Older Toddler
Weekly Plan Sheet
Week of __________________ Topic _ #2.3 - My Classroom Community_________ Caregiver(s)__________________________ Big Ideas
I am a part of a center and classroom community. I am beginning to make friends with other children in my classroom. My friends and I do things together in my classroom. The people in my center have names. Changes to the Environment
Language Materials / Books Add pictures about family and community, add books
Manipulative Exploration Add felt houses and felt board, pegboards with pegs
Gross Motor Materials & Equipment / Blocks Add family homes blocks, small people figures and vehicles
Sensory Exploration Add Textured Houses book
Pretend Play Add dress-up clothes. unbreakable full-length and hand mirrors toy telephone
Outdoor Exploration Add signs for wheel toys
Experiences for the Week Day Monday
Books
Select from Book List – p. 1
Finger Plays, Language and Cognitive
Self, Social and Emotional
FP or Song: Do You Know This Friend of Mine? – p. 4 I Need a Hug – p. 5
Tuesday
Made Book: We Are Friends – p. 2
Thursday
Made Book: Friend, Friend Who Do You See? – p. 3
FP or Song: The Children On the Bus – p. 4
Select from Book List – p. 1
I Need a Hug – p. 5
Friendship Quilt – p. 7
Friends on the Train – p. 8
Storytelling Figures: Jack and Jill – p. 3 FP or Song : Two Little Blackbirds – p. 5
Storytelling Figures: Jack and Jill – p. 3
Transition Times
Where Is Susie? – p. 11
The Children on the Bus – p. 12
Movement and Music – p. 11 Pass the Beanbag – p. 10
Two Little Friends – p. 12
Movement and Music – p. 11 Sharing Tub – p. 6
FP or Song: Do You Know This Friend of Mine – p. 4
Ring Around the Roses – p. 8
Hokey Pokey – p. 9
Experience: Reading with a Friend – p. 5 Friday
Movement, Music, and Gross Motor
Movement and Music – p. 11
Experience: Reading with a Friend – p. 5 Select from Book List – p. 1
Printing Circles with Friends – p. 6
Storytelling Figures: Jack and Jill – p. 3 FP or Song: Where Is Johnny? – p. 4 Sharing Tub – p. 6
Wednesday
Sensory, Art, Nutrition
Printing Circles with Friends – p. 6
Let’s Go Back and Forth – p. 10
Where Is Susie? – p. 11
Movement and Music – p. 11 Hokey Pokey – p. 9 I Need a Hug – p. 5
Friends on the Train – p. 8
Movement and Music – p. 11
The Children on the Bus – p. 12