Insects are Interesting

Theme:  Letter I

• We learned that "I" has two sounds.  
• We sounded out the word "in" and were able to spell it. 
• I took some liberty and modified the Little Red Hen story.  I had the kiddos help me tell a story of the hungry Indian Mama.  Each child was an animal or an Indian child.  When the mama asked for help no one wanted to lend a hand initially.  But, after seeing how tired and hot the mama was everyone pitched in and helped make the cornbread.  Since everyone helped, we all got to eat some!
• Corn was Important to the Native American Indians

Choosing Time:  Sew Cards, Beading, Blocks, Insect Puzzle, Puzzles, Cars, Play-doh,...

Show & Tell:  Iguana, Ice Cream felt game, Insects, beads that were Ironed, & some Interesting toys :)

Snacks:

• Popcorn
• Cornbread
• Frozen Go-Gurts & Popcorn

Music & Movement:

• 10 Little Indians
• 5 Indians
• I'm A Little Indian Boy
• I Scream for Ice Cream
• Insect Movements (Jump like a Cricket, fly like a butterfly,...)
• Chicken Dance
• Turkey Pokey
• I'm a Turkey
• Row the Mayflower 
• Dying Beetle Dance
• Leaves are Falling

Science:  We learned about insects.  What does a bug have that makes it an insect?  (6 legs, 2 antennae, wings, head, abdomen, and a thorax) We took turns choosing a picture of a bug.  We had to decide if it was an insect or not.  Our interesting observation was that a butterfly is an insect while a caterpillar is not.

Art:

• Interesting Insect Puppets (I sure wish I'd taken a picture of these!)
• Indian Headbands
• Began our Indian Corn by stamping with duplos (we'll finish this on Monday)

Games:  We built a 9 scoop ice cream cone and did fun activities along the way

Writing:  We practiced letter G/g.  We also traced our names in the Kindergarten way on our headbands

Books:

 (a great book about the seasons & hibernation)