Lesson Plan

Week of: Jan 28 Feb 1

THEME: Five Senses/Textures GOALS: Language o Recognize and trace D o Identify the Circle o Recognize first letter of their name o Recognize and say their vocab words o Recognize the number 1, 2 o Know one child in class by name Self-Help Skills o Use fork/spoon at least twice during the week o Use cup without lid, even if spilling o Actively recognize when its clean-up time, and independently put away one toy o Recognize when it is time to take off and put on jacket Cognitive o Children will independently go to their circle time seat o Participate in finger plays and songs (participate and memorize 2) o Sit on spot during story time o Recognize when to say please Emotional o Appropriately share one toy when asked o Recognize when theyre sad Physical o Jump Hop and Spin when asked Social o Play beside friends Singing Time: OPEN SING- Sing any songs that the kids want Opening (circle time): Ask children to find their seats Music and Finger plays: Show Me if You Can Where is your finger? Where is your finger? Where is your finger? Show me if you can.

Good, now wheres your nose? Now, where is your nose? Now, where is your nose? Show me if you can. Great, now where are your eyes? Now, where are your eyes?

Now, where are your eyes? Show me if you can. Wonderful, now where are you ears? Now, where are your ears? Now, where are you ears? Show me if you can. Last one, now where is your tongue? Now where is your tongue? Now where is your tongue? Show me if you can.
Read-Aloud Story: *LIST BELOW, Find one at library for the week (You can read both a shape and color book each day or alternate)

Activity Taste/Smell/Touch/See PREPARATION Fill little containers with different spices (salt, sugar, cinnamon, garlic) and other fragrant foods (lemons, limes, bananas). Also cut up some foods small so the children can taste and feel them. You can add non-food items too if youd like for them to touch, see, and smell. ACTIVITY Pass the cups around and have all the children taste whats in them. Talk about the different things they taste. Also have the children smell whats in the cups. Talk about how smell affects taste. Than have them look at the small cut up food, and talk about it (bananas are smooshy etc). Repeat the rhyme for each taste. The (*lemon is sour). How do I know? My tongue told my brain, So it must be so. The (*rock is hard). How do I know? My skin told my brain, So it must be so.

*cinnamon is spicy, sugar is sweet, etc

*pinecone is pokey, book is smooth, etc

Activity -Hear

PREPARATION Make a CD with different sounds on it (doorbell ringing, horn honking, people talking, dog barking, etc.), also have pictures that depict each sound. (If you have a tablet you can download the app Sound Touch HD for $5.99, it has the sounds and pictures. Works PERFECT for this activity!) ACTIVITY Use your ears, use your ears, Listen now and hear! Use your ears, use your ears, What kind of sound do you hear? Say the rhyme and then play the recording. Encourage children to listen carefully. Stop the tape after each sound, and ask the children to identify it. Have them look at the pictures and find the right matches if they need to. After all the sounds have been identified, have children think of other sounds they have heard (e.g. paper ripping, children laughing) and add these sounds to the CD. Center Sensory Read the book LMNO PEAS by Keith Baker o Introduce the letter D Phonics: Play Letter D Video Category Day E Activity Squishy Balloons Description Fill balloons with different textures (dry beans, coffee grounds, hair gel, baby powder, rice, water, etc. (try to find things that smell too). Tie securely. Have children explore feeling the different balloons. You can also have each of the fillings in bowls so the kids can match the balloons with the bowl. Make Gak 2 tablespoons of white glue; 2 tablespoons of water; 1 drop of food coloring; 2 teaspoons of borax solution**see below Combine glue and water. Stir until mixed. Add food coloring. Stir to mix. Add borax solution. Stir until it is one blob. Drain excess liquid and knead for a minute or so. **Borax solution: Stir 1 tablespoon of borax into 1 cup of warm water until dissolved. Materials Needed Balloons Filling Materials Bowls

Gak Explore

White Glue Water Food Coloring Borax Noodles, buttons, coins, cookie cutters, etc.

