Nyitnikék óvoda 2021. november – december

Busy Bee Group 

November 2 – 5 2021 –  Autumn vegetables

Small ones:

Vocabulary:
potato, carrot, pepper, cucumber, pumpkin, onion, corn, bean, pea

Circle time
Showing different vegetables for the children and they have to find out what is that.

Matching game
Children have to match the colors with the vegetables.

Arts and crafts

• Coloring sheet ( carrot)

Song
 

 The Vegetable Song


Big ones:

Vocabulary:
potato, onion, carrot, garlic, pepper, broccoli, corn, pumpkin, cucumber, bean, pea, mushroom

What do you like?
• I like… (children have to answer for the question)
Do you like carrot?
• Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

Circle time
Showing vegetables for children and they have to find out what is that.

Matching game
Match the vegetables with the colors (carrot=orange, corn=yellow)

Guessing game
• Is it a fruit or a vegetable?
• Children have to find out where do vegetables grow? (above ground/below ground)



Song:
 The Vegetable Song

Arts and crafts
• Coloring sheet



November 8- November 12 2021– 2 legged farm animals

Small ones:

Vocabulary:
duck, duckling, hen, rooster, chic, goose, turkey

Guessing game
• Children have to find out what animal is on the picture.
• Animal sound guessing game

Song:
 Old MacDonald had a farm


Coloring sheet




Big ones

Vocabulary
duck, duckling, hen, rooster, chic, goose, turkey, head, beak, eyes, legs, wings, feet -

Guessing game
• Children have to find out what animal is on the picture.
• Animal sound guessing game

-Do you have a….? Game
• Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.

-Parts of a bird




Song: 
 Old MacDonald had a farm

Coloring sheet



November 15- November 19 2021 –  Hibernating animals

Small ones:

Vocabulary
bear, hedgehog, mouse, turtle, frog, snake, snail, squirrel, cave

Discussing
• Before hibernation what do animals have to do?
• What do they eat?
• Where does the bear hibernate?

Guessing game
What hibernating animal do you see? ( using stuffed animals)

Song:
 Hibernation Song

Coloring sheet



The Mitten story
Performing with puppets




Big ones

Vocabulary
bear, hedgehog, ladybug, mouse, snake, snail, squirrel, turtle, frog, wasp, butterfly, badger, cave, grass, meadow, hibernate, leaf, leaves, log, burrow

Discussing
• What is hibernation?
• Before hibernation what do animals have to do?
• What do they eat?
• Where do they hibernate?




Body part of bear



Guessing game
What hibernating animal do you see? (using stuffed animals)

Circle time activity
• Finger play
• Movement activity

The Mitten story
Performing with puppets



Song: 
 Hibernate


Which animals hibernate?

Coloring sheet




November 29 – December 3, 2021 Advent

Vocabulary:
Candle, decoration, happy, winter, snow, snowman

Songs:
Advent song
Advent is the time to wait
No quite time to celebrate
Count the candles one by one
Until Advent time is done
Day by day we work and play
To prepare for Christmas day

 S-A-N-T-A
 I am A Little Snowman




Arts and crafts


December 6- December 10, 2021 Santa Claus

Vocabulary:
Santa Claus, snowman, present, bell, elf, snowflake, toy, candy

Songs and rhymes
 S-A-N-T-A
 Little Snowflake
 10 Little Elves


Games:
1. Counting snowflakes 1 to 10 and 1 to 12
2. Playing with flashcards
3. Memory game
4. Guessing game

Arts and crafts



December 13- December 17 and December 20- December 21, 2021 Christmas

Vocabulary:
Christmas tree, present, Christmas ornaments, decorate, star, lights, gingerbread (man), candy, candy cane, bow, elf (elves),

Songs:
 Santa's On His Way
 Jingle Bells


Video:
 Peppa Pig – Merry Christma


Games:
Christmas ornaments guessing game
Decorating the Christmas tree
Memory game

Arts and crafts:
Making and decorating gingerbread cookies
Making Holiday parent gifts

Cricket Group 

November 2 – 5 2021 – Topic: Parts of the day

Vocabulary:
morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, have breakfast, wash your face, go to the kindergarten, play a lot, have lunch, have a rest, ride a bike, have dinner, sleep

Songs and Rhymes:
 The Goodmorning Train
 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Games
 • Play the events of a day: wake up, have breakfast, wash your face, go to the kindergarten, play a lot, have lunch, have a rest, ride a bike, have dinner, sleep
• We group the cards by time of day. We have 4 groups (morning, noon, afternoon, evening)

     

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator

08 November – 12 November 2021 –  Topic: St. Martin’s Day

Vocabulary:
goose, geese, lantern, light, shine

Songs and Rhymes:
• Let your little light shine



Games:
• Goose dance: step to the left, step to the right, sit down, lean forward, wings up, move your bottom, stretch your neck, circle your neck to the left, circle your neck to the right
• St. Martin's Day goose collecting game: we have a lot of goose card, we can count them, create and compare groups (numbers 1-10)
• Where is St. Martin?: children are the geese, and one of them is St. Martin. The children sit and the kindergarten teacher goes around and asks several times: Where is St. Martin? - Children start saying: honk, honk, honk, and the teacher finds St. Martin.

