1) All About Me Book Take a picture of them at the beginning of the week Xerox copy of a TV screen and put the photo in the middle of the screen On the back they put favorites... foods, colors, activities. 2) Fingerprint Art Make designs using fingerprints & add details. Using green marker make a line of fingerprints to form a caterpillar. Draw on face, legs & antennae. Chick: press yellow fingerprint on paper. Draw a orange triangle for beak and black dots for eyes. Add orange legs. People: Use flesh tones make fingerprints. Add face details,hair etc. flowers, pigs, fish, balloons,etc. 3) Fingerprints The detection & identification of crimals by fingerprints has been used by the police forces of the world for about 100 years. As yet,no two fingerprints have been found the same. Fingerprints are also used to identify people who have died or suffered memory loss. An easy way to make a fingerprint is to use a washable marker on the tip of your finger, press your finger on a paper. Let the class make a fingerprint mural. The children can explore the similarities & variations of fingerprints. 4) Floss Demo Pass out dental floss & give a demo. on how to floss your teeth. Ask a dentist to come visit.I've never had one turn me down for a school visit. 5) Game For Circle Time Matching a foot to a shoe trace each foot and shoe. Try to match each. 6) Handprint Tree On a large piece of mural paper paint a tree trunk w/branches. Let the children dip hands into paint & press hands onto the tree for leaves. This is so cute.Great for all age groups.Toddlers/infants. I always put a sign next to the tree that reads> Would you believe we have 64 bones in our hands & arms alone. Wow! 7) Heartbeat/Take A Pulse Ask the children to feel for a pulse at a relaxed state feel the neck area for a pulse. Now run in place hard. Feel your pulse & talk about the differences. 8) Height Measure each child's height on a construction paper balloon. Yarn is measured to the length of the child and numbers written on the balloon, post it on your wall. File at the end of the unit in the child's file and redo in 6 months. 9) Humming Ask a child to hum a song.His mouth must be kept closed while humming. Bet him/her that you can make them stop humming by touching them with two fingers. If they look suspicious, promise it won't hurt. While the child is humming, gently pinch their nose. The child will not be able to hum another note! Here's why: Humming sounds are made by air passing over your vocal cords. When your air supply is cut off, you cannot make a sound. Hold your hand against the front of your throat. Now hum. Can you feel the vibration of your vocal cords? My kids like to try this on mom or dad. 10) Look What My Body Can Do HERE ARE MY EYES. WHAT DO THEY DO? BLINK AND CRY AND SHINE BRIGHT BLUE. HERE IS MY NOSE WHAT DOES IT DO? BREATHES AND SMELLS AND SOMETIMES KER-CHOOS! HERE ARE MY HANDS. WHAT DO THEY DO? SWING AND CATCH AND WAVE HI TO YOU. HERE ARE MY FEET. WHAT DO THEY DO? JUMP AND RUN AND WALK TO THE ZOO! 11) Murals MAKE A FOOTPRINT MURAL/MAKE A HANDPRINT MURAL 12) My Face Make their own face out of construction paper and markers. 13) Parts Of The Body "Me in Preschool Collage" Cutout whole body... gingerbread shape of tagboard. Use buttons, nicknacks, pasta, noodles, rice, lace, yarn, fabric scraps. 14) Put Your Finger (Song) sung to "There's a Spider on the Floor." Put your finger on your head, on your head, Put your finger on your head, on your head, Put your finger on your head, there's a dragon in your bed, Put your finger on your head, on your head. Put your finger on your ear, on your ear, Put your finger on your ear, on your ear, Put your finger on your ear, is a Stegasaurus near, Put your finger on your ear, on your ear. Put your finger on your nose, on your nose, Put your finger on your nose, on your nose, Put your finger on your nose, does an elephant have toes, Put your finger on your nose, on your nose. Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek, Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek, Put your finger on your cheek, and eat ice cream for a week, Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek. Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek, Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek, Put your finger on your cheek, and eat ice cream for a week, Put your finger on your cheek, on your cheek. Put your finger on your wrist, on your wrist, Put your finger on your wrist, on your wrist, Put your finger on your wrist, should a crocodile be kissed, Put your finger on your wrist, on your wrist. Put your finger on your tummy, on your tummy, Put your finger on your tummy, on your tummy, Put your finger on your tummy, do you think a frog is funny, Put your finger on your tummy, on your tummy. Put your finger on your thigh, on your thigh, Put your finger on your thigh, on your thigh, Put your finger on your thigh, would you eat a spider pie, Put your finger on your thigh, on your thigh. Put your finger on your knee, on your knee, Put your finger on your knee, on your knee, Put your finger on your knee, would a dinosaur eat me, Put your finger on your knee, on your knee. 15) Rice Cake Faces Spread with PB, use raisins, red hots, choc chips nuts make own face for snacks. 16) Song (sing to "The Bear went over the Mountain). My fingers are starting to wiggle, My fingers are starting to wiggle, My fingers are starting to wiggle, Wiggle all around. (My hands, arms, head, are starting to wiggle, etc.) At the very end, I pause for a long time. Until all the kids are perfectly still and quiet. Then.......after the anticipation is built. I break into the last verse, while shaking like jello, LOL . My whole body's starting to wiggle, My whole body's starting to wiggle, My whole body's starting to wiggle, I guess I'll just sit down. (and drop to the floor, in fits of giggles!!) I substitute more body parts each time we sing it. I sometimes ask the kids for suggested body parts. We also do it fast and slow, up and down, frontward and backwards. This song gets the wiggles out when they are stir crazy. I use it just before story time alot. 17) Theres a wiggle in my toe and its something we all know I'd love to stop the wiggle 'casue it makes me wanna giggle I've done everything I can, and I hope that you will know I just cant stop, the wiggle in my toe OhhhhhhNoooooo theres a wiggle in my feet ______________ I'd love to stop the wiggle makes me wanna giggle I've done everything I can even tried to __________ I just cant stop the wiggle in my feet, and in my toe Ohhhh Noooooooooo Theres a wiggle in my seat and ______________ I'd love to stop the wiggle casue it makes me wanna giggle I've done everything I can__________________ I just cant stop the wiggle in my seat, and in my feet, and in my toe Ohhhh Nooooooooo (then tummy (and i know it may seem funny) then head (and its something we all dread) 18) Writing My name... work on identifying their own names by sight.