OOBLECK Sensory Table

Centers

Sensory Art

Sandpaper Finger Painting

Creative Art

Sponge Painting

Science

TH

Sight Walk

Creative Art

TH

Bell Painting

Cooking

Popcorn

Provide noodles, buttons, coins, cookie cutters, etc. for the children to explore the gak with. Talk to them about what they are feeling. You can also add essential oils to the gak to make it smell. Make OOBLECK (2 Cups Cornstarch, 1 Cup Water, Food Coloring), make enough batches to fill your sensory table to where you want it (I made 3 batches, because thats how much cornstarch came in my thing). Provide spoons, cups, etc. Have children explore with the OOBLECK. (OOBLECK will give a reaction to every action, for example if you hit it, it will harden, but if you stir it, it will liquefy!) Take sandpaper (dollar store) and have kids finger paint on the sandpaper. Provide different fabrics or items with different textures that they can also paint on, or use as brushes to paint on the sandpaper. *You can mix in a little lotion or essential oil with the paint to make it smell nice too! Get sponges (I used scrubby sponges). Have children dip sponges in a paint and make a picture! When theyre done you can have them add sequins, cotton balls, etc to add texture to the picture!! Take a walk with the kids (even if its just in your backyard). Talk to them about the different things they are seeing. Place paper on cookie sheets. Take lots of different size of bells. Have kids dip them in paint and then roll them around the paper. Talk to them about the sound the bell makes as they roll. Make popcorn (I do mine on the stove in a whirlypop) so the kids can hear it popping. Talk to them about the sounds they hear. After the popcorn is made pour a little into a bowl for each child. Have different spices, colored frostings, candy, etc available for them

Cornstarch Water Food coloring Sensory Table Scooping toys

Sandpaper Finger Paints TEXTURES

Sponges Paint Paper Texture (sequins, cotton balls, etc.)

Cookie sheet Paper Bells Paint Popcorn Bowls Spices (cinnamon, chili powder, parmesan cheese etc) Colored Frosting

Movement/ Music

Marching Fun

Noise Hide and Seek

to decorate and flavor their own bowl of popcorn. Help the children to pour the spices etc and talk to them about what they are seeing, smelling, and tasting. March to the beat of a drum. Teacher beats on a drum slow and then fast. Have the children move accordingly to the beat. Supply one child with a bell or whistle. Have them hide while making noise. The first child to find the hiding child is the next one to hide.

Candy

Drum

Bell/Whistle

Weekly Vocabulary Words Books Forest Friends Five Senses by Christina Garelli Rain by Manya Stojic Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan David Smells by David Shannon Five for the Little One by Christopher Raschka I saw the Seas and the Sea Saw Me by Megan Montague Cash Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell by Pamela Hill Nettleton My Five Senses by Aliki A Perfect Day: All About the Five Senses You Cant Taste a Pickle with Your Ear by Harriet Ziefert You Smell and Taste and Fell and See and Hear by Mary Murph My Five Senses by Margaret Miller Busy Bunnies Five Senses by Teddy Slater Where Are You Going? by Kimberlee Grave and Rozanne Lanczak Williams What Can It Be? Riddles About the Senses by Jacqueline A. Ball QEB Lets Start Science series by Sally Hewitt Rookie Read-About Health series by Sharon Gordon Look, Listen, and Learn by Susan Canizares and Pamela Chanko Time-to-Discover Scholastic Readers series by Melvin and Gilda Berger The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole You Cant Smell a Flower With Your Ear!: A Book About Your 5 Senses by Joanna Cole See Hear Smell Feel Taste

Links http://blogs.jocolibrary.org/corinthstorytime/2010/04/20/my-5-senses-preschool-storytime/ http://tottreasuresnorthbay.blogspot.com/2012/01/sensory-balloons.html http://madisonshafer.blogspot.com/2010/06/finger-painting-on-sandpaper.html http://lessons.atozteacherstuff.com/255/eggs-filled-with-sound-five-senses/ http://w4.nkcsd.k12.mo.us/~rbeckett/The%20Five%20Senses.htm http://www.preschool-plan-it.com/five-senses.html