Autumn Theme

Turtles Class
Lesson Plan for the week of: September 27th – October 1st
Theme: Autumn

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
*Circle Time*
Every day during circle time we will go over our daily schedule, classroom helpers, the calendar, weather, and sing songs.

Circle Time Daily Theme
(Communication Skills, Literacy Development, Celebrating Diversity) What is a pumpkin? What is a scarecrow? Where do apples grow? How do you like to eat corn? What are the colors of fall?
Creative Arts/Crafts
(Creative Arts, Communication Skills, Social Development)
Paper plate pumpkins
Paper bag scarecrows
Apple trees
Corn-cob print
Tissue paper collage
Math
(Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
Before and after
1st, middle, last
Left and right
Read: “Left or Right?”
Act it out math problems
How much do you know?
Language Arts/Writing/Reading
(Cognitive, Literacy and Fine Motor Development)
I’m going on a pumpkin hunt
My friend, the scarecrow
Spanish
What can we use corn for?
What things are “fall colors”?
Science
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
How does a pumpkin grow?
How do scarecrows help farmers?
What makes an apple tree special?
How does corn grow?
Why do leaves change color?
Sensory
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)

Counting pumpkin seeds
YOGA
(wear comfy clothes)
Apple taste test
Corn crazy concoction
Music
Outdoor Play Skills
(Gross Motor Development, Social Skills) Outside (or in the classroom during inclement weather), we will work on muscle development, fine and gross motor skills, coordination, and honing social skills. We utilize such equipment as tricycles, climbing structures, and swing-sets during outside time.

Music & Movement/ Creative Expression
(Gross Motor, Creative Expression)
Sing: 5 Little Pumpkins
Sing: I’m a little scarecrow
Sing: Did you ever see a tree?
Sing: Autumn song
Sing: Autumn leaves
Afternoon Activity
(Cognitive, Literacy, and Fine Motor Development, Creative Arts)
Read: “The Best Halloween Hung Ever”

Read: “The Silly Scarecrow” *Show-n-tell: Autumn*
Read: “Apples”
Read: “Big Red Barn”
Read: “Leaves, Leaves!”