Theme: Arctic Animals

Letter: A Number: 1

Word: Blue Spanish: Azul

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Tuesday

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Thursday

Friday

Read: The Mitten Letter A Writing Language Arts Flannel Board Sheet Story Line

Penguin Color Match

Sing Songs

Number 1 Worksheet

Arts and Crafts

Stuffed Polar Bears

Decorate Mittens

Sugar Cube Igloos

Glitter A is For Apples

Ocean Finger Painting

Math and Science

Blue/Azul Play Dough

Ice Sculpture

Favorite Alaskan Animals Chart

Sensory Table Igloos

Penny Roll

Small Group

Skating on Paper Hickory Dickory Plates Dock

Waddle Like Penguins Race

Paper Snowball Fight

Hokey Pokey with Ones

Arctic Animals Explanation Sheet Prep Checklist of Odd Items: 1. Have the book The Mitten. 2. Block of Ice for Ice Sculpture Tuesday 3. Ice Cubes & blocks and slush or snow for Thursday 4. Sugar Cubes 5. Dice and Pennies for Friday 6. Playdough Ingredients for Monday MONDAY Language Arts: Read The Mitten & Flannel Board Story Line: Read this book and cut out the attached steps, laminate and put velcro on the back. Pass out the pictures to the children and have them try to put them in the same order on a flannel board as in the book. Arts & Crafts: Stuffed Polar Bears: Have enough white lunch bags so each child has one. Draw a profile of a bear and have the child cut it out so you have 2 separate bears (or cut out if the children are too young). Staple the bears together around the outside leaving the head open. The child can stuff tissue paper or newspaper in the hole to make the bear full. Then the head can be stapled and the child can decorate the rest of the bear with a crayon or marker. Science/Math: Blue/Azul Play dough: Make the following play dough recipe with the children then suggest they create play dough water for Arctic Animal to swim in (they can use other colors of play dough to make animals). Make sure you discuss how the color is Azul in Spanish. Basic Playdough (Nonedible): Mix 1 cup flour, 2 Tbsp cream of tartar, and cup salt in a pan. Mix blue food coloring with 1 cup water, add with 12 Tbsp oil then add to dry mixture. Cook over medium heat until thick. Small Group: Skating on Paper Plates: Have the children spread out or take turns in an open area. They can step on paper plates to use as skates while they slide across the floor. Turn on fun music for them to skate toyou can have them skate to the beat (fast, slow and pause it for them to stop)! TUESDAY Language Arts: Letter A Writing Sheet: Make enough copies of the attached writing sheet for each child. Make sure to assist each child individually. Arts & Crafts: Decorate Mittens: Trace mitten shapes onto any color of construction paper. Have the children cut out and decorate their mittens with gems, sequins, markers, etc.. Science/Math: Ice Sculpture: Place a block of ice in a dishpan. Place a small bowl of rock salt next to the ice for the children to spoon over the ice. Have colored water (diluted food coloring) and droppers in bowls next to the ice for the children to make designs on the ice. Talk to the children about primary & secondary colors, blue, azul, etc.. Small Group: Hickory Dickory Dock: Print off the attached times, laminate and hand out to the children. While reading the attached rhyme, have the children hold up the correct time. You can also use your own play clock to show the matching time with hands on a clock.

WEDNESDAY Language Arts: Penguin Color Match: Cut out attached penguin, colored bowties, and color words and laminate. Have the children pick a color word, help them sound it out then place the correct bowtie on the penguin. Continue with all the colors. Arts & Crafts: Sugar Cube Igloos: Have the children glue together sugar cubes on a piece of cardboard to make a small igloo. Then add a large white cotton ball and a small pom pom to the opening for the polar bears behind. Can add glitter to the cardboard too! Science/Math: Favorite Alaskan Animals Chart: Use the chart provided to chart the childrens favorite Alaskan Animals. When complete, discuss which animal has the most, least, same number, etc..of votes. Small Group: Waddle Like Penguins Race: Pair the children up having one partner on either end of a room. The children that start will put a rolled up sock between their legs and will waddle to their partner who will feed them a goldfish cracker before taking the sock between their legs and going to the other end where theyll be fed a goldfish cracker also. THURSDAY Language Arts: Sing Songs: Use the attached songs to sing at group time. Arts & Crafts: Glitter A is for Apples: Cut out apple shapes from white construction paper. Have the children put glue all over their apples, then sprinkle with red glitter. Then put a big letter A in glue on top of the red glitter and have the children use green glitter on the A. You can also cut out brown stems and green leaves for them to glue to their apple. Science/Math: Sensory Table Igloos: Put all sizes of ice cubes in your sensory table for the kids to build igloos and be creative. The slush and snow can make a good glue for the cubes. The kids might want to put on their gloves so their hands arent so cold. Also provide sandbox toys and shovels for the children to play with. Small Group: Paper Snowball Fight: Separate a small group of kids into 2 teams. Tip a couple of tables on their sides so the children can hide behind. Have them crumple up white paper and have snowball fights. You can also place a waste can in front of each teams table and see how many snowballs each team throws in the other teams can. FRIDAY Language Arts: Number 1 Worksheet: Print enough copies of the attached worksheet so each child has one. Arts & Crafts: Ocean Finger Painting: Give the children some light blue paper for them to finger paint an ocean and sky. When it is dry, they can either color arctic ocean animals/mammals or cut and paste the attached pictures. Science/Math: Penny Roll: Do this as a one-on-one activity. Have a 12 pennies & a pair of dice on a table. Each child can roll the die, count the dots, then count out the correct number of pennies. Make sure they understand that a penny equals one cent. Small Group: Hokey-Pokey: Sing the hokey pokey song with the following items: One Arm, One Hand, One Elbow, One Foot, One Leg, One Knee, One Hip, and One Head. (You put your one arm in, you put your one arm out, you put your one arm in and you shake it all about. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around. Thats what its all about!)

