
Good for me (point to self)
Good for you (point to others)
Fine Motor/Worksheets:
D Dot Art
Use dots or stickers to decorate printout
D letter recognition
Use dot marker to identify the letter D
Turkey coloring sheet
Activities:
Hand/Foot Turkey
Stamp child’s hands in red and orange paint and then onto paper’s center in a fan shape. These are the turkey’s feathers. Stamp child’s foot in brown paint. This is the body of the turkey. Draw eyes, beak, and face on turkey as desired. Source
Corn Painting
Use a corn cob as a paint roller to create paintings. Source
Turkey felt play
Create a large felt turkey with removable face
Turkey Hunt
Hide pictures of attached turkeys around the room and have child find the turkeys and bring them back to you. Source
Thanksgiving Sensory Bin
Fill with popcorn kernels, mini gourds, fake leaves, feathers, scoops
Literacy:
Phonics Unit- Letter D
Oral Language Skill- Share experiences
Phonological Awareness- Word and syllable counting
Math:
Shapes (unit 1 week 2)
Centers 1-3, 1-4
Week 4:
Bible Story:
Catch Up
Catechism:
Review
Theme:
Cooking
Letter:
Review
Library Book List:
Hippos Go Berserk
Hop Jump
Rah, Rah, Radishes
Go, Go, Grapes
Are You What You Eat
The Fruits We Eat
The Vegetables We Eat
What’s So Yummy
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Junk Food
How Did That Get in My Lunchbox
Eating the Alphabet
Good Enough to Eat
Duck Soup
Peeny Butter Fudge
The King’s Taste
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels
The Donut Chef
Dancin’ in the Kitchen
Curious George Makes Pancakes
Fancy Nancy and the Delectable Cupcakes
Music/Chants:
Songs/Chants from Phonological Awareness Preschool Pack
Fine Motor/Worksheets:
3 Dot Art
Use dots or stickers to decorate printout
Star coloring sheet
Decorate with torn up brown paper
Cooking coloring page
Activities:
Add food coloring to bowls of sweetened condensed milk and allow child to paint on the bread. Once finished, toast the bread, and eat your creation!
Chef Hats
Cut a strip of cardstock paper to fit around your child’s head. Staple it together and add tissue paper to the top to create a chef’s hat!
Cafe Pretend Play
Act out a restaurant or grocery store scene with your child!
Literacy:
Phonics Unit- Review
Oral Language Skill- Role play
Phonological Awareness- Develop listening habits
Math:
Patterning (unit 4 week 2)
Centers 4-3, 4-4