Early Childhood Commission

Term One: Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Twelve, Day One

Age: 2-year-olds

Theme: We give flowers to someone to cheer them up.

Objective(s): At the end of the activity, the child should be able to:

1. Describe how persons feel when they receive a flower to cheer them up.

2. Demonstrate using a flower to cheer someone up.

3. Identify one person who needs cheering up with a flower.

4. Make two predictions about a story.

5. Recall one idea about flowers.

Content: Sometimes persons may be sad, sick, tired, lonely and need cheering up. We can
cheer them up with a smile, a gift, a kind word, or a hug. We can also cheer them up, by
giving them flowers.

Concepts: sad, happy, sick, cheer, flower, tired, lonely

Resources: YouTube story link: https://youtu.be/X2BMzW3Z96g, pictures of persons

receiving flowers, bed, linen, hand towel, flowers (artificial or real), 4 pictures of flowers,
4 pictures of sad persons and 4 pictures of happy persons, tape
YouTube story link: https://youtu.be/Zr2mrLq3vjI

Circle Time

Name of Activity: Giving Flowers to Cheer Someone Up

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Say “we have been learning a lot about flowers these past weeks. Tell me one
thing you remember about flowers”.

Step 2. Continue by saying, “Today, we will learn how we can use flowers to do something
good or special. I would like you to watch this video” https://youtu.be/X2BMzW3Z96g (if
you are unable to access the internet show your child the pictures below):
Step 3. Say, “tell me about what you saw in the video/pictures”. Listen to the responses.

Step 4. Say, “sometimes persons may be sad, sick, tired, lonely and need cheering up. We
can cheer them up with a smile, a gift, a kind word, or a hug. We can also cheer them up by
giving them flowers as we have seen in the video/pictures”.

Step 5. Ask your child these questions:

 What did the children do with the flowers?
 What did the people do when they received the flowers?
 How do you think they felt receiving the flowers?
 How do you think the child(ren) felt giving the flowers to those people?

Step 6. Continue by saying, “As you can see in the video/pictures we can use flowers to
cheer someone up. Can you think of someone you know that might need a flower to cheer
up?”

Step 7. Praise your child.

Guided Creative Activity

Name of Activity: Drama - A Flower to Cheer Grandma up.

Resources: A bed, linen, some flowers (real/artificial)

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Place some flowers on a table that your child can reach.

Step 2. Say to your child, today I am going to pretend to be grandma who is sick in bed.
You are going to choose some of the flowers from the table and pretend you are taking
those flowers to visit your grandma who is sick.

Step 3. Lie on the bed and pretend to be sick and allow your child to follow the
instructions given. Respond to your child appropriately.

Step 4. Praise your child.

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Pin the Flower on The Person Who Needs Cheering Up

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Cut out the pictures of the four (4) flowers, four (4) sick or sad persons and
four (4) happy people (pictures are at the end of the lesson). Put tape at the back of the
flowers and put them on the table. Then mix up the two sets of pictures. Tape them to a
wall away from the table.

Step 2. Say, “today you are going to cheer up some persons in those pictures” (show your
child the pictures on the wall). “When I clap my hands you will take one of the flower
pictures and run” (change the movement each time to a crawl, wiggle and walk) “to the wall
and pin the flower on the picture of the person you think needs cheering up. Then you will
come back to the table with the flowers doing the same movement”. Model this for your
child.

Step 3. Clap your hands and allow your child to follow the instructions doing a different
movement each time.

Step 4. After your child is finished go to the wall to see if he or she made the correct
choices. Discuss why the pins may or may not be correct. Praise your child.

Story Time

Name of Activity: The Three Golden Flowers

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Get comfortable with your child, watch and listen to the story from the link
https://youtu.be/Zr2mrLq3vjI

If the link is inaccessible: Make up a story about a princess who became ill and the only
way to make her well and cheer her up was to give her three (3) golden flowers. The three
(3) golden flowers grew along a waterfall. The king challenged his people, saying, “Whoever
can find the three golden flowers and bring it to him will marry his daughter”. There were
three brother who knew where the golden flowers grow. The first brother took three of
the golden flowers in a basket. On his way to the palace when asked, told an old fisherman
that he had worms in the basket. So when he presented the basket to the king there were
only worms in the basket. The same thing happened to the second brother. However, the
third brother and youngest, told the old fisherman that he had flowers in the basket and
when he presented it to the king, he saw three lovely golden flowers. The king gave them
to his daughter who became better and well again.
Step 2. Ask your child the following questions –
 What did the king need to save his sick daughter’s life and make her well
again?
 What made the three golden flowers remain the same when the third
brother presented it to the king.
 What happened when the king gave his sick daughter the three golden
flowers?
 How would you feel if you were the princess?
 Ask your child to take up three flowers from the table.

