Mother Goose Time is a theme based, complete preschool curriculum. This month we've been learning about the desert. The lesson plans cover literacy, math, science, social and emotional skills, music and art.
The kids played a game to work on number recognition. They took turns picking a coyote card and then had to find the same numbered rabbit. They took the rabbit and had him hop away into the desert (sand table).
They worked on building _un words by adding a bunny tail with either and s, b, f, or r. The older ones were able to sound out the words themselves and after a few turns the younger kids were starting to get it as well. This is a great introduction to beginning phonics sounds.
The kids finished up the day by making their own rabbit puppets out of paper bags.
The kids slithered around the room while listening to the monthly CD. When they would pass a friend they would high five them and count how many high fives they got before the music stopped. We played this quite a few times since they had so much fun with it.
They did some patterning work with rattlesnake and scorpion pictures.
The kids made rattlesnake shakers. Some of them hid around the room, and when the other kids would walk by they would shake their rattler to let them know they were nearby. They also played this a bunch of times since any game with hiding is always lots of fun.
Every month comes with a new easy reader that focuses on certain sight words. The kids get to take these simple books home to continue working on their literacy skills.
The math cards that come every month are a great way to introduce the younger kids to counting and the older kids to more complex math skills like addition, subtraction, and even the idea of multiplication.
The kids designed post card pictures to take home.
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