Step Up Lesson Plan

Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up~Week 1 “Dr. Seuss”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Sam I Am”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Green Eggs and Ham”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Are you my mother”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Fox in Socks”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read  “Hop on Pop”
AM Creative Arts	Make a classroom Dr. Seuss	Dot paint our picture –green eggs and ham	Hand print red fish, blue fish	Paint Thing 1 & Thing 2	Create crazy socks
PM Creative Arts	Dr. Seuss Foot project	Creating Dr. Seuss Hats	Decorating Dr. Seuss Hats	Decorate Crazy Socks	Paper plate Cat in the hat
Whole Language	Who is Dr. Seuss?	Spanish: Fish	Spanish: Feet	Can we eat green eggs and ham?	Spanish: Socks and Hat
Social Studies	What did we learn about Dr. Seuss?	Can we make up a rhyme?	Kidz Musik!	What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story?	Cooking Activity: “Cat in the Hat” Fruit stick: Banana and Strawberries
Science/Sensory	Exploring with Green Paint	Mixing Red and White Paint	Water Table: 1 fish 2 fish, red fish blue fish	Exploring with different textured socks	Shaving Cream Fish
Dramatic Play	Dress Up: Favorite Dr. Seuss Character	Tea with Dr. Seuss	Dress Up: trying on different hats!	Dress Up: trying on different socks!	Dr. Seuss Birthday Party!
Math/Manipulative	Sorting plastic eggs by color	Counting toes on feet	Sorting large and small hats	Counting “Lorax Trees”	Measuring our own feet!
Blocks	Can we measure our feet with blocks	Building a Lorax Tree with Legos	Stacking small and large boxes	Building The Cat Hat out of red legos	Creating our own block design!
Music/Movement	Play: Pass the Hat	Moving bodies like fish	Playing “Ring Around the Lorax”	Dr. Seuss Birthday Parade!	Sing “ Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss”
Outdoor Learning/Gross Motor	Going on a walk and discussing where we can find Fish?	Digging for socks in Laundry basket	Tossing Pom Poms on the parachute	Chasing our friends foot prints	Green Egg Relay Race

Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~Week 2 “Colors of the Rainbow”  

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Hooray For St. Patrick’s Day”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Hungry Leprechaun”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Magic Coin”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “The Luckiest Leprechaun”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read  “The Best St. Patrick’s Day Ever”
AM Creative Arts	Hand Print shamrocks	Decorate Class “Pot of Gold”	Tissue Paper leprechaun hats	Hand Print Rainbow	Creating/Decorating  our own Coin
PM Creative Arts	Decorating the Irish Flag	Paper Plate Leprechaun	Coffee Filter Coin	Footprint Shamrock	Handprint Leprechaun
Whole Language	What is St. Patrick’s Day?	How do we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day?	What are the colors of St. Patrick’s Day?	What are some St. Patrick’s Day Traditions?	What did was our favorite St. Patrick’s Day activity?
Social Studies	Where is Ireland located on a Map?	What shape is used for St. Patrick’s Day?	Kidz Muisk!	Where is Ireland located on a Map?	Cooking activity: St. Patrick’s Day Applesauce
Science/Sensory	Explore with different textured shamrocks	Exploring with Green Paint	Exploring with Green Ice	Mixing yellow and blue paint to make green	Shaving Cream shamrocks
Dramatic Play	Pretending to search for “Pot of Gold”	Dress Up: Different colored Leprechaun hats	Dress up: Like Leprechauns!	Pretending to read St. Patrick’s Day Stories to Puppets	Having a St. Patrick’s Day Party!
Math/Manipulative	Counting Shamrocks	Matching Colored Leprechaun hats	Looking for Green objects	Sorting large and small Shamrocks	Lacing Fruit loops to create a rainbow
Blocks	Building homes for Leprechauns	Lego Play: Shamrock shape	Building a mailbox	Lego Play: Building with green colored blocks	Lego Play: Building a rainbow
Music/Movement	Sing “10 little leprechauns”	“Shamrock Hop”	Playing: Follow the Leprechaun	Playing “Ring Around the Shamrock”	St. Patrick’s Day Dance Party!
Outdoor Learning/Gross Motor	Going on a shamrock hunt	Shamrock hopping	Shamrock Toss: Who can throw the farthest?	Green Hunt: what can we find that’s green	Looking for Shamrocks outside

Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~ Week 3: “Spring has Sprung”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Planting a Rainbow”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Spring is here”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “It’s Earth Day”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Chunkling Duckling”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read  “Croaky Pokey”
AM Creative Arts	Coffee Filter Butterflies	Creating LadyBugs with small paper plates	Creating our own Bubble Bees	Handprint Flowers	Finger Paint Caterpillars
PM Creative Arts	Paper Plate Chick	Footprint Flower	Paper Plate Bird	Handprint Trees	Pom Pom caterpillars
Whole Language	What are the first signs of spring?	What is the weather like in the springtime?	What happens to flowers in spring time?	Flower in Spanish: flores	Spring in Spanish: primavera
Social Studies	What is your favorite flower?	What kind of clothes do we wear in the spring?	Kidz Music!	What is your favorite part of spring?	Cooking activity: Celery butterfly!
Science/Sensory	Planting flower seeds	Explore with Ice cubes and water	Exploring with Pastel Paint Colors	Touch and feel Real Flowers	Explore with soil
Dramatic Play	Pretending to be Gardeners	Pretend to water flowers	Pretending to buzz around like bees	Dress Up: Spring wear	Dress up!
Math/Manipulative	Counting petals on a Flower	Sorting large and small Flowers	Matching same colored Butterflies	Lacing Fruit loops to create a rainbow	Sorting large and small bumble bees
Blocks	Creating a Flower out of Blocks	Build a rainbow with Legos	Creating butterflies out of Blocks	Stacking with paper cups	Building with boxes
Music/Movement	Sing and Clap to “Oh When the Trees Start Sprouting Leaves ”	“Little Bunny foo foo”	Pass the Flower!	Sing “Ten Little Bumble bees”	Sing and Clap to “Spring Is Here”
Outdoor Learning/Gross Motor	Walk: Searching for signs of spring	Going on a walk and discussing where are the flowers?	Parachute play: flower pop	Follow the Leader: Flying like butterflies!	Caterpillar  Relay Race

Weekly Lesson Plan for Step Up ~ Week 4: “Weather”

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Circle	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Rain Book”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Tornados”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Hurricanes”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read “Snowstorms”	Calendar, weather, sign language, colors/shapes, name recognition Read  “Thunderstorms”
AM Creative Arts	Decorating an umbrella	Make a sun (dot paint)	Make rain drops	Glue tissue paper to make snow flake	Finger Paint lightning
PM Creative Arts	Coffee filter sun	Cotton Ball clouds	4 Season Hand Art	Coffee filter umbrellas!	Creating wind clouds
Whole Language	What are the four seasons?	What we use when it rains?	Umbrella in Spanish: sombrilla	What do we wear in the snow?	What do we wear when it is sunny?
Social Studies	What is the weather like today?	What are the different types of precipitation?	Kidz Music!	What is the weather like today?	Cooking activity: Fruit Rainbow
Science/Sensory	Exploring tubs of crushed ice and warm water	Play dough weather shapes	Bag of rain!	Shaving Cream Clouds	Colorful snow
Dramatic Play	Pretending to “Sing in the Rain”	Pretending to twist as in a Tornado	Dress Up: Your favorite season	Pretending to dig out of the snow	Dress up: Step Up Storm!
Math/Manipulative	Cloud counting	Lacing Cheerios	Sorting rain gear and sun gear	Matching umbrellas	Sorting large and small suns
Blocks	Building snowmen with blocks	Building clouds with blocks	Building an Umbrella with Blocks	Creating a Garden with legos	Building suns with blocks
Music/Movement	Sing and Clap to “What’s the Weather Like Today”	Play: Pass the umbrella	Sing and Clap to “Rain is Falling”	Sing “Mr. Sun”	Sing and Clap to “let it snow”
Outdoor Learning/Gross Motor	What’s the weather like outside?	Sun hopping!	Parachute play: Cloud Pop	Lightening Food Race	Rain Toss