Mirror
Puppets
Cards with names and pictures
Multicultural paint
Clip on tie
Baby bib
Baby doll
Baby food
Baby shampoo bottle
Wash cloth
Towel
Slippers
Diaper
Baby bottle
Stuffed dog, cat, rabbit, etc
Apron
Stamp pad with people stamps
Photo Album
Family Picture – display
Counting bears
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. What do I do to show my family how I feel?
7. What are some things families do together?
1. Have precut gingerbread man shapes out of construction paper. Have the children make someone in their family. Have collage materials and scraps to do this. (Yarn strings -no longer than 12 inches, buttons -be sure to supervise, cloth pieces, felt, googly eyes, etc.. Let these dry. Later glue them to popsicle sticks and have a puppet show.
2. Who would use this box? Put together a box with different material (slippers, tie, phone, diaper, a pretend dog bone, baseball hat, pretend lipstick, hair bow etc..) Have the children go through the box and pull an item out. Ask them who in their family uses that item and how they use it.
3. Mommy and baby animals file folder. Have a matching game of the baby and mommy animals.
4. 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)
5. 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.
7. Classifying – Have children cut out pictures from magazines and glue them on paper divided into two sections. “Children” and “Parents”.
1. Shake My Sillies Out
Gotta shake, shake, shake my sillies out,
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out.
Shake, shake, shake, my sillies out,
And wiggle my waggles away.
Gotta clap, clap, clap, my crazies out
Clap, clap, clap, my crazies out.
Clap, clap, clap, my crazies out
And wiggle my waggles away.
Gotta jump. jump, jump. my jiggles out
Jump, jump, jump, my jiggles out.
Jump, jump, jump, my jiggles out.
And wiggle my waggles away.
Gotta yawn, yawn, yawn, my sleepies out.
Yawn, yawn, yawn, my sleepies out
Yawn, yawn, yawn, my sleepies out,
And wiggle my waggles away.
2. If You Are Wearing…(tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head
If you are wearing red
Then please shake your head
If you are wearing red, shake your head.
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe
If you are wearing blue
Then you know what to do
If you are wearing blue, touch your shoe.
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black, pat your back
If you are wearing black
Then you don’t need the slack
If you are wearing black, pat your back.
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown, turn around
If you are wearing brown
Then you should touch the ground
If you are wearing brown. turn around.
(Can continue you on with other colors)
3. Hello Friend How Are You?
Hello friend,
How are you?
Say your name
And we’ll clap for you. (go around room until each child has had a turn)
4. Let’s Find A Friend (tune: The Farmer in the Dell)(Stand in a circle and hold hands. Spin the circle one direction and switch halfway through if the kids like it)
Let’s find a friend,
Oh let’s find a friend
Heigh Ho the Derry-O
Let’s find a friend! (Choose a child to start in the center and sing)
(_______) find a friend,
(_______) find a friend,
Heigh Ho the Derry-O!
(_______) find a friend. (Have each child choose a fiend who has not yet had a turn to be next in the circle and continue. When all the children have had a turn, hold hands and sing)
We all found a friend,
We all found a friend,
Heigh Ho! The Derry-O!
We all found a friend.
5. The More We Get Together (tune: Did You Ever See A Lassie?)
The more we get together, together, together
The more we get together, the happier w’ell be.
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends.
The more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
The more we play together, together, together,
The more we play together, the happier we’ll be
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we play together, the happier we’ll be.
The more we hug each other, hug each other, hug each other
The more we hug each other, the happier we’ll be
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we hug each other, the happier we’ll be.
The more we jump together, together, together
The more we jump together, the happier we’ll be
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we jump together the happier we’ll be.
The more we share together, together, together
The more we share together the happier we’ll be
For your friends are my friends
And my friends are your friends
The more we share together, the happier we’ll be.
(Can continue with different actions)
6. If You Want to be a Friend (tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
If you want to be a friend, clap your hands
If you want to be a friend, clap your hands
A friend is someone who,
Is always kind to you.
If you want to be a friend, clap your hands.
(Can add different actions)
7. Can You Guess My Friend’s Name? (tune: B-I-N-G-O)
I have a very special friend,
Can you guess his name-o?
T-Y-L-E-R T-Y-L-E-R T-Y-L-E-R (substitute your children’s names in, this is just an example)
And Tyler is his name-o!
1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
2. I Have Friends
I have one friend, (hold up 1 finger on left hand)
And they have me; (hold up 1 finger on right hand)
One friend and me, (bend each from left to right)
That’s one, two (count with finger 1,2)
I have two friends
And they have me
Two friends and me
That’s one, two, three
I have three friends
And the have me
Three friends and me
That’s one, two, three, four.
(Repeat 4 and 5 friends)
3. Everybody
Everybody tap your head (tap head 3 times)
Tap your head
Everybody pat your shoulders, (pat shoulders 3 times)
Pat your shoulders.
Everybody touch your tummy, (touch your tummy 3 times)
Touch your tummy.
Everybody bend your knees, (bend knees 3 times)
Bend your knees
Tap your head, pat your shoulders, touch your tummy.
Bend your knees and wiggle your toes
4. If You Want To Make A Friend (tune: If You’re Happy And You Know It)
If you want to make a friend, shake a hand.
If you want to make a friend, shake a hand.
If you want a friend that’s new, then say, “How do you do?”
If you want to make a friend, shake a hand.
1. Shadow dance (find your friends shadow and dance with it)
2. Follow the leader
3. Friendship train (have children put hands on their shoulders or they can hold a musical instrument and chug along)
4. Painting with friends (hang butcher paper along the fence and let children paint together)
5. The Matching Game
In this game, each child will be given one block. They then will walk around the room in search of another with the same color. When they find a friend with the same color block, they should link arms and stay together until everyone finds a match.
6. Friendship shadow dance
On a sunny day, go outside and have the children find each other's shadows and "dance with the shadows"!
7. Friendship Train
his is a great way to learn to line up---in a fun way! The children make a train by GENTLY placing their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them.
Practice walking around to music in this way. The child in the front can clap to the beat or give that child a musical instrument to use as he or she walks.
Have the child in the front say "Train, STOP". The children all stop. The child in the front gives his or her instrument to the next child and then goes to the end of the train.
Continue until each child has a turn being the train director!
8. Flow the Leader