Nature
Numbers
Number Nine
Nose
Native American
Nocturnal Animals
Nests
Nutrition
We focused on Numbers and Nutrition
Tongue Twister
A noisy noise annoys an oyster.
FHE My Body is a Temple
Sharing Time activities/lesson
Weight lifter craft
Books
Show down at the Food Pyramid
Eating the Alphabet
Eating the Pyramid
The very hungry caterpillar
Jack and the Bean stalk
The little red hen
Green Eggs and Ham
Native American Fairy Tales - How the Chipmunk got his stripes - The rough faced girl
Songs
If I had a Bagel - sung to the tune "If I Had A Hammer"
If I had a bagel.
I’d eat it in the morning.
I’d eat it in the evening,
All over this land.
I’d eat it for breakfast,
I’d eat it for supper,
I’d eat it with all my friends and sisters and brothers,
All, over this land.
Description: Have children in your circle on their feet, get a beat going with a clap and a stomp & say "Get your potatoes up! And let's count!" Hold up fists (potatoes) to count with fingers up as indicated:
One potato, two potato, three potato, four!
Well, I made a batch of hot potatoes
(bend forward and stir as in a big pot)
Dropped 'em on the floor!!
(look shocked, and put hands on face in surprise)
Five potato, six potato, seven potato, eight!
So I stomped 'em into mashed potatoes
(stomp feet while walking forward a few steps and then back)
And plopped 'em on a plate
(hands out like plopping potatoes on a plate!)
Nine potato, ten potato, can't believe my eyes!
(cover and uncover eyes in surprise)
The children ate 'em up and now they want some french fries!!!
(Say to children "how many?" and march with swinging arms and stomping feet while counting...)
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 fries!
(jump up and reach over head to sky on 10)
"Again??"
Do the count again, faster and a third time even faster then plop back down to sitting after the last 10.
games/activities
Color by number
Number Hunt
promotes number recognition and encourages preschool children to place numbers in order during this early math activity.
Materials: A set of number cards (see the Jan Brett ones in links) relevant to your children, 0-10 or 1-5 depending on abilities. Try writing the number and corresponding dots along with the number word on each card.
Description: In advance, teachers discuss the number cards with the children. Next, children sit down and close their eyes, then the teacher hides number cards around the room. Children now have to find the numbers. When they find the numbers they arrange them in to order. This activity can be played in the garden where more exciting hiding places can be found.
By cutting different shapes e.g. fish for the number cards the game can be theme based. When using fish, I ask the children to feed a shark with the fish in order. The shark is a cardboard box with a toothy mouth cut in it. If you make a hole in the back of the box you can put your arm inside and grab the fish from the children like a real shark. The children really enjoy learning number concepts this way.
For our N theme you could do nests and count the eggs that go in the nest If you have a bird puppet it could take the eggs to put in the nest.
A couple of Native American games
Butterfly Hide and Seek: Butterfly Hide and Seek was a quiet game. All children were taught never to hurt a butterfly. It was considered a gift of good luck if you stayed so quiet that a butterfly would trust you and land on you. Little girls played the butterfly game. One girl covered her eyes and sang a song. "Butterfly, butterfly, show me where to go." All the other little girls would quickly and quietly hide. The singer had to find them without saying another word. It was a game of skill. If you were observant, you could tell where people were hiding by the marks they left as they moved around.
The Moccasin Game: The Moccasin Game was a noisy game. You had to get permission from the village elders to play the Moccasin Game. To play, you needed four moccasins, a pebble, and a stick. The players were divided into two sides, the finders and the keepers.
The Singer: One player of each team was the singer. The singer's job was to encourage his or her own team, while jeering at the other team.
The Keeper: One player was the keeper. His job was to hide the pebble in one of the moccasins. The keeper would move his hands rapidly over the moccasins. Even after he dropped the pebble, he would continue to move his hands rapidly, to fool the other team. When the drum stopped, he stopped.
The Finder: One player was the finder. The finder had to turn each moccasin over until he found the pebble.
There was a complicated scoring system. Several rounds were played. A game of Moccasins could go on for hours. It was a very noisy game, and deeply enjoyed by the players.
crafts
Cut out food from newspaper adds have the kids create a pyramid to place the foods in their food groups. This can be done as a relay with the clippings on one side of the rood and the pyramid on the other. Have two lines and the kids race to get a food and put it on the pyramid then the next person goes. After you have a pyramid have the kids make a balanced meal You can use paper plates to glue the foods on if you like.
Potato or Apple Prints
Cut the food in half. Carve a design in the potato if you like. Use food as a stamp and make a decorated paper grocery bag or get some brown paper to make into gift wrap. Make an apron? Decorate your reusable canvas grocery bags.
Food
Trees in a Broccoli Forest
Make applesauce
Make letter N/number 9 pretzels
Nest treat
Melt some chocolate chips add fried chow mein noodles drop by spoonful then circle the tip of the spoon in the middle of the nest. Add a few jelly beans or my favorite cadbury mini eggs.
Links
Other Nutrition Activities
more nutirion
Jan Brett Printable Number Flash Cards
Jan Brett Number Tracers
Native American Unit
Nocturnal Animals Lap Book
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