Changes to the Environment

Thematic Unit Topic: Garden

Classroom Area: Math 15/15
List the Items You Plan to Introduce and How Much They Will Cost (a minimum of 6):
1. Different sie seeds
a. Cost: Donation / !rom local "#siness.
$. %mall terracotta pots
a. Cost: &5.''
(. )inecones
a. Cost: !ree / Gathered from nat#re
*. )aper c#t o#ts of different colored flo+ers
a. Cost: &1'.'' / ,andmade - Materials needed: Different colored card stoc.
5. !a.e flo+ers
a. Cost: !ree / Ta.en from other area of the classroom
/. Cotton 0alls / Tongs / 0as.et
a. Cost: Donation / !rom famil1 mem"ers
2. 3oc.s +ith n#m"ers painted on them
a. Cost: !ree Collected from nat#re
4. %mall +ood shapes %5#are/,eart/Circle/%tars in different colors
a. Cost: &$'.''
When will you introduce these items! ("t the #e$innin$ of the thematic unit% throu$hout the unit &
durin$ a small $rou' lesson 'lan% circle time)
6 +ill introd#ce these items d#ring a small gro#p lesson plan +here +e +ill e7plore ho+ to #se each one.
"re there any (s'ecial) rules that the children need to follow when usin$ these items!
Most of the items availa"le are safe and free of an1 haards. The onl1 thing 6 +ill have to remind the children is
that the1 do not p#t the seeds in their mo#ths or thro+ them.
What do you hope the children to learn!
6 hope the children +ill learn to pattern8 +or. on their fine motor s.ills8 sort8 and co#nt. 6 hope the1 +ill "e #se
the paper c#t flo+ers and pine cones to ma.e patterns.
What are some ways that the children can (reflect) on what they ha*e learned!
The children +ill "e a"le to reflect on +hat the1 have learned "1 creating art o#t of the flo+er c#t patterns the1
+ill ma.e to ta.e home or +e +ill hang on the +all. The1 +ill "e a"le to create "o#5#ets of fa.e flo+ers that
the1 can p#t aro#nd the classroom.