Unit Theme: Art Appreciation Pt. 1

Curriculum Goals: Learning and Problem Solving; Representation and Symbolic Thinking

Curriculum Objectives: #23 Approaches problems flexibly #24 Shows persistence;

#37 Makes/interprets representations

Daily Routine	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Individual Planning
Arrival Routine Planning Centers	Journals Open Snack	Markers Open Snack	Decorate long strips of adding machine paper w/ markers to use for music and movement	Journals Open Snack
Morning Meeting Book Finger plays	Daily News A House is a House for Me **Art Appreciation	Daily News Color Zoo “I can sing a rainbow”	Daily News In the Small, Small Pond Aiken Drum (song & flannel story	Daily News Make Way for Ducklings What are you wearing(HapPalmer)
Outdoors Gross Motor	Sidewalk Chalk	Clipboards and crayons	Musical Statues	Gym Day
Free Choice Discovery Time	Clay: make stabiles PM Library Day	Library Day: find books that have Caldecott or other award symbols on cover	Sculpting with Playdough	Ice Cube melting (see science)
Art Experience	Primary colors at easel	Paint with thickened paint in the style of Van Gogh	Paper Mache: cover bowls w/paper mache, let dry to paint on Thursday	Paint bowls; Collage in the style of the Artist Matisse
Small Group	Clay: make stabiles	Fruit Counters	See Art	See Art
Large Group Music/Movement Story Time	Blueberries for Sal Colors (Hap Palmer) ***Sleeping, Sleeping	More, More, More Said the Baby World is a Rainbow-dance w/scarves	Where the Wild Things Are (see above/ color strips)	Have You Seen My Duckling? Dancing Markers: lge sheet paper, variety of music, markers
Lunch Routine Transition Activity	Look at artwork as we walk to the cafeteria	****“Wiggles”	Clean-up: “good apple” stamp as you observe children cleaning	Dismiss children by color of clothing they are wearing
Weekly Materials to Enhance the Environment
Literacy/Library/Writing *Focus on Illustrators Journals; Review our letter books; word wall word hunt		Numeracy/Math Manipulatives Parquetry Blocks Fruit counters and hoops for sorting		Discovery/Science Color paddles Ice cube melting experiment (blue cube and red cube in same cup, when melts will have purple water, etc)
Computer Kid Pix; create abstract work, print and display		Blocks Architects; blue prints, pencils and paper, ruler		Sensory/Sand/Water Clay—sculpture; make stabiles by adding chenille stems, beads and other found objects
Vocabulary Artist, collage, still life, illustrator, photography, names of artists, style		Dramatic Play Display prints of famous artists; Create still life, children will arrange and we will photograph then print out their picture to display		Health/Safety/Self-Help Art Appreciation activity from Growing, Growing Stronger; Have children observe various textured art and discuss ways to enhance and protect sight
Family/Community Partnership March is Parenting Awareness Month, send home handout Picl folder Letter of the Week homework		Multicultural Exposure Names of Artists; discuss preference for different type of art work, talk about where the artists come from ie Van Gogh from France		Outdoor/Gross Motor Bring art materials outdoors as weather permits
Special Guests/Activities/Field Trips *We will be reading books that are Caldecott winners and focusing on the art, discuss how the illustrator may have created the work; **Look at a variety of famous paintings, talk about how artists name their painting, do the paintings look like what they are titled?

***Sleeping, Sleeping, all the children are sleeping, And when they woke up they were _________

(sing to the tune of “Are You Sleeping” ****I wiggle my fingers, I wiggle my toes, I wiggle my shoulders, I wiggle my nose; Now no more wiggles are left in me. So I am as still as can be.