Circle Time:
- Sing “The Wheels on the Bus”
- Practice counting backward from 10 as a group
- Play a game of “Simon Says”
Language Arts:
- Read “Caps for Sale” by Esphyr Slobodkina
- Discuss the story and the importance of listening and following directions
- Practice identifying and writing the letter “Y”
Math:
- Introduce the concept of time and the different ways we measure time (e.g. seconds, minutes, hours, days)
- Use a clock or timer to practice telling time to the hour and half-hour
- Play a game of “Time Bingo” to reinforce time-telling skills
Social Studies:
- Discuss the concept of community and the different types of communities (e.g. rural, urban, suburban)
- Use pictures or videos to learn about different communities and their features (e.g. farms, skyscrapers, neighborhoods)
- Encourage children to share their own experiences living in their communities
Science:
- Introduce the concept of living things and non-living things
- Use pictures or objects to practice identifying which things are living and which are non-living
- Discuss the characteristics of living things (e.g. they grow, they need food and water to survive)
Art:
- Use a variety of materials (e.g. paint, markers, crayons) to create a picture of a favorite community feature (e.g. a park, a building, a tree)
- Encourage children to use their creativity and imagination to make their pictures unique and colorful
- Display the community feature pictures in the classroom for the week