One

Sand Tray
Time: 9:35- 10:35 am
Small Group

Two
Making Shapes
Time: 9:35-10:35

Purpose and intent/Learning

Purpose and intent/Learning Focus:
For children to match up two halves of one
Focus:
For children to practice writing the shape to make a whole shape.
letters in the alphabet in the sand.

Three
Cookie Jar Counting
Time: 9:35-10:35
Purpose and intent/Learning Focus:
For the children to count the number of
chocolate chips on each cookie and match it
to the correct written number.

Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes:
The child will be able to count 1-10
The children to be able to make a whole
Learning Outcomes:
shape
out
of
two
half
shapes.
Once
they
are
by counting the number of
The children will be able to identify
the letters they see by saying that done matching up the shape, they will say chocolate chips.
out loud that they see in front of them.
letter out loud when writing it in
the sand. The child will be able to
listen to the directions given and
perform them with no problem.
Experience Description:
The child will be able to use their
The children will pull a cookie out of the
hand-eye coordination to imitate
Experience
Description:
cookie jar and count the number of chocolate
the letters they see on paper to
I
will
have
popsicle
sticks
with
half
of
a
chips on it out loud. Once they figure out the
the sand.
shape on them so the children can find the number of chocolate chips on the cookies
matching piece to make a whole shape. I will they will match the number of chocolate
Experience Description:
provide picture shape cards with the shapes chips to the hand written number.
I will have the letters written out on card
stock for the children to look at while they name on it for children to look off of incase
work on writing the letters in the sand. Once they need something to help them out.
they have done that they will repeat the
letter they see verbally.

Materials:
Tray

Materials:
Popsicle Sticks
Markers
Picture shape cards

Materials:
Cookie jar
Cookies
Number cards

Sand
Letter cards A-Z
Plastic square container
Specific developmental concepts or skills Specific developmental concepts or skills
to assess:
to assess:

Concepts: Geometry & Spatial Sense; Shape Concepts: Number & Operations, Data
Analysis & Probability
Specific developmental concepts or skills
Skills:
to assess:
Understanding how to put two halves Skills:
Fine Motor; grasping
of a shape to make a whole shape.
Concepts: Alphabet Knowledge
Identifying Shapes name.
Counting,
Representing
Skills:
Understanding that letters
Organizing
have different shapes.
Identifying some letters by
name.
Fine Motor; grasping