SAMPLE OF PRESCHOOL SKILLS SHEET THEME: FROM A SEED         MINI THEME: AMAZING BUTTERFLIES The Mother Goose Time program is carefully planned to include activities with a balance of important preschool skill experiences. The activities are designed to help children grow and develop socially, emotionally, physically and intellectually.

The following categorizes a sampling of SOME of one month's activities: PHYSICAL FINE MOTOR GROSS MOTOR SENSORY EXPERIENCES Growing Grass pg. 7 "Beautiful Butterfly" pg. 38 My Letters pg. 43 "Keep Off the Grass" - game pg. 9 "The Caterpillar Crawl" pg. 34 "Roly-Poly Ball Roll" - game pg. 40 Peanut Butter Playdough pg. 12 Tub of Fun pg. 26 Bread Dough Caterpillars pg. 42 SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SELF ESTEEM INTERACTION WITH OTHERS: COOPERATION; MANNERS; SHARING SAFETY; SELF-HELP; INDEPENDENCE FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS Children's Name Tags pg. 3 Garden Flower Bookmark pg. 18 Flying Butterflies - art pg. 36 "Pet the Pooram  Elephant" pg. 2 "Pass the Apple" pg. 20 "Around the Circle" pg. 27 Safe "T" pg. 9 Apple Muffins pg. 20 Sunflower Treat pg. 24 "Eat an Apple" pg. 20 "The Yellow  Sunflower pg. 26 "Finding Butterfly  Wings" pg. 32 COGNITIVE LANGUAGE EXPERIENCES LISTENING SKILLS: AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION SPACE; TIME Show and Tell pg. 11 American Sign Language pg. 36 I Spy pg. 37 "Erin's Seeds" pg. 5 Mother Goose's Rhyming Exercise pg. 14 "Finding Butterfly Wings" pg. 32 Circle Time Calendar pg. 1 Happy Cinco de Mayo pg. 8 Mother's Day pg. 18 CLASSIFICATION; SERIATION SEQUENCING; SORTING MATH: PATTERNING; MEASUREMENT; GRAPHING; ESTIMATION, ETC. KNOWLEDGE Mother Goose's Book pg. 22 My Growing Seed Book pg. 24 Math Manipulatives pg. 41 Hands-On Number 7 pg. 16 Apple Seed Match pg. 19 Estimation pg. 25 How Seeds are Planted pg. 14 Discovery Project Sheet pg. 34 "From Caterpillar to Butterfly" pg. 35 PROBLEM-SOLVING; REASONING; SPATIAL SKILLS VISUAL SKILLS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY SCIENCE: OBSERVATION; PREDICTIONS; COMPARISONS; ORDERING Twenty Questions pg. 4 Mother Hubbard's Guessing Game pg. 7 What If? pg. 9 Seed Dominoes pg. 10 Where's Mother Goose's Hat? pg. 19 My Letters pg. 43 Exploring Grass pg. 8 Observe Seed Growth pg. 14 Butterfly - theme memento pg. 40 NUMBER/LETTER/ SHAPE/COLOR ACTIVITES CREATIVE EXPRESSION MUSIC, RHYTHM AND MOVEMENT FINE MOTOR GROSS MOTOR SENSORY EXPERIENCES Wall Display Activities pg. 4 Basics Cards pg. 13 Letter i Butterfly pg. 32 Watering Seeds - creative dramatics pg. 22 "I'm a Hungry Caterpillar" pg. 36 "Fuzzy Caterpillar" pg. 42 "Peas, Peas, Goober Peas" pg. 12 "Mary's Garden" pg. 17 "Butterfly Dance" pg. 36