Activity Name: Color Hop Concept Covered: Gross motor skill of jumping forward Age Group: 2 year olds

Standard Covered: Virginia Health and Physical Development Foundation Block One: Locomotor skills Demonstrate the beginning forms of locomotor skills of jumping, hopping and galloping. Preform these locomotor skills in response to teacher led creative dance. Materials: Sidewalk Chalk, Open Area Objective: Child will practice jumping using two feet to color circles Process: 1. 2. 3. 4. Collect different colors of sidewalk chalk. Color circles on sidewalk or blacktop close enough to jump to in a circle, zig-zag or a line. Jump on a color and say the color name out loud, wait for child to follow. Continue to jump from one color to another, saying the name of the color you land on.

What will child learn: 1. Child will be able to jump with both feet forward to a specific point. 2. Child will be able to name colors. 3. Child will be able to imitate adult and follow directions. Reflection: This was a fun activity once B got the hang of it. When the game began, he just watched me jump and repeated the names of the colors I landed on. After a few minutes, he decided to jump in and began jumping from one color to another with two feet. He tried to name the colors he landed on but had trouble with most of them. I helped him by saying the names of the colors he had trouble with. After a few minutes, B got tired of jumping from color to color and decided to match up the colored chalk with the color circle. This activity was a lot of fun and helped improve Bs ability to jump forward. I would recommend this activity but think it would probably work better with a larger group.

Activity name: Flower Mosaic Concept covered: Creativity Age Group: 2-4year olds Standard Covered: Virginia Visual Arts Foundation 1: Visual Communication and Production a. Understand that artists create visual arts using many different tools. b. Understand that visual arts take different forms. c. Use a variety of materials textures and tools for producing visual art. d. Develop and use fine motor skills necessary to produce two and three dimensional works of art. Materials: 1. 2. 3. 4. Colored Paper Strips: Green and at least 2 other colors Flower Template Glue stick Scissors

Objective: Student will explore their creativity to create a colorful mosaic of a spring flower Process: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Cut the colored paper strips into small pieces separating different colors into different piles. Using a glue stick, put glue on the steam and leaves of the flower template. Glue the green pieces on the leaves and stem. Using the glue stick, put glue on the flower petals. Glue the colored pieces on the petals.

What will child learn: Child will learn how to use their creativity to make a mosaic visual art. Reflection: This activity worked out really well. B really enjoyed cutting the colored paper into small pieces. (I let him do more than he needed.) When cutting, he held the scissors the correct way and corrected himself when he didnt. While cutting, he sang cut, cut, cut When putting the green pieces on the steam and leaf, he was very deliberate about what piece went were, That one! Red! He wanted to put pieces on top of other pieces so when he needed more glue, he asked for more glue in specific places. Glue top, more glue here..more, more yay! He enjoyed creating a mosaic and did not want to use all his paper pieces, when his picture was the way he wanted it, he told me he was done. One moreall done! Overall, this activity was very successful. B was able to use his creativity to create visual art. I would recommend this activity to anyone who is looking for a creative activity that helps practice fine motor skills of young children.

Activity name: Making Dirt Concept covered: Cognitive Cooking skills Age Group: 2-4 year olds Standard Covered: Virginia Mathematics Foundation Block 3: Measurement Know the correct names for the standard tools used for telling time and temperature and for measuring length capacity and weight (clocks, thermometers, calendars, rulers measuring cups and scales.) Materials: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Large bowl for mixing I package instant chocolate pudding Milk Oreo cookies Ziploc bag Gummy Worms

Objective: Student will use cognitive skills to measure, count and combine ingredients for Dirt. Process: 1. Mix milk and pudding mix as directed on package. 2. Put pudding in the fridge for 5-10 minutes to set 3. While pudding is in the fridge, give each child 2 Oreo cookies and place them in a Ziploc bag. (you can also put more in a larger bag and take turns crushing the cookies) 4. Using their hands, let children smash the Oreo cookies into small pieces do it looks like small clumps of dirt. 5. Have the child measure cup of pudding in their bowl. 6. Have them pour the cookie crumbles into their bowl of pudding. 7. Have each child count out 2 worms to put in their dirt. 8. Enjoy!

What will children learn: 1. Child will learn how to use measuring cups for ingredients. 2. Children will learn how to count ingredients. 3. Children will learn that ingredients can be mixed together to make something new. Reflection: We did this activity with a group of children ages 2-6. B had a great time measuring the milk for the pudding and mixing it together. We let it sit in the refrigerator during nap time and finished cooking for snack. B really enjoyed counting, passing out and smashing cookies in the Ziploc bag, he wanted bigger pieces so he didnt crush it as long as the other children. B enjoyed counting and passing out the worms and adding them to the dirt. Chocolate Dirt worms! After completing the dirt, B loved how it tasted, especially the worms.