2's Preschool
Story Time / Songs/
Fingerplay
Turtle Splash Countdown at the Pond” by Cathryn Falwell
Outdoor Play/Gross Motor
(Full Body Movement)
* Stick,
Ground, LadderThis activity is simple to set up, needing nothing but a few sticks or pool noodles.
Lay your sticks or pool noodles on the ground. Place them parallel to each other, like the rungs of a ladder. Choose the spacing according to how big your child is.
Have your child jump from one gap between “rungs” to another. If your child gets good at two-foot jumping, mix things up and get them to hop.
As your child gets good at jumping, move the rungs a little further apart to keep it challenging.
*Crawl like a turtle...First crawl slow and then crawl fast. Try crawling fast and slow with a pillow on your back like a turtle’s shell. Try to crawl fast and slow with other objects on your back like a book, blanket, toys, etc and see how long you can crawl before the objects fall off. Have the whole family join in and crawl like turtles!
Free Play Time
*build social/emotional muscles! Work on problem solving, language
development and critical thinking skills through play
Music and Movement
A Little Turtle
There was a little turtle (put hands
together in a fist)He lived in a box (make a box with both hands)
He swam in a puddle (make swimming motions)
He climbed on the rocks (use your fingers to climb up your arm)
He snapped at a mosquito (clap hands)
He snapped at a flea (chomp with your mouth)
He snapped at a minnow (clap hands)
He snapped at me (Do Home Alone Face)
He caught the mosquito (grab with your hand)
He caught the flea (grab with your hand)
He caught the minnow (grab with your hand)
But he didn't catch me (jump in excitement)
Here is my Turtle (finger play)
Here is my turtle, ( Form fist and extend thumb.)
He lives in a shell. (Put thumb inside fist.)
He like his home
Very well. (Nod head)
He pokes his head out (Pop out thumb.)
When he wants to eat. (Circle thumb around.)
And pulls it back in
When he wants to sleep. (Put thumb back inside fist)
Art/Craft or Sensory
Activity
Prayer
* Prayer: God is
Great
God is great
God is good
Let us thank Him for our
food
Amen
Extra:
“Turtles for Little Ones”
“Sea Turtles”
OR
T for turtle
Social Emotional:
Elmo wonders about kindness
OR
Turtle facts
Turtles are reptiles. They have a
hard shell on their back which keeps them safe and protected.
Most turtles are able to hide their
head & legs inside their shell if they feel scared. The turtle’s
shell is like their house.
Turtles can swim and have flippers or
webbed feet. Tortoises live on the land. They have feet that have toes
which they use to walk & climb.
Turtles that live on the land move
very slowly!
Land turtles eat bugs, grass, &
fruit. Sea turtles eat algae, squid & jellyfish.
Baby turtles hatch from eggs.
That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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