Safety week

Turtles Class
Lesson Plan for the week of: October 4- 8
Theme: Safety Week

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) Car and Traffic Safety Bike, Skates, and Skateboard Safety Fire Safety Water Safety Animal and Farm Safety

Creative Arts/Crafts
(Creative Arts, Communication Skills, Social Development)
Make a stop light (green, yellow, red)
Decorate a helmet
Making fire trucks
Finger Painting Pools
Felt Animals
Math
(Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
Counting 1 - 5
Counting 1, 2 & 3
Reading and Writing 1, 2 & 3
Counting 4
Making 4
Language Arts/Writing/Reading
(Cognitive, Literacy and Fine Motor Development)
How can we be safe in a car?
How can we be safe on our bike?
Spanish
How can we be safe by water?
How can we be safe around water?
Science
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)
What do the traffic signals tell us?
How do helmets protect us?
How do firemen help us?

What floats?
What animals are on a farm?
Sensory
(Communication Skills, Cognitive and Fine Motor Development)

What are the sounds of traffic?
YOGA
(wear comfy clothes)
Visit from the Fire Department
Water Table play
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: Seat belt safety
Sing: bike safety
Sing: Fire Safety
Sing: Water safety
Sing: Animals on the Farm
Afternoon Activity
(Cognitive, Literacy, and Fine Motor Development, Creative Arts)
Read: Signs
Read: Safety Book *Show-n-tell: Safety*
Read: The Fire Cat
Read: Do Fish Drink?
Read: My Horse Book