Activity Name: Potato Print Ladybugs

Curriculum Area: Creative Arts

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Experimenting with a variety of

expressive media (paint, chalk, crayon, clay, etc.

Standard(s): ​Children will create and express their thoughts, ideas, and feelings through a variety of art experiences.

Materials:
● Potato
● Red paint
● Black paint
● Black permanent marker
● White card stock paper

Directions:
1. Cut a potato in half and let it dry
2. Dip potato in red paint and stamp onto paper, let dry
3. Draw a black line down the middle of each red oval with the marker
4. Dip a thumb in black paint and stamp on each red oval for the ladybugs head
5. Draw two small lines with marker off the lady bugs head, these will be the ladybug’s
antennas
6. Use a finger dipped in black paint to make the ladybugs spots

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: draw lines of ladybug in for them
Harder challenge: allow them to do whole project
 Other considerations:
Reference:
http://www.mymommystyle.com/2016/04/09/potato-stamp-ladybugs/

Activity Name: Plant Part Sorting Game

Curriculum Area: Science

Performance Tasks/Goals:
Describing similarities and differences in the appearances, behaviors,
and habitats of plants.

Standard(s):
​ Children will explore the characteristics of living things.

Materials:
● 3 clear cups labeled “stems”, “leaves”, and “petals”
● Parts of 3 different flowers
● Work tray

Directions:
1. Take scissors and cut off leaves of flower
2. Then cut stem off
3. Then pull petalls off
4. Repeat steps 1-3 with all your flowers
5. Place parts of flowers in front of cups in work tray
6. Allow children to separate the parts into their designated cup
7. This will help the children demonstrate their knowledge of plants and their parts

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: Put example of each in cup before children begin sorting
Harder challenge: do not provide example
Reference: ​http://munchkinsandmoms.com/sorting-parts-of-a-flower/

Activity Name: ​ Cotton Ball Races

Curriculum Area: small motor

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Participating in activities that require small muscle

control (cutting, stringing beads, building blocks, etc.)

Standard(s): ​Children will develop strength and coordination of the small muscles.

Materials:
● Cotton balls
● Painters tape
● Clean squeeze bottles

Directions:
1. Make your start and finish lines with painters tape ( distance between start and finish
may vary depending on how much space you have available)
2. Show the children how to squeeze the bottle to make the cotton ball move
3. Explain to children that the first person to get their cotton ball to the finish line with the
squeeze bottle wins
4. Let the race begin!

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: make race shorter
Harder challenge: make distance of race longer
Reference:
​https://www.icanteachmychild.com/cotton-ball-races-two-ways/

Activity Name: Balloon Tennis

Curriculum Area: Large motor

Performance Tasks/Goals:​Displaying strength and coordination of the

upper body and arms in activities such as throwing and catching a large ball,
climbing a play structure, etc.

Standard(s): ​Children will develop strength and coordination of the large muscles.

Materials:
● Fly swatters
● Balloons

Directions:
1. Blow up several balloons
2. Show children how to bounce balloon with fly swatter
3. Allow children to play

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: make balloons larger so it's easier to hit it

Harder challenge: make balloons smaller so it is a smaller target to hit

Reference: 
https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/balloon-tennis-gross-motor-play-activity/

Activity Name: Community Helper Hats

Curriculum Area: social studies

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Identifying jobs people have at home, school,

and in the community.

Standard(s): ​Children will understand how people depend upon one another for
the goods and services they need (economics; community workers)

Materials:
● Crayons
● Scissors
● Printable hats
● Tape or stapler

Directions:
1. Print out the hats.
2. Have children color the hat you printed.
3. Cut along dashed line. You will have two pieces.
4. Attach the two pieces on both sides with tape or staples to mke crown-style hat.
5. Explain to the children the job that goes along with each hat, for example the fire fighter
hat belongs to a firefighter and they help the community by putting out fires

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: cut hat for students

Harder challenge: have students cut hat

Reference:
https://www.totschooling.net/2017/08/fire-safety-worksheets-preschool-kindergarten.html

Activity Name: Ice Cream Math

Curriculum Area: math

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Recognizing and naming number symbols

(1 2 3 4 5, etc.)

