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Month at a Glace...........2
Materials List.........3
Daily curriculums
May 1......4
May 2......5
May 3......6
May 4......7
May 7......8
May 8..........9
May 9...............10
May 10......11
May 11......12
May 14......13
May 15......14
May 16......15
May 17......16
May 18......17
May 21......18
May 22......19
May 23......20
May 24......21
May 25...22
May 29..........23
May 30...24
May 31End of Year Picnic
Bulletin Board Display and/or Circle Time Posters
Moon shape................25
Letter Y..........26
Letter Z...........27
Number 10...........28
Worksheets, referenced as part of daily curriculum
Y letter card..29
Y worksheet...................................30
Y phonics worksheet......31
Yellow sun template......32
Z letter card..33
Z worksheet......34
Z phonics worksheet..35
All About Mom printable.....36
Monkey templates.....37
Jungle counting worksheet.38
Jungle counting worksheet.39
Jungle animal write and color...40
Moon tracing worksheet....................41
Moon worksheet............42
Number 10 worksheet..................43
Number 10 worksheet..............44
Number 10 tracer page...45
Whisker counting....46
Scissor skills....47
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New Month
Letter Y intro
Letter Y review
Gardening theme
Yarn table
Yarn people
Flower craft
Letter Y worksheet
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Letter Z intro
Letter Z review
Musical jungle
Snake tracks
Jungle binoculars
Garden turtles
Monkey craft
Jungle worksheet
Jungle worksheets
Letter Z worksheet
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Flower craft and photo
book mark gifts
All About Mom wksht
Cooking Friday: Ziploc
bag no-bake fudge and
rice cakes
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Glow in the dark crafts
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Chalk drawings
Day/Night craft
Cooking: Grilled cheese
moon shaped pita
pockets
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Number 10 intro
Name cups
Number scramble
Chalk names
Number 10 wksht
Number 10 craft
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HOLIDAY
ART SHOW
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Balloon painting
Balloon dough balls
Scissor skills worksheet
Veterinarian Theme
Pocket pets
Whiskers worksheet
Cooking Friday: Fruit
burritos
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End of Year Potluck
Picnic at the Park with
classmates, families, or
homeschool group, etc.
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May 1, 2012
Welcome Circle: Calendar. New month May. Demonstrate where May is on the yearly
calendar with all the months ($1 store). Add childrens birthdays to the new month, holidays,
and any other special days. Introduce some things to learn in Mayletters Y and Z, number 10,
moon shape, learn more about flowers and gardening, celebrate Mothers Day, learn about
outer space, jungle animals, veterinarians, and more.
Song: Months of the Year (to the tune of "Ten Little Indians")
January, February, March, and April,
May, June, July, August, and September,
October, November, and December,
These are the months of the year.
Song: Days of the Week (Sung to "The Adam's Family Theme")
Days of the week (snap, snap), Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week
There's Sunday and there's Monday
There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday
Theres Thursday and There's Friday
and then there's Saturday
Days of the week (snap, snap), Days of the week (snap, snap)
Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week.
Introduction to gardening theme. Discuss plant life cycle, seasons. Use books with pictures.
What does a plant need to grow? What can hurt a plants growth? What can you plant
(flowers for beauty, trees for shade, vegetables and fruit to eat)?
Circle time activity: Learning order. Place several items in a box. To extend the gardening
theme, add items such as plastic shovel, seeds, watering can, gloves, etc. Ask the children to
name each item as you take it out of the box and place it in a row. Repeat but this time ask a
child to line them up himself. See if the children can put the toys in the same order. Use
vocabulary words such as same, different, and order.
Movement: Work in own garden (weeding, gather flowers, water) or plant vegetables/flowers/
consider sunflowers seeds (so easy and fast), or a pumpkin patch (if you have the space).
Activity: Grow your name. Get small boxes, line them with plastic, and fill them with potting
soil. Have your children scratch out their name in the soil. Have them sprinkle grass seeds into
the name Gently cover it with soil and soon you will have their name growing in a garden
Craft: Flower craft. To brighten up your own room, make long-lasting craft
stick flowers. Paint several craft sticks in bright colors. The teacher can use
tacky glue or a glue gun to glue the pieces into a flower shape. Use 1
green craft stick as the stem. Add a circle shape in the middle or a circle
picture of a child is also nice and will make a nice Mothers Day gift. Add
stickers, gems, buttons, or glitter glue for more accents. The finished flowers
can also be added to regular flower pots or in the ground to decorate the garden.
