The Swamp Lesson

My name is ____________. Today is ____________, July ___, 2012. It is _____ degrees, _________, and _________. What are going to do today? ___________________. What should I wear? ____________________. Where will we be? _________________. Who will join in?_________________. When will this happen?___________________.

Day
Monday

Words
Reptile, Amphibian, Alligator, Crocodile, Frog, Toad, Turtle, Snake, Green, Brown, Water, Mud, Stump, Log

Number
1

Animal(s)
Swamp reptiles and amphibians: alligators, snakes, frogs, and turtles

Song

Activity/Project
Watch swamp video and listen to swamp sounds. Pick up sticks and float them in a pan, discuss how alligators look like logs when they are floating in water. Mix shaving cream and food coloring and play with plastic reptiles and amphibians in the mixture (Great Bathtime Activity). Watch the videos about the color Green and the Number 1. Go to the zoo and look for swamp animals. Make bird noises and pretend to fly. Why do these birds hang out in the swamp? Find the number 1 and the word one. Find the day's colors. Reuse sticks to build a beaver dam and discover why they build them. Be a family of beavers. Discover what sounds these swamp mamals make. Find 1 item and match it to the number and the word. Practice being a bobcat and then a beaver. Touch fur. Point out trees.

Tuesday

Bird, Egret, Flamingo, Pink, White, Grey, Blue, Sky, Water

Wednesday

Mammal, Bobcat, Muskrat, Beaver, Otter, Fur, Climb, Chew, Trees

To the tune of "Wheels on the Bus" The alligator in the swamp goes: snap, snap, snap; The snake in the swamp goes: hiss, hiss, hiss; The frog in the swamp goes: croak, croak, croak; The lizard in the swamp goes: slurp, slurp, slurp; The fish in the swamp goes: swimy, swimy, swimy; The beaver in the Swamp birds: egrets, swamp goes: chomp, chomp, chomp; flamingos The dragonfly in the swamp goes: whoosh, whoosh, whoosh; The mosquito in the swamp goes: zzz, zzz, zzz; The duck in the swamp goes: quack, quack, quack; The eagle in the swamp goes: urrah, urrah, urrah; The bear in the Swamp mammals: bobcats, swamp goes: grrr, grrr, grrr; The bobcat muskrats, beavers, and in the swamp goes: kwuwor, kwuwor, otters kwuwor; The muskrat in the swamp goes: squeak, squeak, squeak; The wolf in the swamp goes: aaoooooo, aaoooooo, aaoooooo

Day
Thursday

Words
Dragonfly, Firefly, Mosquito, Day, Night, Black, Yellow

Number
1

Animal(s)
Swamp bugs: dragonflies, fireflies, and mosquitos There was a little turtle who lived in the swamp. He swam in the puddles, he climbed on the rocks. He snapped at a misquito, he snapped at a flea, he snapped at a minnow and he snapped at me. He caught the misquito, he caught the flea, he caught the minnow, but he didn't catch me!

Activity/Project
Make a bug jar using images of bugs or real bugs. Watch videos of Drangonflies and Fireflies and Day and Night. How many is 1?

Friday

Cattail, Horsetail, Water Lily, Green, Brown, Water

Swamp Plants: Cattails, Horsetail, Water Lillies

Go to Lichterman Nature Center and try to find swamp plants and animals. Play with our swamp animals, pretend to be different swamp animals. Find the colors green and brown. Eliminate items until we are done to 1.

Items Needed for Lesson Plan plastic and/or soft swamp animals, photos of swamp bugs and plants, sticks, shaving cream, food coloring, mason jar, Helpful Videos Pre-K Dinosaur Theme Video Playlist http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2550A26216E27603 (13) Online Games http://www.shegame.com/view/15912/Swamp-Escape Can you get across the swamp? http://www.fungooms.com/ Fungus Family http://avenscorner.com/fireflies.aspx Capturing fireflies/addition http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/a Help the alligators catch their fish. ctivities/5hungrycrocs.asp Books Wild and Swampy, Arnosky, Jim Snappy Smile Crocodile, Kindberg, Sandy Who Lives in - Alligator Swamp, Hirischi, Ron It Came from the Swamp, Rubel, Nicole Panther, Shadow of the Swamp, London, Jonathan A Frog in the Bog, Wilson, Karma