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Preschool Curriculum

Cycle 2

May
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MAY 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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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May 2012 Themes and Month at a Glance


Letter Y, Letter Z, Moon Shape, Alphabet Review, Number 10. Gardening, Mothers Day, Jungle Animal
Theme, Outer Space Theme, Art Show/Auction, Gardening, Community Helper Veterinarian, Color Mix
Book Suggestions: A Color of His Own (Robert Longmire); books on jungles, outer space, gardening, colors, and veterinarians
Field trip options: Zoo. Planetarium. Garden center.
End of the Year Picnic. Many preschool programs end in May. Now would be a good time to have an end of year picnic at the
park with the kids and maybe even the parents for a potluck bbq. Share photos taken through-out the year. Share Best of works
of art and funny moments with parents for each child. Celebrate all the accomplishments throughout the year. Acknowledge
and provide an opportunity to say goodbye to those who are going to kindergarten in the Fall. Homeschoolers might join their
playgroups for a park picnic as well.
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New Month

Letter Y intro

Letter Y review

Mothers Day Intro

Gardening theme

Yarn table

Yellow sun craft

Yarn heart hangers

Grow your name

Fish tank garden

Yarn people

Flower craft

Yak letter card craft

Letter Y phonics wksht

Cooking Friday: Yogurt


dip with fruit

Letter Y worksheet
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Letter Z intro

Letter Z review

Musical jungle

Snake tracks

Jungle Animal Theme

Zig zag races

Jungle binoculars

Garden turtles

Zebra letter card craft

Monkey craft

Jungle worksheet

Jungle worksheets

Letter Z worksheet

Letter Z phonics wksht

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Outer Space Theme and Moon boots


Moon shape
Space mobiles
Sun prints craft
Moon shape worksheet
Sponge rockets

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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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Coffee filter planets

Moon craters craft

Chalk drawings

Day/Night craft
Cooking: Grilled cheese
moon shaped pita
pockets

Moon tracer page


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Letters A-Z Review

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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Number 10 review &


Number 10 worksheets

Primary Colors/Color mixing

Number sticker books

A Color of His Own theme

Shaving cream numbers

Color mixing crafts

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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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Materials List for May Curriculum


Grocery Store:
Cooking Friday, May 4Yogurt dip with fruit, plain yogurt, brown sugar, vanilla extract, fruit slices,
sections, chunks or whole berries
Cooking Friday, May 11Ziplock baggie fudge and rice cakes, 3 oz cream cheese, 1lb powdered
sugar, 2 packets of cocoa mix or 1/2 cup cocoa, 2 T butter, two 1-gallon ziplock storage bags
Cooking Friday, May 18-Grilled cheese pita moon pockets, pita bread, favorite cheese, optional: meat
Cooking Friday, May 25Fruit burritos, 4 6-inch tortillas , 4 T peanut butter, 1 banana, 4 strawberries,
1 peach, 1/4 cup blueberries, 4 T vanilla yogurt
Snack option, May 24 Color mixing sticks: White icing, food coloring, pretzel sticks.
Craft Store/Dollar Store/Already on hand:

Poster boards (4) ($.50 each at $1 store)


