WEEK 8 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 Hopscotch Course. During this course, we will be practicing our hopping, jumping and leaping as we complete each hopscotch.

INSTRUCTIONS

• When I say, “GO!” parents, help your child begin hopscotching and jumping on the dots.
• Make sure to go in the same direction as everyone else.  
• Remember, if your child is all finished with the hopscotching, he/she may play with the exploration equipment.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Encourage all children to participate in the hopscotch course.

STORYLINE
For today’s Operation Time, we will be playing Lily Pads. During this time, we will be practicing our jumping as we jump like frogs to the different lily pads (dots).

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, I will pass out a lily pad to everyone.
• When you get your lily pad, 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 lily pad up high/low?
  • Can you touch your lily pad to your toes/knees/belly/shoulders/head?
  • Can you balance your lily pad on your head?
  • Can you place your lily pad on the ground and take a big step over? Now, let’s go the other way.  
  • Can you balance with one foot on your lily pad? Now, let’s try the other leg
  • Can you jump with two feet onto your lily pad? Now, let’s jump off our lily pad.  
• Now, let’s take our lily pads to the middle of the circle.
  • When I say, “GO!” parents, help your child frog jump from lily pad to lily pad.
  • Let’s see who can frog jump to all the lily pads.

TEACHING TIPS

• Approach: Lay out extra lily pads when children begin frog jumping in the middle.

STORYLINE
Today we are playing Jumping Animals. In this game, we will be practicing our jumps as we pretend to be all different types of animals.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Before the game begins, find a seated spot shoulder-to-shoulder on the baseline with your parent.
• I will call out an animal for us to be.
• When I say, “GO!” everyone together will hop like bunnies to the end line.
• Now, this time, once everyone makes it to the line:
  • We will leap like horses.
  • Create tiny jumps like a mouse.
  • Parents take the hands of your child to help him/her jump really high like grasshoppers.   
• Now, this time, I will lay out lily pads:
  • When I say, “GO!” everyone will jump like frogs on the lily pads to the end line.

TEACHING TIPS

• Set up: Bring the end line close to the baseline to avoid children and parents from getting too tired.
• Approach: Before the game begins, ask children if they can think of any animals that jump. .

STORYLINE
For today’s Parachute Time, we will be playing Merry-Go-Round. In this game, we will be practicing our jumping as we turn the parachute into a merry-go-round.

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, let’s all stand up and face sideways as we hold onto the parachute with one hand.
  • When I say, “GO!” let’s begin walking around in a circle with parachute.
  • When I say, “Freeze!” let’s all stop and go in the other direction.
• Now, we will hop around the circle with the parachute.
  • When I say, “Freeze!” let’s all stop and go in the other directions.

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