EHS My Family/Pets

Changes to Environment

Mirror

Puppets

Cards with names and pictures

Multicultural paint 

Stuffed dog, cat, rabbit, etc.

Apron

Stamp pad with people stamps 

Photo Album Family Picture – display

Counting bears

Pet stuffed animals

Pet shape cookie cutters

Pictures of pets

Pet store or Veterinarian Clinic set up

Veterinarian dress up clothes and doctor kit 

Pet to home matching file folder game

Dog house made from cardboard box

Doggy bowl 

Books about pets 

Water Table: people counters, pet bowl, squeaky toy, scoops, spray bottle, plastic animal pets, animal counters, tweezers

Sensory Table: large brown pom poms, shredded paper, doggy bowl, plastic dog bone or laminated cut outs, fence, plastic grass, scoops, squeaky toy

Teaching Concepts for Indoor Experiences

1. What/Who makes a family?

2. What makes my family different from your family?

3. How do some families live? (Ex. house, apartment, teepee, igloos) Concept to learn: families can live in different dwellings. Read the Three Little Pigs.

4. What do you do to help your family? Talk about the importance of helping one’s family.

5. What is the role in my family?

6 Look at pictures of pets people may have.

7. Mold playdough to make your pet or your favorite kind of pet

8. Explain what a Veterinarian is and discuss why pets have to go to one, dress up as a veterinarian and pretend play

9. Talk about what our pets might eat, look at pictures or empty containers

10. Talk about what pets do ex. some can be taught to do tricks, look at pictures 

Teaching Concepts for Small Group

1. Mommy and baby animals file folder. Have a matching game of the baby and mommy animals. 

2. Make houses out of empty milk cartons. Use sand paper, red construction paper, straw and sticks (Again, this goes along with the Three Little Pigs)

3. Discuss family sizes. Use counting bears to represent family members. Work on counting and adding family members and taking family members away. Example- Start with 4 bears. Count. 1 bear went to school, take this bear away. Now how many are there? 6. Activities with the counting bears. 

4. Classifying – Have children cut out pictures from magazines and glue them on paper divided into two sections. “Children” and “Parents”.

5. Pet Collage

6. Build a dog house

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Move like an animal

2. Play “Doggy, Doggy Where’s Your Bone?”

3. Hunch your back like a cat

4.Follow the animal tracks

5. Play Red Rover

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. I love Mommy (can add daddy, brother, sister, etc.) tune: Frere Jacques

I love Mommy, I love Mommy.

Yes I do, yes I do.

And mommy loves me,

Yes, my mommy loves me,

Loves me too; loves me too.

2. Family Picnic tune: Teddy Bear Picnic

Let’s all go to the woods today,

We’re sure of a big surprise.

Let’s all go to the woods today,

We’ll walk there side by side.

We know that we’ll have lots of fun,

We’ll eat and play and dance and run.

Today’s the day we have our family picnic! 

3. I’m a Little Fishy tune: I’m a Little Teapot

I’m a little fishy, watch me swim

Here is my tail, here is my fin,

When I want to have fun with my friends,

I wiggle my tail and dive right in!

4. My Kitten tune: Sing a Song of Sixpence

I have a little kitten,

She’s black and white and gray.

When I try to cuddle her,

She always wants to play,

So I drag a piece of yarn

Across the kitchen floor.

She thinks it is a little mouse

To chase right out the door.

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1. My Family

Here is Daddy (thumb)

Here is Mommy (index)

Here I am for three (pinky)

Together we’re a family,

As happy as can be! (clap)

2. My House

Here are the windows,

Here is the door.

Come on in, I’ll show you more.

Here is the kitchen, the living room too.

A bathroom, three bedrooms, and room for you!

An attic, a chimney, and a roof above.

My house is a home,

‘Cause it’s filled with lots of love!

3. Call The Puppy

Call the puppy! (slap hands on thighs and whistle)

Give him some milk (hold out cupped hands)

Brush his coat til it shines like silk (pretend to comb dog’s fur)

Call the puppy! (slap hands, etc.)

Give him a bone (hold hand out open)

then scoop him up (scoop up dog)

And take him home (hug dog)

4. Ten Little Doggies

Ten little doggies went out one day,

To dig in the dirt and play, play, play.

Five were spotted, and five were not,

and at dinnertime they ate a lot!

5. My Kitty Cat

I have a kitty cat named Puff (hold up one thumb)

He’s round and soft as a ball of fluff (make a circle with finger and thumb of other hand)

Each day he laps up all his milk.

And his fur is soft as silk (stroke thumb with other hand)

When he’s happy you will know,

For his fluffy tail swings to and fro (wiggle little finger)

6. Five Little Puppies

Five little puppies were playing in the sun (hold up hands, fingers extended)

This one saw a rabbit, and he began to rub (bend down first finger)

This one saw a butterfly ,and he began to race (bend down second finger)

This one saw a cat, and he began to chase (bend down third finger)

This one tried to catch his tail ,and he went round and round (bend down fourth finger)

this one was so quiet, he never made a sound (bend down thumb)

7. Here is a Turtle

Here is a turtle (make a fist)

That lives inside a shell.

And inside that shell

Turtle hides very, very well.

He pokes out his head when he wants to eat.

And pulls it back inside when he wants to go to sleep. 

CLASS Concepts

Encourage families to decorate a poster with pictures of themselves and display them throughout the room. Ask the children to tell you about the pictures. Use the pictures to compare and contrast. “What can you tell about Jose’s family by looking at the pictures? How is his family like yours? How is it different? Remember to do a poster for your family, too.

Teaching Concepts for Distance Learning

1. Follow the Leader

Play follow the leader in your house. Take turns moving to a different room and then do a fun movement in each room.

2. Go for a family walk and take turns saying something you are really happy about or thankful for.

3. Do some outdoor chores as a family. Reach, pull, push, and bend.