May 1Potting soil, grass seed, and boxes for grow a name activity; craft sticks for flower craft
May 2Yarn ball for yarn table, and yak craft; old fish tank (Goodwill), seeds, potting soil for fish tank
garden activity
May 3Yellow yarn for sun and people yarn craft
May 4 Bright colored yarn for heart craft, chenille stems (1 per child)
May 7 Jungle books from library, plastic/plush jungle animals for dramatic play, jungle activities, build a
jungle
May 8 Colored masking tape for Zs, butcher paper for zig-zag races, leafy vine from Dollar Store for
bulletin board, brown construction paper and paper rolls for monkey craft
May 9Jungle masks or print templates from Internet, paper tubes and yarn for jungle binoculars,
pictures of jungle animals to tape to wall
May 10Plastic jungle animals, small plastic plants, and dirt for jungle sensory table; yarn for snake
tracks, 3 plastic or clay pots in varying sizes for turtle craft
May 11Chenille stems for flower bouquet craft, 6 empty water/soda bottles
May 14Black construction paper for sun prints, 4 sponges and ribbon for sponge comets, extra large
cardboard box for space shuttle dramatic play
May 15 Clay or playdoh for space mobiles, large sponges (2 per child) and rubber bands for moon
boots
May 16Black construction paper and glow in the dark crayons/markers/paints for glow in the dark
creations; or 1 shoe box, black paint, glow in the dark stars, planets or insects, white contact paper for
glow in the dark box.
May 17 Pillows and white sheets for moon walk; coffee filters for planet craft; black paper and star
stickers or chalk or paint; Lite Brite (Goodwill) for constellation activity
May 18Pie tin and sand or moon sand for crater demonstration; white paint, flour, black paper, and
bottle caps for moon crater craft
May 21-Small plastic cups and foam or scrabble letters for name cups; sidewalk chalk; cube boxes for
homemade alphabet dice
May 22 10 craft sticks per child for 10 in a bed craft, 10 clothespins and large sturdy paper/cardboard
circle (pizza?)
May 23 Stickers, a lot for number book; shaving cream and plastic tablecloth for shaving cream
numbers
May 24 Ziploc baggies, frozen colored ice cubes (blue, red, yellow), large butcher paper or white
sheet, caro syrup and red/blue/yellow food coloring, red/blue/yellow paint; book: Color of His Own
May 25Small socks for pocket pets, items for veterinarian dramatic play: white coats, play
stethoscopes, bandaids, gloves, measuring tape, dog bones, leashes/collars, stuffed animals
May 26Art Show- $1 frames, cheap art mats in bulk, name tags for artists, index cards or labels for each
artwork displayed, invitations made by children/decorated from $1 store, handpicked flowers for dcor,
milk and cookies (made by children) or other refreshments
May 30Balloons for activities
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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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May 2, 2012
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.

Worksheet: Y worksheet (page 30)


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May 3, 2012
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.

Worksheet: Letter Y phonics worksheet (page 31)

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May 4, 2012
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.

Cooking: Yogurt Dip with Fruit.


1 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Fruit slices, sections, chunks or whole berries
Pour the yogurt into a bowl. Mix in brown sugar and vanilla extract. Spoon yogurt into small
bowls for serving. Serve yogurt dip with fruit such as sliced apples, whole strawberries, banana
chunks, etc.
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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.

Worksheet: Z worksheet (page 34)

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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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May 9, 2012
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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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Continue Jungle animal theme. Pretend to go on a Jungle Safari. You are the tour guide on
this safari. Have all the children join you in circle time or on a rug. Tell them that we are all
going to the jungle. Tell the children what animals you see. "Look, over there, it's a huge
elephant." Ask the children what animals they see. What color are the animals, how big are
they, what are they eating, what are they doing?
Chant: Down in the Jungle
Down in the jungle with the beat in your feet,
Think of an animal that you'd like to meet.
That you'd like to meet (have a child yell out an animal name)
A (Lion), A (Lion) She wants to see a (Lion)!
(note: continue the chant until everyone has had a chance to name an animal)
Movement: Catch the Snake by the Tail. Children form a long line holding each other at the
waist. The "head" tries to catch the "tail" without breaking the line.
Sensory table: Add plastic jungle animals to your sensory table. Consider adding plastic/silk
plants from dollar store and dirt, even dirt, and mud to the sensory table. Great outdoor
activity for pleasant spring weather.
Table Time Activity: Snake sort/match. Provide many different plastic snakes and have
children sort the snakes by size or color, or matching pairs.
Craft options:
Easy option: Snake Tracks. Provide yarn sections cut into approximately 8 inch sections and
shallow trays of paint. Allow children to dip yarn into paint and track across paper to look like
snake tracks on the jungle floor.
Advanced option: Garden pot turtles. Use 3 clay or plastic pot saucers in varying sizes. Paint in
green tones. Add either felt dots, paint dots, jewels, rocks, etc. to decorate. Glue dried
saucers into stacking layers. Add googly eyes and rock or cork legs.

