Friday, February 28, 2014

Community Helpers: Chef

Pizza Bulletin board
When I grow up I want to be a... 
Chef

Craft/ Math/ language arts activity
PIZZA
"How many pepperonis?"

  • This activity is great for following 2-3 step directions 
  • Great fine-motor activity.
  • This activity encourages children to make assumptions of "what happens next?
    • *pre heat the oven *dough *tomatoes sauce *cheese/ toppings 
Dramatic Play
pizza parlor

 Waitress taking his order

Pizza Party Game



Math pizza center
I used the Pizza preschool pack


Song
I am a pizza

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Community Helpers- Construction Workers and Architects

What is a Blueprint?
Craft
Make your own blueprint
 BLOCKS
Taking turns designing and building



Language Arts
FREE Community Helpers Printable book
Art + Vocabulary
 Found this printable at Makinglearningfun.com




Community Helpers: Mail Carrier

Math
 Numerical order- I have 1 what comes after...
 
I downloaded this cute envelopes from Confessions of a homeschooler. She has a FREE Mail Carrier Unit Study  and lots of other neat units. 

ART
Make a mail carrier bag


Making Open House Invitation
Preschool invite letters mail carrier 
 

 
I found this cute career/community helper puzzle game at Ross, Dress for less!

 

 
Writing center
Write a letter to a classmate template

Each child also wrote a letter to a classmate.


Put a stamp on it 

Seal it


 

and place it in our classroom mailbox 
 

I wrote all the kids a letter, here's an example, they all varied, depending on their personalities. Short and simple :)


and had the mail carrier sort through the mail and place it in the correct mail boxes.

 

 

Monday, February 24, 2014

Community helpers: Doctors & nurses

Community Helper/Career Puzzles
Pretend play CAST
I had the kids sign it
My DOCTOR bag
I found this at ross for $4.99 and I just added a few other items to complete it!
 
DOCTOR
Review body parts in Chinese and Spanish
 
Doctor Bulletin Board
 
Dramatic Play
the waiting Room
 
Nurses calling the patients
 Great Doctors

 
 
 Here is where I found patient_details.pdf

 

 




 
 

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Letter of the week Rr

Art
Rr is for...
letter Rr craft
GAME: What begins with Rr

Letter Rr videos 













CUTE RAINBOW CAKE

Last Years St. Patty's Week
Snack
rainbow preschool snack ideas
Here's the video I used to make this rainbow cake. Honestly it was super simple, and I am not a baker!

Science 
Water cycle
Yes, even preschoolers can learn about evaporation, condensation and precipitation
why does it rain

Art/Writing
if i had a pot of gold I would buy...
pot of gold template