Explore Learning 4 Kids's board "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Theme Activities" on Pinterest. | See more ideas about Book activities, Hungry caterpillar activities and. Pete (commonly known as Peg-Leg Pete) is a villainous anthropomorphic cat created by Walt Disney. One of my favorite ways to teach counting and one to one correspondence is through play. Here's over 20 super fun counting games and activities for kids that will. ![]() Back To School Lesson Plan Theme. I created this lesson plan with the first week of school in mind. It’s a lesson on getting to know your peers and school week. It will help the children understand the rules that are implied both in the school room and outdoors. Helping children to get to know their fellow peers as well as tell others about their interests. Preparation Before First Day of School…Understandably, teachers are overwhelmed getting prepared for the entire year of school let alone the first week. I’ve made your first weeks prep time a little easier by including ideas and patterns to get you started. Listed below are items that you might want to prepare before the first day of school. Name Card Necklaces…Using my free pencil pattern listed (click here), print and cut out one pencil for each child that will be attending your class and a few extra, just for unexpected late enrollments. On the back of each individual name card write: 1.) Child’s full name. Home address. 3.) Label the bus route number, walker or car rider. School name and telephone number. Classroom teacher’s name. A note to the parents to return the tag each day with their child. You can print off the information using address labels and then stick them to the back as a time saver. The front of the tag will just be labeled with the child’s first name in bold black marker so you will be able to spot it and have a visual the first week. ![]() You may want to color and laminate the pencil name card for durability. Cut a piece of yarn large enough to fit around the child’s neck to form a necklace. Attach one alligator clip to one side and again to opposite side using the second clip. After the first week you will pretty much have an idea of names and faces, however name card necklaces have a multiple purposes. Substitutes love to have name cards so they can be familiar with children’s names and system for departure and you can use them as a transition to different activities throughout the school year by picking a name necklace out of a box. Classroom Helpers. Calendar and Weather Pocket Chart. This vinyl pocket wall chart is a great way to introduce weather and days of the week. It has 1. 36 pre- printed colored cards. The perfect way to gather your children each morning to start circle time. Time Tracker Programmable Electronic Timer. Once you get this little gem set up you will be able to keep your children on track throughout the day. Explore Mary Harper's board "Pete the Cat Four Groovy Buttons" on Pinterest. | See more ideas about Pete the cats, Preschool books and Book activities.The timer shows GREEN, then turns to YELLOW when time is almost up; then turns RED when the time is up. You can customize the sound effects for each color; and the amount of time to allow during each color. Children responded fabulously to the timer — they can see and hear how much time is left. Daily time Schedule Chart…Make a time- table chart depicted with pictures of the average school day activities…we all have some sort of schedule. To make up a classroom charts cut picture out of old school supply books and paste them with a written explanation and time in a vertical line. A timetable will give the children direction during the day. In the beginning of the year, it’s a great time to assure children with the question, “When is mommy coming?” Pointing out on the timetable what activity you are currently doing and when pick up time is could easily solve your answer to that question. ![]() Classroom Book…A classroom book is a wonderful way for classmates to get to know another. Parents will also enjoy seeing and reading about the children their child attends school with. I’ll give you a few ideas that you may wish to include, but the end product is really up to you. Ideas that you might include are the following: name of child, birth date, mom and dad’s names, sibling’s names, pets they have, favorite toys they enjoy playing with, magazine cut outs of interests, space for a photo and a personal drawing. Front cover pattern (Here). You can take a photograph of each child to place on their own page and let the children decide what information they would like to add. One additional item you might wish to include would be a space in the back of the book for comments from the parents after the have viewed the book with their child. Get a binder that has a spot to slip the front cover page into the front. Place each child’s profile picture page into a plastic sleeve. I find this works best so that the pages do not get torn. Allow one child to take the book home on Monday and have to return it to class by Friday the same week. Share any personal comments that your parents have written in the book with the class when the book is returned. Don’t forget you are part of your classroom book as well; you must have a page like everyone else. Personal Space…Every child must have their own personal space to call their own. Since young children cannot read yet, create a matching desk tag and cubby tag for each student unique to themselves only. Find a pattern of an animal, toy, color etc., label it with their name and this becomes the symbol of their space. Classroom Helper Chart…How will your helpers be chosen? What tasks would you like to select for the children? Make your own classroom helper chart and get a system down before the first day of school. Children feel a sense of pride fulfilling daily tasks incorporate them into your and save yourself some time. Songs, Fingerplays and Group Time Fun. Who Feels Happy At School Today?