Ms. Bethany’s Toddler Two LESSON PLAN WEEK: September 30-October 4th Assistants: Alexis & Tocarra Books of the Week: Barn Cat Slide and find the farm My little people farm Pop up Farm Concepts learning this week: Find the farm animal that goes with the sound you hear. Colors- purple and brown. Painting to the pictures in the book Core Skills: Creative Representation- Core Skill: Communication and LanguageMUSIC and Movement for the week: Core Skills: Movement Old Mac Donald Jump up and turn around BINGO & Little Red Hen Language working on this week: Core Skill: Sense of self Core Skill: Social Relations Naming farm animals and making the sound they make We are working on A-E-I-O-U The children use their arms to make the letter and they all sing the sound together Refers to self by name ACTIVITIES: Core Skill: Communication and LanguageCore Skill: Exploration and Early Logic Art Did you feed my cow? Children will go into the kitchen to find one object of food and tell me what they picked to feed the puppet cow. We will have pictures of corn and hay to match on the board Flannel board pictures things you see on the farm Each child will put a farmer’s hat on and give the hat to the child next to them. Key word next and who is sitting next to you? We will used the pretend farm set to use with our friends Core Skill: Cow handprints Duck time with feathers Yarn collage Eggshell collage Animal sponge prints MUCH OF THE DAY During the day the children have access to fine motor, gross motor, dramatic play, supervised art, science and math areas, writing areas and music areas. This gives the children the ability to choose what they would like to do at any given time. This time encourages exploration, language and social skills with peers and general cognitive development.