Letter G

9:00 Puzzles? BOOK- Gregory the Terrible Eater (about a picky eater Goat)

9:10 Circle time, carpet squares….
"Welcome Song (Here We Are Together), Calendar, Weather, etc.
Introduce letter of the day…G is hiding. We have to find the letter G! (go find it upstairs)
9:20 G handwriting page and Glue Gold Glitter on Green G's
9:30 BOOK--The Three Billy Goats Gruff

9:35 Role Play--take turns acting out the story with popsicle stick masks
9:50 Snack Time
10:00 Playtime
10:25 Clean up BOOK-Go Dog Go!
10:30 Red Light/ Green Light…stop and Go in the GARAGE
10:45 BOOK--Fran's Flower  and SCIENCE...talk about what you need (water and sun) to help things grow.  (Just for fun we changed the title of the book by putting post-it notes over "Fran's Flower" and made it "Grace's Grass" since we were going to grow grass for our science experiment).


10:50 Help make Grass buddies .  I had the kids help me sprinkle on the seeds and then I knotted the tops.  They also decorated them adding faces with permanent markers and googly eyes.
11:10 Wrap up circle time (review what we've learned) and show & tell.
11:20 Coats/backpacks/shoes…sit on stairs and read BOOK--Green Eggs and Ham (notice a little bit of a didatic theme about picky eaters...)   Another picky eater "G" title option would have been Good Enough to Eat.

Extra Ideas & Songs:
Give Said the Little Stream
...And the green grass grows all around all around...
Hopscotch
Playdough
Goldilocks
Goliath
Zinnia's Flower Garden