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Transitions Closing Circle appropriate for your group) have visuals. Have children answer charting with whiteboard/pocket chart/etc. *See Meal Time Discussion Below Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: “Pass the ice cube” – Play a song on a CD and pass an ice cube around the circle. Notice what is happening to the ice cube. When children notice their hands getting wet and the ice cube getting smaller, tell them that the heat from their hands warmed the ice cube and it started to melt. The coldness of the ice made your hands colder. Pass it around until the ice is gone and all that’s left are wet hands. The ice was solid and then it became a liquid! Relaxation: Transition: SS Brain Builder Closing Circle: Review with the full counting each column and writing the numeral; then Discussion: Follow up on QOTD: Talk about the 3 items – What do they have in common? What do we know about them? Can we change their shape? Can we pour them? Help children recognize that they are solids. Have children recall how solids are different from liquids. Have children name a few solids. Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: Choose a math activity Music/Movement: Freeze Dance (see below) & I'm a Little Ice Cube (tune: I'm a Little Teapot) I'm a little ice cube, frosty and square, I make things icy cold everywhere. If it gets too warm, I better watch out, "Cause I will melt, there is no doubt. Relaxation: Transition: Up and Down, pg, 44 Transition Magician Have this message written in advance and read it aloud during meeting, asking for children’s “help.” Engage children in noticing concepts of print, such as where to start reading and which direction to go, a long word vs. a short word, etc. Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: What’s Beneath the Bowl? Pg. 53 Transition Magician Music/Movement: SS song & one other Relaxation: Transition: SS Skill Activity Closing Circle: Goodbye song weeks (colors, water/ice, water and cornstarch mixed together). What else can change? Ask children to explain their thinking. “How do you know that changes?” Review daily schedule and rules now and throughout the day Transition: SS Activity Music/Movement: Freeze Dance & I’m a Little Ice Cube Relaxation: Transition: SS Builder- Closing Circle: Goodbye song
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