Emergency Plans for Kindergarten
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More
Materials:
o I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont (found in the Everyone section - E Bea)
o Body outline pages
o Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)
Lesson:
o Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what part will be painted next.
o Have students share their favorite part of the story.
o Show students the human body outline. Explain they will be going to the tables and you will re-read the story and this time they will color the matching body part on their paper as you read the story.
o Send students to tables, re-read the story, and pause after each body part is mentioned so they can color the corresponding body part on their page.
o If there is extra time have students return to the carpet and stand a safe distance from one another. Re-read the story and have students touch their bodies when you say the corresponding body part.
Clifford
Materials:
o Any 2 Clifford books by Norman Bridwell (found in the Everyone section - E Bri)
o Clifford coloring page
o Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)
Lesson:
o Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.
o Have students share their favorite part of the story.
o Repeat with 2nd story.
o Send students to tables and have them pick a Clifford picture to color.
Arthur
Materials:
o Any Arthur book by Marc Brown (found in the Everyone section – E Bro)
o Arthur mask page
o Crayons (crayon buckets are on shelves in workroom)
o Scissors (scissors are on shelves in workroom)
o Popsicle sticks (popsicle sticks are on shelves in workroom)
o Glue bottle (glue is on shelves in workroom)
Lesson:
o Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.
o Have students share their favorite part of the story.
o Send students to tables to color their Arthur mask and cut it out.
o When students have cut out their mask glue their popsicle stick onto their mask for them.
Corduroy
Materials:
o Corduroy by Don Freeman (found in the Everyone section – E Fre)
o “Corduroy and other Tales of Friendship” DVD (found in the Video/DVD section)
o TV with DVD player
Lesson:
o Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.
o Have students share their favorite part of the story.
o Show students the “Corduroy” section of the DVD.
o If there is extra time, show students other selections from the DVD.
Tacky the Penguin
Materials:
o Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester (found in the Everyone section – E Les)
o Disney Instrumental CD (in stack of CDs next to CD player)
o CD player (behind checkout desk – move this and plug it in by carpet)
Lesson:
o Read the book to students. Pause periodically for students to make predictions about what will happen next.
o Have students share their favorite part of the story.
o Discuss how Tacky’s friends marched in the story and how Tacky marched.
o Call on a few students one at a time to come up and show how Tacky’s march might look if we did it.
o Have all the students stand up (and move a safe distance apart) and practice marching both the way Tacky’s friends marched and the way Tacky marched.
o Explain to students that when the music is playing they should march like Tacky’s friends and when it stops they should march like Tacky.
o Play and stop the music for the activity.