…Who feels happy at school today? All who do clap your hands this way. Who feels happy at school today? All who do wink your eyes this way. Who feels happy at school today? All who do jump in the air this way.(Think of others)Feelings…Talk about feelings. You may show pictures of the different emotions happy, sad, mad etc. Have the children tell you which emotion is depicted in the picture. Ask if the have ever felt this way why? If you do not have time for pictures, an easy way to do this would be just by verbal sentences. Ask if someone took a toy away from you how would you feel? Practice happy and sad classroom behaviors / rules. If a child does this it makes the teacher sad. If the child does this, it makes the teacher happy. Use the happy and sad face patterns HERE. After this explanation you should be able to hold up the faces to prompt the group for the remainder of the year when they need to change their actions to achieve a happy face. Manners…We say, “Thank you.”We say, “Please.”We don’t interrupt or tease. We don’t argue. We don’t fuss. We listen when folks talk to us. We share our toys and take our turn. Good manners aren’t too hard to learn. It’s really easy, when you find. Good manners mean. JUST BEING KIND! Following Directions…Please stand on tiptoes. Caregiver)I will stand on tiptoes. Child)Wiggle your nose. I will wiggle my nose. Please reach up high. I will reach up high. Point to the sky. I will point to the sky. Wave your right hand. I will wave my right hand. Stand and look grand. I will stand and look grand. Please jump in one place. I will jump in one place. Please cover your face. I will cover my face. Feelings Felt Board…Make a very simple large felt body without a ‘face’. The body will look similar to that of the gingerbread man. Make several ‘faces’ that fit the body. The face is only a circle shape. Each ‘face’ should portray a different feeling. Put the body & all the ‘faces’ on the felt board. Have a child come up & choose one of the ‘faces’. Holding it so everyone can see let the child name the feeling & tell when s/he felt that same way. Then have the entire group of children make their real faces look like the feeling being discussed. EXTENSION: Using the same felt board pieces described above, play this game. Have a child stand up & portray an emotion that matches one on the felt board. Have the remaining children guess which feeling it is & then put the appropriate ‘face’ on the body. Group Discussion…Talk about the process that each student does in the morning to get ready to come to school. Discuss many similarities as well as differences that each child does. Examples we all get out of bed, brush our teeth, eat breakfast. Differences are how we get to school such as bike, walk, bus etc. You can also make a graph on how each gets to school using the different ways of transportation. Stop At the Whistle…Choose a signal in which you’d wish the children to start out walking, when you blow a whistle the children are to stop. If you find a child still moving after the whistle that child is to sit down in selected area. You can give other directions such as hop, jump, run etc. Counting Games and Activities for Kids. One of my favorite ways to teach counting and one to one correspondence is through play. Here’s over 2. 0 super fun counting games and activities for kids that will inspire all kinds of learning through play! Follow our Math for Kids Pinterest board!(This post contains affiliate links.)My preschooler, Theo, has been showing a strong interest in counting lately. He’ll often count his super cool Stackadoos as he’s building structures or his toy cars as he’s driving them around the house! Because of his new interest in counting, we’ve been reading all kinds of children’s books about counting and numbers. It’s fun to sit together on our cozy couch and count various things in books and talk about numbers together. Another way I’ve been building off Theo’s interest in counting is with all kinds of hands- on math games. I’ve compiled a list of all my favorites and hope you find them as inspirational as I have! Rainy Day Math Game from My Nearest and Dearest. Counting Math Game for Kids from Buggy and Buddy. Counting with Ten Apples Up on Top! from Buggy and Buddy. One Fish Two Fish Counting Game from Mama Miss. Craft Stick Tactile Counting Game from Where Imagination Grows 6. Penguin Hop Counting Game from Fantastic Fun & Learning. Apple Bowling Math Counting Game from Coffee Cups and Crayons. Math Games: Counting, Egg Carton from Lessons Learnt Journal. Number Bubbles from Mama. Papa. Bubba. 1. 0. Counting with Buttons and Muffin Cups from Mess for Less 1. Magnetic Ladybug Counting Set from Twodaloo on B- Inspired Mama. Caterpillar Counting from I Can Teach My Child. Fine Motor and Math Game for The Mixed Up Chameleon from Buggy and Buddy. Printable Counting Mat: Fill the Dump Truck from The Measured Mom. Preschool Numbers and Colors Grid Game from Little Bins for Little Hands 1. A Fun Way to Teach Counting from Thrive 3. Living. 17. Math Game for Kids: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons from Buggy and Buddy. Tea Time Math: Counting and Comparing Activity from Fantastic Fun and Learning. Firework Math Activity with Pompoms from Fun- A- Day! Counting with Dice and Blocks from Hands On As We Grow. Penguin Small World Play from Thrive 3. Living. 22. Math Games: Counting Boxes from Lessons Learnt Journal. Train Track Counting Activity from Play Trains! 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