WEEK 10 LESSON PLANS

Wee-Play Games

STORYLINE
Today we are going to start class by taking a few trips. We'll take a car, a plane and a train! 

OPENING RUNS

• Today we're going to take some trips. Grab your steering wheels, we're going to go for our first drive! 
• Have kids pretend to drive their "cars" to one end of the field and park their cars at their dots.
  • Drive to the park and ask kids, "what do you see at the park? do you like to use the slide? the swings?"
  • Drive to the zoo and ask kids, "what animals do you see at the zoo? what animal has a long trunk?" 
  • Drive to Disneyland or the grocery store or movies and ask kids, "what do you see at these places" 
• Then say, "now we're going to be airplanes!" Collect all of the steering wheels.
  • Fly to Hawaii and ask kids, "what animals live in the ocean?"
    • Have kids do the hula dance with you for extra fun 
• Then say, "now we're going to be a train!" Put your arm up and say, "Chooo, choo, we're going to take the train to San Francisco. 
  • Train to SF and ask kids, "what's the big bridge called in San Francisco?" 
    • Show kids how to make a bridge with their hands and say, "the Golden Gate bridge is red! What color is the bridge?"
• Add any variations needed to make it more fun or take different trips. 

STORYLINE
For today’s Exploration Time, we have set up our Target Course. During this course, we will be practicing our hand-eye coordination as we toss our fuzzy balls from a dot into a hula-hoop. Your goal is to toss your fuzzy ball into each hula-hoop and have fun!

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the course begins, I will pass out a fuzzy ball to everyone.
• When I say, “GO!” parents, help your child find a dot and underhand tossing his/her fuzzy ball into the hula-hoops.
• Remember, if your child is all finished tossing the fuzzy ball into the hula-hoops, he/she may play with the exploration equipment.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Encourage all children to participate in tossing their beanbags.

STORYLINE
For today’s Operation Time, we will be playing Lollipop Ball. During this time, we will be practicing our hand-eye coordination as we bat the balls off the cones using our paddles.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, I will pass out a paddle to everyone.
• When you get your paddle, can you tell your parent:
  • What color it is.
  • If it is big or small.  
  • What shape it is.
• Now, let’s follow along with me:
  • Can you hold your paddle up high/low?
  • Can you touch your paddle to your toes/knees/belly/shoulders/head?
  • Can you balance your paddle on your head?  
  • Can you squeeze your paddle under one arm/the other arm/under your chin?
  • Can you place your paddle on the ground and take a big step over? Now, let’s go the other way.
  • Can you toe-tap your paddle with one foot? Now let’s try the other foot.
  • Can you take your paddle and turn it into a baseball bat/tennis racket/golf club?   
• Now, I have laid out balls on top of cones.  
  • When I say, “GO!” begin batting the balls off of the cones using your paddle.  
  • Once you have batted a ball off the cone, place the ball back on top of the cone and find a new ball to bat.
  • Parents, help your child avoid others while they are batting.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Begin to lay out cones and balls as children are pretending to bat with their noodles.

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Baseball. In this game, we will be practicing our hand-eye coordination as we bat the ball off the tee during baseball.

INSTRUCTIONS

• When I say, “GO!” let’s all run the bases in order.
  • Make sure you touch each plate as we run by.  
  • Let’s call out the name of each base (“1st”, “2nd”, “3rd”, “Home”) when we get to it.
• Now, let’s practice our batting.
  • Line up on the baseline
  • When your name is called, come up to home plate.
  • I will place a ball on a tee and parents, help your child bat the ball off the tee and run the bases.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Remind children to keep their heads up while running around the bases to avoid bumping into others.

STORYLINE
For today’s Parachute Time, we will be playing Bouncing Balls. In this game, we will be practicing our hand-eye coordination as we try and catch the balls as they bounce on the parachute.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, find a seated spot around the parachute.
• Let’s listen very carefully to the directions that I give:
  • Can we shake all the wrinkles out of the parachute?
  • Now let’s shake, shake, shake and freeze (repeat 3-5xs).
  • Can we shake the parachute side-to-side?
  • Let’s shake the parachute down low/up high.
• Now, this time, I will add the balls to the parachute:
  • When I say, “GO!” let’s begin shaking the balls off the parachute.
  • When all the balls are popped off, let’s throw them back onto the parachute.
• Now, this time, I will call 1­–2 children at a time to try and catch a ball:
  • If your name is called, come on top of the parachute.
  • When I say, “GO!” everyone will begin shaking the parachute while the children on top may move around and try and catch a ball before it bounces off.
  • Parents and children, remain seated while we shake the parachute.
• Once everyone has had a turn on top of the parachute, let’s let all the children go underneath while the parents shake the parachute.  

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Encourage parents to help their children remain seated while playing with the parachute. This will help prevent children from going underneath or on top of the parachute.
• Approach: Each turn to be on top of the parachute should be between 30-seconds and one minute long.

STORYLINE
Today we are ending our class with a  parachute game. We are going to try to make a big cave with our parachute. 

CLEAN UP

• Have kids clean up the equipment using color (i.e. Pick up a piece of equipment that is red, blue, green etc.)

CLOSING PARACHUTE

• Make big waves with the parachute like the ocean!
• Make small waves like the lake!
• Now we're going to make a cave. Tell parents that on the count of 3, we're going to lift the parachute to the sky and walk 3 steps forward, placing the parachute under our bottoms to make a cave. 
  • If the cave is not high enough, make the cave again. 
• Once under the parachute, choose a few songs to sing based on how much time you have left:
• Options for songs: 
  • Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes 
  • The Wheels on the Bus
  • Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
  • Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
  • Baby Beluga In the Deep Blue Sea
  • The Ants Go Marching Two by Two