"Whoever You Are" by Mem Fox

One of our favorite books to read in the Duck Pond  for Multicultural Week or Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Mem Fox's "Whoever You Are". We maybe all different, but we are all the same! Enjoy this read aloud version of this wonderful book! Click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g315xmVhaeQ&t=69s

Multicultural Week-Duck Pond Lesson Plan 5/11/20-5/17/20

Duck Pond Lesson Plan Multicultural Week

Week: 5/11/20-5/15/19-Multicultural Week

Group Activities	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Story Time Goal: For students to communicate through language	What Makes A Rainbow	Hand Hand Fingers Thumb	Children Around The World	Whoever You Are	Animals Of The Savannah
Circle & Song Time Goal: For students to develop their literacy, numeracy and social skills through daily activities	Song: Red Is Rojo	Drum  Music Circle	Music & Scarves/ Ribbons	Song: Whole World In His Hands	Animal Yoga Poses & Noises
Sensory Time Goal: For students to develop fine motor skills	Blocks	Musical Instruments	Yarn Paper Fabric Ribbons	Maps, Globes, Beach Ball Globe	Puzzles
Art Time Goal: For students to develop hand eye coordination	Multi-Color Handprints	Cup Drum	Yarn Paper Fabric Ribbons Collage	Paper Lanterns	Paper Plate Tribal Necklace
Gross Motor Time Goals: For Students to develop their muscles through movement	Playground/ Indoor  Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess	Playground/ Indoor Recess

Arts & Crafts:

Monday-Multi-Color Handprints: Supplies: 2 or more colors of paint, large paper plate/regular plate, light color paper/card stock, medium paint brush (optional). Either paint your duck’s hand or have them swirl their hands in plates of paint. Now, have them stamp their hands on the light color paper/card stock.

Tuesday-Cup Drum: Supplies: 1 Solo cup, any plastic cup, or metal can without ruff edges, rubber bands, a few deflated balloons. (Plastic wrap will work if you don’t have any balloons.) Cut the about 1 inch off the open end of the balloon. Stretch it over the cup. Secure balloon tightly with rubber band. Drum away! 

Wednesday-Texture Collage: Supplies: Medium size / any shape piece of cardboard (former Amazon boxes work!), school glue/glue stick, scraps of fabric, ribbon, paper, textured paper, yarn (all widths), etc. Spread a medium coat of glue onto cardboard. Let toddler place collage items on cardboard in any fashion. ** Toddlers may sometimes get fussy about sticky fingers. We usually have a wet wipe to clean off sticky fingers if needed. **

Thursday--Paper Lantern: Supplies: Any light color paper/cardstock, crayons/markers/dotters/paint, scissors, pencil, stapler or tape, yarn/string/another medium strip of paper. Have you Duck color paper/cardstock. Length wide-fold paper in half. I’m going to include a diagram to finish the rest of this project. It’s just easier to see and understand the diagram!

Friday--Paper Plate Tribal Necklace: Supplies: Paint/Markers/Crayons/Dotters, Scissors. For best results with the Ducks, Snip the outer edge of the paper plate and cut the middle out of the paper plate. Have your Duck decorate the outer edge of the paper plate. Use the snipped edge, place the new necklace around Duck’s neck!

Activities:

1. Music Fun: This is a great week for musical fun! Play music from different countries and cultures each day and dance with your Duck. Add scarves, ribbons, musical instruments, even their favorite toy to the music mix!  If you don’t have any musical instruments, use boxes, cups, tables, pots/pans, bowls, etc. from around your home!
   

2. Yoga: We added a cool poster of Animal Yoga Poses to this week’s lesson. Yoga and animal noises are a fun way to stretch/warm-up/cool down!
   

We Were So Happy To See Our Ducks!

We were happy to see most of the Ducks & Their Families on our flower deliveries! Happy Mother's Day to all our Duck Moms, Grandmothers, & Guardians! We hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Happy 2nd Birthday Ben!

The Duck Pond would love to wish Ben a very "Happy 2nd Birthday"! Ampy & I were very happy to see you today!

You're Doing An Awesome Job!

Thank you to all the Duck Pond Family!

Let Them Make Mistakes at Chores!

Great article about involving children with household chores. 

https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/09/kids-become-competent-at-household-chores-when-they-learn-from-their-mistakes-at-an-early-age.html

Duck Pond Lesson 5/4/2020-5/10/2020

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