KENSINGTON KIDS PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAM PLAN WEEK OF: MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY DRAMATIC Cash register dining table spoons aprons vegetables plates RESTAURANT stove money sink COGNITIVE Math concepts. Measuring with blocks. How many blocks long are you? What is the first letters of your name? Matching game: children’s photos with letters Matching game: Matching numbers to the equivalent number of dots Sequencing numbered circles (1-3). See creative Numbers puzzle. (1 to 20) CIRCLE How old are you? Book: 5 little monkeys What is you favorite number? Book: Counting with Clifford Guess what number is in the box. Flash cards: Numbers and shapes Puppet theater show: 5 Little ducks FINE MOTOR// LANGUAGE Using plastic tongs to pick up dinosaurs miniature Tracing curved lines activities (promoting pre-writing skills) Tracing straight lines activities (promoting pre-writing skills) Pegs and peg boards Coloring with pencil crayons REST TIME ACTIVITIES art shelf available Puzzles. Numbers 0 to 10 Numbered cookies and jars Books and puppets (multiracial people) Building with foam blocks Alphabet crabs INDOOR GROSS MOTOR- INCLEMENT WEATHER Hop scotch game Find the numbers game. Use numbers on the carpet. Throwing the giant dice. What number did you get? Action song: 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed Cooperative game: Pass the number around (large foam nu CREATIVE What numbers are on the clock? Number stickers and paper plates Making a snowman head. Use Styrofoam balls Making a giant dice. Gluing the dots (representing the numbers) on a white box. Group work. Snow man collage. Use blue construction paper, pre cut circles and sticks Gluing cotton balls on tree branch CREATIVE/ SENSORY Decorating snow flakes. Use blue and white buttons Coloring and tracing a snowman Decorating a large snow man for our birthday board Painting with ice cubes Decorating snow balls SENSORY Water table Numbered ducks Number shaped cookie cutters with Play dough Sand play: cars and people How does the harmonica sound? Ice cubes play. Variety of colours SPECIAL ACTIVIES/ SCIENCE Science experiment: What happens to the water in a really cold weather? Bring a glass of water outside and leave it on the playground. Observe the water on the next day. Music and movement with Melanie Rehearsing for pot luck performance Science: Sink and float experiment Styrofoam balls and marble balls PARENT INVOLVIMENT CHANGES