Mrs. Brinkman's Preschool Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans for the week of:  October 8, 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Focus of the week:  G week
	Mon. Morn.	Mon. After.	Tues. Morn.	Tues. After.	Wed. Morn.	Wed. After.	Thurs. Morn.	Thurs. After.	Friday Morn.
Circle Topics	Hairy Helpers - Letter G & what it looks like & G video clip from youtube	Hairy Helpers - Letter G & what it looks like & G video clip from youtube	Hairy Helpers - Letter G & what it looks like	Hairy Helpers - what starts with G - replay G video clip	Hairy Helpers - what starts with G - replay G video clip	Hairy Helpers - play G video clip	Hairy Helpers - Show F video from youtube	Hairy Helpers - what starts with G - the children share with the class what they know that starts with G - review A-G flashcards	Hairy Helpers - what starts with G - the children share with the class what they know that starts with G - review A-G flashcards
Songs/CD of day	Movin to Math CD by Jack Hartmann
Storytime	The Gingerbread Man	The Gingerbread Man	The Gingerbread Man	3 Billy Goats Gruff & my G book	4 Billy Goats Gruff & my G book	The Gingerbread Girl	The Gingerbread Girl	The Gingerbread Girl	The Gruffalo
Language Activity	practice writing names	write G	Color G Giraffe paper - practice writing names	assessment day	Clifford Fall weekly reader			find the hidden Gg maze	color G green and g grey wks
Math	Gingerbread dice roll activity page	finish up few remaining math packets	work on assessments	Gingerbread dice roll activity page	frost Gingerbread cookies			work on assessments	work on assessments
Gross Motor	Count to 100 song		Tooty Ta					Count to 100 song
Science/extras	flubber in sensory table			cutting in sensory table	Gingerbread cookies, clues, run away			cutting in sensory table
Self Help Skills	putting on their own coats, practicing zipping up with coats (if they are ready to/get the zipper started for them if need be), teaching them to pull their sleaves thru the right way with their coats
Fine Motor	* Paper & Scissors in the sensory Table to cut                         *playdough at the blue table (4 containers)
Art	free art - different supplies for the children to use their creativity			make ghost - use a foot and white paint	none - due to cooking activity			color a Gingerbread man
Easels	watercolor paints & a gorilla with G
Any Extra activities	iPad introduction -math app	iPad introduction -math app	iPad introduction -math app	iPad time - 5-10 minutes after circle time - in partners - math apps (only if iPads are back from Chris F.
Extra	gingerbread button counting and matching