Worksheet: Jungle worksheets (page 39 and 40)

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May 11, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Assign helper of the day. Story,
helper of the days choice.
Theme: Mothers Day. Discuss Mothers Day and moms as appropriate for your group.
Song/Fingerplay: 5 Little Monkeys (use hand and finger motions)
Five little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!
Four little monkeys swinging in a tree,
Teasing the alligators, you can catch me, you can catch me....
Along came a alligator quiet as can be.......
And snapped that monkey right out of that tree!
Continue until ...
No little monkeys swinging in a tree!
Movement/Activity: Tiger Bowling. Glue orange and black strips of paper to 6 empty water or
soda bottles. Set up like regular bowling game with a soft ball and bowl!
Cooking Friday: Z is for Ziploc Bag Fudge and Rice Cakes.
3 oz package of cream cheese
1 lb box of powdered sugar
2 packets of cocoa mix or 1/2 cup of cocoa
2 tablespoons of butter
2 1-gal Ziplock storage bags
Place all ingredients in one of the Ziplock bags, close and put it in the next Ziplock bag. Give
everyone a turn at squishing the bags to mix. Mix until smooth. Make sure the cream cheese
and butter are at room temperature before mixing starts. After mixing is completed, cut the
corner off the bag and press a thin fudge line from the bag. Apply as decoration for rice
cakes, cupcakes, cookies, etc.
Craft: Mothers Day craft options.
1. Handprint flower bouquet. Trace and cut out several handprints of each
child from colored paper, or children may paint or otherwise decorate the
cut-out handprints. Tape on green chenille stems and assemble like a flower
bouquet.
2. Front and back photo bookmark. In advance, Take front and back shots
of your child. Print the pictures in wallet size. Cut out the figures and glue
stick onto a thin, folded strip of cardstock. Use one small piece of adhesive
magnet on each of the insides of the strip.
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Introduction to Outer Space Theme. Use books from library with pictures to help introduce this theme.
Prepare the classroom environment in such a way as to give them an introduction to the concept.
Hang up a poster or a chart (Dollar Store, Learning Store) of the solar system, space shuttles, astronauts,
or even the Earth as seen from space. If possible, use library books or Internet printouts to describe each
planet with at least one fun fact, and then see if anyone can guess its name. Explain that the sun is the
center of the solar system, and how all of the planets orbit around it. Explain that the sun is actually a
medium-sized star. Hang up the sun. Next, tell them about Mercury, and how it is the closest to the sun,
making it the hottest planet. Venus is the second planet, often called the Earth's twin, because of their
similarity in size. The third planet is our own planet, the Earth. Next is Mars, which is also known as the Red
Planet, similar to ours, with running rivers and streams.
Introduction to Moon shape: Show children moon shape poster (page 25). The Moon is like a desert
with plains, mountains, and valleys. It also has many craters, which are holes created when space
objects hit the Moon's surface at a high speed. There is no air to breathe on the Moon. Recently water
ice was discovered at the poles (or top and bottom) of the Moon. The ice is buried beneath some of
the dust of the Moon's surface. Scientists think the ice may be left over from a comet that once collided
with the Moon. The Moon travels around the Earth in an oval shaped orbit. Scientists think the Moon
was formed long ago when Earth collided with another space object. The collision may have caused a
big chunk of rocky material to be thrown out into space to form the Moon. The Moon is a little lopsided.
Its crust is thicker on one side than the other. The Moon is much smaller than the Earth. However, the pull
of its gravity can still affect the Earth's ocean tides. We always see the same side of the Moon from
Earth. You have to go into space to see the other side.
Option: Track the moon phase in the sky at night and with the newspaper. What are moon phases?
Poem: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom zoom zoom we're going to the moon
Zoom zoom zoom we're going to the moon
If you'd like to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship
Zoom zoom zoom we're going to the moon
5 4 3 2 1, Blast Off!

