Safari Animals Preschool Theme
This week we are taking a trip to Africa and going on a safari! (I wish we were really going and not just pretending!) Animal themes always seem to capture my kids attention so I am looking forward to having fun with them. This is what we’ll be doing in keeping on with our theme of the week (you can find a list of our weekly theme and focuses in the freebies section).
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read Jesus is coming | Jesus is coming coloring page | Make the wordless book out of construction paper | Paint your fingernails the colors of the wordless book | Eat M&Ms or skittles in the colors of the book while reading |
| Language (2) | Review H-L flashcards & do H is for Hippo craft | Letter stomp** | Color the worksheet and add yellow yarn to the mane | Animal beginning sound | Goodnight gorilla letter hunt |
| Language (4) | Introduce WHERE & build So with playdo + practice reading | Sight Word stomp** | Singular/plural worksheet from this pack & review sight words | Punctuation worksheet from this pack & review sight words | Write the room & also write this weeks sight words |
| Math (2) | Animal counting mats (we’ll do 6-10 out of order) | Zoo color by code | Africa number puzzle | Counting bears – count 5 piles of bears 6-10 respectively, then sort by color | Count the flamingos from this pack |
| Math (4) | Count the number in each row and answer chart questions from this pack – I will also intro the concept of double by asking which row is double the penguin. Then I will show her the 3×2 equation for it | Which are the same? – this is something I threw together for teaching purposes.. I do not have rights to the images | How many cheetah spots? – Laminate and use dry erase marker to draw spots on the cheetahs to solve the equations. | I will use this worksheet to practice the concept of doubling. I will ask her what double or x2 of each would be. I will change the numbers for the giraffes & monkeys to contain 8 & 10 respectively. | Does + = x |
| Art/Sensory | Draw a landscape (trees, leaves, grass, water etc..) then use safari animal stamps to add animals to the scene | Mammal scents** | Make binoculars | Safari sensory bin – Rocks, blue glass beads, green easter grass or rice, pinto beans, animal figurines, | Take a trip to the zoo and bring your binoculars & checklist! |
| Science Geography History | Africa | Learn about some African instruments | Explore Africa | Animal skin matching | Read some of the plaques/info boards at the zoo |