Music to Clean By

Materials

hand bell

record, CD, or cassette player

record, CD, or cassette with lively music

Instructions

1. Take a photo of the children as they are engaged in each step of your daily
schedule.
2. Develop or print the photos. Size them according to how large you want
your chart to be (4" x 6" or 5" x 7" work well).
3. Using the glue stick, arrange the photos on the poster board to show the
progression of your day. You can make the chart linear (working left to right
from the top of the poster board to the bottom) or vertical (a straight line
from the top of the poster board to the bottom). Leave room at the top of
the poster board for the header: Our Daily Activities.
4. Use markers to create a caption under each photo. For example, under the
photo of children eating breakfast, simply print "breakfast." Under the photo
of children engaged in center time activities, print "centers."
5. Show the children how to refer to the activity chart throughout the day.
When a child asks "When is center time?" instead of answering the question,
take the child to the chart and help her to interpret the photo sequence and
determine when center time is during the day.
Literacy: Make a Daily Activities Book for each child. Print a picture of each
daily activity for each child or simply copy them in black and white on a copier.
Give the photos to the children and have them paste each photo on a half
sheet of construction paper. Help the children print captions under each photo.
Let each child create an individual front and back cover. Punch holes along the
edge of each sheet of paper and use yarn to bind the pages together.
More Literacy: Make an Our Daily Activities big book for class use. Print the
photos out in 8" x 10" size and use the glue stick to affix each photo to a piece
of 11 x 15 inch poster board. Instead of a simple caption under each photo,
work together with the children to create a story about their day. Print the story
under the photos. Let the children create a front and back cover. Punch holes
along the edge of each piece of poster board. Use yarn to bind the pages
together.
Math: Print a copy of each photo, use the glue stick to affix each one to a 4 x 6
inch card and laminate them for durability. Let the children use them as a
sequencing activity.
Home-to-School Connection: Make one special Our Daily Activities book for
the parents. Follow the instructions for making a book for each child. However,
under each photo print a comment about what the children are learning
through participating in the activity. For example, under the photo of the
children eating breakfast you could print: "When the children serve themselves,
they are developing important skills, such as independence and self-reliance.
When they pour milk from a pitcher, they are using their fine motor skills and
developing eye-hand coordination. When they sit together in a small group
and eat they are developing good social skills." Let the children take turns
taking the book home to read with their parents.