Weekly Planning Form

Study / Topic: Developing Cognitive and Social Emotional Skills

Week Of: November 17 through November 21, 2014

Block Area
Monday: Michael will pair up with a peer to
create a restaurant.
Tuesday: Michael will pair up with a
different peer to create a house.
Wednesday: Michael will pair up with a peer
to create the Willis Tower.
Thursday: Michael will pair up with a peer
to create a circus.
Friday: Michael will pair up with a peer to
create railroad track.

Dramatic Play
Monday: Michael will pretend to be a chef in
the restaurant (with two different peers).
Tuesday: Michael will pretend to cook a
special dish for his mother and sister in his
house.
Wednesday: Michael will pretend to be a
security in the Willis Tower.
Thursday: Michael will pretend to juggle in
the circus.
Friday: Michael will pretend to be the train
operator.

Tools added: Zoo animals and trains.

Tools added: Pots, plates, spoons, Juggle balls
and a recycle box for the train operator.

Age of Children: Four years old

Teachers: Mrs. Aracele Melgoza

Toys and Games

Monday: Train puzzles and animal
puzzles.
Tuesday: Musical alphabet game (small
group activity).
Wednesday: Shape, colors and number
game (pair up with three different
children).
Thursday: Sequencing game (small
group activity).
Friday: Sally goes round the sun
Musical game (large group activity).

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Art
Monday: White paper and markers.
Tuesday: Tempera paint and brushes.
Wednesday: Socks, scissors, felt and textile
paint.
Thursday: String, paper plates, markers and
glue.
Friday: Tempera paint, large white paper and
brushes.

Library
Monday: Books about likes and dislikes.
Tuesday: Books about sharing.
Wednesday: Books about family.
Thursday: Books about feelings.
Friday: Books about what I like doing.

Discovery / Science
Monday: Magnifying glass with
different rocks.
Tuesday- Blending tempera paints.
Wednesday- Water table play will add
food coloring (blue) and will add
emotional dolls.
Thursday- Moon sand (small group
activity).
Friday- Dissolving food coloring into
water ( small group activity)

Sand and Water

Monday- Moon sand and cookie shape
cutters.
Tuesday- Color sand with laminated career
people and construction trucks.
Wednesday- Moon sand with laminated face
expressions and rocks.
Thursday- Water table with alphabet letters
and shape toys.
Friday- Water table with different ocean
animals.

Writing Center
Monday- Pencils.
Tuesday- Markers.
Wednesday- Color pencils.
Thursday- Crayons.
Friday- Pens.

Nutrition/ Cooking: 1 day/week

Friday will be a cooking day where the
child will experience creating brownies.
The children will focused on designing
an individual brownie by creating a face
expression on how they feel.

(Computers)
N/A

Professor B. Hunter

Other:
N/A

To Do or To Purchase: On Wednesday
go to the grocery store to purchase
brownie ingredients and brownie mix.
As well as frosting sticks to create their
face expression.

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Family / Community Involvement:
Parents will be asked to volunteer on the activity on Wednesday by helping
children make the brownie mixture.
The parents will be invited to the Childrens Museum. The field trip to the
Childrens Museum will be held on Wednesday November 21, 2014.

Professor B. Hunter

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Large Group Time

(songs, games,
discussions)

Sing, Do you like

broccoli ice cream?

Group discussion on
sharing

Sing Finger
Family Nursery
Rhyme

Sing and dance The

feeling song

Story Time:
Book Title and
Author

I Like Me!
By: Nancy Carison

One Of Each
By: Mary Ann
Hoberman

Sharing is Fun
By: Joanna Cole

My Family Plays
Music
By: Judy Cox

Talk and Work it

Out
By: Cheri J. Meiners

Create a drawing
about What I dont
like by using white
paper and markers.

Create a painting by
drawing Things I
like to share.

Create a puppet of
The person, I Love!
by using a pair of
sock and cutting out
felt to create the
face and clothing.

Create a self image of

Who am I? by using a
paper plate, string and
markers.

Create a family
portrait by using
tempera paint and
painting on a long
white paper.

Small-Group
Activities
(During Free Play)

Special Activities
(Site visits, special
events, field trips
etc.)

Professor B. Hunter

Cooking brownies
experienced with
volunteered parents
and children.

Children will view an

afternoon puppet
show given by the
teacher about How
my friend feels when
he takes my toys

Family Field Trip to

The Childrens
Museum

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Professor B. Hunter

Fall 2014