Green
Finding things that are green
Instructions
- Keep a numbered list this month of items a child sees that are green. List should be posted on refrigerator or another spot that is easily seen and can be added to daily
- Try to write down something each day -
1. green car
2. green sweater
3. green food (celery) etc.
Extend
For greater observation skills, be more specific in how you detail what you see:
1. green Ford Explorer SUV
2. Dad's green button-down shirt
3. green dishtowel under sink
Materials
- paper
- pen
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Green
- Number - Five, 5
- Alphabet Letters - G, Y
- Senses - Review
- Character Trait - Confidence
- Target Words - Stop, Go, Slow, More
Monthly Proverb
Hasidic- The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others
Did You Know?
"Advances in cognitive science make it clear that very young children are capable of much more academically than was previously imagined." The Albert Shanker Institute
Books to Read
"Sheep In A Shop"
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7) (audiobook option)
"But Where Is The Green Parrot?"
by T. Zacharia (Activity 8)
"Popcorn"
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
Music Playlist
"I Believe in You"
by Divo and Celine Dion Album IL Divo/Ancora (Vocal Classical) (Activity 18)
"She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain"
by Gay Blazers Album The Treasury of Barbershop Quartets (Barbershop Quartet) (Activity 19)
"What’s Your Name"
by Mike Soloway Album Hungry for Manners (Childrens) (Activity 1)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Red says STOP
(Activity 14 Month 6)
Red says STOP
Green says GO
Yellow says WAIT
You better go SLOW
5 Little Ducks Went Out to Play
(Activity 26 Month 6)
Five little ducks went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came waddling back.
Four little ducks went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came waddling back.
Three little ducks went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came waddling back.
Two little ducks went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came waddling back.
One little duck went out to play
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack”
But no little ducks came waddling back.
Father Duck went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Father Duck said
"QUACK QUACK QUACK."
Five little ducks quickly waddled back.