Wonder-Filled Weekdays for Spring: 65 Lesson Plans for Christian Preschool Ministries

by Goodson, Millie; Gray, Cynthia

• ISBN13: 9780687089949
• ISBN10: 0687089948
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

Wonder-filled Weekdays will help workers in Christian playschool create a special place of wonder and discovery. With Wonder-filled Weekdays, children will experience fun-filled activities and learn more about themselves, the world around them, and the God who created it all! Each volume of Wonder-filled Weekdays includes 65 complete lesson plans, each with: a lesson outline covering goals, objectives, faith connections, a Bible verse, and a teacher's prayer; Center time; Wonder time; Group fun; Goodbye circle; and Evaluation. Each lesson's "Teacher Talk" section suggests words preschool workers can say to help children learn about God, Jesus, and the Christian faith as it relates to the lesson and to individual activities.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(6)
Centers	6	(4)
Preschoolers	10	(1)
Unit 1	11	(61)
Colors	12	(15)
Red Day	12	(3)
Yellow Day	15	(3)
Blue Day	18	(3)
Green Day	21	(3)
Rainbow Day	24	(3)
Shapes	27	(15)
Rectangles	27	(3)
Circles	30	(3)
Squares	33	(3)
Triangles	36	(3)
Diamonds	39	(3)
Alphabet Fun	42	(15)
Clifford	42	(3)
Little Red Rialing Hood	45	(3)
Miss Mary Mack	48	(3)
The Little Engine That Could	51	(3)
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom	54	(3)
Numbers	57	(15)
Counting Fun	57	(3)
Patterns All Around Us	60	(3)
Counting: Time and Money	63	(3)
Measurements	66	(3)
More Number Fun	69	(3)
Unit 2	72	(61)
Seeds	73	(15)
Sprouting Seeds	73	(3)
Growing Seeds: Exploring Dirt	76	(3)
Seeds You Can Eat	79	(3)
Seeds Can Travel	82	(3)
All Kinds of Seeds	85	(3)
Vegetables and Fruits	88	(15)
Farms and Farmers	88	(3)
Vegetables	91	(3)
Stone Soup Day	94	(3)
All Kinds of Fruit	97	(3)
Eating the Alphabet	100	(3)
Flowers	103	(15)
Flower Fun	103	(3)
Flower Power	106	(3)
Planting a Rainbow	109	(3)
A Garden in Bloom	112	(3)
Our Beautiful World	115	(3)
Trees	118	(15)
What Is a Tree?	118	(3)
Trees Help Us	121	(3)
All Kinds of Trees	124	(3)
A Tree Is a House	127	(3)
A Tree Is Nice	130	(3)
Unit 3	133	(61)
Spring Weather	134	(15)
Wind	134	(3)
Clouds	137	(3)
Rain	140	(3)
Rainbows	143	(3)
Sunny Days	146	(3)
Bugs	149	(15)
Ants	149	(3)
Bees	152	(3)
Caterpillars and Butterflies	155	(3)
Spiders	158	(3)
In a Patch of Grass	161	(3)
Birds	164	(15)
Birds	164	(3)
Inside or Outside	167	(3)
Nests and Eggs	170	(3)
Penguins	173	(3)
I'm a Bird Watcher	176	(3)
Reptiles	179	(15)
A Reptile Is...	179	(3)
Alligators and Crocodiles	182	(3)
Lizards	185	(3)
Snakes	188	(3)
Turtles	191	(3)
Seasonal	194	(16)
Spring	195	(3)
Easter	198	(3)
St. Patrick's Day	201	(3)
Mother's Day	204	(3)
Cinco de Mayo	207	(3)
Reproducible Art	210	(9)
Fingerplays	219	(1)
Lesson Plan Chart	220	(2)
For Parents	222	(2)
Sign Language	224