3 - 5 year olds - Life Cycles - May 18th - May 22th
Children will explore and sequence the life cycles of frogs, butterflies, chicks, & plants.
Spanish Conversation
Cuál es el ciclo de vida de ___ ___________? (humano, animal, o de una planta)
What is the life cycle of ___ ___________? (human, animal or plant)
Use sequencing words to describe life cycles. (Primero, luego, al final) First, then finally)
Vocabulary:
Ciclo (cycle)
Vida (life)
Metamorfosis (metamorphosis)
Nacer (born)
Crecer (grow)
Bebé (baby)
Adolescente (adolescent)
Adulto (adult)
Anciano (elder)
Writing
- Have your child choose a life cycle, draw it, and color it.
-Practice writing first name. Check the use of uppercase and lowercase letters as well as strokes.
-Create vowels with play dough.
- Create a puzzle chick: Draw a chick, cut out pieces to create a puzzle. Have your child glue them together and decorate with feathers and eggshell pieces.
Math
- Sequence Life Cycles.
- Play games to review left and right.
- Symmetry: Fold a piece of paper in half. Draw and cut out a symmetrical image. Introduce whole and half. Use drawings, shapes and even real fruit like oranges to explain. Enjoy eating the fruit afterwards.
- Place some beans in a bag and form into groups of ten.
Science / Sensory
- Place beans in cotton balls and care for them by keeping them moist, in a sunny place. Learn about the life cycle of a pinto bean plant.
- Playing with shadows . Show how to make a shadow turtle. Shine a bight light on a wall and hold one hand between the two. Make a fist to create the turtle’s shell and stick out your thumb to create the head.
- Discuss the life cycle of a tree, a chick, a turtle, a person, a frog, a butterfly, etc. - Turtle snack: spread softened cream cheese on a bread circle. Cut kiwi fruit into 1/4 slices and remove the brown peel. Place kiwi on the bread for the turtle shell, add raisins for a head, and a tail with four legs.
-Paint paper plates green to create turtle shells to wear.
Songs
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Saludo de las Ranitas
Dos ranitas tengo, muy lejos están.
Se acercan saltando, se van a saludar.
Plop, Plop, Plop.
Ranita café, cómo está usted?
Muy bien rana verde y usted está bien?
Los niños contentos y sin novedad.
Y su enfermo, cómo está?
Aliviado está ya.
Me voy rana me voy yo Adiós.
Life Cycle of a Frog - Song
There Was a Little Turtle - Song
May 11th - May 15st
Fairy Tale and Folk Tales

May 4th - May 8st
Cultures of the World

April 27th - May 1st
Earth & Environment

April 20th - April 24th
Insects & Spiders

April 14th - April 18th
Growing Things
