“N” is for Nutrition!

Joseph

Delainey

Max

Our classroom assistant, Sallie

the fruits of their labors : )

 

We had a great time at preschool on Tuesday! We talked about the good kinds of food that help our bodies grow and function. We also talked about exercise a little, and about how exercise keeps us healthy. In the spirit of saving time, here is my outline of what we did on Tuesday:

9:00 Sign-In “N” handwriting practice

9:05 “Set the Plate” For this activity, hand out paper plates, and have the children color their plates and draw their favorite foods. But don’t show the other kids!

9:15 Circle Time- dining room

Hello Song

Opening Prayer- Joseph

Review Rules

Scripture Spotlight- Max- Daniel refusing to eat king’s meat, and instead eat plants. Pg. 23 *We’d already done this scripture story, but I had Max retell it, and he did a great job! I was proud of them all for remembering.

Calendar

Today is Tuesday May 8th, 2012.

Let’s count the days! 1…2…3…7…8!

Now in Spanish.

Now in french.

What season is it? The season is…SPRING!

Days of the Week song

Weather- Delainey

What is the weather like today?

Rhyme Time –Now it’s rhyme time! Repeat after me:

An apple a day keeps the doctor away

      What does this rhyme mean? (Joseph said, “it means that doctors don’t eat apples!” haha. Then Max said, “it means if you eat healthy apples you don’t go to the doctor.”)

Show & Tell—Instead of traditional show and tell today, they took turns sharing their plates of favorite foods that they drew.  We discussed which of their favorite foods are healthy. Which are not. What does “Nutrition” mean?

9:30 Singing Time- living room

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes

My Hands

My hands upon my head I'll place,

Upon my shoulders, on my face,

At my waist and by my side,

Then behind me they will hide.

Then I'll raise them way up high,

And let my fingers fly, fly, fly,

Then clap, clap, clap them--

One - Two - Three!

Just see how quiet they can be.

Hinges
I'm all made of hinges, 'cause everything bends
From the top of my neck way down to my ends.
I'm hinges in front and I'm hinges in back;
But I have to be hinges or else I would crack!

If You're Happy
If you're happy and you know it clap you hands
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it then your face will surely show it
If you're happy and you know it clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it stomp your feet...
...tap your head
...jump up and down.

9:45 Snack Time- (fruit salad & wheat thins)

9:55 Story Time- Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk food

10:05 Math Activitiy: Sorting junk food and healthy food

Using flyers from local grocery store, Let the children sort, cut out and glue the junk food in one group and the healthy food in the other group. Good for fine motor activity and pre-math activity.

10:15 ABC of Foods – Make Food Book out of letters of their name. Write letter and draw picture of food. We used Eating the Alphabet to help when we got stuck on a letter…like we did with “x”. : ) We didn’t have time to finish so they took their books home to finish.

10:30 Outside Time: Exercise! We’re going to exercise outside, doing races, etc.

1. Start with stretching

2. Skipping

3. Jumping jacks

4. Running

5. Walking backwards

10:50 Clean Up & Goodbye Song (goodbye, goodbye see you again! See you my friend!)

 

…It was a great day! So hard to believe it was my last day teaching in our little co-op!