The Nurturing Nest
Family Child Care & Preschool
May 2024 Calendar





 
The following is our skill-based activity calendar for the month of May. Activities are developmentally appropriate, research-based and aligned with state standards. We cover the following skill-based activities: Circle Time Activity, Language & Literacy, Math & Reasoning, Creative Arts and Music & Movement.


  
Day 1

Soil

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Plants Grow in the Soil 
  • Language/Literacy: Dirt Writing   
  • Math and Reasoning: Searching in the Soil 
  • Creative Arts: Soil Collage 
  • Music and Movement: Carrots in the Dirt 
Day 2

Seed

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Garden Buddies 
  • Language/Literacy: Growing Letters  
  • Math and Reasoning: What's in the Garden?  
  • Creative Arts: Seed Mosaic   
  • Music and Movement: Watch Me Grow 
Day 3

Sun & Water

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Community Garden  
  • Language/Literacy: Garden Journal   
  • Math and Reasoning: Not Too Much! 
  • Creative Arts: Growing Grass   
  • Music and Movement: Sun & Storm  
Day 4

Roots

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Roots Deliver  
  • Language/Literacy: Y is for Yam 
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Roots 
  • Creative Arts: Mirrored Roots   
  • Music and Movement: Sweet Potato 
Day 5

Worm

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Worm Paths 
  • Language/Literacy: Digging for Worms  
  • Math and Reasoning: Worm Race 
  • Creative Arts: Worm Painting  
  • Music and Movement: Wiggle Worm 
Day 6

Sprout & Stem

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Moving Like a Plant  
  • Language/Literacy: My Seed Story   
  • Math and Reasoning: Plant Designs  
  • Creative Arts: Onion 
  • Music and Movement: Tears Roll Down 
Day 7

Leaf

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Community of Leaves 
  • Language/Literacy: Loose Parts of Plants 
  • Math and Reasoning: Counting Leaves 
  • Creative Arts: Plant Parts   
  • Music and Movement: Leading Leaves
Day 8

Flower

 
  • Circle Time Activity: First a Flower 
  • Language/Literacy: Pollinating Letter F   
  • Math and Reasoning: Flower Garden  
  • Creative Arts: Sunflower Headband    
  • Music and Movement: Flower Blooming 
Day 9

Produce

 
  • Circle Time Activity: At the Market 
  • Language/Literacy: F Is for Flower 
  • Math and Reasoning: Rabbit Relay 
  • Creative Arts: My Little Garden  
  • Music and Movement: Picking Produce
Day 10

Weeds

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Respectful Bracelet 
  • Language/Literacy: Weeding the Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Weeding the Colors 
  • Creative Arts: Dandelions  
  • Music and Movement: Pulling Weeds
Day 11

Mole

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Build a Tunnel 
  • Language/Literacy: What Do You Like? 
  • Math and Reasoning: Under the Dirt 
  • Creative Arts: Mole Tunnel   
  • Music and Movement: Dancing Mole
Day 12

Crow

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Hide from the Crow 
  • Language/Literacy: Build a Scarecrow  
  • Math and Reasoning: Crow Tools
  • Creative Arts: Feed the Crow  
  • Music and Movement: Scarecrow Scare
Day 13

Rabbit

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Listen Like a Rabbit 
  • Language/Literacy: Bunny Tail Alphabet   
  • Math and Reasoning: Rabbits in the Garden 
  • Creative Arts: Rabbit Mask   
  • Music and Movement: Rabbit Hop
Day 14

Toad

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Frogs & Toads
  • Language/Literacy: Hopping to Letters 
  • Math and Reasoning: Animals in the Garden 
  • Creative Arts: My Pet Toad 
  • Music and Movement: Toads at Night
Day 15

Bee

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Cube Pollination 
  • Language/Literacy: Bee Letters
  • Math and Reasoning: Build a Beehive
  • Creative Arts: Poppies  
  • Music and Movement: Bee Dance
Day 16

Carrot

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Take a Bite! 
  • Language/Literacy: Carrot Letters
  • Math and Reasoning: Garden Dominoes 
  • Creative Arts: Carrot Sewing 
  • Music and Movement: Carrot Top Pop
Day 17

Potato

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Potato Soup
  • Language/Literacy: Potato Race
  • Math and Reasoning: Produce Patterns
  • Creative Arts: Garden Postcard 
  • Music and Movement: Hot Potato
Day 18

Bean

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Jack & the Beanstalk
  • Language/Literacy: Letters on Vines 
  • Math and Reasoning: Measuring with String Beans 
  • Creative Arts: Stone Soup Collage 
  • Music and Movement: Jumping Peas
Day 19

Pea

 
  • Circle Time Activity: Finding Peas 
  • Language/Literacy: Pea Puzzles  
  • Math and Reasoning: Garden Puzzle 
  • Creative Arts: Peas in a Pod  
  • Music and Movement: Jumping Peas
Day 20

Tomato

 
  • Circle Time Activity: How Are You Peeling? 
  • Language/Literacy: Tomato Garden  
  • Math and Reasoning: Tomato Roll 
  • Creative Arts: My Portfolio  
  • Music and Movement: Picking Produce



  



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