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Ground Hog and Shadows Theme for Preschool
Using the Weekly and Daily Planning FormsIn the weekly planning form, ALL of the boxes are editable! Simply print as they are OR move activities to the days you want them or replace activities with your own!You’ll find my standards listed under each activity. This is where you will enter YOUR program’s standards (that you added to the Conversion Chart) 1. Refer to the conversion chart you completed and look up my Standard Letter/Number.2. Replace that letter and number with YOUR program’s equivalent that you typed into
the Conversion Chart.3. Print!
The Weekly AND Daily Planning forms are both 100% editable so you can move the activities to the days you want to do them or even replace them with your own activities! (If you do that-be sure to change them on the daily planning forms as well AND replace the standards in that box with the correct standards for the activity you have replaced mine with!)NOTE: The blue areas will NOT print blue, don’t worry! Those areas are the “editable areas”. They will print with a white background when you print!
Using the Standards Conversion Chart
1. Type in each of your program’s equivalent standards next to mystandard.
2. Save to your computer.3. Refer to this chart each time you use a theme from Preschool Cubby
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Ground Hog Day--what an American tradition! Poor Punxatawny Phil! They wake him from his hibernation to keep up with us all! The legend has it that if he sees his shadow, it frightens him and he runs back into his burrow for 6 more weeks – meaning 6 more weeks of winter. If he does not see his shadow, he stays out and Spring is right around the corner! Ground Hog Day is on February 2nd, and this tradition makes way for us to learn about ground hogs and also about shadows! Thank you to Amanda from Creatively Crafting for creating some of the clipart for this packet!
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WEEKLY PLANNER
Standards
Standards
Standards
Standards
Standards
SUGGESTED CHANGES TO INTEREST CENTERS FOR THE WEEK
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Theme
Circle
Art
Math/ Manipulatives
Science
Small Group
Music & Movement
Gross Motor
Story Time
You’ll Need:
MONDAY
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Theme
Circle
Art
Math/ Manipulatives
Science
Small Group
Music & Movement
Gross Motor
Story Time
You’ll Need:
TUESDAY
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Theme
Circle
Art
Math/ Manipulatives
Science
Small Group
Music & Movement
Gross Motor
Story Time
You’ll Need:
WEDNESDAY
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Theme
Circle
Art
Math/ Manipulatives
Science
Small Group
Music & Movement
Gross Motor
Story Time
You’ll Need:
THURSDAY
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Theme
Circle
Art
Math/ Manipulatives
Science
Small Group
Music & Movement
Gross Motor
Story Time
You’ll Need:
FRIDAY
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Directions:
Print and laminate the following game board (there is a blackline copy for you to color in yourself if you’d prefer).
Provide small animal manipulatives for the children to use as pieces.
To Play:Provide the gameboard, dice and playing pieces.The children roll a die, move that many spots. Encourage them to discuss what they see as they go around the board.Help the Groundhog go all the way around the board from the sleeping picture to the awake picture!
File Folder Game: Is It Spring?
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Print 2 copies of the following shapes. Print one set onto colored paper.
Print the second set on white paper and color in black (to make the shadow pieces).
Laminate and cut.
Glue the black shapes into a file folder.
Provide the colored shapes to the children to match each shape to its shadow shape.
VARIATION: After printing, add numbers or letters to each shape for the children to match.
EXTENSION: Provide the playdough for the children to cover the shapes with.
Shadow Matching Activity Mats
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Shadow Matching Activity Mats
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Shadow Matching Activity Mats
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Super Soft PlayDoughHair conditioner, corn starch, food coloringAdd twice as much cornstarch as you do conditioner.Put the cornstarch and conditioner in a bowl. Add many drops of food coloring.MIX.Then take out of bowl and knead. Add more cornstarch [1 tsp (5 mg) at a time] as needed if still sticky. The amount of cornstarch differs per brand of conditioner. Some conditioners are thicker than others.
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Song Card & Song PosterHow to use:• Print and laminate the song card below (it is 5” X 3”).• Place in a can or box with other cards of songs your children
love!• In transitional times (waiting to go outside or wash hands,
etc.), pull out your song box or song can (I use a decorated coffee can!).
• Shuffle the cards in your hands saying “Shuffle, shuffle, shuffle” and your children yell “STOP”!
• When they yell stop, whichever card is on top is the one you sing! The kids LOVE this!
Each month you’ll receive one of these cards that correspond with the song poster for the month to add to your Song Card Collection!On the next page, you’ll find the Song Poster! Print and laminate for use over the years!
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Wake up, Groundhog!Sung to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Wake up, Groundhog!
It’s time to seewhat the weather's going to be.
Time to stretch.
Time to think.
Time to eat.
Time to drink.
Wake up Groundhog!
It’s time to seewhat the weather's going to be!
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The blank card below is to add the month you would like!
Simply cut out, laminate and print the month’s
name with a dry erase marker so that you can erase and use whenever you like throughout the year.
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The following images are from the calendar pieces.
You can use these in several ways:
• Print and laminate several pages for the children to use to createpatterns. Either you begin a pattern using 4-5 of these cards andencourage the children to continue the same pattern. Or, have thechildren create their own patterns using the cards.
• Print and laminate several pages for the children to use as amatching/memory game.
Patterns for Games and Activities
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