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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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Review of Outer Space theme. Discuss moon and planets. Can we travel to the moon? How?
How long will it take? Can we live on the moon or the planets? Why/why not? Do we live on
a planet? Discuss how big the moon and planets are in relation to earth.
Circle Time Activity: Going to the Moon
(Do movements like you are sitting down)
Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon, going to the moon, going to the moon.
Get in the spaceship we're going to the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF!
(When the group says "Blast off" jump out of the chair with arms outstretched)
(Stretch your arms out like you're flying) Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon, flying to
the moon, flying to the moon.
Get in the spaceship we're flying to the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!
(Walk around with very tall, exaggerated steps) Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the
moon, walking on the moon, walking on the moon.
Get out of the spaceship we're walking on the moon. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-21...BLAST OFF!
(Do movements like you are very sleepy and ready to get back home) Get in the spaceship
we're going back home, going back home, going back home. Get in the spaceship we're
going back home. Let's countdown right now. 5-4-3-2-1...BLAST OFF!
Circle Time Activity: Countdown. Use a white board with the numbers 1-10. Erase one number
at a time as you countdown from 10 to 1.
Movement/Sensory: Moon Walk/Moon Boots. With large sponges, cut out a section in the
sponge so that it fits snugly around a child's foot or shoe. Slip the sponges on their feet and
secure with large rubberbands they have moon boots!
Craft: Space mobiles. Use clay or playdoh to create the shapes of the moon, sun, and stars.
Cookie and playdoh cutters often have these shapes, and children may even be able to cut
out the shapes themselves. Make a hole at the top of each shape. Dry. Optional: paint.
When dry, hang from hangers, or string like a mobile.
Worksheet: Moon worksheet (page 42)

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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teacher's choice.
Song: Im a Little Rocket (tune: Im a Little Teapot)
I'm a little rocket pointing at the moon.
(Raise arms above head and fingers tips touching)
Now I'm getting fueled up
(Wiggle hips)
We'll be ready soon.
(Stand up straight and tall)
When it's time to board me, then I'll say
(Slowly bend knees and crouch down - arms still above head)
Blast off! Zoom! We're on our way.
(Jump up and shout!)
Circle Time Activity/Movement: Hide the moon. Play inside or outside. Hide cut out foam/
felt/paper moons around the classroom or outside play area. Use clues such as hot and cold,
prepositions such as closer, farther, left, right, up, down, to give a few clues as needed.
Crafts: Glow in the dark options:
Basic Option: Glow in the Dark Creations. With glow in the dark paints, crayons or markers,
have the children color night scenes on dark construction paper (blue and black work best!)
Advanced Option: Glow in the dark box. Need: 1 shoe box per child black paint (tempra or
spray) glow in the dark stars, planets or insects white contact paper. Cover the outside of the
shoe box and the lid with white contact paper. Allow the children to decorate with markers,
crayons, or stickers. Paint the inside of the shoe box (including lid) with black paint. Allow the
paint to dry (this can be to time consuming for younger children, so you can spray paint the
inside of the boxes ahead of time). After the paint is dry cut a small hole in one end of the box
(about the size of dime). Then glue the glow in the dark stars (or other objects) in the back half
of the box. Be sure to glue some on the lid as well and on the sides. Expose the box to light for
a few minutes then put on the lid. Have the children look through the hole and they will be
able to see all the objects glow in the dark. Be sure not to glue the lid on the box. The items
inside will need to be exposed to light in order to glow.

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May 17, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Fingerplay: Ten Little Astronauts
Ten astronauts in a rocket ship
(Hold up fingers and touch both hands together at fingertips to make point of rocket)
Flying through space gonna make a little trip
(Keep point of rocket with hands and go back and forth)
Going past Mars and Jupiter, too!
(Ten little astronauts, what a crew! Hold up 10 fingers)
Movement/Sensory: Moon walk. Place pillows all over the floor. Then cover the floor with
white sheets. Allow the children to walk slowly across the moon like the astronauts.
Activity: Lite Brite Constellations. If you have a Lite Brite use it to make constellations, your
children will be able to see the constellations much better on a Lite Brite. Let them make their
own constellations during playtime
Craft: Coffee filter planets. Allow children to paint a coffee filter with watercolors, and then
glue it onto black paper. Ask the children to name their planets.
Craft: Chalk drawings. Provide black paper and white chalk and encourage children to draw
a large circle for the moon. Teach how to draw stars for the rest of the picture.

