HS Shoes and Clothes

Interest Area Changes to Environment

Play clothes

Dress up clothes

Play shoes

Crown

Multicultural Dress up clothes

Sombrero

Sunglasses

Cowboy Hat

Baseball Hat

File Folder Game – match the outfit to the season (example- have four pictures to represent seasons: snow for winter, sun for summer, rainbow for spring, and leaves falling for fall.  Then have pictures of appropriate clothing, shoes, and accessories to categorize with the pictures. Discuss why you would wear these things during the seasons.

World Map

Clothing Catalogs

Climate Zone Signs or Pictures (Tropical zone, mild zone, continental zone,  polar zone and dry zone.

Climate Zone File Folder game (same concept as above file folder game).

Polar Climate Figures

Rain Forest Objects

Teaching Concepts for Large Group

1. What kind of clothes do we have on today?  What season is it? Is that why we are wearing the kind of clothes we are wearing?

2. What are climate zones? Refer to Learn Everyday Preschool Curriculum page 382-386

3. Go into the different climate zones into more detail the rest of the week.  Refer to Learn Everyday Preschool Curriculum 382-386

Teaching Concepts for Small Group

1. File folder games mentioned above.

2. Classify and sort.

3. Design a T shirt using a felt piece in the shape of a shirt and use collage materials to decorate.

4. Make a weather “bear/child” and dress the child appropiately. You can have a selection of clothing and they choose what is appropiate.

5. Memory game/matching game- fall clothing

6. Sorting clothing cards with seasons.

7. Dress a paper child- Each child has a body mat and the selection of clothes. On a sheet, glue on one of each of the clothing items and put a number next to it. Have each child roll a die. They look at the chart and find out what piece of clothing goes with their number and glues that on first. They can end by adding facial feature.

8. In the fall we begin to wear socks more often because our feet get cold. You can order seven silly socks (alliteration). Make the silly socks with patterns and then you have another activity…describing the patterns.

9. Pattern with fall clothing… long sleeve shirt, socks, long sleeve shirt, socks.

10. Hang up fall clothing on a clothesline. That’s great fine motor. You can incoporate patterns there as well. Or you can put letters on the clothespins and they hang up the clothing items with the corresponding beginning letter. For example, hanging up long socks with clothespins labeled with the letter s.

11. Have laundry baskets labeled with numbers and the child places the corresponding number of clothing items in each basket.

12. Sequence jackets by size, or sort them by color/design, or match jackets to jeans using numbers/number dots; uppercase/lower case letters, etc.

13. Weighing Socks- Fill socks with different materials such as rocks, marbles, cotton balls, or shredded paper. Tie a knot in the opening of each sock. Children pick up and feel the weight of each sock. They determine which socks weigh the same, which socks are heavier, and which socks are lighter. Show the children how to use the balance scale to determine which of two socks is heavier or lighter.

14. Share ‘n’ Tell: Have the students wear or bring in their favorite (clean) pair of socks. (or other items of fall related clothing).

15. Have a set of sweaters/long sleeve shirts and write a numeral, 0-10, on each one. Provide buttons. They place the corresponding number of buttons onto the sweater. You can do it as a small group and make a display…they can cut out the basic long sleeve shirt/sweater shape and draw a card/number manipulative and glue that number of buttons onto their shirt. Then you can work together to order them correctly onto a wall.

16. You could bring in a variety of clothes and use magnify glasses and sense of touch to explore the different materials. If you use different seasonal clothes, you can sort them and come to the conclusion that fall/winter clothing are a lot heavier then spring/summer clothing. You can ponder over that… writing down the children’s explanation. You can make rubbings of the materials to see the texture.

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. Colored Clothes Song

(to the tune of “Freire Jacques”)

Children with (red shirts/blue pants/etc.),

Children with (red shirts/blue pants/etc.),

Please stand up, please stand up.

Clap your hands and turn around,

Clap your hands and turn around,

Then sit down, then sit down.

etc…

2. If Your Clothes Have Any Color

(to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)

If your clothes have any red, any red,

If your clothes have any red, any red,

If your clothes have any red,

Put your hands up on your head,

If your clothes have any red, any red.

If your clothes have any blue, any blue,

If your clothes have any blue, any blue,

If your clothes have any blue,

Put your finger on your shoe,

If your clothes have any blue, any blue.

If your clothes have any green, any green,

If your clothes have any green, any green,

If your clothes have any green,

Wave your hand so you are seen,

If your clothes have any green, any green,

If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow,

If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow,

If your clothes have any yellow,

Laugh like a happy fellow,

If your clothes have any yellow, any yellow.

ha, ha, ha!

If your clothes have any white, any white,

If your clothes have any white, any white,

If your clothes have any white,

Give a hug with all your might,

If your clothes have any white, any white,

If your clothes have any black, any black,

If your clothes have any black, any black,

If your clothes have any black,

Pat your neighbor on the back,

If your clothes have any black, any black,

If your clothes have any brown, any brown,

If your clothes have any brown, any brown,

If your clothes have any brown,

Make a smile like a clown,

If your clothes have any brown, any brown.

