Weekly Lesson Plan: Step Up Week1: “Welcome to the New Year”
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Happy New Year” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “New Year is here” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Happy New Year Kai-Lan” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “My first Chinese New Year” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Night Before New Years” |
| Creative Arts | Handprint Happy New Year | Creating Confetti | Coffee Filter Fire Works | Decorating New Year Hats | Decorating 2025 |
| PM Group Activity | Decorate Stars | Paper Plate New Year Clock | New Year Collage | Creating noise makers | Decorating 2025 Class Ball Drop |
| Whole Language | What Year are we in? | New Year in Spanish: Ano Nuevo | What colors did we use to decorate for New Year? | What is New Year? | How do we celebrate New Year? |
| Social Studies | Who Can do a New Year countdown? | What is our favorite New Year color? | Do our friends celebrate New Year? | Musik Class! | -Cooking activity- Apple Juice Toast |
| Science/Sensory | Explore with bubbles | Smelling scented pinecones | Shaving Cream Play! | How are the sounds of bells different? | Feeling different textured scarves |
| Dramatic Play | Acting As: New Year Ball | Pretending to go sledding | Pretending read bedtime stories to puppets | Pretending to drop as the New Year Ball | Having a New Year Party! |
| Math/Manipulative | Counting Numbers on the clock | Counting noise makers | Sorting bows of various colors | Ordering bells by size | New Year Count Down! |
| Blocks | Building our New Year Clock | Staking Blocks and knocking them down | Building different shapes out of blocks | Building different shapes out of blocks | Who can build the tallest tower? |
| Music/Movement | New Year parade | Dance Party! | Sing “New Year’s Day has Come! | Dancing, Jumping and Stomping with bells | New Year Freeze Dance |
| Outdoor Learning | Looking for snow | Treasure Hunt for New Year Items | Signs of the New Year around Hoboken | Walk to find the number 2025 | Neighborhood walk |
Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~Week 2 Winter Wonderland
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Snowy Days” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Let it Snow” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Snowmen at night” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Hat” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Penguins” |
| Creative Arts | Tissue paper Igloos | Finger painting Igloo | Painting a snowman | Decorating frosty the snowman | Ice Art |
| PM Group Activity | Painting with “mittens” | Making snowman paintings | Making a winter collage | Creating snowcones | Finger painting with winter colors |
| Whole Language | What do we know about snow? | What does cold feel like? | What so you wear during winter? | What do we like about winter? | What have we learned about winter? |
| Social Studies | How is snow like rain? | What would you do on a snowy day? | What would it be like to be a snow person? | Music Class! | Yoga Class -Cooking activity: Snowy Muffin |
| Science/Sensory | Snow Play! | Shaving cream play. | Play dough fun | Colored ice cubes | Melting ice |
| Dramatic Play | Pretending to ice skate | Pretending to dress dolls for winter | Pretending to go sledding | Pretending to melt like snow | Having a winter festival! |
| Math/Manipulative | Counting snowflakes | Matching snowflakes | Looking for round objects | Counting marshmallows | Counting blocks |
| Blocks | Building with sled blocks | Tossing cotton balls | Counting towers | Big to little block | Building igloos |
| Music/Movement | Playing musical freeze | Dancing with scarves | Singing “ The raindrop song” | 5 little snowmen finger play | Parachute snowfall |
| Outdoor Learning | Going on an icy hunt | What do you hear? | Sledding fun | Ice skating | Snowball play |
Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~ Week 3: Harmony Week
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | c | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Whoever we are” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Bright eyes, Brown skin” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The colors of the rainbow” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Story of Martin Luther King Jr” |
| Creative Arts | l | Handprint Peace Wreath | Flags of the world | Multicultural Paper Dolls | The Colors of Us Handprint |
| PM Group Activity | o | Friendship chain | Class collage | Friendship portrait | Love in any language |
| Whole Language | s | Friends in Spanish: Amigos | Creating a peace sign with our friends | Reading stories to friends | Listening to stories |
| Social Studies | e | Talking about ways to be a friend | Learning about our friend’s culture | Music Class! | Yoga Class Cooking activity: Friendship snack |
| Science/Sensory | d | Mixing colors | Learning the color white | Shaving cream play | Comparing oil and water |
| Dramatic Play | Having a birthday party | Pretending to fly | Pretending to travel to places | Dress up! | |
| Math/Manipulative | Counting birthday candles | Counting fingers in our hands | Counting finger and toes | Counting our friends in classroom | |
| Blocks | Using block to create a birthday cake | Building with linking blocks | Building with blocks | Turning block area into an airport | |
| Music/Movement | Singing Happy Birthday to MLK | Dancing to music | Playing with musical instruments | Listening to various types of music | |
| Outdoor Learning | Neighborhood walk | Reading in the park | Playing with soft footballs | Tossing large plastic rings over cones |
Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~Week 4 Winter Wonderland
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Snowy Days” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Let it Snow” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Snowmen at night” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Hat” | Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Penguins” |
| Creative Arts | Tissue paper Igloos | Finger painting Igloo | Painting a snowman | Decorating frosty the snowman | Ice Art |
| PM Group Activity | Painting with “mittens” | Making snowman paintings | Making a winter collage | Creating snowcones | Finger painting with winter colors |
| Whole Language | What do we know about snow? | What does cold feel like? | What so you wear during winter? | What do we like about winter? | What have we learned about winter? |
| Social Studies | How is snow like rain? | What would you do on a snowy day? | What would it be like to be a snow person? | Music Class! | Yoga Class -Cooking activity: Snowy Muffin |
| Science/Sensory | Snow Play! | Shaving cream play. | Play dough fun | Colored ice cubes | Melting ice |
| Dramatic Play | Pretending to ice skate | Pretending to dress dolls for winter | Pretending to go sledding | Pretending to melt like snow | Having a winter festival! |
| Math/Manipulative | Counting snowflakes | Matching snowflakes | Looking for round objects | Counting marshmallows | Counting blocks |
| Blocks | Building with sled blocks | Tossing cotton balls | Counting towers | Big to little block | Building igloos |
| Music/Movement | Playing musical freeze | Dancing with scarves | Singing “ The raindrop song” | 5 little snowmen finger play | Parachute snowfall |
| Outdoor Learning | Going on an icy hunt | What do you hear? | Sledding fun | Ice skating | Snowball play |