Activity : Dress the Police Who is it for : Ages 3-5 Why : I got this activity based off a toy

that is at the centre where the children dress up a wooden princess they really enjoy it however I feel as though it is directed at the girls which is who plays with it the !ost" I also chose to do this because right now with the colder weather they are focusing on how to dress the!selves so with the cut outs they can practice the steps of putting on your pants# boots# jac$et# hat etc" %his is the early stages of !ath because the children are learning how to se&uence" 'urriculu! areas : (ine )otor (inger de*terity In hand !anipulation +and preference +ow to prepare : %e!plate ,person and clothes .tic$ tac$/tape .pace : table top so the s!aller pieces don0t get lost When : After rest ,can be used any ti!e+ow to teach : Introduction 1 %al$ to the children about dressing the!selves and what they need to do it" 2What are the things that we wear when we go outside34 2Well a police !an has certain things that he or she has to wear too" What do you thin$ they !ight be34 %eaching 1 .tep 5: Print/draw te!plate and clothes .tep 6: 7a!inate and cut out te!plates .tep 3: Put stic$y tac$ or tape to the bac$ to ease in stic$ing the pieces down so they don0t !ove" As the children are placing the pieces e*plain so!e of the 0e*tras0 2%his is his radio" I wonder what they use that for34 'losure 1 Allow the children to play for as long as they want" If the pieces are starting to get lost or !ore and !ore children are co!ing to play tell the children that we have to put it away for now but we can bring it out later when it0s not &uite as busy" 8utco!es : (ine )otor

 !oves fingers with de*terity uses pincer !ove!ents arranges objects 'ognitive recalls order identifies and labels objects choses an activity fro! alternatives follows through# persists and overco!es obstacles co!!unicates that one is finished returns to activity after an interruption bloc$s out distractions as$s &uestions uses resource persons effectively Assess and Docu!ent : Docu!ent so!e of the patterns by posting so!e of the! around the roo!" .ee if the children are able to tell the difference between the pictures and see how !any different patterns they can create"