6/1/20-6/5/20 Duck Pond Lesson Plan ABC Review!

Duck Pond  Lesson Plan ABC Review

Week: 6/1/20-6/5/20—ABC Review

Group Activities	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Story Time Goal: For students to communicate through language	Playskool Beginning Letters	Dr. Seuss ABC/ The Alphabet Book	Chicka Chicka ABC’s	Sparkly ABC’s	Bobby Bear’s ABCs/ Playskool
Group Activity Goal: For students to develop their literacy, numeracy and social skills through daily activities	Big Sandcut ABC’s	ABC Song	Song: “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom”	ABC Song/Grace	“C” Is For Cookie
Sensory Time Goal: For students to develop fine motor skills	Big ABC’s	Magnet Letters	Letter Hunt	Dough Dough Dough	ABC Felts
Art Time Goal: For students to develop hand eye coordination	ABC Stamping	Finger Paint ABC’s	ABC  Flour/Salt/ Sugar Pan Trace	ABC Dough	Sidewalk Chalk
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

ABC Review Themed Crafts:

Monday-ABC Stamping: Supplies-paper/cardstock. ABC Stamps. Inkpad or paints. If you don't have ABC stamps, you may create ABC stamps with bottle caps and foam stickers (Just peel of paper off sticker. Place sticker on top of bottle cap!) Stamp away!

Tuesday-Finger Paint ABC's: Supplies-paper/card stock/paper plate (we recommend a paper plate but not necessary if you don't have any available), paint. Ducks love finger painting! Show them with one finger how to make straight lines, circles, other shapes, and letters.  Too messy? Do this project outside!!!!

Wednesday-ABC Flour/Salt/Sugar/Sand Pan Trace: Supplies-cake pan/actually any small pan will do. Add a enough flour/salt/sugar/sand to bottom of pan to cover bottom. Like the finger painting activity let your Duck use their fingers to trace around the pan. Show them with one finger how to make straight lines, circles, other shapes, and letters. 

Thursday-ABC Dough: Supplies-playdough/clay/homemade playdough (see an earlier blog entry for a recipe if needed), ABC cookie cutters if you have them! Have fun rolling, squeezing, smashing, shaping ABC letters with dough!

Friday-Sidewalk Chalk: Supplies-Sidewalk chalk and outdoor writing surfaces. Draw or write ABC's, shapes, lines, etc for your Duck to trace or color! Good outdoor activity! If it's raining, use dark color construction paper for some indoor sidewalk chalk fun!

** Don't expect your Duck to trace or write any of these letter, shapes, or lines. Most children at this age just color over what you just drew. That's normal! They're using those hand muscles! The art/craft activity purpose is to expose your Ducks to linguistics and to work the fine motor muscles/eye coordination. It's play! It's fun! Children learn and retain a concept faster if the concept in used in play activities! **

YouTube has some great videos that go with this week's lesson plan! Check out "Chicka-Chicka-Boom-Boom!", "C" is for Cookie,  & Dr. Seuss's ABC's! Check out virtual books through Loudoun County Public Libraries. Netflix & Amazon Prime (if you have a subscription) have great children's virtual books & stories as well!

Have a Great Week!!!