"There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever."
Elizabeth Lawrence
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Planning Changes to the Environment
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Blocks Blocks
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Dramatic Play Pizza Parlor
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Manipulative/Math Ice Cream cones math game, Grocery store path game, Puzzles and sorting activity
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Creative Art Open art table. Paint at the easel. |
Library/Literacy A variety of books of food.
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Science and Nature Examining different types of foods under a magnifying glass. |
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Sensory Table Play-doh, rolling pins, knife and cookie cutters. |
Music and Movement Poems and songs about food |
Outdoors
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Planning for Groups: Foods
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Friday |
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Large Group Activities |
Discuss why our bodies need good nutrition, document. List dairy foods. |
Discuss how we need to eat 2 to 3 servings from the milk, yogurt and cheese group a day. |
List fruits and vegetables. Sing “Apples and Bananas” |
Discuss how we need to eat 3 to 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day. Poem: “I Eat My Peas with Honey” |
List good foods and bad foods. |
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Small Group Activities
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Color, cut and paste eggs. |
Making placemats. Beginning sound “G” worksheet. |
Color in the hidden G. |
Apples addition worksheet. |
Ice cream cone number game. |
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Story Time |
“Hatches Horton the Egg” |
“Extra Cheese, Please”
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“The Big Turnip” |
“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” |
“Curious George and the Pizza” |
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Special Activities |
Collage of dairy foods: magazines, scissors, paper and glue. |
Taste a variety of cheeses. Chart like or dislike. |
Cut out fruits and vegetables from magazines. Glue fruits on one side of the paper and vegetables on the other. |
Taste a variety of fruits and vegetables. |
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