Step 3. Praise or reward your child as he or she answers correctly.

Follow-up activity: Engage your child in pretend play activities, giving flowers to someone
who needs cheering up. Ask family members to support this activity.
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Term Two: Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Twelve: Day Two

Age: 2-year-olds

Theme: Flowers

Objective(s): At the end of the activity, the child should be able to:

1. Identify at least two types of flowers.

2. Compare real and artificial flowers and give at least one similarity.

3. Count up to five.

4. Sing and put action to songs about flowers.

5. Talk about others’ likes and dislikes.

Content: We give flowers to those we love; e.g. mommy, daddy, teacher (caregiver)

Concepts: give, love

Real flowers Artificial flower
Five little flowers standing in the sun ("show me your five fingers!")
They nod their heads one by one (wiggle your fingers, see if your child can fold them up
and down one by one)
Down, down, down falls the gentle rain (trickle your fingers down or tickle your baby)
And the five little flowers lift up their heads again (show your five fingers again)
1-2-3-4-5! (count your fingers or count the fingers on your baby)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFWXPmUg_IQ

Circle Time

Name of Activity:

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Show your child pictures of different types of flowers, then ask him or her to
identify at least two of the flowers, and tell their colours.

Step 2. Display some real and artificial flowers on a table, allow your child to view and
feel the flowers and tell the ones that are real and the ones that are artificial.

Step 3. Ask your child to unfold a rose and count five (5) of its petals.

Step 4. Sing along with your child and allow him or her to put action to the songs about
flowers. (song is in resources).

Step 5. Encourage your child to participate in the activities.

Guided Creative Activity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzpwtLKRIzA

Name of Activity: Sunflower post card

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Tell your child that today he or she will be making a sunflower post card. Explain
to your child that we give flowers to those we love, for example, mommy, daddy, teachers
and caregiver.

Step 2. Gather your materials. You will need yellow and green cartridge paper/paint, glue,
black and brown paint.

Step 3. Let your child place his or her hand onto the yellow cartridge paper/green and
yellow paint, then mark or print the fingers to make the flower petals (do 2 hand prints).

Step 4. Assist your child in placing the handprints together in a circular form, then glue
them together. After gluing both handprints, let your child dip his or her finger into the
paint and fill the middle of the flower petal to form the seed of the sunflowers.

Step 5. Finally cut a strip of the green cartridge paper or use the finger to make a stem
with two leaves. Complete the activity by writing the words “I Love You Mommy” etc.

Indoor/Outdoor Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg21PmZL1Ao

Name of Activity: Watering Flowers

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Allow your child to listen to the song in the video and sing along.

Step 2. Assist your child in gathering the material/equipment needed to water the plant.

Step 3. Allow your child to collect the water independently then demonstrate how to use
the watering can. Allow your child to follow your instructions in watering the plant indoors.
Encourage your child to walk around briskly while watering the plants.

Step 4. Ask your child to sway or rock or shiver like the flowers do while he or she is
watering them.

Step 5. Ask your child to express likes and dislikes about flowers as well as tell the
importance of watering the flowers.

Story Time
Introduction to story time: (story time song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=EJBKbwMIFCc

Name of Activity: The Proud Red Rose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFZAQgmr50E

Activity Steps

Step 1. While looking at the first picture for the story, ask your child to make
predictions (e.g. What do you think the rose is going to do? Do you think there are other
flowers in the story?)

Step 2. Allow your child to sit and listen to the video story.

Step 3. Ask your child to name at least two flowers that were mentioned in the story.

Step 4. Ask your child to tell his or her likes and dislikes about the story.

Follow-up activity:
 Rose Sunflower

Colour the flowers with appropriate crayons. (Red for the rose and yellow for the
sunflower)
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Term Two: Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Twelve: Day Three

Age: 2-year-olds

Theme: Flowers

Objective(s): At the end of the activity your child should be able to:

1. Name at least two different places where flowers may be found.

2. Locate at least one place in the home where flowers may be found.

3. Identify at least one colour observed during the activity.

4. Differentiate between the smell of different flowers in the environment.

5. Explain why he or she likes a specific flower.

Content: We put flowers in many places to help make people happy: in our homes; in
churches; in our classroom

Concepts: happy, beautiful

Resources:
Circle Time

Name of Activity: Watch and learn.

