Thursday, July 7, 2011

A Day At The Beach

The Junebug Weekly
Tuesday July 12

Let's Frolic at the Beach

The Creative Corner

Sun. Sand. Sea.

Hand Painted Seashells
Junebugs will review their colors as they use paint and glitter to turn ordinary pasta shells into colorful sea shells. 

Sand Sprinkled Seascape
Junebugs will love getting their hands dirty as they experiment with a variety of textures (i.e. sand, glue, finger paint) to create beautiful beach scenes.


Tasty Treasure Hunt
Junebugs will engage in a fun game of pretend play as they collect treasures found along the seashore (i.e. pretzels= driftwood, cheerios= coral, goldfish crackers, chocolate chips= shells/pebbles, and veggie straws= seaweed ) to create a  trail mix delicious snack.

Sugar Cone Sandcastle
Junebugs will practice shapes as they use their fine motor skills, blue yogurt, crushed graham crackers, sugar cubes, and sugar cones to build and design sand castles.


Backyard Beach
After a day of hard work, Junebugs will let loose by imagining that the backyard is their very own beach.  They will have a blast digging in the sandboxes, splashing in the baby pool, and tossing around the beach ball.

Circle Time Routine
Educational. Social. Playful.

Greeting
Find and sit on your circle time mat. Greet your friends with a song, “Hello Neighbor.”  Read Fly HIgh Bird.  

Morning Stretch
“Point to your nose, reach down to your toes, wiggle your hips, and bend your elbows.  Reach up high to the sky, reach down low to the floor, stretch to the window, and stretch to the door, whisper sshhand sit quietly on the floor.”

Morning Work
Calendar   
Sing the Days of the Week song. Discuss today’s theme and activities.
Weather
Observe the weather through the window and discuss proper clothing using flashcards.
Numbers     
Count to 10 on our fingers. Sing along with Ten Little Number Song.
Letters.   
Sing the ABCs with instruments.
Rap the ABCs with ElmoReview the letter of the day (O is for ocean) with a coloring activity.

Morning Story
A Day at the Beach a Dora story by Lauryn Silverhardt
A Day at the Seashore a little golden book by Kathryn Jackson

Morning Songs


Five Little Seashells
5 little shells lying on the shore,
Crash went the waves and then their was 4.
4 little shells down by the sea,
Crash went the waves! then there was 3.
3 little shells, smooth as new,
Crash went the waves! then there were 2.
2 little shells, sparkling in the sun,
Crash went the waves!  Then there was 1.
1 little shell, left by itself,
I took it home, and put it on my shelf.

The Waves on the Beach
(tune: Wheels on the Bus)
The waves at the beach go up and down, up and down, up and down,
the waves at the beach go up and down, all day long.
The crabs at the beach, crawl back and forth, back and forth, back and forth,
The lobsters at the beach go, snap, snap, snap; snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, 
The clams at the beach will open and shut, open and shut, open and shut

We hope to see your little one for a day of play in the sand, surf, and sun! 

Stay cool! 
Lindsay and Lindsay

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