Lesson Plan 9/20

Turtles Class
Lesson Plan for the week of: September 20th – 25th
Theme: SEASONS

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 are the four seasons? What is the weather like in the spring? What is the weather like in the summer? What is the weather like in the fall? What is the weather like in the winter?
Creative Arts/Crafts
(Creative Arts, Communication Skills, Social Development)
Seasonal trees
Spring Stories
Sandy Beaches
Watercolor leaves
Hand print snowflakes
Math
(Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
Positions in space
Inside/ Outside
Over, Under, On
Top, Middle, Bottom
Above/Below
Language Arts/Writing/Reading
(Cognitive, Literacy and Fine Motor Development)
What is your favorite season?
What is your favorite thing about spring?
What is your favorite thing about summer?
What is your favorite thing about fall?
What is your favorite thing about winter?
Science
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
Why do we have seasons?
What do trees look like in the spring?
What do trees look like in the summer?
What do trees look like in the fall?
What do trees look like in the winter?
Sensory
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)

What are the sounds of the seasons?
YOGA
(wear comfy clothes)
What are the smells of summer?
What do you see in fall?
(in places that actually has fall)
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: Four Seasons
Sing: It’s Spring
Sing: Hot Days
Sing: Autumn Days
Sing: Brrr Brrr Brrr
Afternoon Activity
(Cognitive, Literacy, and Fine Motor Development, Creative Arts)
Read: “The Little Duck”

Read: “Picnic” *Show-n-tell: Seasons*
Read: “Summer”
Read: “Clifford’s First Autumn”
Read: “Six Snowy Sheep”