Day One

Day 5
Building Community
This song builds community by
showing children how they can be a
good friend and that everyone is
different.
Different Friends Song
Sung to: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Love, love, love your friends,
Different as they seem.
Playing, laughing, joking, helping,
True friends are like a dream!
For this song I have a poster with
the words of the song on it. I will
then ask the children to listen to me
say each sentence of the song and
ask them to repeat after me. Then
we will sing the song as a whole
group.
Website:
http://www.preschooleducation.com/
sfriend.shtml
Extended:
To extend this I will ask the children
do they know what characteristics
are. I will explain to the children
what characteristics are. I will have
a chart with different characteristics
listed on them and have some
pictures related to the different
characteristics. This will extend
childrens vocabulary in many ways.
Day 4

Day Two

Day Three

Day 5

Day 5

Building Community

Building Community

This song builds community by

This song builds community by

showing children how they can

showing children how they can be

be a good friend and that

a good friend and that everyone is

everyone is different.

different.

Different Friends Song

Sung to: Row, Row, Row Your
Boat
Love, love, love your friends,
Different as they seem.
Playing, laughing, joking,
helping,
True friends are like a dream!

Different Friends Song

Sung to: Row, Row, Row Your
Boat
Love, love, love your friends,
Different as they seem.
Playing, laughing, joking, helping,
True friends are like a dream!

For this song I have a poster

with the words of the song on it.
I will then ask the children to
listen to me say each sentence
of the song and ask them to
repeat after me. Then we will
sing the song as a whole group.
Website:
http://www.preschooleducation.c
om/sfriend.shtml

For this song I have a poster with

the words of the song on it. I will
then ask the children to listen to
me say each sentence of the song
and ask them to repeat after me.
Then we will sing the song as a
whole group.
Website:
http://www.preschooleducation.co
m/sfriend.shtml

Extended:

Extended:

To extend this I will have the

children share with the class
who theyre best friend is and
why. I will also ask them some of
the reasons why they are their
best friends like their special
characteristics. This will allow
children to hear the different
words that each child uses and
other children might want to use
the same characteristics that
other children used to describe

To extend this will this by reading

the book Friends by Helme Heine.
Children will be able to see what
friends to for one another and how
they treat one another. After
reading this book to the children
we will go back and talk about the
different things that happen in the
book that made someone a good
friend.

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their friends.
Activity/Experience:
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming,
Listening
Jump or Jiggle

Day 4

Frogs jump

Activity/Experience:
Phonological Awareness:
Rhyming, Listening
Jump or Jiggle

Caterpillars hump

By Evelyn Beyer

Day 4

Worms wiggle

Frogs jump

Bugs jiggle

Caterpillars hump

Rabbits hop

Worms wiggle

Activity/Experience:
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming,
Listening
Jump or Jiggle

Horses clop

Bugs jiggle

By Evelyn Beyer

Snakes slide

Rabbits hop

Frogs jump

Seagulls glide

Horses clop

Caterpillars hump

Mice creep

Snakes slide

Worms wiggle

Deer leap

Seagulls glide

Bugs jiggle

Puppies bounce

Mice creep

Rabbits hop

Kittens pounce

Deer leap

Horses clop

Lions stalk

Puppies bounce

Snakes slide

But

Kittens pounce

Seagulls glide

I walk!

Lions stalk

Mice creep

For this activity I will have a chart

with the words on it. Beside each
action word I will have a picture that
matches the actions. I will go
through the poem and ask the
children to repeat each line after
me. Then I will show them the
actions that go to the words and ask
them to repeat the actions with me.
Then we will start from the top of
the poem and do it all together.
Phonological awareness comes in
when the children are able to hear
and recognize the rhyming words.

But

Deer leap

I walk!

Puppies bounce

For this activity I will have a

chart with the words on it.
Beside each action word I will
have a picture that matches the
actions. I will go through the
poem and ask the children to
repeat each line after me. Then I
will show them the actions that
go to the words and ask them to
repeat the actions with me. Then
we will start from the top of the

Kittens pounce

By Evelyn Beyer

Lions stalk
But
I walk!
For this activity I will have a chart
with the words on it. Beside each
action word I will have a picture
that matches the actions. I will go
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Extended:
To extend this will have pictures
printed out of each animal/creature
in this poem. We will talk about
these animal/creatures and some of
the things they might do.
Day 3
Activity/Game:
Simon Says
During circle time, select a child to
be Simon and have this
child instruct the group to perform
actions such as touch your
nose, reach for the ceiling,
dance with your neighbor.
Encourage children to listen and
follow the directions; allow
other children to be Simon
For this song I will give the children
an example of what they should do
and I will let them know that they
can come up with their own moves
once it is their turns.
Extended:
To extend this I will first have circle
time and ask the children to name
some of the moves or the things we
can say during Simon Says.
Everything that the children say I
will write down.
Day 3
Read Aloud Predictable Text:
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By: Laura Numeroff
Focus: Number & Operations
Math Content: Counting
I will ask the children to join me in
the circle time area. I will introduce

poem and do it all together.

Phonological awareness comes
in when the children are able to
hear and recognize the rhyming
words.
Extended:
To extend this I will have
children friendly definitions for
the words jump, hump, wiggle,
jiggle, hop, clop, slide, glide,
creep, leap, bounce, pounce,
stalk, and walk. I will explain to
the children what each word
means.
Day 3
Activity/Game:
Simon Says
During circle time, select a child
to be Simon and have this
child instruct the group to
perform actions such as touch
your
Nose, reach for the ceiling,
dance with your neighbor.
Encourage children to listen and
follow the directions; allow
other children to be Simon
For this song I will give the
children an example of what
they should do and I will let
them know that they can come
up with their own moves once it
is their turns.
Extended:
To extend this I will bring out
the list that we made the
previous day and hang it on the
wall or board. As a class we will
go over the list again. Then we
will play Simon Says and I will go
down the list and say the things
out loud for the children to do or

through the poem and ask the

children to repeat each line after
me. Then I will show them the
actions that go to the words and
ask them to repeat the actions
with me. Then we will start from
the top of the poem and do it all
together. Phonological awareness
comes in when the children are
able to hear and recognize the
rhyming words.
Extended:
To extend this I will have a chart
with the definition words we
learned about the previous day. I
will say each word out loud. I will
ask the children to act out the
words they hear. Each child will
have different moves so that is
good for the children to see. There
will not be a wrong or right action.
Day 3
Activity/Game:
Simon Says
During circle time, select a child to
be Simon and have this
child instruct the group to perform
actions such as touch your
nose, reach for the ceiling,
dance with your neighbor.
Encourage children to listen and
follow the directions; allow
other children to be Simon
For this song I will give the
children an example of what they
should do and I will let them know
that they can come up with their
own moves once it is their turns.
Extended:
To extend this read the book What
Does The Fox Say? In this book
the children will be able to see the
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Day Four

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Day 4
Day 4
Activity/Experience:
Phonological Awareness:
Activity/Experience:
Rhyming, Listening
Phonological Awareness: Rhyming,
Jump or Jiggle
Listening
Jump or Jiggle

By Evelyn Beyer
Frogs jump
Caterpillars hump
Worms wiggle
Bugs jiggle
Rabbits hop

By Evelyn Beyer
Frogs jump
Caterpillars hump
Worms wiggle
Bugs jiggle
Rabbits hop

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