WEEK 12 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 Partner Course. In this course, we will be practicing our social play as we partner up to complete the different obstacles.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the course begins, I will be passing out noodles to everyone.

• Parents, encourage your child to partner up with another classmate.

• If children are hesitant or shy to partner up, they may complete the course with their parent.

• When I say, “GO!” parents, help your children:

  • Complete the course while each partner holds onto the noodle.

  • Balance along the balance beams.

  • Step over the rungs of the ladder

  • Climb through the hula-hoops.

• We will all be moving in a clockwise direction.

• Remember parents, if your child is all finished with the obstacle course they may continue to practice sharing as they play with the exploration equipment.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Encourage all children to participate with a partner.

• Approach: Remind parents to help their children to hold onto the noodle the entire time.

STORYLINE
For today’s Operation Time, we will be playing Up, Up, and Away. During this time, we will be practicing our social play as we share, pass, and work together to keep the balloons in the air.  

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, I will pass out a balloon to everyone.

• When you get your balloon, 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 balloon up high/low?

  • Can you touch your balloon to your toes/knees/belly/shoulders/head?

  • Can you balance your balloon on your head? Let’s try to stick to balloon to our hair.

  • Can you squeeze your balloon under one arm/the other arm/under your chin?

  • Can you place your balloon on the ground and take a big step over? Now, let’s go the other way.

  • Can you toe-tap your balloon with one foot? Now let’s try the other foot.

• Now, can you give your balloon to your parent:

  • When I say, “GO!” parents, toss the balloon to your child and help him/her hit the balloon back using a specific body parts.

  • Try using your elbow/head/nose/knee/toe/etc.

• Now, let’s take our balloon to the middle of the circle:

  • When I say, “GO!” can you toss your balloon in the air.

  • Let’s try, altogether, to keep all the balloons in the air.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Have extra balloons ready for when children begin playing with the balloons all together.

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Hula-Hoop Countdown. In this game, we will be practicing our social play as we share hula-hoops.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, find a spot outside of hula-hoops.

• When I say, “GO!” I will begin the countdown from 10.

• As I am counting down, parents help your child walk around the hula-hoops.

• When I reach zero, parent’s help your child find a hula-hoop to stand in.

• At the end of each round, I will remove a hula-hoop.

• When there are less hula-hoops, be ready to share with your classmates.

• Let’s see if we can have the whole class (only children) in just one hula-hoop.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: If class is large, end the game with two or three hula-hoops.

STORYLINE
For today’s Parachute Time, we will be playing Ball Roll. In this game, we will be practicing our social play as we cooperatively roll the ball back-and-forth to each other 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 place the playground ball on top of the parachute:

  • When I say, “GO!” let’s begin rolling the ball around on top of the parachute.

  • Let’s see if we can roll in a big circle, touching each color on the parachute.

  • Next, I will call a color for us to work together to roll the ball towards.

• Now, this time, I will call a child’s name and the rest of the class will work together to roll the ball towards him/her:

  • Parents, if your child’s name is called, help them catch the ball as it rolls towards them.

  • Once you have caught the ball, place it back on top of the parachute for the next child to go.

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.

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