Joyfulness
Listen to song " Joyfulness", finding joyful faces and using scissors
Instructions
- Listen to the song "Joyfulness" by Nabil David Huening or watch video here
- Play song Joyfulness while doing the following activity
- Write the word Joyfulness at the top of a blue piece of paper. Make sure the child watches you as you write.
- Gather magazines and let the child cut out 2 smiling (happy) faces
- Glue faces on the blue piece of paper
- If cutting is too hard, can tear out the faces
- Place finished paper in a prominent spot in the home (refrigerator, child’s door, etc.)
Simplify
As mentioned in directions, let child tear out the pictures if using scissors becomes an issue.
Extend
Cut out as many happy faces as there are people in the family. This encourages a child to think of how numbers relate to objects.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Would you share some songs that make you feel joyful?
Why do people smile?
Materials
- Song "Joyfulness" by Nabil David Huening or watch video here
- blue paper
- magazines
- scissors
- glue or glue sticks
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Circle
- Color - Blue
- Number - Two, 2
- Alphabet Letters - B, F
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Joyfulness
- Target Words - Big, Bigger, Happy, Small
Monthly Proverb
Unknown “Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day."
Did You Know?
“A 3-year-old toddler's brain is twice as active as an adult's brain.”- Sean Brotherson, NDSU
Books to Read
"Color Dance"
by Ann Jonas (Activity 8)
"The Grouchy Ladybug"
Eric Carle (Activity 12)
"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom"
by Bill Martin and John Archambault (Activity 4)
"Color Dance" VIDEO
by Ann Jonas (Activity 8)
"Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" VIDEO
by Bill Martin and John Archambault (Activity 4)
"The Grouchy Ladybug" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 12)
Music Playlist
"Jump Up It’s A Good Day"
by Brady Rymer Album Here Comes Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could (Children) (Activity 10)
"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes "
by Countdown Kids Album 100 Silly Songs (Children) (Activity 24)
"Joyfulness"
by Nabil David Huening Album Children’s Virtues Songs (Children) (Activity 13)
"If You’re Happy and You Know It "
by Dora the Explorer Album Party Favorites (Activity 26)
"Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" VIDEO
by Super Simple Songs (Activity 24)
"If You're Happy and You Know It" VIDEO
by Super Simple Songs (Activity 26)
"Joyfulness" VIDEO
by Nabil David Huening (Activity 13)
"Jump Up It's A Good Day" VIDEO
by Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could (Activity 10)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Touch Your Nose
(Activity 25 Month 2)
Touch your nose, touch your chin, That’s the way this game begins.
Touch your eyes, Touch your knees; Now pretend you’re going to sneeze.
Touch your hair, Touch one ear; Touch your two red lips right here.
Touch your elbows where they bend,
That’s the way this touch game ends.