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator


15 November – 19 November 2021 –  Topic: Forest animals, getting ready for winter

Vocabulary:
bird feeder, seeds, bear, hedgehog, rabbit, deer, fox, wolf, owl

Songs and Rhymes:
• Where is bear ?:
Where is bear?
Where is bear?
Here I am!
Here I am!
How are you this winter?
Very tired, thank you!
Go to sleep, go to sleep!

 Walking In The Forest

Games:
• Forest animals food: pair the animals with the food (frog eats flies, owl eats mice, fox eats hens, bear eats honey, squirrel eats acorns, wolf eats meat, woodpecker eats caterpillars, moose eats apples)
• Forest animals and their home: puzzle game.



• Where is bear? - circle game: We stand in a circle, holding hands.We put a bear hat on, she/he is the bear. We walk around and sing the bear song. To the how are you question the bear step in the middle of the circle, and go to sleep. We wake the bear up together and that child can choose another kid to be the bear.

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator, laptop

22 November - 26 November 2021 – Topic: Thanksgiving and Advent

Vocabulary:
Thanksgiving - being thankful, turkey, roasted turkey, dinner.

Songs and Rhymes:

• Turkey song:
“ A turkey is a silly bird. His head goes wobble, wobble. “
“And all he knows is just one word. Gobble, gobble, gobble. “


• Advent song:



 If Your Are Thankful and You Know It
 Do The Turkey Hop


Games:
Why are you thankful? - Each kid has to say why they are thankful.

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator, laptop


29 November - 03 December 2021 – Topic: Winter clothes

Vocabulary:
winter clothes - mittens, gloves, coat, jacket, scarf, hat, pullover, boots

Songs and Rhymes:
 Put On Your Shoes


• Mitten chant:



• Santa Claus is coming to town:




Games:
1. Winter clothes sorting: We put down a pile of clothes on the rug. A kid has to choose one, then name it and put it down the way we wear it (for example: pullover goes under the coat).
2. Mittens and gloves “hunt”: We hid some gloves and mittens all around the room. The children have to find them, one mitten/glove per kid, then come back to the rug. If they have a mitten, they have to jump 5 times, if they have a glove then clap 3 times.
3. Snowky Pokey: We do the well known hokey pokey song in a winter theme. “You put your right mitten in. You put your right mitten out. You put your right mitten in and shake it all about. Do the snowky pokey and you turn yourself around. Brrrr! (shiver) That’s what it’s all about!” (left mitten, right boot, left boot, your hat)

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator, laptop


06 December - 10 December 2021 – Topic: Santa Claus is here!

Vocabulary:
Santa Claus, reindeer, elf, snowflake

Songs and Rhymes:
• Santa Claus is coming to town
• Winter song: Winter song - move our hands and fingers like the snow is falling. Days are short - hands are close to each other. Nights are long - hands are far away. Wind is cold - we shiver. Nose, ears, toes - we touch the body parts. Put on coat,hat - we imitate to dress up.



 Up On The Housetop
 Gingerbread Man Dance and Freeze

Games:
1. Santa Claus dress up game. He lost his clothes, the kids have to find the boots, pants, hat, mittens, beard, coat.
2. Santa Claus, Reindeer, Elf puzzle
3.Santa, Santa what do you smell/ feel, see, hear, eat? For each question we show the children one item. Smell - gingerbread man, feel - snowflake, see - christmas tree, hear - bell, eat - candy cane.

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator, laptop

13 December - 17 and 20-21 December 2021 – Topic: Christmas

Vocabulary:
Christmas - christmas tree (decorate), ornaments, candy cane, gingerbread man, present, snowflake, elf (elves)

Songs and Rhymes:


• Jingle bells: While singing the song they can use an instrument: triangles, bell, tambourine.
• We wish you a Merry Christmas:
  “We wish you a Merry Christmas
  We wish you a Merry Christmas
  We wish you a Merry Christmas
  And a Happy New Year!”

 Decorate The Christmas Tree
 10 Little Elves
 Little Snowflake
(sing it with a paper snowflake)

Games:
1. Decorate the Christmas tree with ornaments: The kids choose one ornament from a bowl and have to name it. (present, candy cane, star, gingerbread man, reindeer, Santa Claus, snowflake)
2. Singing Christmas songs with instruments (triangle, bells, tambourine)

Materials:
flashcards, printer, laminator, laptop