Week Of: April 11

NeuvilleTOTS

Small Group
Activities

Description
The children have been noticing the changes
that spring has brought about (snow melting,
bugs and birds everywhere!). In result this week
was focused on insects.
1. Spring Time Bingo: This group session started
off with a reading from The Grouchy Ladybug by
Eric Carle followed by discussion on the
changes spring has brought. The children were
very excited to see that the snow had melted,
no more snow pants! After the discussion, the
children were given a 4x5 bingo sheet filled
with capital letters. Then they were shown a
picture of a spring symbol (sun flower,
caterpillar, nestetc.) and asked to come up
with the letter it started with. Once the right
letter was said the children got to find the letter
on their bingo sheet and cover it up with a
special gem. Many of the children challenged
themselves by counting the number of gems
they used.
2. Carpet Area: This group session started off with
a felt board activity based on The Very Hungry
Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Next, the children
were asked the Question of the week, Have
you ever played in the rain? The majority said
yes! When doing Name That Child the
children found out that Madelyns favorite food
is chicken fingers and Rachels is popcorn.
Afterwards, a Clifford magazine dealing with
ants was read through and discussed. The
children were amazed to learn how strong ants
are! Finally, the children ended small group by
writing their names on a half piece of paper,
cutting the paper in three sections, and playing
a name swapping game.

KDIs

Approaches to Learning: engagement

Social & Emotion: sense of competence,
building relationships,
Physical: fine motor
Language: Comprehension, speaking,
vocabulary, book knowledge, concepts about
print, phonological awareness, alphabetic
knowledge
Math: Number and words symbols, counting,
Science: Predicting, classifying, drawing
conclusions, communicating ideas
Social Studies: Community roles, diversity,
natural and physical world, geography, ecology

Approaches to Learning: engagement, initiative

Social & Emotional: Sense of competence,
building relationships
Physical: Fine motor skills
Language: comprehension, speaking,
vocabulary, book knowledge, concepts about
print
Math: Counting, date analysis
Science: Observing, drawing conclusions,
communicating ideas
Social Studies: Community roles, diversity,
ecology, natural and physical world

Week Of: April 11

3. Pizza play dough: This group session started off
with a reading of Sams Pizza and Sams
Sandwich by David Pelham. Both stories
depicted a mischievous boy that made bug
filled food for his sister. In honor of this the
children were given play dough, a bucket filled
with colored shapes, and all kinds of bugs. The
children had an absolute blast making silly
pizzas for each other as well as learning about
the different bugs they used.

4. Diamond day: This group session started off

with an explanation of the diamond shape and
the sign language for it. Then the children
engaged in a show and tell with the diamond
shaped items they brought from home.
Afterward, the children were read Whats the
Weather by Ellen Church and introduced to their
stain glass kite making project. The children
had to cutout a tracing of a diamond out of
contact paper and decorate it with tape and
tissue paper.

5. Mud Cups: This group session started with a

reading from Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin.
The children then followed a recipe to make
their very own mud cups, worms and all. The
children practiced measuring with different
sized utensils, using their muscles to crush and
experimenting.

Approaches to Learning: engagement, planning

Social & Emotional: sense of competence,
building relationships,
Physical: Fine motor skills, gross motor skills
Language: comprehension, speaking,
vocabulary, book knowledge, concepts about
print
Math: Counting, patterns, shapes
Creative: Art, pretend play
Science: experimenting, predicting,
communicating ideas
Social studies: Natural and physical world
Approaches to Learning: engagement
Social & Emotional: sense of competence,
building relationships,
Physical: Fine motor skills
Language: comprehension, speaking,
vocabulary, book knowledge, phonological
awareness, alphabetic knowledge, concepts
about print
Math: Counting, number words and symbols,
data analysis
Social Studies: Community roles, diversity,
Natural and physical world
Approaches to Learning: engagement
Social & Emotional: sense of competence,
building relationships,
Physical: Fine motor skills, gross motor
Language: comprehension, speaking,
vocabulary, book knowledge, concepts about
print, Alphabetic knowledge
Math: number words and symbols, data
analysis, measuring
Science: Observing, experimenting, predicting,
drawing conclusions and communicating ideas
Social Studies: natural and physical world,
ecology

Week Of: April 11

Large Group

Book Title- Author

Hansel and Gretel by James Marshall
Birthday bear
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
Movement/ songs: Theres a spider on the floor!, Let it
go/ Frozen, Adventures in space, The Happy song

Discussion Topics Autumns birthday

Weather changes
Caterpillar we found outside as well as our
captured spider
New items in the classroom
What we did over vacation
Review of classroom rules

Word of the Week:

Felt Board

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Literature, Math

Sensory Table

Small motor,

Outdoor/Gym/Large
Motor

Colored water and rubber ducks with upper and lower

case letters on them.
Outdoor: Superheroes!, sand toys, racing, freeze tag,
letter/number walk, insect discovery, Elsa and Anna

Easel

Spray bottles, dot art, and duck shaped scrubber

Art

Listening Center

The Cat Who Wore a Pot on Her Head by Jan Slepian

and Ann Seidler

Literature

Discovery Corner

1. Shoe tying station

2. Science in a bag- guessing an object by its
touch

Large motor, counting, number words and symbols

Science, math, fine motor