Letter I- Indians

Circle Time-
Welcome to preschool
Songs
Calendar
Weather
Theme- Letter I- Indians.
Game

Letter Time-

Exploration
Talk about Indians. What they ate, where they lived and what they wore.
Hunters-gatherers
Told stories, they didn’t write them down.
Indian Names- Give each child an Indian name(Little Scout, running bear, morning star, strong deer, wise rabbit, day star, thunder, new sun, burning fire, little one, beautiful butterfly, white flower)

Discover Corner
Make Indian headdresses.
Make totem poles

Snack-
Teepee's- Sugar cones with frosting and decorations

Physical Activity-
Have children put on headdresses and then paint their faces.

Song
I’m a little Indian on the go,
Here is my arrow, here is my bow
When I go a hunting, here me shout
Bears and Buffalo better watch out.

Story Circle-
The Brave Little Indian: Little Scout was an Indian boy. (Hold two fingers at back of head for feathers.) He was so brave (Fold arms across chest), and strong.(Show muscles in arms) He took his bow and arrow. (Hands holding a bow and arrow ready to shoot.) And hunted all day long. (Put hand over eyes to shade them from the sun.) He wanted to catch the grizzly, A great ENORMOUS (Loudly) bear, GRRRRRRRRR (Loudly) (Hold hands up like claws, spread fingers and growl.) He took his bow and arrow, (Holding the bow and arrow ready to shoot again.) And hunted everywhere. (Shade eyes again.) He looked along the river, As he paddled his canoe. (Paddling holding canoe oars with hands.) He climbed up on the hill. ( Moving arms and feet like climbing.) To get a better view. (Shade eyes like looking all around.) He saw a furry rabbit, with his cottontail (Both hands wiggle behind their bums.) and tall ears. (Hands make tall ears.) And there, with great huge antlers, (Spread fingers on either side of their heads.) He could see a pretty deer. And suddenly from behind a rock came Mr. Grizzly Bear (Say this progressively louder, and growl, raise hands like claws and look mean.) Little Scout took one look, (Shade eyes and look) and ran away from there! (Turn and Run!!!!!)