January Arctic Animals Lesson Plan

 Sometimes I struggle with coming up with lesson plans based upon my already 2 year old's and the younger toddlers in my class. But here is what I've created for this week.

Theme: Artic Animals	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Music and movement	ABC’s Song in Circle Time	Shake Our Sillies Out!	Bubble Wrap Happy Feet Dancing	Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!	Bubble, Bubble POP! With Bubbles
Arts and Sensory	Free Art with Miss Molly	Painting with white paint on blue paper	Penguin Footprints	Make ice caves w/ watercolors and salt	Whale Footprint
Language Development	Bible Time in Gym with Miss Nancy	Counting, How many friends Are in our room?	Polar Bear, Polar Bear What Do You Hear?	The Snowy Day Book	Noah’s Ark Flap Book
Motor Development	Going outside to play in snow	Washing our hands in cold water	Lotion finger painting on aluminum foil	Build with blue Duplo blocks	Animals in water sensory table

Balloon Bopping Fun!

Can't believe Gavin is already 2! I remember just yesterday I was swaddling him down for his nap. So we blew up balloons and threw them, kicked them and just bopped them up and down! They all loved it. Didn't get a picture of the birthday boy because he wasn't having it so maybe next week!

We did lots of art this week because we can't go outside and they are getting bored of playing in the gym.

We scribbled with these crayola crayons I purchased, I swear by them. As soon as they touch the paper it makes a mark on them. They are like pastel oil crayons.

                          Our Cutest Moments:

Baked Spaghetti Squash with Garlic and Butter

So sometimes when I don't have a lot of time to cook I make this meal. It's so easy and so yummy!

Fine Motor Wednesday!

Something a little different we did today for art that most of them participated in because it wasn't messy at all. We painted with a mitten on! They loved it!

So, I have a new camera, and one of the fun features on there is fish eye! So I had some fun taking pictures of the toddlers and showing them what they looked like...they just stared at themselves.

Our Cutest Moments:

Painting with Blue!!!

 

The Baby Bears love painting, so I was brave and did group painting with them. It was a lot easier just pouring the paint into the muffin tin and letting them go at it. We had some that got a little too artsy and decided to paint bellies and their faces.Lila and Lola decided it was just too messy for them, so they just watched! We even offered it to them more than once but they just opted out of it. Maybe next time girls! 

Our Cutest Moments:

Language and Literacy in my toddler classroom

Singing is a wonderful way to teach verbal skills. In the Baby Bears toddler classroom, we teach new songs every month and sing them daily during our circle time for easy learning. Here is a few Winter Themed Songs I found:

HATS, MITTENS SHOES AND SOCKS
(to the tune of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”)

Hats, Mittens, Shoes and Socks
Shoes and socks.
Hats, Mittens, Shoes and Socks
Shoes and socks.
Pants and belt and shirt and tie
Go together wet or dry
Wet or dry!

THIS IS THE WAY WE DRESS FOR WINTER
(to the tune of “The Mulberry Bush”)

This is the way we dress for winter,
Dress for winter, dress for winter.
This is the way we dress for winter
Because it’s cold outside.

We will wear our snowsuit today,
Snowsuit today, Snowsuit today
We will wear our snowsuit today
Because it’s cold outside.

We will wear our boots today,
Boots today, Boots today
We will wear our Boots today
Because it’s cold outside.

We will wear hats and mittens today,
Hats and mittens, hats and mittens
We will wear hats and mittens today
Because it’s cold outside.