NOCAC Environment & Lesson Plan

Gideon/Gonzales/Landers

Teacher/Center/Class:
BLOCKS (3)

DRAMATIC PLAY

unit blocks, people, farm with animals

Dates:

TOYS AND GAMES

dishes, food, dolls, dress up clothes

puzzles

Focus:

Open ended toys (2):

*once a month
Cooking:

gardening

Stone blocks

SERVICE AREAS

String buttons
clacks

Props to Support Focus:

gardening clothes, hats, tools, mini
green houses

Lincoln logs

Self Correcting toys (2):

Nutrition:
daisy builders
creative builders

Games (2):
cootie

Finger Animals

Health:

frog hop
Collectable (1):

DISCOVERY

LIBRARY

Math Materials (2):

magna tiles

ART

25 books

Materials:

Props for Retelling:

playdough

MUSIC/MOVEMENT
Instruments (3):

Mental Health:

frog block

scoop a bug

maracas
cymbal

Science Materials (4):

Books on Tape/CD (2):

people dominoes

Dance Prop (1):

Jack and the Beanstalk

build a bug

The little red hen

Microscope w/ bugs

Dental:

frog bean bag

Paint (4):

Writing Area:

magnetic splash of color

Music Tapes/CDs (2):

paint rollers

choosy

bug shapes

Rhythm Parade

Transportation:
Lg grp 3/31 and 4/1

coffee filters
Sensory Table:

plain paper

Resources Used to Plan:

Creative Curriculum
Objectives
State Standards
Assessment Results

Activities from teachingstrategies.com

Outcomes Reports

Head Start Framework

Teaching Strategies Reports

Culture/Diversity Resources

School Readiness Goals

Observations

Training Information
Children's Interests

Safety:
sm grp 4/8 and 4/10

Internet/Resource Books
I Am Amazing

Coworker

Curriculum Support Resourses/Other (please list):

WEEK 1

MONDAY

LARGE GROUP (a
variety of 3
experiences)

BOOK/STORY (2
each day; CC =
Child's Choice)
OUTDOORS LARGE
MOTOR

TUESDAY
Intro letter/#

WEDNESDAY
Letter tub

THURSDAY
Who let the letter out?

Pedestrian safety

Bus evac

Alphabet soup

Tap your sticks

The Insects Outside

I'm the boss

Bugillions

The Honeybee and the Robber

Let's Count

cc

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Spider Walk Race (st)

Preschooler Insects

Bikes

Lady Bug Dot and Dice Game (st)

Lady Bug Math (st)

Letter hunt, name something that

starts with that letter sound (st)

TUESDAY
Flight of the Bumblebee (st)

WEDNESDAY
Bug Drop (st)

THURSDAY
Behive Fingerplay (st)

SMALL GROUP
WEEK 2

MONDAY

LARGE GROUP (a
variety of 3
experiences)

BOOK/STORY (2
each day; CC =
Child's Choice)
OUTDOORS LARGE
MOTOR

SMALL GROUP

Field Trip:
Individualization (*=IEP):

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FRIDAY
No school

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FRIDAY
ug word family (st)

Bees in the Garden(st)

Lady Bug Bean Bag Toss (st)

Bug In a Rug (st)

abc caterpiller(st)

Baby Bumblebee song (st)

Five Little Lady Bugs- FB (st)

Shake Break (st)

ants go marching (st)

On Beyond Bugs (st)

Are you a lady bug? (st)

The Bugliest Bug (st)

B/C a Little Bug went Ka-Choo (st)

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frog, frog, fly (st)

Bug Action Cards (st)

Bug Walk (st)

Mosquito Tag(st)

Bug Patterns (st) /Private body

parts

Name writing practice (st)

Bug Sorting (st) / at the doctors

If I were A bug.(st)

Guest Speaker:
Children's Interests:
It is getting warmer and the
bugs are arriving! The
children are very interested
in all of them!