Use video provided to introduce activity. https://youtu.be/gAcDUEgMgmY

Activity Steps

Step 1. Parent and child will view introductory video.

Step 2. Cut out pictures of different flowers from magazines or books to help in your
discussion.

Step 3. Ask your child to name some places where they see flowers, e.g. in the park, at
church or at home.

Step 4. Engage your child in a nature walk around your home and tell him or her the
names of some famous flowers found in and around the home environment. Ask your child
to touch to identify at least one flower during the activity.

Step 5. If available, use real flowers found in and around the home environment to help
your child identify different colours, textures, sizes and shapes of flowers.

Step 6. Explain to your child why people put flowers around their homes, e.g. to make
them happy, to make the place beautiful or even to rest well.

Step 7. Allow your child to tell you about his or her preferred flower and why he or she
likes the flower.
Guided Creative Activity

Name of Activity: Sprinkle, Sprinkle Watering Plants.

Activity Steps

Step 1. Use the nursery rhyme song given above to introduce this activity to your child.
Encourage your child to move along as you sing the song.

Step 2. Ask your child to move his or her hands in up and down motions to show
different positions while watering the flowers.

Step 3. Find different objects at home that rhyme, e.g. (seeds, beads), (bees, trees).
Arrange the objects ahead of time for this activity.

Step 4. Ask your child to draw circles in his or her notebook to represent flowers.

Step 5. Allow your child to colour them and put sticks (straight lines) to represent the
stem of the flowers.
Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Flower Soup

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Prepare a container/small basin with water outside in the open area so your child
can have enough space for this activity.

Step 2. Inform your child that he or she will be using the water, basin, flower petal and
spoon to prepare some flower soup.

Step 3. Encourage your child to stir or mix the contents in the container.

Step 4. Allow your child to pretend to play that each flower petal represents numbers.

Step 5. Ask your child to use the spoon given to take out each flower petal from the
basin counting each time as this activity is carried out.

Story Time: Use the nursery rhyme to introduce this activity.

Name of Activity: The Fairies

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Engage in this introductory activity with your child.

Step 2. Inform your child that you will be reading a story called “The fairies”.

Step 3. Ask your child to sit quietly and listen to the story. Ensure that you revise the
last part of the story to read boy and prince if your child is a boy.

Step 4. Allow your child to tell the title of the story.

Step 5. Ask your child questions based on the story.

Follow-up activity: Count and colour each petal on the flower with your preferred
colour.
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Term Two: Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Twelve: Day Four

Age: 2-year-olds

Theme: Flowers

Objective(s): At the end of the activity, the child should be able to:

1. Say his or her name.

2. Describe a flower using one simple sentence.

3. Create a flower puppet.

4. Participate in a game of “Simon says”.

5. Listen and enjoy a short story.

Content: Use simple sentences, e.g. My name is ___

Concepts: name, red

Resources: Poem, picture of a rose, YouTube videos, pictures of flower puppet, socks,
glue, crayons, scissors
Circle Time

Name of Activity: What is my name?

Poem

“Roses are Red”

Roses are red.

Violets are blue.
Flowers have a name,
and so do you.
Do you know my name?
My name is _______ _______

Activity Steps

Step 1. Recite the poem, while your child sits and listens.
Step 2. Repeat the poem while your child is given the opportunity to answer the question
at the end. (Instruct your child to touch himself or herself and say his or her name).

Step 3. Ask your child to look at the rose below.

Step 4. Encourage your child to talk about or describe the rose using one simple
sentence, e.g. The rose is red or The rose is small.

Guided Creative Activity

Name of Activity: Making flower puppets

Activity Steps

Step 1. Inform your child that he or she will be creating two flower puppets. (rose,
sunflower)

Step 2. Show your child an example of what the completed puppet will look like.
Step 3. Print and cut out the outline of a rose and sunflower. Allow your child to colour
the outlines using the appropriate colors. (Fabric can be used as a substitute for the
paper).

Step 4. Help your child to make the puppet using a pair of socks. Glue the completed
flowers to the tip of the socks where the toes would go. Add eyes and nose and mouth to
the puppet.

Step 5. Commend your child on the art piece that was created and allow your child to
use it while talking about the flower in simple sentences.

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Game “Simon Says”

Activity Steps

Step 1. Engage in the game of “Simon Says” using simple sentences as command. E.g.
Simon says touch your head, Simon says jump two times.

