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Crayon College Kingston Crayon College Kingston Infants Toddlers Week 1 Read “Dr. Seuss’ ABC”, Dr. Seuss: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish project, Sing the ABC’S Week 2 Read “My First Dinosaur”, Footprint dinosaurs, Sing Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 “10 Little Dinosaurs” Week 3 Make a shamrock, St. Patrick’s Day Sensory bag, 1 Fish 2 Fish Horton 1 fish 2 Fish Red Thing 1 Thing 2 Cat in the Hat Sing “I’m a Little Leprechaun” Sensory bag handprint Fish Blue Fish handprints painting (Sensory) Group Activity (Sensory) (Fine Motor) Week 4 Handprint flowers, Handprint ducks, Read “Max (Social) and Tiny..not so Tiny” 8 9 10 11 12 Week 5 Special Easter project, Read “Easter Bunny”, Sing Shamrock Shamrock Shamrock hats Color mixing St. Patrick’s “5 Little Bunnies” suncatchers color (Fine Motor) shamrock Day Sensory (Fine Motor) matching (Sensory) bins (Cognitive) March 2021 Themes: Dr. Seuss/ 15 16 17 18 19 Gold coin “Little Wear Green! Bingo Dabber Dino rescue counting Leprechaun” St. Patrick’s Day dino eggs (Find Motor) Dinosaurs/Spring/Easter (Math) Song Sensory Soup (Fine Motor) (Music) Happy Birthday to Sam! 3/6 22 23 24 25 26 Painting with Lego stamped Watercolor Dino footprint “We are the Happy Birthday to Edie! 3/11 dino tracks dinos dinosaurs jumping Dinosaurs” Happy Birthday to Samantha! 3/13 (Fine Motor) (Fine Motor) (Fine Motor) (Gross Motor) song Happy Birthday to Madilyn! 3/16 (Music) March 1-5 Dr.Seuss Week 29 30 31 April 1 April 2 Marble painted Some bunny Painting with Easter Sensory Egg coloring Monday 3/1- Wear a hat Tuesday 3/2- Wear fun socks peeps loves you Easter eggs bins (Sensory) Wednesday 3/3- Wear red and white (Gross Motor) footprint (Fine Motor) (Sensory) Thursday 3/4- Bring a book to share (Sensory) Friday 3/5-Wear a shirt you can read Wear green to school! 3/17 Mixed Preschool March 2021-Dr Seuss/Dinos/Spring/Easter Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 *Read “Green Eggs & Ham” *1 Fish 2 Fish Red Fish Blue *The Cat in the Hat book *Cat in the Hat paper plate *Truffula tree counting *Counting to 10 Fish book & project *Name hat *Build a hat with cups *Truffula tree color match (Math, Literacy) (Literacy, Cognitive) (Literacy, Cognitive) (Fine motor, Engineering) (Cognitive & Math) 8 9 10 11 12 *Dinosaur painting *Dinosaur handprint *Dinosaur footprints *Dinosaur pom pom *Shaving cream clouds *Dinosaur yoga *10 Little Dinosaurs song *Dinosaur marching matching *Flower hopscotch (Gross Motor, Fine Motor) (Music, Sensory) (Art & Music) *Dino bath (Sensory, Gross Motor) (Sensory, Cognitive) 15 16 17 WEAR GREEN 18 19 *Clover handprint *Leprechaun plate mask *Shamrock marble painting *Fork stamping tulips *Tissue paper spring tree *Counting clovers *Clover jumping *”I’m a Little Leprechaun” *Bop the bugs *Puddle jumping (Art, Math) (Fine Motor & Gross Motor) (Art, Music) (Fine Motor & Gross Motor) (Fine Motor & Gross Motor) 22 23 24 25 26 *Coffee filter butterflies *Handprint flowers *Color matching rainbows *Flower & bee shape match *Egg carton painting *Butterfly alphabet *Counting butterflies *Rainbow caterpillar *”Move Like a Bug” *”Spring is Here” (Art, Cognitive) (Sensory, Math) *Frog jump (Cognitive, Gross Motor) (Music, Art) (Cognitive, Gross Motor) 29 30 31 April 1 April 2 *Sponge bunny *Easter chick fork painting *Bunny paper mask *Fingerprint bunnies & chicks *Easter egg chalk *Pass the egg *Egg counting *Bunny Hop dance *”Five Little Bunnies” *Easter egg color matching (Social, Art) (Art, Math) (Art, Movement) (Music, Sensory) (Fine Motor, Cognitive) Preschool March 2021-Dr.Seuss/Dinos/Spring/Easter Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 *Cat in the Hat headband *Cat in the Hat mask *Make the fox in sox *Green Eggs and Ham craft *Red Fish Blue Fish puppet *Read “Cat in the Hat” *Green Eggs and Ham letter *Silly socks chart *How many apples *Counting fish *Design a hat matching *Read “Fox in Sox” experiment *Read “Red Fish Blue Fish” (Art, Literacy) *Read “Green Eggs and Ham” (Art, Literacy) *Read “10 Apples on Top” (Math, Literacy) (Art, Literacy) (Art, Literacy) 8 9 10 11 12 *Dinosaurs eggs grow in water *Dinosaur crown *Ordering dinosaurs *Leprechaun name mask *Marble shamrock painting *Dinosaur egg tracing *Dinosaur listen and move *Color and match dinosaurs *Leprechaun counting *How many are there? (Science, Math) game *Sing “5 Little Dinosaurs” *Read” How to Catch a *Read “Lucky Tucker” *Read “Fossil” (Cognitive, Math) Leprechaun” (Art, Literacy) (Movement, Art) (Art, Math) 15 16 17 WEAR GREEN 18 19 *If I had a pot of gold.. *St. Patrick’s fizzing pots *Make shamrock wands *Dinosaur tracks *Prehistoric puzzle *Shamrock color mixing *St Patrick’s count and color *Read “Pete the Cat- the Great *Make dinosaur patterns *How tall is the dinosaur? *Read “Good Luck Bear” (Science, Fine Motor) Leprechaun Escape” *Dino fun facts *Dino rhymes (Art, Fine Motor) (Art, Literacy) (Art, Math) (Cognitive, Math) 22 23 24 25 26 *Flower pom pom stamping *Caterpillar craft *Spring chick craft *Jelly bean experiment *”Will I sink?” *Spring word tracing *Spring animal counting *Letter “E” practice *Trace Easter numbers *Easter egg name practice *Read “When Spring Comes” *Spring is Here poem *Read “Planting a Rainbow” *Read “Wake Me in Spring” *Read “Worm Weather” (Fine Motor, Art) (Art, Math) (Literacy, Art) (Science, Math) (Science, Cognitive) 29 30 31 April 1 April 2 *Peeps puffy painting *Decorate an Easter egg *Paint with Easter eggs *Painting Easter chicks *Easter egg name activity *Easter egg tracing *Build the Easter Bunny’s *Easter count a color *Count the dots on Easter *Count the bunnies *Read “How to Catch the house *Read “Easter Bunny” poem eggs *Read “Clifford’s Happy Easter Bunny” *Read “We’re Going on an Egg (Art, Math) *Read “Happy Easter, Easter” (Art, Sensory) Hunt” Mouse” (Cognitive, Math) (Art, Science) (Art, Literacy) PREK March 2021-Dr. Seuss/ Dinos/Spring/Easter Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Letter: Y 1 Cat in the Hat 2 Oh The Places You’ll Go 3 Horton Hears a Who 4 The Lorax 5 One Fish Two Fish… • Read The Cat in the Hat • Hot air balloons • A person is a person • Coffee Filter Truffula • Goldish graphing • Stacking “hats” • Explore world map no matter how small Trees • Fish counting Dr. Seuss Week • Rhyming words __AT • Build structures from • Horton Puppet • Truffula tree count • Learning to Play: Go • Letter Y headbands around the world • Letter Y search and • Truffula tree challenge Fish! color (STEM, art, geography, literacy ) (art, literacy, motor, science) (art, math, science, STEM) (literacy, art, social, math) (literacy, art, stem, motor) Letter: Z 8 9 10 11 12 • Dino watercolor • Dino mini book • Cut and paste dinos • Making Fossils • Measuring dinosaurs • Letter Z headbands • Writing letters in sand • Balancing dinosaurs • Partner work: dino • Build a dino Dinosaur Week • Dino tangrams • Dino dino where’s • Learn to Play: Dino sorting graph • Dinosaur STOMP your bone? Memory • Dino Yoga (STEM, art, literacy) (literacy, motor, music) (STEM, motor, social) (math, motor, science, social) (STEM, motor, math) 15 16 17 18 19 • Shamrock rip and glue • Rainbow count • Leprechaun color by • My Leprechaun • I spy Luck of the Irish week • Gold scavenger hunt • Build leprechaun trap number • Shamrock shuffle • Bean Bag toss • Leprechaun escape • Rainbow fizz • Lucky Charm count • ABC Bingo • Making rainbows experiment graph (art, motor, STEM) • Learn to Play: (literacy, music, motor, art, (math, art, motor) (math, science, STEM) Dominos social) (art, social, STEM, math) 22 23 24 25 26 • Mosaic Kites • Name flowers • Food coloring flower • Plastic Bag print • Create Pastel Chalk art • Number line order • Bubble fun – creating art making (spring colors) • Chalk wash Spring Week • Team building: Build bubble wands and big • Shape Bingo • Unifix cube math experiment birds nest bubbles • Playdough fun – using • Cupcake liner towers (art, science, social) • Learn to Play: Marbles our imagination (art, STEM, social, math) (art, STEM, literacy) (science, sensory, art, math) (STEM, art, science, math) 29 30 31 1 2 • Egg pattern • Peak a boo chick • Easter bunny • Easter basket craft • Design own egg Easter Week • Eggs in number order • Float or sink eggs headband • Color by number • Egg stacking challenge • Egg balancing • Learn to Play: • Draw a bunny easter basket • Egg hunt challenge Hopscotch • Peep experiment • Jelly bean and peep structures (motor, math, art) (art, STEM, motor, social) (science, art) (art, sensory, STEM) (STEM, art, motor) .
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