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FOOTSTEPS@PUMA CUBS INFANT-TODDLER CLASSROOM OCTOBER 2020

THEME: ANIMAL FUN!!!! Our activities are selected based on the eight domains we use to guide the design and implementation of our

curriculum and to measure a child's development & growth over time.

LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT Alphabet Letters to Animals - G for Giraffe; M for

Monkey; Z for Zebra

Lion Handprint/Paw Prints

Paper Plate of a Turtle; Lion's Mane; Koala

Animal Sounds - Moo; Baa; Hee Haw;

Cock-A-Doodle-Ee-Doo; Oink Snort, Hiss Hiss,

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

We're Going to the Zoo

Panda Art Coffee Filter Peacock

Books: Dear Zoo; At the Zoo

APPROACHES TO LEARNING SELF-REGULATION

Animal Yoga Poses from Eric Carle’s

Book: Can You Do It?

Stuffed Animals Available For Comfort

Animals Sleeping - Standing Up, On

Ground, In a Tree, Under a Car...

Pausing

Jim Gill Movement Song, "Truck Stop"

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT Animals Caring & Nurturing For Their Young

How to Care For a Baby

How to Care For a Pet - Hunger, Thirst,

Safety, Play, & Comfort

How to Show Affection to an Animal

Feelings Labeled - Mad, Glad, Sad,

Fear, Frustration, Joy

Nonverbal Feelings - Facial Expressions,

Body Language

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT Animal Songs & Finger Plays

Discuss Animal Photos from

Books & Magazines

Read Non-Fiction Books on Animals

Animal Body Parts Read Animal Stories

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCE Paper Plate Walrus

Polar Bear with Frozen Cotton

Cheetah Covid Mask A Zoo Scene

A Bear Footprint Watercolor Silhouettes

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH Roll & Move Game Animal Movements

Book: From Head to Toe

Zoo Animal Walk Zoo Action Song

COGNITION INCLUDING MATH & SCIENCE

Count the Animals –

How Many Do You See?

Five Little Monkeys Song

How Many Feet or Arms Does

This Animal Have?

Measure Me, Measure the Animal

Book: Ten Little Ladybugs

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS Paper Plate Walrus

Frozen Cotton Polar Bear

Cheetah Covid Mask A Zoo Scene

A Bear Footprint (Size 15)

Watercolor Silhouettes

SPECIAL EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Fridays—Share Day & Trike Day October Fall Festival—Books selected by

the children

Monday, 10/12—Footsteps Preschools closed for Professional Development Day! Friday 10/30—Site Halloween Celebration—More Information to Follow Wednesday 11/11—Footsteps Preschools Closed in honor of Veteran’s Day Thursday 11/27 & Friday 11/28—Footsteps Closed for Thanksgiving Break

FOOTSTEPS@PUMA CUBS PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM OCTOBER 2020

THEME: FALL & AUTUMN FUN!!!! Our activities are selected based on the eight domains we use to guide the design and implementation of our


LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

Fall Songs

Fall Chart

Johnny Appleseed

Ten Apples Up On Top

We Are Going On a Leaf Hunt


Sharing with Peers

Classroom Rules

Techniques to Calm Down

Identify Emotions

Books on Feelings

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Hands Aren’t For Hitting

How to Be Respectful

How to Be Safe

How to Be Friendly

Tucker the Turtle

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

Vocabulary of Fall

Practicing the Months

Practicing Spelling Names

Spelling Name with Pumpkin Seeds

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCE

When Autumn Comes?

Why Do Leaves Change

Autumn Leaf Cycle

Pumpkin Cycle Apple Cycle

Corn Cycle

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH

Fall Song Dancing

Fall Leaves Game

Yoga

Fall Scavenger Hunt


Sorting Leaves by Color

Fall Sensory Bin

Making Fall Bracelets

Sink or Float

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

Water Color Leaves

Blowing Bubble Art Fall Tree

Hedgehog Crafts

Tissue Paper Fall Wreath

Fall Windsock

Paper Mosaic Pumpkin

Paper Mummy

Thumbprint Skeleton

Corn Rubbing


Fridays—Share Day & Trike Day October Fall Festival—Books selected

by the children Monday, 10/12—Footsteps Preschools closed for Professional Development Day! Friday 10/30—Site Halloween Celebration—More Information to Follow Wednesday 11/11—Footsteps Preschools Closed in honor of Veteran’s Day Thursday 11/27 & Friday 11/28—Footsteps Closed for Thanksgiving Break

FOOTSTEPS@PUMA CUBS PREKINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM OCTOBER 2020

THEME: FALL FESTIVAL!!!! Our activities are selected based on the eight domains we use to guide the design and implementation of our


LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

Writing Postcards Name Dot It Project

Name The Colors Art & Ring Toss

Pumpkin Art & Song

Tracing Animal Names & Art

Fall Festival Letters & Photo Booth Art


Apple Cider Art Farmers Market Play

Opening & Closing Your Lunch Boxes

Please & Thank You

Scissor Cutting Patterns

Shoes on the Correct Feet

SOCIAL EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Balloon Art Candy Corn Art Clown Art

Jack-O-Lantern Art & Rhyme

Haunted House Waiting Your Turn

ENGLISH LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

ABC’s Felt Board Carnival Art

Letters & Sounds

Letter Recognition – Plural,

Singular, Vowels

Opposites- Upper Case, Lower Case

HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Mailing Postcards County Fair Art

Duck Pond, Fish Pond

Fall Festival Photo & Ticket

History of Halloween & Name

Summer vs. Fall

Voting For Our Favorite Things

PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT & HEALTH

Ball Toss Chalk Drawing

Mindfulness & Yoga

Monster Freeze Dance

Relay Race Zombie Pretend Play

Pumpkin Bowling


Candyland, Checkers, & Cards

Counting Animals, Coins & Pumpkins

Ghost Counting Game Guess A Number

Parts of a Bat & Skeleton

Halloween Sensory

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

Apple Bobbing Handprint Pumpkins

Create A Stage – Dance, Music &

Puppet Show Play

Halloween Bats, Black Cats, Ghosts, &

Mummies,

Skeletons, & Spiders

Fall Festival Art Rainbow Fabric Play


Fridays—Share Day & Trike Day October Fall Festival—Books selected by

the children Monday, 10/12—Footsteps Preschools closed for Professional Development Day! Friday 10/30—Site Halloween Celebration—More Information to Follow Wednesday 11/11—Footsteps Preschools Closed in honor of Veteran’s Day Thursday 11/27 & Friday 11/28—Footsteps Closed for Thanksgiving Break

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