Gardening: Vegetables, Fruits, Flowers, Gardening

Vegetables
10         -Letter Recognition  Letter V worksheet, vegetable peels on the outline of a V on back of wks
            -Color Page
1030    -Vegetable Graph- Place vegetables on the graph that are the same in columns on the graph
            -Making Pizzas-  Make felt pizzas with different felt vegetables and toppings and use order cards to know how many of each item to put on the pizza (order cards have picture of item and a number of how many to put on the pizza)
1100    -Carrot Stems-  Place appropriate amount of construction paper green stems out of carrots onto triangle carrots using construction paper. Have 1 stem out of the 1 carrot, 2 stems out of the 2 carrot etc up until about 5.
            -Homemade Potato Heads- Make with potato and other vegetables using toothpicks.
1130    -Celery Science-  Place celery in colored water and allow it to sit for several days while it soaks up the water and watch the celery change color.  Learn that plants need water to grow and eat.
            -Vegetable Stamps- Make stamps from potatoes and carrots and dip them in paint and stamp them on butcher paper.
Snack  Ants on a Log

Fruits 
10        -Letter Recognition:  Letter f worksheet, paint fruit juice on the outline of a F on back of wks
            -Color Page
1030    -I Spy: Find the certain fruits and vegetables and count how many of each.
            -Fruit/Veg Grocery Bags: Divide Fruit and Vegetables into their appropriate bag using actual fruits and vegetable and cut paste worksheet
11        -Floating/Sinking:  Place different fruits and vegetables in the water and see if they float or sink.
            -Dissecting: Take apart an apple and name parts- fruit (flesh), stem, core, peel, seeds
1130    - Rainbow Sorting:  Take pictures of fruits and veggies cut out from store grocery ads and organize them in the colors of the rainbow.
            -Watermelon Purse: Make watermelon purse out of yarn and paper plates while watching fruit songs off of youtube from busy beavers and others
Snack Apple Cars with raising for wheels and cut the slice of the apple to form a car.

Flowers
10        -Letter Recognition:  Letter f worksheet, glue flowers on the outline of a F on back of wks
            -Color Page
1030    -Pom pom flowers- glue how many pom poms around the numbered flower.  Flower #1 glue one pom pom, flower #2 glue two pom poms around it...etc
            -Flower to stem- match numbered stem with numbered flower.  Have cutouts with number on stem and flower and have kid match stem with flower.  Can also do dots on stem or flower with number on the other representing the dots.
            -Flower patterns-have different size flowers and colors and make a pattern with them and have kid continue on the pattern.
11        -Flower shape petals-glue triangles around triangle shaped flower, glue rectangles around rectangle shaped flower
            -Flower science- Worksheet that says what a flower needs to live: water, sun, dirt, not candy and hamburgers.
1130 -  -Flower sensory bin-fill pan with beans to represent dirt and plastic utensils to dig around in it and containers and fake flowers, fake snakes, fake frogs, and anything gardening like
            -Flower walk-  find flowers on a walk around the house
Snack: dirt cups

Gardening
10        -Letter Recognition:  Letter g worksheet, glue dirt on the outline of a g on back of wks
            -Color Page
1030    -Make Dirt:  make it with baking soda and water and food coloring, draw letters in it
            -Carrot Sight Words:  Write words on the back of carrot cutouts and place in sensory bin.  Dig up carrots and say what you see.
11        -Flower Science- Review what a plant needs to grow
            -Baggie Beans- Use ziploc bags, bean seeds, cotton balls.  Dip cotton balls in water and place in ziploc bags and place bean seeds in bags.  Dont make cotton balls too wet and soaked and place beans on top. Maybe squeeze some water out of cotton balls.
1130     -Tops/Bottoms-Learn about how plant can grow above and below ground and glue plants on a paper plate with a dirt line and plants growing above, below, and in the middle like corn.
             -Sorting Seeds-  Gather 5 different kinds of seeds and mix them in some fake dirt or sensory bin beans.  Find seeds and sort into an egg carton.  I personally took a portion of the beans out and mixed the seeds into it in the egg carton tray that was the lid part.

Snack:Try different fruits and vegetables and use a chart to check if you like it or dont or glue picture of fruit or vegetable on side you like or dont.