Step 2. Allow your child to take turns being Simon. Model commands if necessary.
Step 3. Continue the game for at least 5- 7 minutes.

Step 4. Allow the child to cool down with some room temperature water.

Story Time

Name of Activity: The Magnificent Sunflower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLy_R9iUmMY

Activity Steps

Step 1. Prepare the child by showing the picture of the sunflower. Talk with your child
briefly about the colours seen.

Step 2. Click on the link about for the child to watch the story. Help the child make
predictions as the story unfolds by pausing and asking, what animal or object the
sunflower will be taller than.

Step 3. At the end of the story, let the child name at least three animals or objects in
the story that the sunflower grew taller than.
Step 4. Let the child pretend to be the sunflower growing by stretching the arms and
legs as far as possible.

Follow up Activity

This rose is red. The two items below are also red. Name them for your child then allow
him/her to colour them red. Provide the opportunity for the child to select the correct
colour

Cherry
Strawberry
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Term Two: Parent Support Activity Plans

Week Twelve: Day Five

Age: 2-year-olds

Theme: Flowers

Objective(s): At the end of the activity, the child should be able to:

1. Use facial expressions to show happy and sad.

2. Draw at least two circles and two straight lines to represent flowers on stems.

3. Dance freely to the beat of a song.

4. Create at least two own dance movements.

5. Name at least one character from the story.

6. Share their favourite part of the story.

Content: A beautiful garden with lots of flowers can make people happy

Concepts: happy and sad, beautiful and ugly

Resources: A Flower in My Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4186X5jsQ,

parts of a flower chart, flower worksheet
Circle Time

Name of Activity: A Flower in My Garden

Activity Steps:

Step 1. Watch the video with your child

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja4186X5jsQ
At the end of the video ask him/her the following questions:
What was the video about? Do you like flowers? Do you have a flower garden? How do
the flowers look; are they beautiful or ugly?

Step 2. Take your child on a nature walk and have him/her talk about the different
types of flowers seen.
Ask him/her the following questions: What is the colour of that flower? Do flowers
make our environment look beautiful or ugly? What do you think would happen if we did
not have any flowers in the world?

Step 3. Observe the picture below with your child and talk about the lines and shapes
that made up the flower. E.g. the stem of the flower is made of a line. The flower and
the leaves are also made of straight and curved lines as well as circles.

Step 4. Observe the picture below with your child and assist him/her in drawing/tracing
circles and straight lines to represent a flower. Have him/her use colours of their
choice to colour the flower drawn for it to look beautiful.

Step 5. Praise your child for actively participating in the activities.

Guided Creative Activity

Name of Activity: Hokey Pokey - Kids Dance Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZinb6rVozc

Activity Steps:
Step 1. Allow your child to watch the video or sing the Hokey Pokey song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZinb6rVozc

Step 2. Allow him/her to sing along and create their own dance moves.

Step 3. Have your child/children talk about how they feel after they have completed
the dance movements.

Step 4. Praise your child/children for actively participating in the dance exercise.

Indoor/Outdoor Play

Name of Activity: Flowers

Scavenger Hunt

Activity Steps:

Step 1: Have your child watch the

video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAcDUEgMgmY

Step 2. Hide paper or artificial flowers in different areas in or outdoor. Explain to the
child that he/she will be hunting for different flowers. Place them in safe areas but
ensure that your child can run, crawl and jumps simple obstacles to retrieve the flowers.
Give cues by saying red flowers under the box etc.

Step 3. When most or all the flowers have been collected let him/her count and tell
how many colours of flowers he/she has found.
Step 4. Praise your child for participating in the activity.

Story Time

Name of Activity: Lola Plants a Garden Read Aloud

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7qurRN37A

Activity Steps

Step 1. Allow your child to watch the video Lola Plants a Garden Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC7qurRN37A

At the end of the story ask your child the following questions:
What did Lola want to plant? What did Lola and her mother make after they were
finished planting the flowers? If you were Lola what kind of flowers would you want to
plant in your garden?

Step 2. Can you tell the name of one person that was mentioned in the story?
Step 3. Please share your favourite part of the story and tell why you like that part the
most.

Follow-up activity:

1. Continue to observe different kinds of flowers with your child and have him/her
talk about the different colours shapes and lines that they are made of.

2. Use materials at home such as fudge sticks and cartridge paper to create flowers
with your child.

3. Assist your child in using different circles and lines to draw flowers.

4. Assist him/ her in completing the flowers worksheets below.