I stayed up way too late again working on lesson plans!! It's a very bad habit of mine. I just get so excited. And this time was definitely no exception. We're going to be studying the Creation this month and that is my absolute favorite thing to teach. There are just so many ideas of things we can do. But I only have an hour!!
Since there are so many things to do, I try to do more centers with this study. For our study about the sun, moon, and stars, we're going to have circle drawings on one wall where they can trace around items from the home center that are circles to make circle art. There is a night/day sort, creation puzzles, and putting the numbers one to seven in order. Then I'm going to turn the truck table into a tent by covering it with a blue tablecloth. The bookshelf will be filled with books that are mainly about the moon and night time. The kids can go into the tent and look at the books with flashlights. While those are going on, two or three at a time are going to make bubble paint art using a small and big paper plate to make the sun and the moon. In order to encourage the children to do the centers instead of just playing (like normal) during the first part, I decide they would have a card with their name on it. Each time they did one of the centers, they could get a star sticker.
However, my favorite part is the story time. We take one wall and turn it into a creation mural. Each week we add a new part to it. Many times the children get to add the parts, such as drawing the stars with chalk or grass with green crayons. They also choose the animals and flowers to put on. The last week we add Adam and Eve and also cutouts of them to represent people. Then we sing "God made the ___. God made the ___. God made the ___ and it was good." to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell. This is a picture of our mural from last year. Can't wait to make a new one!
Since there are so many things to do, I try to do more centers with this study. For our study about the sun, moon, and stars, we're going to have circle drawings on one wall where they can trace around items from the home center that are circles to make circle art. There is a night/day sort, creation puzzles, and putting the numbers one to seven in order. Then I'm going to turn the truck table into a tent by covering it with a blue tablecloth. The bookshelf will be filled with books that are mainly about the moon and night time. The kids can go into the tent and look at the books with flashlights. While those are going on, two or three at a time are going to make bubble paint art using a small and big paper plate to make the sun and the moon. In order to encourage the children to do the centers instead of just playing (like normal) during the first part, I decide they would have a card with their name on it. Each time they did one of the centers, they could get a star sticker.
However, my favorite part is the story time. We take one wall and turn it into a creation mural. Each week we add a new part to it. Many times the children get to add the parts, such as drawing the stars with chalk or grass with green crayons. They also choose the animals and flowers to put on. The last week we add Adam and Eve and also cutouts of them to represent people. Then we sing "God made the ___. God made the ___. God made the ___ and it was good." to the tune of the Farmer in the Dell. This is a picture of our mural from last year. Can't wait to make a new one!
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| Last year's Creation Mural |
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