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1 May Fireflies Beginning Pet Name Sounds

2 Pet Health Form Pet Health Form Pet Health Form Pet Health Form

3 May Fireflies From Seed to Flower

4 Sign Language Sign Language Pet Pet the back of the left hand as though petting an animal. Seed Palm of right hand forms a flat O and rubs fingers. Right hand moves right.

5 May 2018 Items in bold print are included in your kit. Please adapt schedule and directions as needed to meet the developmental, cultural, and linguistic needs of the children in your group Put a Little in Your Day... May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 14 Daily Basics Gross Motor Creative Arts Theme 1 Pet Friends Learning Activities Theme 2 Gardening and Growing May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 29 May 30 May 31

6 May 2018 Items in bold print are included in your kit. Please adapt schedule and directions as needed to meet the developmental, cultural, and linguistic needs of the children in your group Put a Little in Your Day... May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 7 May 8 May 9 May 10 May 11 May 14 Daily Basics Purple Color Display, May Day Discussion, Sign for Pet, Pets Song Square Shape Display, Common Household Pets vs. Exotic Pets Discussion, There s a Pet at the Door Song Number 19 Display, Baby/Mother Animals Discussion, Pet Care Song Who Has a Pet?, Word Sounds Activity, Cats Discussion, Little Kittens Song Letter Y Display/Word Cards, Pets Sleeping and Eating Discussion, How Much Is That Doggie? Song Review Square Shape; Dogs Discussion; Where, Oh Where Nursery Rhyme Uppercase Y Card, Pet Responsibilities Discussion, Pet Felt Set Lowercase Y Card, Veterinarian Discussion, Love Your Pets Song Number 20 Display, Mother s Day Discussion, Review the Theme, I Love Mommy! Song Gross Motor Creative Arts Theme 1 Pet Friends Pet Obstacle Course Pet Charades Mother, May I? Well-Balanced Cat Pet Treat Toss Dog Trainer Says Out for a Walk Animal Tails Doggie, Where s Your Bone? May Day Basket Pet Pocket Pooches Freestyle Art: Shapes Galore Crazy Patchwork Cat Y Alphabuddy Fancy Collar Happy Hamster Pet Rock Purr-fect Mother s Day Card Learning Activities Book List, May Character Card: Caring, Pet Shapes and Sizes Square Shape Recognition, May Word Wall, Purple Pet Shakes Mothers and Their Babies Learning Center Material, Number Nineteen Counting Card, Question of the Day Book of the Month, Fine Arts : A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Classroom Pet Dog Bone Math; Everyday Spanish Practice: Man/Woman; Land, Air, or Water? Where, Oh Where Learning Center Material; In the Dog House; May Math Game; Pet Store Field Trip Pet Helpers, Paw Print Playdough, Family Pet Care, Pet Name Sounds Vet Clinic, Pet Syllables, Favorite Pet Graph Learning Center Material Where s My Mom?, Number Twenty Counting Card, Did You Hear That? Theme 2 Gardening and Growing Letter Z Display/Word Cards, Introduce the Theme, Garden Discussion, Come and Play Song Stay in the Garden Z Alphabuddy Rain Gauge, Book List, Stages of Growth May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 29 May 30 May 31 Number 20 Activity, Zipper Activity, Flower Garden Discussion, Workin in the Garden Song Uppercase Z Card, Continue Flower Discussion, Create Flower Garland, Gardening and Growing Song Lowercase Z Card, Plants Discussion, Skip to My Little Garden Song Playing Cards Activity, Growing Nutritious Foods Discussion, In My Little Garden Song Purple Palooza Day, Trying Vegetables, Where Foods Grow Discussion, Growing Plants Song Reviewing Shapes Sensory Activity, Sign for Seed, Seeds Discussion, Seeds in a Row Song Counting Petals/Leaves, Soil Discussion, I m a Little Garden Song Shapes/Colors Activity, What Plants Need Discussion, Mr. Sun Song Countdown Activity, Memorial Day Discussion, Gardening Tools/Gear Discussion, My Garden Grow Song Review Color Purple, Uppercase/ Lowercase Letters Activity, Pollination Discussion, Here Is My Beehive Song Play Two Square, Bugs Discussion, Bee and Butterfly Song Square Activity; Review Theme; Mmm, Good! Song Flowers in the Garden Find a Flower Pick a Flower Fingerprint Flower Petal Prints Everyday Spanish Practice: Children/Family, Colorful Bouquet, Watering Can Relay Parts of a Flower Learning Center Material, Secret Garden, Flower Petal Math Flower Hop Plant Parts Vine Time, Herb Scent-sation, Tracing Nature Veggie Moves Veggies Up or Down Traveling Seed Easy as Mud Produce Power! Wheelbarrow Races Bumble Bee Buzzing Chairs Critters in My Garden Carrots in the Garden My Garden Blooming Sunflower Freestyle Art: My Texture Collage Mr. Sun Puppet Gorgeous Gardening Gear Pollinating Pal Butterfly in Flight Garden Visit; Worms in the Garden; Plants Have, Need, and Give Farmer s Market, Seed Packet Count, ABC Pots So Many Seeds; Fruit, Flower, or Vegetable Learning Center Material; Seed Designs From Seed to Flower, Evolving Picture Story, Soil vs. Sand What s in Your Garden?, Garden Lacing Cards, Sunshine Tangram Line Them Up, Feely Box, Working in the Garden Garden Puzzle Pages, The Magic Seed, Seed Exploration Bug Trap, Cinnamon and Sugar Snail Snacks, Bugs Are Back! Watch Your Step Name Garden A Silly Kind of Plant, Zesty Tortellini, Colored Carnations

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