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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Assign helper of the day. Story,
helper of the days choice.
Song: The Planets Spin Around the Sun (tune: London Bridge)
The planets spin around the sun,
Around the sun, Around the sun.
The planets spin around the sun,
We live on earth!
The sun is found in the middle,
In the middle, In the middle.
The sun is found in the middle,
It keeps us warm!
The stars are twinkling far away,
Far away, far away.
the stars are twinkling far away,
Now make a wish
Movement/Sensory: Moon crater drop. Take a pie tin and fill with sand or moon sand. Collect
rocks (craters) and drop them one by one into the moon to see craters from. Reinforce
concept of craters and moon during this activity.
Craft: Moon craters. Mix white paint and flour until cottage cheese consistency. Spread onto
blue or black paper in moon shape. Use bottle caps to press down and make moon craters.
Add star stickers around the moon.

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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May 21, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Letter Review: Review of letters Y and Z. Use flash cards, or pocket chart to help review.
Song: Alphabet Song. (emphasize letters Y and Z by pointing to posters on wall or using
flashcards, etc.)
Circle Time Activity: Alphabet dice. Nicely wrap paper around cube boxes to make your own
dice. Use large marker to write a letter on each side of the box/dice. Make several dice, so
that all the letters of the alphabet are used. Then you can pass a die to a child in the circle
and ask him to name the letter that he rolled. Older children can also try to think of something
that starts with that letter. Give all children an opportunity to roll a die. This can be played
several times as the letters rolled will be different for each childs turn.
Sensory: Letter hunt sensory table. Take an empty plastic ice cube tray and stick 1 foam letter
sticker in each section. Then add the rest of the foam letter stickers into the sensory table. Add
other materials such as uncooked rice, uncooked beans, dry letter pasta, etc. Provide large
plastic tweezers or spoons or melon ballers for children to use to find the letters. Add the letters
to each section of the ice cube tray.
Table Time Activity: Name cups. Provide small plastic or paper cups. Fill each cup with foam
letters or scrabble letters to spell childs name. For example, for Abby, add letters a, b, b, y to
the cup. Assist children in spelling their names. For younger children, you can also write their
names on their cups with a permanent marker to help guide them. For older children, some
other cups can include beginning phonics words (cat, bat, sit) or sight words (and, the, my).
Outdoor Activity: Chalk names. Write each childs name several times all around the ground
outside. Shout: Ready, Set, Go!, and the children can run around to try to find their name.
After they all find their name, then shout: ready, set, go! again and the children can run
around and find their name written somewhere else on the ground. After a few rounds,
provide the children with chalk to copy their names again, and then create free-style art
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May 22, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Number 10 intro: Show number 10 poster (page 28). Counting to 10. Tracing number 10 in the
air. Group items at circle time into sets of 10. Use bear counters, cotton balls, stuffed animals,
dolls, cars, blocks, etc. Make 10 sets of 10. Count up to 10, then count down from 10 to 1.
Song: Ten in a Bed.
There were ten in a bed
And the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over
And one fell out
There were nine in a bed
And the little one said
"Roll over, roll over"
So they all rolled over
And one fell out
Continue until
There was one in a bed
And the little one said
"Good night!"
Activity: Numbers Scramble. Make number necklaces (1-5). Have children wear a number
necklace and sit in chairs in a circle. Call out a number. All the children wearing that number
change places.
Craft: Ten in a Bed . Provide construction paper, markers, craft sticks. Cut and fold upward
the construction paper to make a bed to stick the craft sticks in. Staple or tape. Have children
draw faces on the craft sticks and line them up in the paper bed.
Table Time Activity: Number Scramble Puzzles. Use thick marker to make a large number, 1-10
on colored construction paper. Then cut each paper into the same number of pieces.
Table Time Activity: Number Wheel. Make a large circle and divide into 10 equal sections (use
old cardboard pizza circles too!). Laminate for sturdier use. Use either stickers, dots, or
numbers into each section, 1-10. Provide 10 clothespins with the numbers 1-10 in permanent
marker. Then children can then pin each clothespin to the matching number section of the
circle.
Worksheet: Number 10 worksheet (page 43)

