Duck Pond Lesson Plan-Earth Week 4/20/20-4/26/20

Duck Pond Lesson Plan Earth Week!

Week: 4/20/20-4/24/20

Group Activities	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Story Time Goal: For students to communicate through language	10 Little Lady Bugs	Spring Is Here	I Love Bugs	Toddler Bible Earth Creation	You Are My  Sunshine
Circle & Song Time Goal: For students to develop their literacy, numeracy and social skills through daily activities	Water Bottle Bowling	Song: Mr. Golden Sun	Collecting Leaves & Pine Straw	Song: Whole World In His Hands	Song: You Are My Sun  Shine
Sensory Time Goal: For students to develop fine motor skills	Water Bottles & Straws	Pine Straw Sticks Pinecones	Leaf  Collecting	Building With Recyclables	Large Rock Collection
Art Time Goal: For students to develop hand eye coordination	Water Bottle Bottom Flowers	Painting with/on Pine Straw, Sticks, or Pinecones	Leaf Painting, Printing, Or  Etching	Newspaper Or Cardboard Coloring	Hand/Arm Dot 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

Monday-Water Bottle Bottom Stamp Flowers: Supplies-1 or 2 empty water bottles, light colored paper/card stock of choice, water based paints, paper plate or dish. Pour some paint on a paper plate or dish. With assistance, have your duck swirl paint with the bottom of the bottle. Have  your duck stamp the bottom of the bottle onto the paper. Repeat with the same or different colors. Once finished, add painted stem to flower if needed. 

Tuesday-Paint with or on Pine Straw/Sticks/Pinecones: Supplies--small sticks/small pine needle branch/pinecone, water based paint, paint brushes (fingers will also work), paper/cardstock (if needed). Out on your walking adventures, have your Duck pick up a few small sticks, a short/small pine needle branch, or a few pinecones.  Have your Duck either paint the objects or use the objects to paint the paper/cardstock (or both)!

Wednesday-Leaf Printing or Etching: Supplies--medium/large leaf, crayons or water based paints, paper/cardstock. Again on your outdoor adventures or walks, have your Duck collect a medium/large leaf or two (3,4,5...know the ducks!). 1 Etching: Place leaf under paper (not cardstock). With assistance, have your Duck lightly color the paper with a crayon over the leaf. 2. Printing: Have your Duck finger paint their leaf. With your assistance, have your Duck turnover their leaf (painted side down) and press it onto the paper or cardstock. 

Thursday-Newpaper or Cardboard Coloring/Painting; Supplies--water based paint, markers, crayons, stickers, or all of the above, newpaper( grocery store ads work) and/or cardboard. Ducks love coloring and/or painting on cardboard or newspaper! Add stickers for more fun!  Let them color inside a box! Let them color outside a box! 

Friday-Hand/Arm Dotted Tree: Supplies--water based paints, paint brush or very small sponge (to paint your Ducks arm), paper/cardstock. Optional-small water bottle with top.  Paint your ducks arm from elbow to hand with your choice of paint color and press arm onto paper/cardstock. Let the page dry. Once dry, have your Duck either use painted fingertips to add leaves to their arm tree or press bottle top into paint and let your duck stamp leaves on their arm tree. 

Activities: Remember with all story/books, please substitute when needed! 

1. Straws & Bottles: Ducks and Bunnies love this activity! Just need a few tall bottles with a thin neck opening (wide necks are too easy for our Ducks!), straws (plastic or paper) cut in ½, and/or popsicle sticks. Once your Duck fills their bottle, dump it out and let them start again! 

2. Building with Recyclables: Let all those Amazon boxes get a second use before heading to the recycling bin! Ducks love to stack and more importantly knock down big box towers!!! Add a few paper towel rolls and some egg cartons for more building fun! 

3. Large rock collection: In the classroom, we use (under close supervision)large river rocks to discover weight, textures, shapes, etc. Don’t have large rocks? That’s ok!! Give your duck a bucket or basket, and let them collect their own rocks. For an extra fun activity, have your Duck paint their newly collected rocks!