Young Learners: I Can Get Ready for Bed

Share: It’s a Pajama Party today! Wear your jammies to school!
Share: Bring your special bedtime lovey to share at circle time.

Books: My Goodnight Book By Eloise Wilkin, Goodnight, Sleep Tight By Claire Freedman, Pajama Time! By Sandra Boynton, Goodnight Moon By Margaret Wise Brown, Good Morning, Good Night By Laurie Young

Dramatic Play/Gross Motor: Party Fort! I set up the tunnels, tent, and built a few forts with blankets for the kids to crawl through and read books in.

Math: How tall are you? The children had fun lining up tallest to shortest. It is always fun to see their perspective of how tall or short they are relative to their peers.

Science: Shadow Puppets. We made a dog, a chicken, a bunny, a monster, a frog, a snake and a fish shadow on the wall using a spotlight.

Fine Motor
Busy Bees: Wood Puzzles

Friendly Frogs: Writing Letter H

Sensory: Lullaby Music and flashlights

We listened to my favorite, the Martha Steward Lullaby cd. If you haven't heard it, listen to it, you will love it!

Cooking: Let’s pop popcorn and make pajama party snack mix!

Game: (because what's a party without games?) H is for Hunt-a-potamus!

This simple game is a blast. There are a bunch of cardboard "cookies" in the shapes of jungle animals. There are multiple lions, toucans, rhinos, etc, but there is only one hippo. The children sit in a circle, and the contents of the box are dumped out onto the carpet. The first one to find the hippo (it's harder than it looks!) and call out "H is for Hippopotamus!" wins!
Art: Day vs Night sky

Practical Life: I can follow my bedtime routine/My body needs sleep to grow.
Discussion Questions: How do you know it is time for bed? What do you do to get ready for bed?

Music & Movement: It’s Time for Bed Song, Popcorn Popping

Outside Activity: Red Light, Green Light!

Goodbye Friends