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May 23, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Review Number 10.
Circle Time Transition Song:
I have ten fingers and they all belong to me (hold hands up)
I can make them do things Would you like to see?
I can shut them up tight (form fist)
Or open them wide (hold fingers out)
I can put them together or make them all hide (Close both fists)
I can make them jump high (put hands over head)
I can make them go low (put hands down)
I can fold them quietly and hold them just so (put hands in lap)
Song: I Can Count
You put one finger up
You put one finger down
You put one finger up
And you shake it all around
You give it a shakey-shakey
And you turn it all about
That's how you learn to count!
(continue until number 10)
Craft: Number 10 craft. Allow children to trace their 2 hands onto a piece of large paper.
Encourage them to write the numbers 1-10 on their fingers. Use a pre-printed number line to
help younger children copy the numbers.
Craft: Sticker book. Provide 10 pieces of paper. Staple like a book. Write one number, 1-10,
on each page, leaving blank page for cover. Provide stickers. Children count out the correct
number of stickers our for each page. Decorate cover with title Childs names Number
book).
Sensory: Shaving cream numbers. Provide shaving cream and a plastic tablecloth covered
table. Encourage children to make the numbers 1 thru 10. Provide 10 small cups, can they fill
each cup with shaving cream?
Worksheets: Number 10 worksheets (pages 44 and 45).

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May 24, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Theme: Color Mix. Discuss how when colors are mixed together, they can make new colors.
Especially the primary colors of red, yellow, and blue. Explain what happens when each of these colors are mixed. If you have colored cellophane, you can demonstrate what happens
when 2 different colors are layered.
Song: The Primary Colors Song (tune: Three Blind Mice)
Red, Yellow, Blue
Red, Yellow, Blue
I see you
Red, Yellow, Blue
You are the primary colors
You make all the other colors
I wish I was a color
Like Red, Yellow, Blue
Book: Read Color of His Own book. Discuss.
Science Activity: Color Mixing Baggies. Add caro syrup in 3 ziplock bags. Add red food coloring to the first bag and seal, add blue to the second bag and seal, and add yellow to the third
bag and seal. Then use a light box, a window or a white piece of paper to show how the colors
mix by overlapping portions of the bags. Dont actually mix the colors, just overlap the bags.
Science: Colored Ice Cube Melt. Provide frozen colored ice cubes (red, blue, and yellow).
Add 1 red and yellow ice cube into a see through cup. Repeat for blue/yellow, red/blue.
Keep returning to the cups to see what happens as the ice melts. Discuss.
Sensory: Color Mixing Baggies. Provide 3 large Ziploc baggies. Squirt paint into each baggie:
1yellow/blue, 1 red/yellow, and 1 red/blue. Seal each bag, allow children to mix the colors
together a little bit, then hold the baggies up to a window and see how the colors shine
through. Discuss.
Group Craft Project: Squirt Mixers. Provide a large white sheet or large piece of butcher paper
and hang from fence outside. Provide squirt bottles filled with diluted colored water (mix water
with dry tempra paint) in red, yellow, and blue.
Snack option: Pretzel icing sticks. Need red, blue, and yellow food coloring, white icing, pretzel
sticks and 1 paper plate per child. Give each child 3 spoonfuls of icing on their plates. Place a
drop of different coloring on each spoonful. They can experiment mixing the colors together
with their pretzel sticks. They can sample their colorful creations and create new and interesting
color by mixing together.
Craft: Primary colors. Use a bowl to trace 3 circles on a paper so that they
overlap as shown. Add red, yellow, and blue drops of paint to its own circle.
In the sections that overlap, add drops of both colors of paint and mix.
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Assign helper of the day.
Story, helper of the days choice.
Theme: Community Helper Veterinarian. Discuss the job duties of a veterinarian. What types
of animals do veterinarians take care of? Pets? Farm animals? Have you ever taken your pet
to the vet? It is important to take your pet to the vet for check-ups just like kids! Ask the children if they have any pets. What kind, how many? What are the names of their pets? What
are some other types of pets? What are good ways to take care of pets? Are there any pets
that they would like to have when they get older? Does anyone want to be a veterinarian
when they group up?
Circle time activity: Cat in the Hat balancing. Can you imagine if Cat in the Hat was your pet!
Cat in the Hat balances a lot of things. Allow the children to try to balance items on their head
like Cat in the Hat.
Song: Ten Little Vets (tune: Ten Little Indians)
One little, two little,
Three little vets.
Four little, five little,
Six little vets.
Seven little, eight little,
Nine little vets.
Ten little vets help our pets!

