Select Curriculum


Monday

Dramatic Play Center: Toy Instruments

Arts and Crafts: Making Drums (with recycled materials)

Music Time: Learning Rhythms

Book: Mama Don’t Allow by Thacher Herd

Tuesday

Arts and Crafts: Making Shakers

Music Time: Parade

Book: Pete the Cat by James Dean

Demonstration: Guitars

Wednesday

Field Trip

Thursday

Demonstration: Flutes of the World

Arts and Crafts: Making flutes/kazoos (with recycled materials)

Book: The First Flute by Whowhoahyazho Tohkohya

Video: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice from Disney’s Fantasia

Activity: Freeze Dancing

Friday

Demonstration: Cello

Book: Never Play Music Next to the Zoo by John Lithgow

Activity: Writing songs on xylophone


Monday

Dramatic Play Center: Rocket Ship (with recycled materials)

Activity: Rocket Ship Yoga

Arts and Crafts: Van Gogh-style “Starry Night” painting

Book: Space by National Geographic Kids

Snack: Astronaut Food

Tuesday

Book: Commander Toad in Space by Jane Yolen

Arts and Crafts: Planets in space collage (with recycled materials)

Video: Curious George in Space

Wednesday

Field Trip

Thursday

Arts and Crafts: Glow in the dark star bead bracelets

Book: Who was Neil Armstrong?

Friday

Arts and Crafts: Making rockets

Science Experiment: Launching Rockets

Book: The Planets by National Geographic Kids


Opening songs: I’m So Glad to See You/Good Morning

Yoga warmup – Winter (Vivaldi)

If You’re Happy and You Know It – snowman version

I’m a Little Snowman

Shakers:
Laurie Berkner’s “I live Inside a Snow Globe (Shake it Up)”

Frosty the Snowman sung book

Little Snowflake Song

Closing song: You are my Sunshine