Themes

• Five Senses

• Feelings & Emotions

• Thanksgiving

Social Development/Values 

• Hands are not for hitting

• Accepting others

Pre-Math

• Shape: Triangle

• Continuation/Introduction to Numbers: 4

 Opposites

• Over & Under 

Language

• Continuation/Introduction to Letters & Sounds (phonics): Gg, Hh, Ii

Physical Skills Focus

• Gross Motor

   

  - Hopping, Jumping, Skipping  

  - Left & Right

  - Games: 5 Little Turkeys, The Hokey Pokey, The Numbers Jump, I Spy

   

• Fine Motor

             On-going - Cutting practice – scissor books, wooden lacing beads, sequencing beads, lace &

             trace, puzzles, magnet blocks & pattern sets, coloring, stencils, etc.

Sensory Awareness

• Holiday baking

• 5 senses awareness activities

• Exploration centers: textures & scents, smelly jars, brown bear pudding painting

Creative Expression

• Color Focus: Brown, Secondary Color: Purple

• Crafts:
                 - Goats garage
                 - Hat tachistoscope
                 - Interesting insect cage
                 - Tom turkey
                 - Pilgrim lady
                 - Indian man
                 - Fingerprint project
                 - Brown bear pudding painting

Pretend/Dramatic Play  

• On-going – Free Choice:
                 - Puppet theatre
                 - Playing house
                 - Kitchen/cooking
                 - Dolls
                 - Train table & floor track
                 - Blocks, etc. 

Theme Songs

• Sun Shines For All

• This Little Light of Mine

• S-M-I-L-E

• If You’re Happy and You Know It

• Smile Everybody Smile

• Where Are My Feelings?

• I'm H-A-P-P-Y

• The Smile Song

• Safe At Home

• Itchy Itchy Owie Owie Boo Boo

• The More We Get Together

• Turkey in the Straw

• The Turkey (is a funny bird)

• Five Little Turkeys

• Ten Little Turkeys

• Five Senses

• The Bear Went Over the Mountain

Theme Stories

Special Occasions

• Thanksgiving!