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KENSINGTON KIDS INFANT PROGRAM PLAN WEEK OF:

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LANGUAGE

Building language skills through listening,talking and labeling familiar objects.

Ring games“Sleeping bunnies”

Improve listening skills

Finger Play Nursery Rhymes“Baa Baa Black Sheep”

Farmyard Counting Book My Book Of First WordsPicture Book

Labelling - arms, legs, face

Musical instrumentsRattles, bells, drums, shakers

Auditory discrimination

SENSORY

Exploring actively with all of the five senses,using small muscles and eye-hand co-ordination.

Paying with scarvesPeek-a-boo games

Water play with dollsLabelling body parts &

identifying

Oatmeal play with spoons,cups, etc.

Play dough - cookie cutters,rolling pins

Improving fine motor skills bypounding, rolling, tearing

Goop play with corn starch

SENSORYOR CREATIVE

Finger paintingEye-hand coordination

Catching bubblesCause and effect

Feel & Touch Sensory Bags(beans, rice, feathers, paint)

Texture Brush Painting Musical Footprint MatsAuditory discrimination

Cause & effectCREATIVE

Enhancing creative expressions through art,develop spatial awareness, eye-hand co-ordination, touch, tactile, exploration &

language development.

Feather paintingDeveloping spatial awareness

Mural Roller Bush paintingImprove rest mobility

Shape Sponge paintingImprove eye-hand

coordination

Painting with Paint DabbersCreative expression

Painting with small cars &trucks

Cause & effect

GROSS MOTOR

Activities to develop large muscles including:Climbing, crawling, pushing and pulling

Rocking horsesDeveloping large leg muscles

Crawl through tunnelDevelop whole body

coordination

Push & pull trucks and carsImprove balance

Pop-up lawnmowersCause & effect

Bowling games with colourfulbowling pins and ballsEye-hand coordination

DRAMAATIC PLAY

Imitating experiences from everyday life. Usingfamiliar props to expand imagination and create

new experiences.

Doctor’s Kit with dollsLabeling familiar objects

Dress-up play(scarves, hats, bags, shoes)

Encourage social interaction

Multi-cultural Play Food &vegetables

Encourage languagedevelopment

Cooking with babies usingplay dough, plates, dishes

Expand imagination

Kitchen centre (baskets, stove,sink, pots, pans, teapot)

COGNITIVE ACTIVITIES

Organizing, sorting, recognizing differences inobjects. Developing small muscles and problem

solving skills.

Farm Animal PuzzlesEye-hand co-ordination

Recognizing different animals

Shape sorterEnhancing palmer / pincer

grasp- staking, building

Alphabet Discovery BoxesEncourage language

development

Giant sight & soundSee through tubes

Stacking Rings / CupsDevelop colour awareness

SPECIAL ACTIVIES/ SCIENCEBaby Sign, See & Say

Everyday activity involvingsimple sign language

Music & Movement withMelanie

Puppets, drums, shakers, Bells)PARENT INVOLVIMENT

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