Weekly Lesson Plan: Toddler Week 1 “Red, White and Blue”
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | -Introduction to Number 13 -Read “The Statue of Liberty” | Read “The Pledge of Allegiance” | -Read “The White House” | -Read “The American Flag” | Read: “Red, White and BOOM” |
| Creative Arts | Tissue paper stars | Firework blow paint | Red, White and Blue collage | American Flag Collage | Thumbprint Flags! |
| PM Group Activity | Firework Painting | Yankee Doodle Dandy Hats | Fourth of July firecrackers! | Painting with Star cut outs | Footprint Firecracker |
| Whole Language | Why do we celebrate 4th of July? | What does patriotic mean? | Did we see fireworks? | What colors are on the American Flag? | Spanish: Red, White and Blue |
| Social Studies | Firecracker Popsicles | Cooking: Edible American flag | Kids Music! | Which is our favorite color: Red, White or Blue? | Show and Tell: Letter 13/Red, White and Blue |
| Science/Sensory | Red, White and Blue food coloring | Ice art: Red, White and Blue | Shaving cream bag: Red, White and Blue | Sand play: Creating Fireworks! | Fireworks in a jar! |
| Dramatic Play | Pretend to watch fireworks | Pretend to have a parade | 4th of July picnic | Cook a red, white and blue snack | Stretching like fireworks! |
| Math/Manipulative | Star sorting game | Red, White and Blue Patterns | 1 to 10 star counting | 4th of July picture matching | Counting Fireworks! |
| Blocks | Red and Blue patterns with Legos | Build a flag with playdough | Build a Jungle Path | Fireworks with blocks | Creating Fireworks! |
| Music/Movement | “You’re Grand Old Flag” | Yankee Doodle | Colors of our flag | “This is July” | Sing and Clap “Colors in the Flag” |
| Outdoor Learning | Looking for red, white and blue objects | Red, White and Blue Chalk painting | I spy 13 All Around | Red, White and Blue parade | Baby Parade! |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Toddler Week 2 “Fairy Tales”
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | -Introduction to Number 14 -Read “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” | -Read “Three Little Pigs” | Read “Sleeping Beauty” | Can we count to 14? -Read “Jack and the Beanstalk” | -Read “Cinderella” |
| Creative Arts | Painting Rapunzel’s tower | Decorating stars, moons and clouds | Three Little Pigs Noses | Make Jack and the Beanstalk | Making our own crowns |
| PM Group Activity | Decorating Number 14 | Make apples for Snow White | Three Little Pigs House | Bean collage | Cinderella’s Slipper |
| Whole Language | Which characters do you like the most? | Star in Spanish: estrella | Where do Pigs live? | Are Fairy Tales Real or Make Believe? | What are the Characters names in Cinderella? |
| Social Studies | What Shape is Humpty Dumpty? | Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star: All about Stars | Kids Music! | Cooking: Spider Crackers | Show and Tell: Letter 14/Your favorite Fairy Tale |
| Science/Sensory | Marshmallow Castle | Humpty Dumpty Egg Test | What is the difference between Straw, Stick and Brick? | Jack’ Magic Beans | Stardust Jars |
| Dramatic Play | Pretend to climb up Rapunzel’s Hair | Pretend to be the “Big Bad Wolf” | Reenact the “Three Little Pigs” | Pretend to climb the beanstalk! | Number 14 Hunt |
| Math/Manipulative | All about number 14 | Which is strongest: brick, straw or sticks | Three Bears Chair: Biggest to Smallest | How Tall is Jack’s Beanstalk? | Which one is Cinderella’s shoe? |
| Blocks | Build a home for Cinderella | Build with sticks, straw and brick | Stack by 14 | Make a lego beanstalk | Build a castsle! |
| Music/Movement | All Around the Castle | Pin the Dire on the Dragon | Humpty Dumpty Egg Relay Race | Find the Jewels | “Shoe Hunt” |
| Outdoor Learning | Looking for number 14 | Egg Relay! | Do we see any 14’s by school? | Can we find Goldilocks outside? | I spy 14 All Around |
Weekly Lesson Plan for July Toddler “Outer Space” Week 3
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | -Introduction to Number 15 -Read “Explore The Solar System” | -Read “The Moon” | Read “The Sun” | Can we count to 15? -Read “Stars” | -Read “Aliens Love Underpants” |
| Creative Arts | Class room Sun Activity! | Class room Moon Activity! | Classroom Planets Activity! | Coffee filter Stars! | Creating Outer space! |
| PM Group Activity | Decorating Number 15 | Paper Plate Sand Sun | Coffee Filter glitter Moons | Shooting Stars | Coffee Filter Planets |
| Whole Language | What is the sun? Where is it? What does it do for us? | What is the moon? Where is it? | How many planets are there? | Which planet do we live on? | What are stars? Can we see them? |
