TI Preschool 
 
Circle Time Song of the Day
Did You Ever See a Caterpillar?
(sung to the tune of "Did You Ever See a Lassie?")
Did you ever see a caterpillar, a caterpillar, a caterpillar?
Did you ever see a caterpillar chew on a leaf?
He'll crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch,
And munch, munch, munch, munch, munch. 
Did you ever see a caterpillar chew on a leaf?

Fine Motor Practice
  • Leaf Cutting: Go for a walk outside and find leaves and flowers on the ground. Using child-proof scissors, let your child cut the leaves and flowers into pieces. You can even expand this activity into an art activity by having your child glue the leaf pieces onto construction paper or regular paper and adding markers, crayons, or paint.
Art 
  • Object Tracing: Go around your house and find objects that would be interesting to trace around. Gather paper and markers or crayons. Invite your children to try tracing the objects that you found. After they are done tracing, they can color their drawing.
    • Here are some sample objects you can use: craft sticks, cups and bowls, plastic containers, spatula, potato masher, Legos, bottle tops, shoes, puzzle pieces. 
Science / Cooking
  • Making Homemade Pretzels: Here is an easy recipe that you can make with your children from Lori Horwitz. 
    • Ingredients
      • 1 package yeast
      • 1 1/2 cups warm water
      • 1 tablespoon sugar
      • 1 teaspoon salt
      • 4 cups flour
      • 1 beaten egg
      • coarse salt - optional
      • greased cookie sheets or line with foil
    • Directions
      • Preheat the oven to 425F.
      • In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water (If the water is too hot, it will kill the yeast. So just a nice, warm water temp works best), and stir until it looks soft. Add salt, sugar, and flour (add flour a little bit at a time) and mix and knead dough. 
      • Divide the dough into 12 pieces. Roll each ball into a snake and make a pretzel. You can also let your child practice creating their own shapes or letters. 
      • Brush egg onto pretzels and sprinkle with salt. Place pretzels on a baking sheet lightly coated with cooking spray. 
      • Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden brown. 
Gross Motor Play
  • Freeze Dance: This is a wonderful way for your child to practice impulse control and their body awareness. Throw on some of your favorite music and dance around. Pause the music every once in a while and make your child "freeze". Put the music back on and keep dancing along!
Outdoor Time
  • Make a Nature Scrapbook: Go for a walk outside and let your child make a collection of natural items. Talk about each item as you find them and bring them home. Glue each item onto a piece of paper, one type of item per page. Find an unused binder or use a stapler and make your own book. Take some time to read the book with your child. You can add to the book each time you go out for a walk.
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