The Pond Lesson Plan Theme – This category has all the preschool pond unit ideas within it. There is one complete theme, songs, finger plays, art project ideas, science and more.
As a Quick Reference Tip: If you look above the title of each post, directly above the large title picture you can see all the activities that can be used with the theme. Clicking on those words will also bring you to additional ideas to use within that preschool lesson plan theme.
This set was at our local library for story time and part of their hands on exploration for the children. I have also seen it mentioned in a few additional places and it gets pretty good reviews. So, I decided to do a little review on the product.
Save a copy of this image Five Little Monkeys Swinging in a Tree. Use the copy on your phone or iPad to recall the words to songs and organize your themed songs and fingerplays.
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The Web of Life Game Info and Printable will help preschool students construct a food web to learn how all living things in an ecosystem are interconnected and energy for life comes from the sun.
Download and use this frog as a coloring page or in any art project for your pond units. Read More
Use the link in red below to download and print the PDF file “Fish Maze” page. You can laminate the page and use it as a center activity or otherwise as a worksheet. In the coming weeks I will be adding more selections.
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The Pond Theme
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Download and print the turtle pattern using the red link below. You can use the pattern for simply coloring or you can have the children rip small pieces of tissue paper and glue it on, sponge paint or use water colors.
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The dragonflies turned out so cute! I created a pattern and then printed out copies onto regular printing paper. If I do it again for watercolor painting, I would chose to use thicker paper, such as a lightweight, but stiff construction paper. Geesh! What was I thinking? The watercolors were beautiful but they needed to dry overnight before assembling them.
Print the patterns using the link in below in red. Laminate and mount pieces in file folder. Have the children match the correct colored M&M’s to fish.
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Looking to serve up some snack time fun? How about creating individual Jell-O aquariums? A new feature of NuttinbutPreschool.com will be scrumptious Saturday snacks. Two Saturdays a year, I will feature a new snack for you to make and enjoy with your children.
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