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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May 29, 2012


Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.

Art Show Day


This is a day that can be designed several ways depending upon your program.
Start with discussion of art, artists, sculptures, architecture, different types of artabstract, etc. Show
books on the great artists in history.
Visit an art museum.
The entire classroom can be set up like art museum. Name tags can be placed below each picture.
You can buy very cheap mats to frame each picture. You can buy dollar frames1 for each child for
the special wall of self-portraits.
Walls can be assigned to genre or by childs name.
For Abstract, think folded paper with paint dropped in middle by child, then folded and opened to create a new picture, caption the picture, and hang on the wall.
For Impressionism, think dot marker pictures, or dotted paintings, or watercolor paintings.
Collage (i.e. mixed media) section. Like created during the year. Magazines cut and pasted onto new
paperbased off color, design, theme such as animal, or childs interest (all race cars or baby dolls)
Sculpture section. Clay, playdough, cardboard robots, glued blocks/architecture, limitless possibilities.
Self portrait section. A parents favorite!
Extra art or art collected over the year can be bound using spiral binding at office supply store or just
hole punch sides and use yarn/ribbon to tie together. Very special art can be laminated for 25 cents per
foot at office or learning supply stores.
Make a portfolio with 2 pieces of poster board sealed around the edges with colored masking tape
(office supply store/hardware store/learning supply store). Add ribbon handle at the top. The children
can decorate the exterior of the portfolio. Insert all art work from the year and file away at home and
get ready for the next portfolio for the next year.
For the art show, each child can wear their own name tags designating themselves as artists.
Children can create invitation cards a week or so in advance, inviting family to the art show.
Invite family for milk and cookies at pick-up time or a designated time like 5:00 p.m. if you are in a
center/daycare program. Consider this similar to an open house, show off the rest of your program at
the same time.
Invite grandparents/family members for milk and cookies to view your childs art work for homeschoolers.
The children are the artists and this is their opportunity to shine and share all their hard work gathered
over the year, or even just made on this one single day! Hang self-portraits made 1 year ago with ones
made todaywow, look at the differencedelight in the childrens accomplishments!
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Welcome Circle: Calendar. Weather. Who is Here Today? Story, teachers choice.
Theme: Revisit Garden and Spring theme. Discuss progress of any gardening projects. Plan for
more. Spring will be over soon and Summer is next.
Poem:
First you take a shovel, a rake, and a hoe
Plant a little garden, Plant seeds in a row
Water them and weed them through all the summer heat
And then you'll have some flowers or vegetables to eat.
Circle time activity: What is missing game. Put 3 items on floor. Cover each item with upside
down large plastic cup. Move cup with item away. Lift up other 2 cups. What item is missing?
Repeat, add additional items for more complex play.
Sensory: Balloon painting. Provide smaller sized inflated balloons and shallow tray of paint.
Allow children to dip balloon into paint and then onto paper, using the balloon as the paint
brush. Quickly dispose of any popped balloons and supervise appropriately.
Sensory: Balloon playdough balls. Roll out long snake of playdough. Stretch balloon, insert
playdough, tie off end. Squishy fun! Use permanent markers to make funny faces, make
several in a variety of colors.
Worksheet: Scissor skills, garden themed (page 47)

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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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Name

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.

I like it when my mom ___________________________________.


My mom likes to ________________________________________.
I like it when my mom makes me_________________________.
I love my mom because ________________________________.
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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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How many of each animal do you see in the picture?

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My favorite jungle animal is a


_________________ because
________________________________________.

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Trace the moon shapes.

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MOON
Color only the moon shapes your favorite color or colors.

How many moons did you color?


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10 happy flowers.

10 10 10
ten ten
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I see

10 petals on this happy flower.

10
ten
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Name

Color the biggest number 10. Trace the number 10s.

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

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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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