STARS Weekly Plan
Date:
SAMPLE
Focus:
Taking caring of others and myself
Observations:
The children often forget to use their words when they
want something or someone gets in their way. We are still
helping children learn about how many children can be in
each area of the classroom
Goals:
Children will understand that we use words to express our
What do I want the
feelings and that pushing and hitting hurts others.
children to learn?
Objectives:
Take care of friends and toys. Call friends by name.
What do I want the
Use words to tell other how they feel and not hands.
children to be able to do?
Planning for Self Care; Routines and Transitions: Introduce picture card rules
and schedule
Interests, skills or needs
that I have observed or
that have been shared
with me by the family
Planning for Interactions, Activities and Routines
Group Time
(songs, stories,
games)
Morning Art
Afternoon
Art
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Morning Routine: Dance/Stop, Open, Shut Them
Be good to
yourself
Guess who?
Shaving
cream and
food color
Shaving
cream glue
Be good to
yourself
Guess who?
String art/
blue and
yellow paint
Painting
blue &
yellow paint
Be good to
yourself
Be good to
yourself
Finger paint
on paper
Color chalk
white paper
Guess who?
Finger paint
on table
Guess who?
Chalk on
black paper
Friday
Be good to
yourself
Guess who?
Butcher paper
outside on
sidewalk
Free art
Small Groups: Six children outside playing with parachute (10:00,
Tue. & Thur.)
Cooking:
Blueberry Muffins (Friday)
Planning for the Environment
Books/Literacy:
Writing:
Friends book
Paper with friend’s picture on it
Listening:
Friendship tapes
Art/Easel:
Cut and past
Crayons at easel
Blocks:
Science:
Sound and weight blocks
People, cars, wooden animals
Manipulative:
Puzzles (children, self care), peg
boards and pegs
Sensory:
White sand and sifters
Dramatic Play:
Dolls, diaper bags, diapers, clothes and food.
Outdoors: Tricycles (Tue. & Th.)
Music and bubbles (Mon.)
Chalk (Wed.)
Sensory Table with water (Fri.)
Concepts, Ideas and Vocabulary:
Sign language for help, friend, play, hug, think
you, no, yes and stop.
Books:
I Like Me
Hush!
Hands are Not For Hitting