The document outlines the weekly lesson plan and activities for a summer camp program focused on insects. The plan includes daily interest areas, large group activities, read-alouds, small group activities, and outdoor experiences. On Mondays the class will go on a walk downtown, on Wednesdays they will go swimming, and on Thursday they will take a walk to the local park to learn about insects. Activities include building bee hives, a bee smelling activity, reading books about bugs, creating their own insect with a story, and making coffee filter butterflies. The goal is for children to explore relationships between living things and demonstrate their knowledge of characteristics of insects.

1. Week of: July 6- July 10 Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Robin
Study: Summer Fun Investigation: Insects
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas
Walk Downtown
Blocks: Pictures of Bee
hives in Block Area –
Build Bee Hives
Library: Flannel
Board Butterflies Trip to Park Paint Butterflies at Easel
Large Group
Sunscreen &
Getting Ready to
go to Downtown
Oberlin
Bee Video
Bee Smelling Activity
Song: The Honey
Bee Song
Discussion &
Shared Writing:
What Do You Know
About Bugs?
Sunscreen & Getting
Ready to go to Park
Song: Caterpillars &
Butterflies
Discussion & Shared
writing: If I Were a
Caterpillar I would
Eat……
Read-Aloud The Honey Bee & The
Robber
Eric Carle Bug
Books
Waiting For Wings
Small Group Morning: Walk
Downtown
Afternoon: Giraffe
Intergen in Garden
Morning: Story time
w/Donna
Afternoon:
Cooking Club/Ants On
a Picnic
Book: Ant &
Grasshopper
Morning: Create
your own insect (
write a story about
it)
Afternoon:
Swimming
Morning: walk New
Russia Township Park
Afternoon: Counting
Bug Jars
Morning: Coffee Filter
Butterflies
Afternoon: Alex’s Hot or
Cold Hide the Insect Game
Ohio Early
Learning &
Development
Standards
Geography-
location can be
described by words
Life Science-
Similarities exist
among individuals of
plants and animals
Uses imagination &
creativity to interact
w/objects &
materials
Large Muscle
,Balance and
coordination-
demonstrates
locomotor skills
With modeling and
support demonstrates an
understanding that living
things change over time
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Explores and
describes
relationships
Demonstrates
knowledge of the
characteristics of
living things
Uses creativity &
imagination during
play
Coordinates complex
movements in play Demonstrates knowledge
of the characteristics of
living things
Outdoor Experiences: Balls & Bats
Family Partnerships: Swimming - Wednesday
Wow! Experience: Monday- Walk downtown, Swimming – Wednesday, Thursday – Walk to New Russia Township Park