LEARNING CENTER STANDARDS ADDRESSED

DRAMATIC PLAY: More fruits and vegetables in the home center use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials 
engage in inventive social play

ART: decorating pots for plants coordinate the use of handsome fingers and wrists to manipulate objects and perform tasks
requiring precise movements
develop initiate and carry out simple plans to obtain a goal

WRITING: grocery lists, laminated cards with fruit/vegetables and the  with modeling and support demonstrate understanding of where goods and services
name printed under originate and how they are acquired
with modeling and support determine the meanings of unknown words/concepts, pictures
that accompany text or concrete objects

SCIENCE & DISCOVERY: seeds of fruits and veggies and image of what   with modeling and support demonstrate understanding of where goods and services
seed will become originate and how they are acquired
make careful observations

MATH: puzzles with fruits/ vegetables  carry out tasks, activities projects or experiences from beginning to end
focus on an activity with deliberate concentration despite distractions

BLOCKS: add little food items to mickey farm in block center  use imagination and creativity to interact with objects and materials 
speak audibly and express thoughts feelings and ideas clearly

SENSORY TABLE: gardening tools and sand explore objects, materials and events in the classroom
use simple tools to extend investigations 

READING/CLASSROOM LIBRARY: Books about fruits and vegetables- “I with modeling and support develop understanding of the relationship between humans and
Can Eat A Rainbow” “The Vegetables We Eat” “Grow Happy” nature; recognizing the difference between helpful and hurtful actions
actively engage in group reading with purpose and understanding  

COMPUTERS: PBS Kids- sid the science kid game; vegetable planting with modeling and support, explore a variety of digital tools to express ideas
focus on an activity with deliberate concentration despite distractions 

SAFE PLACE: squishy stress toys shaped as fruit/vegetables communicate a range of emotions in socially acceptable ways
manage the expression of feelings, thoughts impulses and behaviors with minimal guidance
from adults 
SONGS/MUSIC/MOVEMENT: the planting song- mother goose club with modeling and support use phrasing, information, and expression in shared reading of
familiar books, poems, changs, songs, nursery rhymes 

POSSIBLE CIRCLE TIME ACTIVITIES/DISCUSSIONS: interactive writing: speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly
what’s your favorite fruit, what’s your favorite vegetable demonstrate basic understanding that eating a variety of foods helps the body grow and be
healthy