This document provides the weekly schedule for a summer camp program focused on ocean themes for the week of July 31-August 4, 2017. Each day includes planned activities for interest areas, games, library time, questions of the day, large group activities, read-alouds, small group experiences, and outdoor experiences. The daily activities explore topics like jellyfish, fish, octopuses and squids through arts and crafts, experiments, games, stories and more to teach children about ocean life and related concepts.

1. Week of: July 31-August 4, 2017 Birds and Giraffes Teacher: Sara, Mary, Karen, Macie, Robin
Study: Summer Fun _ Ocean
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Interest Areas Games & Toys:
Matching Ocean ABC
Fish
Library: ocean/fish
books in library
Games & Toys: Playdough
& Shells
Library CLOSED
Question of the Day What’s your favorite
ocean animal (graph)
What letter does jelly
fish start with?
How many legs does an
octopus do
Field Trip CLOSED
Large Group I love you ritual
Jelly Fish Discussion/Jelly
Fish Experiment
Balloon Breathing
Fishey Pokey (Hokey
Pokey)
Drain Breathing
Octopus Tight Encounter
Video/Octopus-Squid
discussion
Walking Field Trip to
Library
CLOSED
Read-Aloud Jellies
Clumsy Crab
Ocean Day
Fidgety Fish
Octopuses & Squids
My Very Own
Ocean Counting CLOSED
Small Group Morning: Jelly Fish Pt. 1
(Cutting)
Afternoon: One on
Ones/Fish Color Match
AM-Jelly Fish Pt. 2
(Gluing/Paint
daubing)
PM – Ocean Zones in
a Jar
Morning – Gold Fish Color
Patterning/Intergen
Afternoon: What Time is it
Mr. Shark? (Counting
Game)
Morning: Library
Afternoon: Intergen in
Gathering
Rm./Clothespin
Mermaids/Mermen
CLOSED
Ohio Early Learning
& Development
Standards
PWB- coordinate use
of hands to
manipulate objects
GNS-Observations of
Nature
SE- Interactions with adults
GKM-Patterning/
recognizes, duplicates
LL-Reading
comprehension
GKSS-Civic
participation
Gold Objectives,
Dimensions &
Indicators
Demonstrates fine motor Demonstrates
knowledge of Earth
Environment
Establishes and sustains
positive relationships
Demonstrates Knowledge of
patterns
Demonstrates
knowledge of print
Participates
cooperatively
Outdoor Experiences: What Time is it Mr. Shark
Family Partnerships: Paper Plate Animal Mask
Wow! Experience: Library