Date: March 12-16
Activities/Subjects
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Large group Time Welcome song
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Ants go marching Song
Insect object:
Pictures of Insects Welcome song
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Itsy bitsy spider Song
Reread books from previous day Welcome song
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The little caterpillar song
Reread books from previous day plus insect object :2 Figurine or stuffed animal. Welcome song
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Lady bug song
Reread books from previous day Welcome song
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baby bumblebee song
Review of books
Poem/Storybook/song time Ants in your pants: a lift the flap counting book by: Sue Heap The Very Quiet Cricket: by Eric carle The very hungry caterpillar
By Eric carle The Grouch lady bug by Eric carle I Love bugs
By Philemon sturges
Small group: Art Egg carton spider Butterfly footprint Rock caterpillar Paper plate lady bug Make a bumblebee
Centers Puzzles
Blocks
Play dough
Kitchen
Sand table Water table
Books
Puzzles
Art Area Art Area
Blocks
Play dough
House area Books
Puzzles
Lego's Books
Puzzles
Blocks
Art area
Science/
Math Ant farm:
Let kids observe ants busy at work on ant farm, count as many ants as they can and guess what the ants are making Cricket Noise: bring crickets in a container in classroom and let children observe. Bee Hive: talk about what bees do and what it takes to make a hive show pictures of hives Buggy aquarium What Attracts Ants: Let Children make guesses of what food ants like, then sit food out and see what happens.
Music and movement Wasps on the Wall song and the itsy bitsy spider song with actions Flutter,flutter butterfly and role-poly caterpillar finger play Five little