Sign Language
Sign Language
Mitten
Listen
Use finger to trace over thumb and fingers of base hand
to create a mitten shape.
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Place open palm behind ear.
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Jack and the Beanstalk: A Short Story
Once upon a time, there lived a woman and her son Jack. They did not have much
money, so Jack’s mother asked him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the market, and on
his way, he met a man who wanted his cow. “I do not have any money,” the man said, “but
I do have these magic beans.” Jack traded the cow for the magic beans. When he got
home, his mother was very angry that Jack took beans instead of money. She threw the
beans out the window.
The next morning, Jack woke up and looked out the window. A huge beanstalk had
grown from the beans! It was so tall that Jack couldn’t see the top. He was curious, so he
began to climb the beanstalk. He climbed all the way up until he reached a kingdom in
the sky. He saw a huge house and decided to go inside. He did not know it belonged to
a giant and his wife. The giant was not at home, but the giant’s wife welcomed Jack inside
and offered him a delicious meal.
While Jack was eating, the giant came home. He was very big and very fierce, so Jack hid.
The giant sniffed the air. “Fee-fi-fo-fum,” he bellowed. The giant knew there was a human
in his home. The wife lied for Jack and said there was no little boy in the house. The giant
pulled out a bag of gold coins and counted them. He called for his golden harp to play
music. The harp played and played until the giant fell fast asleep. Once the giant was
asleep, Jack took the bag of coins and quickly climbed down the beanstalk. He gave the
coins to the his mother, and she was very happy.
Some time passed. Jack decided once again to climb the beanstalk to
the giant’s house. He peered in the window and saw the giant
instructing a hen to lay an egg. Jack watched with wide eyes as a
golden egg popped out. When the giant fell asleep, Jack snuck inside
the house to grab the golden egg. As he was sneaking back out of
the house, the giant roared, “Fee-fi-fo-fum!” Jack did not stick around
to find out what the giant said next! He ran outside the house and
climbed down the beanstalk as quickly as he could. Before the giant
could climb down after him, he grabbed an ax and chopped down
the beanstalk. Jack never saw the giant again.
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Jack and the Beanstalk
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cow
beans
beanstalk
giant
harp
golden egg
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Rapunzel: A Rebus Story
Once, a
had a
named Rapunzel.
A mean woman took the
The
and kept her in a
grew into a lovely girl with long
.
The mean woman pretended to be the mother of
was very lonely all by herself in the
would let down her
would climb up. One day, a
heard
woman was away. He climbed up the
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Every day, the mean woman would call up to the
let down your .”
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and say, “
and the mean woman
singing while the mean
and rescued
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Creative
Daily Basics Gross
Motor
Arts
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Wednesday
January 4
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January 5
Friday
January 6
Monday
January 9
Tuesday
January 10
Wednesday
January 11
Thursday
January 12
Friday
January 13
Theme 2 • Once Upon a Time
January 16
Tuesday
January 17
Wednesday
January 18
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January 19
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January 20
Monday
January 23
Tuesday
January 24
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January 25
Thursday
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in Your Day...
Learning Activities
Theme 1 • Mitten Magic
Monday
Put a Little
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cultural, and linguistic needs of the children in your group.
Creative
Daily Basics Gross
Motor
Arts
Put a Little
in Your Day...
Learning Activities
Theme 1 • Mitten Magic
Monday
January 2
Tuesday
January 3
Wednesday
January 4
Thursday
January 5
Friday
January 6
Monday
January 9
Tuesday
January 10
Wednesday
January 11
Thursday
January 12
Friday
January 13
Favorite Numbers, Letter M
Display/Word Cards, Introduce
Theme, My Mittens Song
Mitten or
Glove Grab
M Is for Mitten
Character Counts! Winnie the Whimsical Whale, Book List, Mitten
Sandwich
White Color Display, M Is for Mail,
Mittens Topic/Spanish Card, Sign
for Mitten, Mitten Chant
Mitten Toss
Two of a Kind
January Word Wall, The Best Mitten, Mittens and Snowballs
Number 11 Display, Uppercase M
Card, Scarf Topic/Spanish Card,
Winter Clothes Song
Winter Clothing
Relay
A Winter Scene
Number Eleven Counting Card, Cinna-Mitten Cookies, Igloo Shelter
Octagon Shape Display,
Lowercase M Card, Winter Clothing,
Hokey Pokey Shape Up Song
Snow Throw
Freestyle Art:
Octagon Line
Designs
Octagon Shape Recognition, Handprint Fun, Winter Wonderland
White Collages, M Is for Moon,
Discuss Boots, Please Pass the Ice
Cube Song
Please Pass the Marvelous Marbled
Ice Cube
Snowflake
Counting to 11, Letter N Display/
Word Cards, Discuss Ice, Three
White Mice Song
White Maze
N Is for Numbers
I Can Read!, Ice Cube Transfer, The Speed of Melting
Octagon Stencils, N Is for Noodles,
Discuss Lost and Found, Three
Little Kittens Nursery Rhyme
Where’s the
Mitten?
