Orange Room
March 1st -31st 2016
“Texas/ Farm and Rodeo”
Lesson
Review
Domain
Gross Motor/
Outdoor Play
Fine Motor/
Pre-Writing
Cognitive/
Phonological
Awareness
Social/
Emotional
Self-Help
Home Connection
The children will continue to strengthen their coordination skills by moving their bodies in
different ways such as Lone Star Stand on 1 foot 5 Seconds, throwing tumble weeds 10 feet,
Texan hop on 1 foot, gallop forward Texan, Trail riders chuck wagons take sharp turns, catching
tumble weeds, hang on cowboys and girls, Texans march, touch your toes partner and raise those
heels you Texans. Play a game of throw and catch with your child near and far.
The children will enhancing their eye-hand coordination skills by participating in small group
activities such as building a ranch gate, hanging clothes on the line, folding napkins, making quilt
pieces, stuffing envelopes, making handkerchiefs, tying knots in a rope, repairing porch steps and
grooming their horses. They will also use writing and painting materials to make signs and pictures
to help create our Texas/Farm and Rodeo environment. Give your child crayons and paper and let
them draw pictures of familiar environmental print from the sales papers.
The children will practice observation skills and make comparison between objects and draw
logical conclusions. They will also practice asking how, why, where, when and what questions. They
will learn onset rime by listening to words broken into parts then say the recognized word.
Encourage your child to sing songs and point out robust words read in a story.
The children will strengthen their skills of assisting peers in need and responding positively to
accomplishments of their peers. Help your child to recognize when someone may need assistance.
Describe the situation in a few words and model how to offer assistance to others in need. Ex:
“May I help you?” A few ideas for areas of assistance (with folding laundry, by getting a Kleenex
or picking up a dropped object etc.)
The children will practice using small pitchers to pour their own milk for snack. They will also
practice spreading food with a plastic table knife. Provide your child with opportunities to
practice pouring their small container of water, milk, or juice into a cup.
Language and Literacy
Vocabulary
Bluebonnet
Chili
Chuck Wagon
Cotton
Friendship
Guitar
Lone Star State
Longhorn
Mockingbird
Nine Banded Armadillo
Pecan Tree
Prickly Pear Cactus
Quarter Horse
Rodeo
Square Dance
Texas
Texas State Flag
Books
Armadillo Rodeo by Jan Brett
Don’t Eat the Bluebonnets by Ellen Leventhal
Mrs. Wishy-Washy’s Farm by Joy Cowley and
Elizabeth Fuller
Our Texas by Jackie Mims Hopkins and Craig J.
Spearing
Over On The Farm by Christopher Gunson
Texas Night Before Christmas by James Rice
The Gingerbread Cowboy by Janet Squires and
Holly Berry
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble
The Legend of the Bluebonnet by Tomie dePaola
Songs/Fingerplays
“All Around the Kitchen Cock-A“Doodle-Doodle-Do”
“Baa Baa Black Sheep”
“Cowboy Stew”
“Deep In the Heart of Texas”
“Farmer In the Dell”
“I’m a Little Cowboy/Cowgirl”
“I’m A Texas Star”
“Mary Had A Little Lamb”
“Old MacDonald Had A Farm”
“R-O-D-E-O”
“Yellow Rose of Texas”