Duck Pond Lesson Plan March 30, 2020-April 3, 2020

Duck Pond Lesson Plan Bunnies & Baskets

Week: 3/30/20-4/3/20--Easter-Bunnies & Baskets

Group Activities	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Story Time Goal: For students to communicate through language	Llama Llama Easter Egg	Where Are Baby’s Eggs?	Peter Cottontail	Elmo’s Bunny Hop	Baby Bunny
Circle & Song Time Goal: For students to develop their literacy, numeracy and social skills through daily activities	Easter Egg Hunt	Song:  Little Bunny Foo-Foo	Music/Dance Bunny  Hop	Song: Sleeping Bunnies	Song: 10 Little Bunnies
Sensory Time Goal: For students to develop fine motor skills	Egg Hunt	Blocks	Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles	Puppets	Egg Hunt
Art Time Goal: For students to develop hand eye coordination	Paperplate Paint Bunny	Egg Mosaic	Dough Dough Dough	Paper Plate Easter Basket	HandPrint Palm Tree
Gross Motor Time Goal: For Students to develop their muscles through movement	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess

** Please link up with Ms. Amy's YouTube Channel for Little Bunny Foo-Foo and other great songs at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=uElSj8dISMI&app=desktop

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Monday's Art Project: Paper Plate Bunny--So simple. Let your duck color (Any color will do. Markers or crayons are perfect!) a paper plate or paper circle. Add ears, eyes, and some whiskers! 

Tuesday's Art Project: Egg Mosaic--Another simple but fun project. You will need some scrape paper cut into various shapes. Triangles, squares, & rectangles are the easiest. Cut an egg shape out construction paper, card stock, foam, etc. Depending on their skill level spread glue or use a glue stick on egg shape. (If Duck is able, they can spread the glue or glue stick). Now, have your duck place the different scrap shapes onto their egg. Remember: Your Duck's picture won't be neat like this one.  That's ok!!!

Wednesday's Art Project-Dough/Dough/Dough!--Break out the Playdough! It's time to smash, squish, pinch, and roll! Don't have Playdough? Go make yourself a batch! Lots of homemade playdough recipes on the web! Pick the best one for your family! Have fun making it! Make sure after you and your duck are done, place the dough in an air tight container. Zip-loc bags work just as well!  Playdough too messy for the house you say? Go outside and use your playdough on the patio/deck table!

Thursday's Art Project--Paper Plate Easter Basket. I recommend a thin paper plate for this project. No paper plates? Trace a dinner plate on a piece of paper. Cut out your circle. Have your child paint/color the bottom of plate. Follow the picture on the diagram in regards to cut and fold your new basket. Add a strip of paper for a handle. Great creative! Go use that basket for egg hunts!

Friday's Art Project--Handprint Palm Tree. You will need some green & brown paint, (you may cut a trunk out of brown paper & have you duck glue it on their project!) a medium paint brush, a piece of white/yellow construction paper or card stock. Paint your Duck's hand. Take painted hand and press at top of paper in three connected prints. Have your Duck with your assistance paint a brown trunk that connects they palm leaves (handprints) to bottom of page.

Egg Hunts! Our Ducks love to look for objects! Eggs & Basket/Buckets Hunts are a perfect activity for them. The best part right now? They won't expect a surprise in the egg yet! I do recommend sealing the plastic eggs with tape. Toddlers love to open plastic eggs. After a while, you will have mismatched eggs that won't fit together well!! Place eggs around in a small area of yard.  Let them go to town. Note: Egg Hunts are also an awesome indoor activity! Different hunts in different rooms!

Have fun! Let"s see some pictures of your Duck's creations and activities!