Theme: We love our Pets - second week (I tend to do 2 weeks per theme)
Art activities: M/T animal themed sponge prints (dog paw print, cat paw print, fish print)
: W/Th hand print kitty cat
: F playdough hedgehogs (playdough/broken spaghetti/googly eyes)
Craft activities: M/T rainbow fish (photocopy to colour, glue on pieces of tinfoil and coffe filters - they will pick up the coloured markers when the glue is wet)
: W/Th paper plate fish bowls
: F My Pet book
Circle: regular circle activities/continue with 'cat' sign/ show I love my Pet book made by class/ add new pages as they come in / discuss Leap Year.
Stories: M/T "A Pocketful of Pets"
W/Th " Cat and Mouse in the Rain"
F "One Guinea Pig is Too Many"
Songs: continue from last week / Going to the Pet Store (change "Going on a Bear Hunt)
Phonics: M/T - 'o' alphabet book page
W/Th- start 'p' story
Gross Motor: continue for month
Fine Motor: begin cutting assessments (angles - line/triangles/squares/octagons)
Sensory: continue with rice play and mini pets / add smelly markers to writing.
Science: look at class pet pictures and talk about growth (for some reason the kids are all talking about their pets getting 'fixed'!)
all areas continue the same (Dramatic Play / Blocks and Building / Games and Puzzles / Playdough / Books )
catch up on Phonics books, assessments and portfolios for those who were away.