| Social Studies | Looking at a constellation map | Where is “outer space” | Kids Music! | Cooking: Space Drinks | Show and Tell: Letter 15/Outer Space |
| Science/Sensory | Shaving Cream number 15 | Marshmallow Constellations | Blob Aliens | Why do stars twinkle? | Taste of Outer Space: Gravity |
| Dramatic Play | Pretend to live on the sun | Pretend to fly on the moon | Be an alien! | Monkey around in space | Pretend to stargaze |
| Math/Manipulative | All about number 15 | MOON, MOON, SUN | Pass the planet | How does Earth move? (circles around the sun) | Is 15 even or odd |
| Blocks | Build the sun | Build a spaceship | Stack by 15 | Build the Earth with green and blue legos | Build a telescope |
| Music/Movement | “Mr. Sun” | “5 little Astronauts” | “The Planets Zippidy Doo” | Classroom “Solar System” | “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” |
| Outdoor Learning | Looking for number 15 | So we see the sun or the moon? | Do we see any 15’s by school? | Chalk solar system | I spy 15 All Around |
Weekly Lesson Plan:Toddler Week 4 “Outer Space”
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | -Introduction to Number 16 -Read “Stars” | -Read -Read “Aliens Love Underpants” | Read “The Sun” | Can we count to 16? -Read “Explore The Solar System” | -Read “The Moon” |
| Creative Arts | My own Star | Flying Saucers! | Paper Plate Astronaut | Rockets ships! | Making our own telescopes! |
| PM Group Activity | Decorating Number 16 | Foot print rockets! | Creating weird and crazy aliens! | Sun Mask! | Moon Mask! |
| Whole Language | Where is outer space? | Does anyone live in outer space? | Is the Sun/Moon hot or cold? | Could we live on the moon? | What so we see with our telescopes? |
| Social Studies | Moon Dust | Living in Space | Kids Music! | Cooking: Astronaut Food | Show and Tell: Letter 15/Outer Space |
| Science/Sensory | Shaving Cream number 16 | The Class Solar system | Coffee Can Galaxy | Rocket Launch! | Me on the Moon! |
| Dramatic Play | Drive the space shuttle | Pretend to live on the moon | Pretend to be an astronaut | Pretend to be an alien | Pretend to live on Mars! |
| Math/Manipulative | All about number 16 | Outer space Tic-Tac-Toe | Star and Moon sort | Counting planets | Planets biggest to smallest |
| Blocks | Build the planets with blocks | Build a space ship! | Build a telescope | Build a lego earth | Stack up to 16! |
| Music/Movement | 16 little aliens flying in space! | “The Man on the Moon” | Star Light, Star Bright | “Climb aboard the Space Ship” | “Moon Rock Throw” |
| Outdoor Learning | Looking for number 16 | Can we see other planets? | Do we see any 16’s by school? | Is the sun bright? | I spy 16 All Around |
Weekly Lesson Plan: Toddler Week 4 “Olympic Sports”
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Circle | -Introduction to Number 17 -Read “Alien Olympics” | -Read “Winners Never Quit” | Read “Froggy Plays Soccer” | Read “Freeze Game” | -Read “Dukes’s Olympic Feet” |
| Creative Arts | Making an Olympic Flag | Decorating an Olympic Medal | Coloring the Olympic Rings | Olympic Torch! | Creating different sport balls! |
| PM Group Activity | Creating the Olympic rings (Paper plates) | Creating an American Flag using handprints | Swimming goggles | Painting tennis balls | Decorating Ice Skates |
| Whole Language | What are the Olympic games? | Which sports do they do in the summer Olympics? Winter? | How often do they have the Olympics? | What do the flags from other countries look like? | What is our favorite sport in the Olympics? |
| Social Studies | When did the Olympics begin? | Learning about the Olympic Flags | Kids Music! | Cooking: Edible Olympic Rings | Show and Tell: Letter 17/Olympic Sport |
| Science/Sensory | Exploring deflated/inflated balls | Textures of a softball, baseball, soccer balls, etc | Looking at medal with a magnifying glass | Making medals with playdough | Shaving cream medals |
| Dramatic Play | Pretend to have opening ceremonies | Lifting “barbells” | “Stuffed Animal Olympics” | Pretend to light the torch | Pretend to have closing ceremonies |
| Math/Manipulative | Sports balls from smallest to biggest | Counting the number of sports in the Olympics | 1 through 17 ball counting | Sport sorting | Sorting medals |
| Blocks | Build a torch with blocks | Build Olympic Stadium | Build tennis courts and a swimming pool | Build a flag with legos | Who can build the highest tower? |
| Music/Movement | Pretend to March in the Olympics | Egg-a-thon Relay Race | Backwards Race | Frog Jump | Sports Hide and Seek |
| Outdoor Learning | Relay races outdoors! | Searching for American Flags | Jumping like frogs! | Playing sports outdoors | I spy number 17 |