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Read The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone. This suspenseful book gets the children laughing as each turn of the page brings them closer and closer to the monster.
Read The Monster at the End of This Book byJon Stone. This suspenseful book gets the children laughing as each turn of the page brings them closer and closer to the monster.
Tune: “Yankee Doodle”I'm so glad I came to schoolTo play with all my friendsTo laugh and play And learn all dayThe fun will never endSchool is where my teachers areThey teach me how to shareTo
Give the children baby dolls, strollers and diaper bags with accessories. Encourage them to play together. Facilitate the children's play by taking an active role in the play scenario.
Invite the children to take turns being the teacher while discussing calendar activities such as the day of the week or the weather today. This could be done in large group.
Invite the children to take turns during large group to be the teacher while discussing calendar activities such as special activities or the weather today.
When infants whine, it is often because they don't have the language to talk about what is wrong. Try to do the talking for the infant. Say, "You are getting very hungry. Let's fix your lunch.
Have the children help you pour colored water into a variety of containers such as orange juice cans, yogurt containers and empty milk cartons. Talk about what will happen once placed in the freezer.
Freeze different color ice cubes. Choose primary colors that will turn into a secondary color if mixed. Read Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh.
Create an alphabet matching game with tops and bottoms to ice cream cones. Cut pastel colored circles for the ice cream and brown triangle shapes for cones. Write lowercase letters on the ice cream and uppercase on the cones.
Place a muffin tin and an ice cream scoop in the art center. Have the children place one scoop of play dough in each muffin tin.
Place two ice cubes on a tray or in separate bowls. Pour salt over one ice cube and observe the melting process. Ask “Which ice cube melts faster?” Have the children share why they believe the salted ice cube melts faster.
Encourage the children in the sensory center to use medicine droppers, spoons, plastic tweezers and small squeeze bottles filled with salt water to melt an ice tower.
Establish a naptime ritual with older infants by reading a book routinely before going down for nap. An example of a book is If Animals Kissed Good Night by Ann Whitford Paul.
Place a set of animal cards face down. Have the children take turns selecting a card and thinking about if they were that animal. For example: “If I were a bird, I would fly everywhere. I would build a nest.
Provide different tools that builders use such as a level, a wrench, a chisel or a tape measure. Have the children talk about what they think each tool is used for and how. This can be done in small group.
Use a simple song to get the children's attention throughout the day. Sing to the tune of “London Bridge”:If you can hear me, raise your hand,raise your hand, raise your hand.
Read one of Laura Numeroff's books such as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Help the children create their own versions using a similar formula. “If you give Stacey a bowl of ice cream, she'll want sprinkles to go with it.
Teach the children the song “If You're Happy And You Know It” and substitute other feelings such as angry (stomp your feet), sleepy (yawn), sick (cough).
Change the words to the familiar song and sing about other feelings and actions.If you're mad and you know it,Stomp your foot.If you're mad and you know it,Stomp your foot.
