CHILD STUDY CENTER CURRICULUM PLAN: Infant/Toddler Fall 2013

WEEK 14- November 18-22 Infant Activity Introduce infants to different cooking scents (lemon, vinegar, cinnamon) THEME: Food DISCOVERY TABLE The discovery table will be filled with water and different cooking implements each day (whisks, measuring cups, egg beaters) CLASSROOM: Triangle Science/Math, Dramatic Play, Other The pizza kitchen and ice cream parlor dramatic play items will be out for the children to explore. We will also be taste testing different types of apples and charting our reactions.
Indiana Foundations FA.1.33 Pretend through role play. SE.3.122 Engage in cooperative pretend play with another child. SC.1.30 Participate in discussions related to their findings.

Indiana Foundations PC.1.5 Use sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell to explore their world. PC.1.7 Explore the environment using the five senses.

Indiana Foundations SC.1.41 Use a variety of scientific tools (e.g., balance scales, magnifying glasses, measuring cups, food coloring) to investigate the environment and to gather information M.5.16 Use cups and tools in sand and water. SC.1.28 Use vocabulary that indicates understanding of scientific principles (e.g., sink, float, melt, solid, liquid).

VOCABULARY or DEVELOPMENTAL CONCEPTS TO BE EMPHASIZED: Experimenting with tasting, categorizing food, colors of food, baking, and measuring. MONDAY AM: painting red foods (tomatoes, strawberries, cherries) PM: Making fruit kabobs
SC.1.31 Participate in activities related to number sequencing and counting.

ART
Planning teacher: Miss Armstrong
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TUESDAY AM: white play dough and flour PM: baking biscuits

WEDNESDAY AM: painting green foods (green pepper, zucchini, grapes) PM: green play dough

THURSDAY AM: paint apples (red, yellow, green) PM: taste testing apples

FRIDAY AM: painting brown food (different types of bread) PM: brown play dough with oats mixed in
FA.1.54 Paint with fingers, draw with crayons, and mold with dough.

FA.1.72 Measure ingredients for various recipes.

FA.1.69 Use a variety of materials (e.g., crayons, paint, clay, markers) to create original work.

SC.1.29 Classify objects by an attribute (characteristic) and share their thinking with another.

GROSS MOTOR
Planning teacher: Miss Armstrong
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Motions to Here we go round the mulberry bush

Motions to Here we go round the mulberry bush

Motions to If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops

Go on a walk to feed the birds

Motions to If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops

P.3.12 Perform locomotor and non-locomotor skills at a basic level (e.g., marching, walking, running, hopping, kicking, crawling, jumping forward with feet together, sliding, stretching, climbing, and walking in a line one behind the other).

FA.1.98 Dance/sway/tap toes/jump/hop to music alone or with others.

FA.1.94 Perform songs and dances.

SC.1.44 Gain a natural sense of the forces of nature by experiencing wind blowing, temperature changes, changing seasons of the year, or things falling.

FA.1.64 Focus on motions and movement.

CIRCLE TIME
Planning teacher: Miss Armstrong

AM: On Market Street by Arnold and Anita Lobel PM: Red Food Fun by Song: Here we go round the mulberry bush
ELA.1.13 Follow printed words as a story is read or caption as a video is played.

AM: If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff PM: Petes A Pizza by William Steig Song: Here we go round the mulberry bush
ELA.2.7 Actively attend to things that an adult is showing.

AM: Stone Soup by Marcia Brown PM: Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss Song: If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops
ELA.1.3 Anticipate actions, sounds, or phrases from a predictable story.

AM: The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall PM: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Song: I like to eat apples and bananas
ELA.2.2 Visually engage with a book.

AM: The Doorbell Rang by Pat Hutchins PM: If you give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff Song: If all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops
ELA.2.54 Talk about the cover and illustrations prior to the story being read.

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