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Introduce Letter Y: Show the children the Letter Y poster (page 26). Trace over the letter with
your fingers. Ask the children to do the same. Trace the letter Y in the air or use personal
wipe-off boards. Make a letter Y basket that includes several items that start with the letter Y.
Enunciate the Y sound when identifying the items. Ask children to repeat or name the items in
the basket. Ask the children what other items could be put in the basket. Play I Spy Something
that Starts with the Letter Y.
Poem: Yak Song (tune: Three Blind Mice)
Yak, yak, yak; yak, yak, yak,
Has broad shoulders, has a broad back.
He's big and strong and knows the way,
He works hard almost every day,
He doesn't get much time for play.
Yak, yak, yak.
Activity: Yes for Y. Print Y and y on index cards and print other letters on several more cards.
Sit in front of the children and hold up the cards one at a time. Whenever the children see a Y
or y, have them say, "yes."
Sensory: Y is for yarn table. Provide a couple rolls of different colored yarn,
masking tape, and safety scissors. Allow children to decorate a huge spider
web onto the table. Reinforce team work so one child holds the yarn straight,
while the other tapes the yarn across the table. Children may then decide to
use the table with some other props to extend dramatic play options (i.e., animals trapped in a
spider web, or a crazy race car course, etc.) Activity enhances sensory skills, scissor skills,
cooperative group work, and dramatic play.
Activity: Fish Tank Garden. Show children how things grow by planting seeds in a fish tank.
Simply put rocks on the bottom of the tank (for drainage), add potting soil, and let your
children plant seeds in the soil.
Letter Card: Y is for Yak (print out letter card on page 29). Cut out Y template. Cut out large
oval shape for yak body. Paste oval onto paper, then Y onto paper. Add squiggly yarn hair,
or use markers to make squiggles. Add eyes.
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is here today? Story, teachers choice.
Review Letter Y: Review Letter Y. Write on large paper or poster board ($.50 at dollar store) all
the words that the children can think of that start with the letter Y. Play I Spy Something that
Starts with the Letter Y. Repetition of the Y items from the day before shows that the children
are learning. Ask each child to come up and draw something on the poster board that starts
with the letter Y. Label the picture and hang in classroom.
Song: Yellow Yacht (tune: If Youre Happy and You Know It)
Oh, I wish I were a great, big, yellow yacht.
Oh, I wish I were a great, big, yellow yacht.
Oh, I'd take you out to sea,
You'd be yelling out with glee.
Oh, I wish I were a great, big, yellow yacht.
Activity: Guessing Game. Guess all the words that can begin with the Y sound. Shout Yes
when they hear a Y word:
yellow, yarn, purple, dog, yesterday, today, you, juice, yard, house, yams, slide, yo-yo, tree,
yolk, flower, yes, yak, apple, yogurt
Craft Options:
Easy option: Y is for yellow sun. Provide pre-cut pieces of yellow yarn and a sun template
(page 32). Children can glue the yellow yarn onto the sun template. Or children can also just
color the sun yellow with markers or crayons while enforcing the y sound for yellow.
Advanced option: Y is for yarn people. Provide pre-cut pieces of yarn in various colors. Allow
children to make glue people shapes onto paper and then add pieces of yarn on top of the
glue to make yarn people.
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is here today? Assign helper of the day. Story,
helper of the days choice.
Mothers Day Theme: Discuss Mothers Day. What moms do, how they help us, some children
do not have a mother, how are animal mothers similar to human mothers. What are some
favorite things about the childrens mothers.
Circle Time Share: Mothers. Use a ball to roll to the child who make have a turn to speak/
share. Ask that child to state 1 thing that they love about their mom. Chart all the answers
onto a large poster board and hang near parent area.
Song: You are My Mother (tune: You are My Sunshine)
You are my Mommy,
My only Mommy.
You make me happy,
When skies are grey.
You'll always know, Mom,
How much I love you,
For I'll tell you every day.
Movement: Outdoor parachute game. Play standard parachute games with parachute or
sheet outside. Then add Doggy, Doggy Where's My Bone? to the mix. Have the children sit
around the deflated parachute. Then, a child leaves the area and another child in the circle
places the paper bone under the parachute in front of him. Bring the seeker back into the area and have them deduce which child is hiding the bone.
Craft: Mothers Day gift. Can be hung on window, as an ornament, on the wall, etc. Use a
chenille stem or flower wire to make a heart shape. Use yarn to wrap around and through the
heart. Add extra yarn for use as a hanger.
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May 7, 2012
Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Introduce Letter Z: Show the children the Letter Z poster (page 27). Trace over the letter with
your fingers. Ask the children to do the same. Trace the letter Z in the air or use personal
wipe-off boards. Make a letter Z basket that includes several items that start with the letter Z.
