Plants – 3.8 – Add A Little

Movement Moment

Four Sides

Supplies:

• Posters of four general types of plants – tree, bush, flower, grass (Or 4 papers and a marker to create your own simple posters)
• Tape (or other temporary ways to attach the posters to your wall)

Prep:

• Clear an area for active running.
• Attach one poster to each of the four walls of the area.

Time to Play:

• Invite your children to join you standing at one wall of the running area.
• Point to the different walls and invite your children to name the posters: tree, bush, flower, grass.
• Explain that you will be giving instructions about which poster to move to and how to move.
• Start with a few simple instructions, such as: “Run to the tree.”
• After a few simple rounds to help understand the game, try changing it up:
  • Stomp
  • Tip-toe
  • Fly
  • Skip
  • Crawl
  • Walk slowly
  • Walk on heals
  • Walk backwards (if a small group)
• If you have a small number of children, consider letting them take turns giving the instructions.

Art Activity

Dandelion Cutting

Supplies:

• Yellow paper
• Regular paper
• Child scissors
• A pencil or pen
• A glue stick
• Green crayons or pencil crayons, and other colours for finishing the picture

Prep:

• Draw a 4.5″ or 11 cm diameter circle on each yellow paper (you could trace a roll of masking tape).
• In the center of that circle, draw a 2″ or 5 cm circle (you could trace a paper towel roll).
• Follow the instructions below in “Time to Create” section to make an example of the craft to show your children.

Time to Create:

• Show your children the example of the dandelion picture you made ahead of time.
• Show your child the yellow paper. Instruct them to cut out the large circle (and not do anything with the small one).
• After they have cut the large circle, show them how to cut from the out side towards the center of the flower stopping at the small circle. This creates the leaves of the dandelion.
• After they have cut the dandelion, have them glue it onto a regular paper.
• Offer them crayons to draw a stem and leaves for their dandelion.

Five-Minute Focus

Let’s Learn Our Numbers

Numbers of the Unit

4 5 6

Number Activity

• Time to Learn:
  • Supplies: White board and dry erase maker
  • Write numbers 4, 5, and 6 on the white board. Encourage your child to trace the numbers with the dry erase marker.

• For other letter/number teaching techniques, visit: https://sjlittle.ca/preschool/teaching-the-abcs-at-circle-time/