Standard(s): ​Children will use numbers, numerical representations

(symbols), and counting to solve problems and express quantities.

Materials:
● 20 small triangles
● Pompoms
● Small tongs

Directions:
1. Cut 20 small triangles out of brown construction paper label them 1-20
2. Put pom poms in a bowl
3. Have children pick triangle
4. Have children place the corresponding number of pom poms above triangle with the
tongs
5. Children will be able to recognize and name the numbers on the triangles

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: Only have triangle up to 10

Harder challenge: have tringles up to 30

Reference: ​https://fun-a-day.com/summer-math-preschool-ice-cream-theme/

Activity Name: Baby Bumble Bee Song and Movements

Curriculum Area: Music and Dance

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Participating in whole group musical

experiences such as singing, playing musical games, and playing instruments.

Standard(s): ​ Children will create a variety of musical experiences in order to

express their thoughts, ideas, and feelings.

Materials:
● Yellow balloon
● Sharpie

Directions:
1. Blow up yellow balloon
2. Draw stripes and face so the balloon looks like a bumble bee
3. have children walk or run around while they're carrying a baby bumble bee during verse
1
4. Have children squish baby bumble bee during second verse

Lyrics:
Verse 1 : I’m bring home a baby bumblebee
wont my mommy be so proud of me
im bringing home a baby bumblebee
ouch! it stung me!

Verse 2: I’m squishing up the baby bumble bee

wont my mommy be so proud of me
I’m squishing up a baby bumblebee
ooh! its yucky!

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: don’t do hand motions

Harder challenge: don’t sing with children

Reference: ​https://theinspiredtreehouse.com/kids-songs-baby-bumble-bee/#_a5y_p=1344411
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shi9tJ9S_O8

Activity Name: Sand spelling

Curriculum Area: language Arts

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Using the pictures as clues to what the words on

the page say.

Standard(s): ​Children will acquire emergent literacy skills.

Materials:
● Pencil box
● Cards with picture and word
● sand

Directions:
1. Fill pencil box with sand
2. Direct children to copy word given on card into sand
Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: help child with words

Harder challenge: provide less help

Reference: ​http://missgiraffesclass.blogspot.com/2015/09/short-activities-and-resources.html

Activity Name: Brush Your Teeth

Curriculum Area: Health and Safety

Performance Tasks/Goals: Understanding how to

take care of oneself

Standard(s): ​Children will develop health awareness and skills.

Materials:
● Tooth brushes
● white paint
● yellow construction paper

Directions:
1. Trace or draw a tooth outline on your yellow construction paper
2. Explain to your children that if we don't take care of our teeth then they can get stained and
discolored (yellow)
3. Next, show your child how brushing them can help to keep them white and shiny!
4. Demonstrate step 3 by having children paint the yellow tooth white with their toothbrush and
 paint

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: make teeth smaller

Harder challenge: make teeth bigger

Reference:
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2015/06/dental-health-preschool-craft-brush-your-teeth.ht
ml

Activity Name: Story

Curriculum Area: Game or Story

Performance Tasks/Goals: ​Answering questions with a response

appropriate to the topic.

Standard(s): ​Children will listen with comprehension to spoken language.

Materials:
● Book ( Dragons Love Tacos)
● Dragon hats made before reading story
● Taco ingredients and toppings (shells, beef, salsa, etc.)

Directions:
 1. Read story to children
2. Don't forget to ask questions during story
3. Have children act out story as you read while wearing their dragon hats so they’re in
character
4. After story have children make tacos for snack

Age range: 3-5

Modifications:
Easier challenge: Make tacos and hats for children

Harder challenge: Have children make their own tacos and hats

Reference: Dragons Love Tacos By:Adam Rubin