Enunciate the Z sound when identifying the items. Ask children to repeat or name the items in
the basket. Ask the children what other items could be put in the basket. Play I Spy Something
that Starts with the Letter Z.
Activity: Guessing Game. Guess all the words that can begin with the Z sound. Say Zzzzzz
when they hear a Z word:
Green, tiger, zoo, jaguar, safari, zipper, table, chair, zesty, zany, foot, dog, zero, crown, zebra
Rhyme: Im the Letter Z (tune: Im a Little Teapot)
I'm the letter Z
How do you do?
I have some new "z" words for you.
Zipper, zuccini,zig zag zoom
Zookeeper, zero, zebra and zoo.
Theme: Jungle Theme. Use books from library with pictures to help introduce this theme.
Discuss jungles as appropriate for your group. Show where jungles are on a globe or map.
What countries? What animals live in a jungle? What other types of places can animals live:
ocean, lake, desert, forest, snow, etc. What makes a jungle different than these other places?
Has anyone ever been to the jungle? If you were to go to the jungle, what would you see?
What would you want to see? What would you not want to see?
Song: I Went to the Jungle One Day (tune: London Bridge)
I went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a monkey on the way and this is what he said, "oh-oh-oh-oh"
I went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a lion on the way and this is what he said, "roar"
went to the jungle one-day, jungle one day, jungle one-day
I saw a snake on the way and this is what he said, "hiss"
Movement: Gorilla Race. Children can pretend to be gorillas and race to the finish line while
crawling on their fists and feet.
Dramatic Play: Add plastic/plush jungle animals to block area for the week.
Craft: Z letter card. Print out template (page 33). Cut out letter Z. Draw black stripes like a
zebra. Add a black mane and eyes.
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May 8, 2012
Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Review Letter Z: Review Letter Z. Write on large paper or poster board ($.50 at dollar store) all
the words that the children can think of that start with the letter Z. Play I Spy Something that
Starts with the Letter Z. Repetition of the Z items from the day before shows that the children
are learning. Ask each child to come up and draw something on the poster board that starts
with the letter Z. Label the picture and hang in classroom.
Theme: Jungle Theme. Continue with jungle theme. Reinforce environment and animals of a
jungle. Read a book with a setting in the jungle.
Song: Z is for Jungle Animal Zebra (tune: Im a Little Teapot)
I'm a little zebra white and black
With a bush mane running down my back
I like to gallop and run and play
Out on the African plains all day.
Song: The Animals in the Jungle (tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, aah, ooh, ooh, aah, ooh, ooh, aah,
The monkeys in the jungle say ooh, ooh, aah, all day long.
continue with parrots say squawk, lions say roar, tigers say grrr, snakes say hiss,
etc.
Movement/Craft: Z is for zig-zag races. Roll out a large piece of butcher paper,
or use a poster board. Draw 2 lanes of zig-zags and start and finish lines.
Children can drive their cars along the zig-zags to the finish line.
Craft/Sensory: Tape letter Zs. Provide colored masking tape (craft and educational stores
have skinny masking tape that works well too) and safety scissors. Allow or help children cut
small strips of tape and apply them onto the paper in Z shapes. Great sensory fun, children
love tape!
Craft/Bullletin Board Idea: Jungle. Hang a long strand of fake/silk leafy vine (craft/dollar store)
across the wall or even vertical down the wall.
Easy craft: Provide monkey template coloring page (page 37). Children color
the monkeys and then cut out and hang on vines. Beautiful classroom dcor!
Advanced craft: Provide paper roll, paint brown. Provide 4 strips of brown
construction paper, fold accordion style and glue to monkey body. Provide
another brown construction paper strip and wrap around pencil to make spiral
tail shape. Add monkey head.
Worksheet: Z phonics worksheet (page 35)
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Continuation of Jungle Theme:
Movement Rhyme: Monkey See, Monkey Do
The monkey stomp, stomps, stomps his feet
The monkey stomp, stomps, stomps his feet
Monkey see, monkey do
The monkey does the same as you!
The monkey claps, claps, claps his hands
The monkey claps, claps, claps his hands
Monkey see, monkey do
The monkey does the same as you!
The monkey covers, covers, covers his eyes
The monkey covers, covers, covers his eyes
Monkey see, monkey do
The monkey does the same as you!
The monkey jumps, jumps, jumps up and down
The monkey jumps, jumps, jumps up and down
Monkey see, monkey do
The monkey does the same as you!
