The weekly lesson plan outlines activities for birds and giraffes from Monday to Friday. Each day includes a morning large group activity, small group activities in the morning and afternoon, and extras before lunch. The plan lists books, songs, finger plays, sensory activities and special visitors focused on winter animals. Key developmental indicators addressed include language and literacy skills, science concepts, and creative arts.

1. Birds and Giraffes Weekly Lesson Plans Winter
A.M. Large AM Small Extras Before Lunch Extensions Ohio’s HighScope P.M. Small
Group Activity Group Activity Group Guidelines Key Developmental Group Activity
(9:15) (9:45) (11:15) Indicators (3:15)
Hair salon English
1. Shake our Sillies Language Arts Musical
2. Start our day song Letter H Polly visit Phonemic Language,
Book, Songs
Monday
3. Calendar/helpers Visits Hairnets Awareness, Literacy, and Hopping
1-14
& Finger
& Weather Hippo Hammers word Communication
plays recognition, and
4. Book:
with ice Fluency for EC; 25. Alphabetic
Word Knowledge
Recognition 6
1. Shake our Sillies Book, Songs Snow mix Life and
Make a G. Science and Paper plate
Tuesday
2. Start our day song Donna & Finger in sensory Science for
1-15
3. Calendar/helpers walrus Story plays
Technology penguin
& Weather table EC
Time 51. Natural and
4. Book: Heredity 5
Physical World
Ice and
Wednesday
1. Shake our Sillies Grand Book, Songs
2. Start our day song Polar Bear polar bears Scientific G. Science and Penguin
parenting & Finger
1-16
3. Calendar/helpers in the Inquiry for Technology Relays
for Birds plays
& Weather sensory EC Doing 47.
4. Book: Scientific
table Experimenting
Inquiry 4
1. Shake our Sillies Grand Book, Songs Scientific
Pop Bottle Arctic G. Science and Sea salt vs
Thursday
2. Start our day song & Finger Inquiry for
Penguin parenting Animal Technology table salt
1-17
3. Calendar/helpers plays
& Weather for EC
Giraffes Matching Doing
46. Classifying melt ice
4. Book:
Scientific
Inquiry 7
Marie
1. Shake our Sillies Book, Songs Science and Animal Action
2. Start our day song Make an visits in Penguin F. Creative Arts
& Finger
Friday
Igloo AM Math Technology 43. Pretending
1-18
3. Calendar/helpers plays
& Weather for EC
4. Book: Understanding
Giraffe’s Dan Technology 2
Library visits in
PM