Mindful Monday: Week 6 Lesson Plans

I think this will be the last planned week of our Transportation Theme.  I'm really happy with how it has been going, but I think this is the last of the material I'd like to cover.

Monday: Park by the Train Tracks/Airport, S is for Space Shuttle Alphabet page,
Tuesday (Clean Master Bath, Diapers): Boats: ships pick up the booster rockets and fuel take from the shuttle out in the ocean
"Boats" (Robbins, 1989; book),R is for Rocket Alphabet book page,  Banana Boat Song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpg-KIKD5gU), Banana Canoes, "Float around in Canoes" (Song, http://stepbystepcc.com/boat.html), Boat Lacing

Float Around In Canoes - sung to "Ring Around the Rosey"

Float around in canoes,
(move in circle clockwise)
We are wearing no shoes.
(continue moving clockwise)
Upstream.
(move counter clockwise)
Downstream.
(move clockwise)
We all splish SPLASH!
(Drop hands and fall to ground)

Wednesday (Baby Co-op): Shape Sailboats, "Have you ever seen a sailboat?" (Song; http://stepbystepcc.com/boat.html), B is for Boat Alphabet book page, "A History of Water Travel" (Book; Rossi, 2004)

Have You Ever Seen A Sailboat? - sung to "Did You Ever See A Lassie?"

Have you ever seen a sailboat,
A sailboat, a sailboat?
Have you ever seen a sailboat
Waving its sail?

Wave this way and that way,
Wave that way and this way.
Have you ever seen a sailboat
Waving its sail?

Thursday (Big Kid Co-op Day):  Make Clay boat/ship

Friday: Sink or float experiment, Paint clay boat (once dry), Anchor Daisy Chain (http://www.first-school.ws/activities/alpha/a/impactaposter.htm) with numbers on Chain, Deviled Egg Boats

Weekend: Swim Lessons; Boat Rental or Ferry Ride