Weekly Teaching Plans
JANUARY
4-(Lisa) Letter A, #1 Johnny Apple Seed. Planting seeds. Making a difference.
6-(Lisa) Letter B, #2 National Bird Day Jan.5
11-(Renee) Letter C, #3 Caterpillars and Butterflies, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Cookie Cut-outs, Change
13-(Renee) Letter D, #4 Ducks: The Ugly Duckling (Change again), 5 little ducks song and skit, DANCING styles, Donuts!
18-(Lauren) Letter E, #5 Martin Luther King Jr.'s Day
Background: Who was he? What did he do? Why is this so important?
Read, "My Dream of Martin Luther King"
Hands-on demonstration/discussion of equality and fairness used with a snack.
Letter "E" for equality
Craft: We're all Gods children (cut and paste pictures) while discussing how everyone's the same in some
ways, different in others, but we're all equal and loved by our Heavenly Father
Listen to and sing primary song, "I'll walk with you"
Color picture of Martin Luther King Jr. and tell what you're dream for the future is
20-(Lauren) Letter F, #6 "It's a Small World After All"
Learning about the world around us and where we live (earth, America, Utah, Layton).
Read book, "It's a Small World After All" and dance and sing to song afterwards.
Discuss what children in other cultures and parts of the world are like. How they are similar and different
(language, clothes, food, homes, games and sports, transportation, pets, jobs)
Letter F: If possible have your girls bring somthing "From" a different country for show and tell.
Activities: Learn song to count to 10 in Spanish, eat Hungarian palacintas, pass around dolls/clothing from
around the world, dance to music of different countries, make Native American "talking sticks," play "Ring
Around the Rosies" and "London Bridge is Falling Down."
25-(Lynette) Letter G, #7,
27-(Lynette) Letter H, #8,
FEBRUARY
1- (Katryna) Letter I, #9, Body Parts
3- (Katryna) Letter J, #10, Healthy Living
8-(Lisa) Letter K, #11 National Kite flying day. Learn about kites, wind, and flying.
10-(Lisa) Letter L, #12 Late Chinese New Year! If you have one bring an empty dozen egg carton.
15-(Katryna) Letter M, #13, Valentine's party. Bring valentines for the other kids and a container for valentines. We will still be having normal preschool activities as well, so bring show and tell item, mats, etc.
17-(Lisa) Letter N, #14, Lesson on aviation, field trip to HAFB museum. Any volunteers to help with field trip are appreciated.
22-(Lauren) Letter O, #15 President's Day Lesson
Intro to Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Art project on Washington and Lincoln
Letter "O" for Obama
Snack: Build and eat Lincoln's log house
Honesty Discussion: Why Lincoln's nickname was "Honest Abe" and story of Washington and cherry tree
Song on presidents
24-(Lauren) Letter P, #16 Money (specifically coins)
Names of coins, how much they're worth, which coins Lincoln and Washington are on.
"P" for Penny
Learn to use the word "cent(s)".
Several fun songs to help learn these facts while they physically handle coins to learn different characteristics.
Coin rubbings
Tithing/Snack mini-lesson (with money and snack)
Digging for coins then sorting/categorizing
"The Coin Counting Book" (girls will each put out which coin the book calls for)
Extra Time:
Musical coins: When music stops, find one of the coins on the floor, I call out for, and stand on it.
Game: "Penny, penny, Whose Got the Penny?"
Test each other
MARCH
1-(Katryna) Letter Q, #17, Sun/Moon/Stars
3-(Katryna) Letter R, #18, Planets
8-(Lynette) Letter S, #19
10-(Lynette) Letter T, #20
15-(Lisa) Letter U, #21
17-(Lisa) Letter V, #22
22-(Katryna) Letter W, #23 Butterflies
24-(Katryna) Letter X, #24 Rainbows
29-(Lauren) Letter Y, #25 Signs of Spring
Talk about the signs of spring, what happens, what changes, Read "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs," create our own weather forecasts, each girls gets to be the weather reporter and tell about hers, make a bug or flower snack, imitate sounds of a rainstorm, spring time books, dance to "It's Spring Again"
31-(Lauren) Letter Z, #26 April Fools Day Fun
If possible dress girls in some crazy/joking way (things on backwards, inside out, in the wrong places, non-matching clothes, shoes, socks, hair done funny, etc.) Read "Arthur's April Fool's Day," funny animal paste and drawings, make mystery pictures, talk about what's funny and what's hurtful, brainstorm funny tricks and jokes they can play tomorrow, silly/trick snack
APRIL
5-SPRING BREAK
7-SPRING BREAK
12-(Renee) "A".....A is for Aquarium and lots of number review games. Fish number rhyme, hopscotch with numbers, "Fishing" for numbers, and Aquarium/number craft. Character: Being Brave in new places ("Finding Nemo" clip when he goes into the aquarium/scripture/discussion).
14-(Renee) (April is National gardening month) "B"....B is for "BLOOM" and "BALLOON"! April Showers Bring May Flowers....and Gardens! Friendship Flower craft, How seeds grow. "I can plant a rainbow" book. Balloon shape practice, and games with balloons! Character: Faith
19-(Lynette)
21-(Lynette)
26-(Lisa)DINOSAURS!!!!! Get ready to go on an adventure through time!!!! We are going to learn about dinosaurs, make a volcano and watch it erupt, and will be making fossils!
28-(Lisa)April is National Frog month! We are going to have a great time learning about frogs and toads.
MAY
3-(Renee) The first week in May is "Pet Week"! Have your girls bring an animal to share for show and tell that they would like to have for a pet and why. We'll create pets with play dough, guess the animal doing charades, dance and act out actions to different animal sounds, and do some fun animal puzzles and coloring pages. I'll also teach about the different groups of animals for pets (mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians etc.)
5-(Renee) MOTHER'S DAY!! Have them each bring something that tells something about their mother (what she likes, doesn't like etc.) for show and tell. Mother's day crafts and stories. Making a special treat for mom. What the girls can do to help their moms.
10-(Lauren) Community Helper and Career Day (this week is National Nurse Day, National Police Week and National Transportation week so I thought I'd tie them all in).
For show and tell, have girls bring something to represent a worker in our community and/or possibly be able to "tell" what their dad does for work.
12-(Lauren)
17-(Katryna)Celebrating Being a Girl!! Painting our nails, dressing up, it's an all-girl day.
19-(Katryna)Baking Time :-) Bring your chef hat and apron, we are going to learn about what a recipe is, counting, and cooperation so we can bake a pie!
24-(Lynette)
26-(Lynette)
31-(Lisa)
JUNE
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