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The GIANT Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for 3-Year-Olds

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The GIANT Encyclopedia of Preschool Activities for 3-Year-Olds

 

Materials

  • Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer
  • Objects that make sounds

 

What to do

1. Read Sounds All Around to the children. Discuss how we hear with our ears and talk about different sounds we make.

2. Imitate sounds that animals make. Then sing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm."

3. Ask each child to bring in an object from home that makes a sound, or provide an assortment of objects from around the room.

4. After each child shows and tells about what he brought, put all the objects in another part of the room.

5. Ask one child at a time to go to that part of the room and make a sound with one of the objects. The other children guess what object made the sound.


More to do

There are many activities in the back of the book for you to try.

  • Music: Ask the children to choose rhythm instruments. One at a time, each child plays his instrument. Talk about the sound. Is it loud? Soft? And so on. Encourage the children to march to music and play their instruments.
  • Outdoors: Take a walk outside and listen to all the sounds. Back in the room, discuss the sounds heard on the walk. Encourage the children to imitate the sounds they heard as other children guess what they are.

 

-Wendy Pfeffer, Pennington, NJ

Instructions

1. Talk about grandmothers. Ask the children to talk about at least one of their
grandmothers. What does grandma look like? Is she big or small? Does she
wear glasses? When do you see your grandmother?
2. Encourage the children to draw pictures of their grandmothers.
3. Send a note home to parents asking them to let their child bring in an object
they received from their grandmothers. These can be anything, including
cookies or candy. Encourage the children to discuss these objects during circle
time.
4. Invite the grandmothers to come in for "Grandmother Day." The children can
sing to them and serve them cookies and juice.
Note: Children who do not have a grandmother may substitute another
significant adult, such as a parent, babysitter, aunt, and so on.
More to do
Math: Ask the children to count how many people are in their families (mom,
dad, brothers, sisters, grandparents, and so on)
Snack and Cooking: If a grandmother sends cookies (or another food) to school,
ask her to supply the recipe. Make the cookies with the children and call them
"Sally's grandmother's cookies," and so on.
Social Development: When the grandmothers come in, teach the children how
to make simple introductions.

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