Note: Add additional verses (sits down, stands up, turns around, etc)
Movement: Musical Jungle. Cut out animal shapes and place them on the floor. It is best for
younger children to have more animals than children. Play music and have the children walk
around the room. When the music stops, each child needs to find an animal to stand on.
Dramatic Play Idea. Supply the children with costumes or masks of animals commonly found in
a jungle. Craft extensionthere are many, many paper plate animal mask ideas on the
Internetso easy and so cutemake them and use for this activity.
Craft: Binocular Safari. Children decorate paper tubes that have been taped together. Poke
two holes at one end to thread a ribbon through for a neck strap. Tape up several pictures of
jungle animals around the room or hidden plastic animals for children to "find" with their
binoculars.
Worksheet: Jungle worksheet (page 38)
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Craft: Sun prints. Provide black construction paper to each child. Find objects to place onto the
paper such as a pencil, a race car, an eraser, foam letters, a plastic animal, etc. Bring the paper
outside with the objects on it and leave in the direct sun for a few hours. After a few hours, let the
children remove the objects from the paper and discuss what happened!
Movement: Sponge comets. 4 sponges tied together with ribbon and leave ribbon dangling for the tail
of the comet.
Dramatic Play area. Cardboard box space shuttle. Set up and leave all week in dramatic play area.
Make a space shuttle in your dramatic play area. Get a large box (refrigerator, ask home improvement
store for one), and maybe smaller one. Put boxes together to form a space shuttle. Form the point of
the shuttle. Paint the boxes white or drape white sheets over them. Cut out a place for the children to
get into the box. You can cut stars out of the top of the box so that the children will see stars when they
look up. For added effect give the children space uniforms (white sheets and helmets (5 gallon ice
cream buckets)).
Worksheet: Moon tracing worksheet (page 41 )
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Craft: Day and Night. Provide a paper folded in half. Label one side Day, and the other side,
Night. Encourage children to draw pictures of things that they would see during the day, and
things they would see during the night on the correct side. You can also provide pre-cut pictures of items from magazines and newspapers for the children to glue on each side.
Cooking: Grilled cheese pita moon pockets. Provide 1 pita pocket cut in half (natural moon
shape!) and a bowl of cheese and optional meat. Allow children to stuff their own pitas.
Cook in microwave, griddle, or frying pan.
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Dramatic Play: Veterinarians Office. Provide various materials for the children to pretend to
be veterinarians - lab coats, stethoscopes, gloves, band-aids, pretend thermometers,
measuring tape, weight scale, fake dog bones, leashes & collars, stuffed animals, etc.
Craft: Pocket Pet Craft. Need small socks, small scrap pieces of felt cut into squares/
rectangles/circles, yarn, googly eyes, and hot glue guns (for teacher only). Provide each child
with a small sock. Let them choose and assemble the eyes, felt pieces, and yarn. Decorate
the sock and add a nose, mouth, eyes, hair, etc. Use hot glue to attach the pieces to the sock
(teacher only.) After the glue dries let children carry the pocket pets around in their pockets.
Homeschool Option: Vet visit. Schedule a check-up for one of your pets with the vet today.
Field Trip Option: Shelter visit. Visit a local animal shelter or pet store and bring donated
supplies possibly needed such as toys, food, old blankets, newspapers, etc.
Cooking: Fruit Burrito
4 6-inch tortillas
4 tablespoons of peanut butter
4 strawberries, sliced
1 peach, peeled & sliced (remove pit)
4 tablespoons of vanilla yogurt
1 banana, sliced
1/4 cup blueberries
Spread about 1 T peanut butter over each tortilla. Place fruit slices down center of each
burrito. Drizzle about 1 T vanilla yogurt over fruit. Roll up the tortilla, burrito-style.
Worksheet: Whisker counting (page 46)
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10 happy kids.
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Y is for yak.
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Name
yak
YY Y Y Y Y
y y y y y y
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Name
Trace the letter Y
Color only the pictures that start with letter Y.
Y
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yellow sun
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Z is for zebra.
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zebra
ZZ Z Z Z Z
z z z z z z
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Trace the letter Z
Color only the pictures that start with letter Z.
Z
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Name
This is a picture of me and my mom.
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Name
Count the animals. Write the number of animals in each row.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Name
How many of each animal do you see in the picture?
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Name
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MOON
Color only the moon shapes your favorite color or colors.
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10 happy flowers.
10 10 10
ten ten
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I see
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ten
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Draw the correct number of whiskers on each animal. Color.
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Cut along each dotted zig-zag until you reach each flower.
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