3. This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes

(to the tune of “Here We Go ‘Round the Mulberry Bush”)

This is the way we wash our clothes,

Rub-a-dub-dub, rub-a-dub-dub;

See them getting clean and white,

Rub-a-dub-dub, rub-a-dub-dub;

This is the way we hang them out,

Flippity-flap, flippity-flap;

See them blowing in the wind,

Flippity-flap, flippity-flap;

This is the way we iron them flat,

Smooth as can be, smooth as can be;

Soon our wash day will be done,

And nice clean clothes for you and me.

4. Mary Wore a Red Dress

Mary wore a red dress, red dress, red dress,

Mary wore red dress all day long.

Mary wore a red hat, red hat, red hat,

Mary wore a red hat all day long.

Mary wore her red shoes, red shoes, red shoes,

Mary wore red shoes all day long.

Mary wore her red gloves, red gloves, red gloves,

Mary wore her red gloves all day long.

Mary was a red bird, red bird, red bird,

Mary was a red bird all day long.

5. Getting Dressed

Isn’t dressing depressing?

Button the buttons

Snap the snaps

Hook the hooks and

Zip the zippers

Tie the ties and

Strap the straps and

Clasp the clasps and

Slip the slippers

Buckle the buckles and

Knot the knots and

Pin the pins and

Lace the laces

Loop the loops and

Lock the locks and

Belt the belts and

Brace the braces--

What I like the best is my own skin--

That is the dress I’m always in.

6. Children Put Your Coats On

(To the tune of “Did You Ever See a Lassie?”)

Children put your coats on,

Your coats on , your coats on.

Children put your coats on,

One, two, three.

Children are now dressed,

Are dressed, are dressed

Children are now dressed.

Lets go out to play.

7. The Mitten Song

“Thumbs in the thumb-place,

Fingers all together!”

This is the song

We sing in mitten-weather.

When it is cold,

It doesn’t matter whether

Mittens are wool,

Or made of finest leather.

This is the song

We sing in mitten-weather:

“Thumbs in the thumb-place,

Fingers all together!”

8. Baa Baa Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the master,

And one for the dame,

One for the little boy,

Who lives down the lane.

Baa baa white sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One to mend a jumper,

One to mend a frock,

And one for the little boy,

With holes in his socks.

Baa baa grey sheep,

Have you any wool?

Yes sir, yes sir,

Three bags full.

One for the kittens,

One for the cats,

And one for the guinea pigs,

To knit some wooly hats.

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1. This Is the Way

(Show motions as you sing to the tune of

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush)

This is the way we brush our teeth

Brush our teeth, brush our teeth

This is the way we brush our teeth

On a warm and sunny morning.

This is the way we wash our face

Wash our face, wash our face

This is the way we wash our face

On a warm and sunny morning.

This is the way we comb our hair

Comb our hair, comb our hair

This is the way we comb our hair

On a warm and sunny morning.

This is the way we put on our clothes

Put on our clothes, put on our clothes

This is the way we put on our clothes

On a warm and sunny morning

2. Washing Clothes

Put the clothes in the washer.

(pretend to put clothes in)

The water trickles in.

(wiggle fingers, move downward)

The clothes go round and round.

(move arms in back & forth circular motion)

Then they spin, spin, spin.

(move finger quickly in circular motion)

Now put them in the dryer.

(pretend to put in dryer)

Where they tumble around.

(roll hands over each other)

They tumble, tumble, tumble

With hardly any sound.

(put finger to lips, whisper this line)

But I’m glad when I’m dirty,

(point to self)

I wash in the tub or sink.

(pretend to wash self)

‘Cause if I went in the washer or dryer,

(put one hand out to side, then other)

I’d get dizzy I think!

(move body in circular motion)

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

CLASS Concepts

1.Show pictures of different types of shoes such as cowboy boots, football cleats, ballet slippers, house shoes, fireman boots, etc. (even better if you can bring in the actual shoes). Ask the children questions like “Who do you think wears shoes like this? Why? What might happen if they wore a different type of shoe?”

2. Take a picture of every child’s left foot and right foot. Print them out and encourage the children to match the left shoe to the right shoe. If some of the children have the same or similar shoes, that’s great! It will give them opportunities to problem solve by determining which shoes look the same size, have the same amount of wear, have the same laces, etc

Teaching Concepts for Distance Learning

1. www.starfall.com

Practice phonics skills with these read-along stories.

2. Scatter Socks throughout the room. Pretend to walk on a tight rope. When you get to a sock, stand on one foot, bend down and pick up the sock-keep your balance.

3. Talk about clothing. Help your children describe pieces of clothing. Talk about the front and back, top and bottom of shirts, pants, skirts, dresses. Let your children select clothes they wear for daytime, for sleeping. Encourage your children to dress themselves and their dolls or their stuffed animals.