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May 1, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Children will engage in the inquiry question, "What grows?" using manipulatives, literature, music and more.</p>

May 2, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
    <p>Children will explore with living and nonliving figurines or items (animal figurines, people figurines, toy trees, rocks vehicles) and observe how children incorporate these into their construction and play. Which of these items grows? Does a car change over time?</p>

May 3, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Artificial flowers will be added to the dramatic play area for children to incorporate into the farmer's market. Children will be encouraged to sort and organize them into bouquets to see to customers by asking, "Why did you put these flowers together?"</p>

May 6, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Children will create sight word rubbing cards by sing a hot glue gun to form the sight words on index cards.</p>

May 7, 2024

  • 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
    <p>We will add animal books that share life size animal photos such as "Actual Size," by Steve Jenkins and "Real Size Baby Animals," by DK Publishing.</p>

May 8, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Children will work on their fine motor skills by threading the stems through colander holes. This activity builds children's fine motor skills, pattern building and creativity.</p>

May 9, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>We will include a variety of books to encourage children to encourage children to think about what can grow.</p>

May 10, 2024

  • 3:05 PM - 4:00 PM
    <p>Children will explore how food can grow in different ways. Some food grows on trees, and some grow below the ground.</p>

May 13, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Today, we will explore with QR codes.</p>

May 14, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>With hands gently tied to a partner's, we will create a beautiful piece of collaborative art while we practice our communication skills.</p>

May 15, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Today, children will be invited to write or draw what they think grows. Children will continue to add to this list as time goes on.</p>

May 16, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>Today, children will sing and dance to, "The More We Get Together."</p>

May 17, 2024

May 20, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>The Life Lessons Library books today is called, "Franklin's New Friend" by Paulette Bourgeois.</p>

May 21, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>Today, children will predict how many items (mini erasers, paperclips, pebbles, pom poms, etc.) are in the clear containers. They will write their answer on a sticky note.</p>

May 22, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>Children will check the weather throughout multiple times of the day. We will write down children's observations on paper to see if children begin to notice any emerging patterns.</p>

May 23, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>We will compare children's growth now to when they first started school by marking a piece of masking tape on the wall with a pencil and comparing the pieces from the beginning of the year.</p>

May 24, 2024

  • 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
    <p>Spirit Day for the month of May will be "Tie Dye" day! Wear your favorite tie dye today! </p>

May 27, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>Does it Grow?</p><p>Children will use clipboards and pencils while searching for and recording different thigs that grow and then share our list with the class.</p>

May 28, 2024

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    <p>During outdoor exploration children will engage in all different types of play, including gross motor, messy and creative play, play with manipulatives or loose parts and dramatic play.</p>

May 29, 2024

  • 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
    <p>Children will practice counting by 10s to 50, comparing measurements in growth and size among plants, animals, and their peers.</p>

May 30, 2024

  • 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    <p>Kindness Grows Like Wildflowers:</p><p>Children will draw a picture of a flower, labeling it with a way to show kindness to illustrate how these positive feelings can grow.</p>

May 31, 2024

  • 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
    <p>As children listen to different spoken words, we will count the number of syllables we hear and then share which words are the shortest and the longest.</p>