Little Kitten
Three Little Kittens Learning Center Material, You Shall Have Some Pie,
Exploring Emotions
Color with White, Uppercase N
Card, Discuss Snowflakes,
Mitten Felt Set
Parachute
Snowfall
Puzzling Snowflakes
Magic of Six, Cutting Snowflakes, Matching Mittens
Counting with a Mitten, Lowercase
N Card, Discuss Snowmen, Frosty
the Snowman Song
Snowball
Snowfall
Mr. Snowman
Sledding Fun, Do You Want to Build a Snowman?, Snow Removal
Number 12 Display, N Is for
Number, Review Theme, Winter
Snow Song
Indoor Skating
Woven Warmth
Number Twelve Counting Card, Mitten Puppets, Winter Is:
Baking Soda Snow, Mitten Match Learning Center Material, Rainbow
Snow
Theme 2 • Once Upon a Time
Monday
January 16
Tuesday
January 17
Wednesday
January 18
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January 23
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January 24
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January 25
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Friday
January 27
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January 31
Movements
with a Friend
O Is for Owl
Character Counts! Orlando the Obedient Ox, I Wish Everyone Had...,
Book List
One-to-One Correspondence,
Discuss Nursery Rhymes, Once
Upon a Time Song
Follow
Directions
Illustrated Story
Bottles of Gold, Book of the Month, My Favorite Tale Graph
Coffee Filter Octagons, Uppercase
O Card, Little Red Riding Hood
Story, Who Took the Cookie? Chant
Little Red’s Path Red’s Basket
January Math Game, Into the Woods, Stranger Danger
Yarn Octagons, Lowercase O
Card, Rapunzel Story, Musical Pots
and Pans
Rapunzel,
Change Towers!
Royal Rapunzel
Golden Locks, Rapunzel Rebus Story, Library Storytme
Stop Signs, Fresh Orange Juice,
The Tale of Peter Rabbit Story,
Going to the Garden
Transporting
Vegetables
Freestyle Art: Wax
Paper Printmaking
Veggie Taste Test, Yummy Vegetable Soup, Fine Arts Friday: Amie Roman
White Circles, Magnetic Letters,
Real and Cartoon Topic/Spanish
Cards, Bake the Bread Song
Working
Together
Little Red Hen
Making Bread, Exploring Wheat, On and Off
Twelve Actions, Letters in Our
Names, Goldilocks and the Three
Bears Story, Three Bears Song
Goldilocks
Stretches
Goldilocks and the
Three Bears
Smallest to Largest, Goldilocks and the Three Bears Read-Aloud, Tasty
Porridge
Guess the Shape, Uppercase A-O
Cards, The Three Little Pigs Story,
This Little Piggy Rhyme
Take a Deep
Breath
Straw, Sticks, and
Bricks
Three Little Pigs, Three Little Pigs Learning Center Material, Huff and
Puff
Counting with Dice, Alphabet Soup,
Jack and the Beanstalk Story, Harp
Sounds
Climb the
Beanstalk
Giant Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk Mini Word Wall, Bean Sprouts, Observing
Opposites
Crayons Colors, Lowercase A-O
Cards, The Ugly Duckling Story,
Five Little Ducks Song
Duck, Duck,
Swan
Adorable Cygnet
The Ugly Duckling’s Feelings, Turnabout Stories, Duck or Swan?
Number and Shape Puzzles, Buried
Letters, Humpty Dumpty Rhyme
A Great Fall
Humpty Dumpty
Egg Exploration, Humpty Dumpty Snacks, Humpty Dumpty Learning
Center Material
My Favorite Fairy Tale
Puppet
More Classic Tales, “Our Families” Book, What’s in the Basket?
Letter O Display/Word Cards, White
Clothes, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Introduce Theme, Peace Song
Chenille Numbers, Letters in Books,
Shape Search
Review Theme, Welcome Song