3-YEAR OLD PROGRAM
March
Wind & Kites, Shape: diamond (kites),
St Patrick’s Day, Crafts, songs, finger-play, St. Patrick’s Pokey, Match the Leprechaun cards, Shamrock Collage Showcase
Blend a Rainbow, Shamrock Shakers
(Positional word games)
March “In like a lion; out like a lamb”
Chart the weather
Lion & Lamb crafts
Science
Walking Water Experiment
Milky Rainbow
Rainbows
Mixing colors, rainbows crafts, songs
The rainbow Pokey-music & movement
Letters Qq, Rr, Ss & Tt
Quilting, rainbows rolling pin art, string & sponge painting, etc.
Dotting the letters
Magic letter bag
Letter, Poems & Projects
Numbers 7 & 8
Kites with tails (count the tails)
Shamrock games
Spatial concepts: Near/far, over/under, around/through, up/down, top/bottom (incorporate themes for concepts: ex: shamrock under the table, through the hoola hoop, etc. Include all manipulative for hands on activities
Name Recognition & Spelling of name
Beginning to cut with Scissor and write names
This is a basic outline of the topics and themes we will be learning about.
4-YEAR OLD PROGRAM
March
LETTERS:, Qq, Rr, Ss & Tt
Show & Tell
Charting Words from Show & Tell & Constructing Sentences with show & tell words
Letter Journal
Chart the letter & sound cards
NUMBERS 1 thru 10 Review & continue throughout the year to #20
-Cut & paste sheets, 10 frames
-Manipulates- putting together (adding) & taking away (subtracting)
Incorporate shamrock counting & kite counting
Graph different color shamrocks and kites
Pattern kites, shamrocks by color and/or kite, kite, shamrock / kite, kite, ___.
-Measurement- Begin units on measurements
-Identify & describe 3 dimensional shapes
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Craft, music and game ideas
VISUAL ACTIVITY:
Near and Far
Thing’s that belong together and things that don’t belong together
VISUAL MOTOR
Fine Motor Coordination
Copy shapes with additional shapes inside the shape
Spatial Form/Manipulation
Copy arrangement of three blocks – pegboard design – copy a simple design
AUTHORS / ARTISTS /SCIENCE
Miss Toby: Dr. Seuss/ Monet/Wind & air