Here it is! May's curriculum calendar. I decided to keep it simple this month and just focus on learning the three basic shapes (circle, square, and triangle). She already knows hearts and stars. I want to use the following activities to help my little one learn these shapes!- FOOD- of course we will need to eat our shapes! Whether its a meal or snack, too! I will post more about our food shape activities.
- DANCE- I found this adorable lesson plan online for the Shape Hokey Pokey. I will tone it down for my 18 month old daughter and just focus on one new shape at a time (while using the shapes she already knows)
- ART- I haven't researched this one yet- but I am sure there are tons of artsy ideas using shapes! Off the top of my head I am thinking collages, play dough sculptures, using stencils, stamping, making shape people... the possibilities are endless!
- BOOKS- we will be reading some shape books as well as making our own! I am not sure if I will make a separate book for each shape or one big one with all our colors. For the illustrations we could color, paint, or use digital pictures to create the shapes!
Happy Teaching!! And no matter what our little ones gain/ignore from our lessons, remember to Find Joy in the Journey!
There's some great shape songs here at http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems82.html
ReplyDeleteBear knew her shapes down pat after a couple rounds of these songs.