Arctic Animals/A/1/Blue/Azul Songs Have You Ever Seen a Penguin (Have you BLUE BERRY PANCAKES (Chant) Author Jean ever seen a Lassie) Author Unknown Warren Have you ever seen a penguin? A penguin. . .a penguin! Lets make pancakes, yum, yum, yum. Have you ever seen a penguin swim this way And drop on blueberries, one by one. Turn the pancakes, now their done. and that way? Swim this way and that way . . . and this way Blueberry pancakes, lets have some! Jean Warren and that way? Have you ever seen a penguin swim this way and that? (point) (Continue with slide and waddle)
IF YOURE WEARING SOMETHING BLUE (If Youre Happy And You Know It) Adapted Traditional If youre wearing hands. If youre wearing hands. If youre wearing your feet, too. If youre wearing hands. something blue, clap your something blue, clap your something blue, then stomp something blue, clap your

WE LOVE BLUE (Three Blind Mice) Author Liz Ryerson We love blue. We love blue. Yes, we do. Yes, we do. We love the ocean and sky so blue. We love blue ribbons and blue jeans, too. We love blueberries, so good for you. We love blue, yes we do. (Also can replace blue with Azul.)

(Also can replace blue with Azul.)

LITTLE PENQUINS (Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star) Author Elizabeth Scofield Little penquins black and white On the ice, what a sight! See them waddle, see them glide. Watch them as they slip and slide. Little penquins black and white On the ice, what a sight! Encourage your children to pretend to be penquins and act out the song as they sing.

IM A LITTLE PENQUIN (Im A Little Teapot) Author Jean Warren Im a little penquin short and stout. I flap my wings and waddle about. I wear a coat thats black as night. But my tummy is soft and white. Im a little penquin black and white. I like to waddle across the ice. When I reach the water, I dive right in. I hunt for fish, as I swim, swim, swim.

Arctic Animals/A/1/Blue/Azul Songs Page 2 Snowey Pokey (Hokey Pokey) Author Unknown You put your right mitten in, You take your right mitten out, You put your right mitten in and you shake it all about. You do the Snowey pokey and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about. Note continue with additional verses: You put your left mitten in You put your scarf in You put your right boot in You put your left boot in You put your hat in You put your snowself in etc

Five Fat Walruses (Chant) Author Unknown Five fat walruses were at the North Pole. One climbed on the ice and fell into a hole. Four fat walruses swam toward the ice. One bumped an iceberg which wasn't very nice. Three fat walruses had whiskers on their faces, One got bored and went to sleep; he didn't like the places. Two fat walruses went to look for food. One swam far, far away; he wasn't in the mood. One fat walrus was tired of the play. She flipped a good-by with her tail and then she swam away.

Penguin Family (Chant) Author Unknown One royal penguin . .feeling very blue (hold up one finger) Called for his brother then there were two (hold up two fingers) Two royal penguins. . .swimming in the sea (swimming motion) Called for their sister then there were three (hold up three fingers) Three royal penguins waddle on the shore (waddle) Call for their mother, then there were four (hold up four fingers) Four royal penguins learning how to dive (Make diving motion) Call for their father, then there were five (hold up five fingers)

The Mitten Story Line page 1

The Mitten Story Line page 2

Stuffed Polar Bear Profile to Trace

Letter A Writing Sheet Name_______________________________

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Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck one The fox ran down, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck two And down he flew, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck three And he did flee, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck four, He hit the floor, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck five,

The fox took a dive, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck six, That fox, he split, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, The clock struck seven, 8, 9, 10, 11, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, The fox ran up the clock, As twelve bells rang, The foxy sprang, Hickory Dickory dock. Hickory Dickory dock, "Why scamper?" asked the clock, "You scare me so I have to go! Hickory Dickory dock."

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Penguin Color Match

Penguin Match

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White Brown Purple Pink Gray

Favorite Alaskan Animals Chart

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Ocean Finger Painting

Number 1 Writing Sheet Name_______________________________

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Word Wall/Tree Pictures

Arctic Animals Aa 1 One Azul Blue The Mitten