Month 6 Activities (vol.1)
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- Activity Title
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Topic or Theme
Identifying letters in a child's name and listen to ABC (The Alphabet Song)
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First Name
Brief description of activity or summary of tasks and/or materials used.
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- Name Activity
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First Name
Listen to song "What's Your Name" and finding sock letters
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First Name
Listen to song "What's Your Name" and finding sock letters
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- Shapes
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Review
A shape scavenger hunt
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Review
A shape scavenger hunt
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- Shapes
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Review
Drawing and erasing shapes
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Review
Drawing and erasing shapes
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- Letters
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G and Y
Developing finger dexterity while practicing sound/letter recognition
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G and Y
Developing finger dexterity while practicing sound/letter recognition
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- Letters
- 5
G and Y
Play a Letter Memory Game, Find "G" and "Y" animal pictures, View a glow worm and a chicken with long feathers
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G and Y
Play a Letter Memory Game, Find "G" and "Y" animal pictures, View a glow worm and a chicken with long feathers
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- Numbers
- 6
Introducing #5
Pattern making using shoes
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Introducing #5
Pattern making using shoes
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- Numbers
- 7
Reviewing #5
Reading "Sheep In A Shop", connecting dots and counting to 5
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Reviewing #5
Reading "Sheep In A Shop", connecting dots and counting to 5
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- Colors
- 8
Green
Reading "I Don't Want To Be A Frog" and using green napkins
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Green
Reading "I Don't Want To Be A Frog" and using green napkins
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- Colors
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Green
Finding things that are green
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Green
Finding things that are green
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- Senses
- 10
Review
Finding faces
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Review
Finding faces
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- Senses
- 11
Review
Matching child's senses with a life situation
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Review
Matching child's senses with a life situation
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- Character Traits
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Confidence
Building confidence in a child
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Confidence
Building confidence in a child
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- Character Traits
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Confidence
Building confidence - special talents
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Confidence
Building confidence - special talents
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- Target Words
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Stop, Go, Slow, More
Learn finger play "Red Says Stop" to recite in the car
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Stop, Go, Slow, More
Learn finger play "Red Says Stop" to recite in the car
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- Target Words
- 15
Stop, Go, Slow, More
More "snack" please?
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Stop, Go, Slow, More
More "snack" please?
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- Cooking
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Making Popcorn
Read "Popcorn" and enjoy a popcorn snack
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Making Popcorn
Read "Popcorn" and enjoy a popcorn snack
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- Cooking
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Green Sandwich
Making a zucchini sandwich
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Green Sandwich
Making a zucchini sandwich
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- Art
- 18
Hand Tracing
Listen to "I Believe in You", practice tracing and counting fingers
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Hand Tracing
Listen to "I Believe in You", practice tracing and counting fingers
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- Art
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Cutting & Pasting
Listen to "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" and design a container with letters - G & Y
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Cutting & Pasting
Listen to "She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain" and design a container with letters - G & Y
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- Physical Activity
- 20
Ball Bouncing (Gross Motor)
Ball bouncing with verbal skills
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Ball Bouncing (Gross Motor)
Ball bouncing with verbal skills
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- Physical Activity
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Drawing (Fine Motor)
Drawing and describing a picture
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Drawing (Fine Motor)
Drawing and describing a picture
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- Nature/Science
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Outside Day
Enjoying and using the outdoors
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Outside Day
Enjoying and using the outdoors
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- Nature/Science
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Making Bubbles
Bubble observations
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Making Bubbles
Bubble observations
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- Lifeskills
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Dressing
Teaching a child how to get dressed
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Dressing
Teaching a child how to get dressed
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- Lifeskills
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Dressing
Clothes Hunt Game
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Dressing
Clothes Hunt Game
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- Surprise
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Fingerplay "Five Little Ducks"
Act out Five Little Ducks
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Fingerplay "Five Little Ducks"
Act out Five Little Ducks
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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)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog"
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn"
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
"Sheep in A Shop". VIDEO
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog". VIDEO
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn". VIDEO
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 Barbershop Quartets (Activity 19)
"What’s Your Name"
by Mike Soloway Album Hungry for Manners (Childrens) (Activity 1)
"What's Your Name" VIDEO
by Mike Soloway (Activity 1)
"She'' Be Comin Round the Mountain" VIDEO
by Learning Station (Activity 19)
"I Believe In You" VIDEO
by Divo and Celine Dion (Activity 18)
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 one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Sad Mother Duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad Mother Duck said
"QUACK QUACK QUACK."
And all of the five little ducks came back.