Outerspace: Stars. Planets, Moon, Space Ships

Get Library Books on Subject Always beforehand and use them in space needed with extra time

Stars
10       -Letter Recognition Letter S worksheet, place sticker stars on the outline of a S on back of worksheet after the bold letter is traced
           -Color Page Color by number
1030   -Star Number Books: Make books with a page per number to 8 and place the appropriate amount of sticker stars on the page
           -Constellation Sorting: Learn about constellations and organize different sizes of the big Dipper from biggest to smallest and vice versa
11        -Looking at the Stars:  Take a flashlight and a pasta drainer into a closet and bring your binoculars/telescope  (toilet paper roll) and look at the stars all over the ceiling.
1130    -Star Reading Chase: Chase cutouts of stars around the house that periodically end at library books about the stars.  Stop and read them and continue the star trail and stop when it ends at books.  At the very end have it stop at something really fun like an activity they like to play.  (About 3 books)
12         -Constellation Art: Learn to draw a star and draw a picture and put stars on top of it to make your own constellation
Snack:  Star shaped something: Fruit, cookie, cheese (use cookie cutter)


Planets
10          -Letter Recognition  Letter P worksheet, poke holes on the outline of a P on back of worksheet after the bold letter is traced
             -Coloring Matching Planets Page for Multiple Activities: Color Page with planets (twice).  Tell them Mercury is purple Venus Orange, Mars Red, Earth Green and Blue, Jupiter Orange with red Spot, Saturn Yellow, Uranus Blue, Neptune Blue
1030      -Matching Memory Game: Play a matching game with colored planets
              -Color planets with size appropriate porportions and color the same as above.
 11         -Solar System Mobile: Cut them out and use them to make a solar system mobile with the sun in the middle and thread with tape hanging from the plate with the planets going around the sun farther and farther away.
              -Make Space Book and place planets in it from memory card game, and star and constellation.  You will use this for the whole unit and next two lessons.  Review often.
1130     -Planet/Not Planet worksheet to differentiate between them
             -Planet Running: Use the other half of memory card pieces to run to the planet or memory card game piece of the description you give for the planet.  Smallest planet, red planet, largest planet, planet we live on, has the greatest winds, etc...
12         -Coffee filter planet making by drawing/scribbling on coffee filters with washable markers and spraying them with a water bottle.
Snack Carrots around a cracker (sun)


Moon
10          -Letter Recognition  Letter M worksheet, markers on the outline of a M on back of worksheet
              -Color Page
              -Unit Book Add Moon to it by having them draw a circle for the moon and then label it.
1030      -Astronaut Puzzle:  Cut out 9 piece puzzle and place on top of the astronaut picture
              -Moon Rock Run:  Carry moon rocks from one bucket to the other side of the room with salad tongs.  Crumbled paper or aluminum foil will make good moon rocks
11          -Make Moon Sand
              -Craters: Drop Rocks into Moon Sand and learn about craters.
1130      -Astronaut Masks:  Cut out a circle mask out of a paper plate and decorate it.  Place them on and jump around like astronauts on the moon.  Talk about gravity on Earth and how that effects walking on the moon with a different gravity.
12          -Review/Favorites:  Read moon books, play with sand, moon rock run
Snack: Oreo Moon phases, Peanut butter on Ritz crackers


Rockets
10          -Letter Recognition  Letter R worksheet, red marker on the outline of a M on back of worksheet
              -Color Page Multiple rockets to use for review game
              -Unit Book Add space shuttle to book.  Learn that that is another name for a rocket.
1030      -Rocket Dice:  Use dice to be the first to build your rocket.  Roll the dice and place the appropriate piece of the rocket that corresponds with the number.  If already done that piece your turn is skipped and goes to the next player.  First to complete their rocket wins.
11           -Flying Rocket Review Answer a outer space question from the unit and blast off with rocket and go through an obstacle course (trampoline, slide) and stick it on a sheet on the wall into outer space.
              -Paint Swatch Rocket craft:  Use the paint color sample from the store to make a rocket and glue on black paper and make white stars with a white crayon
1130      -Build a Cardboard Box Rocket: Wear your astronaut mask while riding the rocket to outer space destinations.
12          -Paper Straw Rockets:  Blow wrapper, or tightly wrapped paper off of a straw.  Try to get the rocket to land on a planet (bowl/dish/construction paper that is the color of a planet)
Snack:  Cheese stick rockets, or cracker shaped rockets