| MARCH ~ CURRICULUM HELPER Courtesy of Child Care of The Berkshires |
| NATURE HOMES Get three pieces of cardboard or three shoe boxes. On one, put a picture of water (you can draw one or cut a picture out of a magazine). On another, put a picture of land. On the thrid one, put a picture of the sky. Cut out pictures of various animals. Have some that fly, some that swim and some that live on land. Ask children to match the animals with the places that they belong. Some animals will have more than one that match. You can also use small plastic life like animals instead of pictures. WILD ONES Write a list of silly names of nonexistent creatures (kinkablub, sappabird, octophant). Tell the children they are taking a trip to a zoo from another world. Give them the names of some of the creatures in the zoo and have them use their imaginations to draw these creatures. When their pictures are done ask them: "Where do the creatures live?, What do they eat?, How do they behave?" School age children can write their own lists of creatures and write stories about them. |
| Sign Language to use in your curriculum this month |
| Cook: place fingers of right hand over left palms facing. Flip right hand to show palm u |
| Dream: touch index finger of right hand above right brow, bring out and bend finger, bring out more and straighten finger, bring out once more and bend finger. |
| Song "Roar of the Wild" Wild things, wild things, Look at you! Wild things, wild things, What can you do? We can roar our roars! (children roar) Gnash our teeth at you! (show teeth) We can roll our eyes! (roll eyes) And show our claws too! (extend fingers) BOOK LIST All written by Maurice Sendak Where the Wild Things Are Outside Over There Chicken Soup with Rice Alligators all Around In the Night Kitchen CLOUD DOUGH Mix 6 cups of flour with desired amount of powdered tempera paint in a large bowl. Add 1 1/2 cups oil and 1 cup water and knead we.. If necessary, add more water, in small amounts until the dough is soft and fluffy. More flour can be added if the dough becomes too sticky. You may want to use smocks because the dough might be messy due to the oil. |
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