Description
Winter science comes alive with Poppy the Penguin, an emperor penguin who grows from egg to chick, juvenile and adult in this penguin life cycle unit for preschool, pre-K and kindergarten, ages 3 to 6. Penguin worksheets cover cut and paste sequencing, parts of a penguin and counting penguins.
Perfect for a January polar animals week at home, in the classroom or at daycare: a 5 day lesson plan, a wall poster that grows one stage a day and a Life Cycle Wheel craft keep your penguin unit organized and save you prep time.
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This unit is part of the Life Cycles Mega Bundle, 12 science units for the whole year. Get the bundle and save big: CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
► You will get 60+ pages, including: ⤵
▴ Preschool & Pre-K and kindergarten black and white worksheets: ⤵
→ Penguin Life Cycle, cut and paste (4 stages)
→ Penguin Life Cycle, cut and paste (3 stages)
→ Trace the Word
→ Trace the Words
→ Color and Label
→ What Comes Next?
→ Parts of a Penguin
→ Count the Penguins
→ Help the Dad
→ Small to Big
→ Draw the Life Cycle
→ My Penguin, draw and write
▴ Teacher Guide with a 5 day lesson plan and assessment pages
▴ Poppy the Penguin, a read-aloud story in color
▴ Wall life cycle poster to build with the class
▴ Mini poster, flash cards and a chant with motions
▴ My Penguin Life Cycle Book (emergent reader)
▴ Pattern coloring pages
▴ Life Cycle Wheel craft with a finished example and templates, plus a color teacher wheel to laminate
▴ Headband and certificate with a handprint penguin
► Pages in US Letter size (8.5 x 11 inches). For A4 paper, choose Fit to Page when printing.
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
The story shares real emperor penguin facts: the mother lays one egg, the father keeps it warm on his feet through the long winter for more than two months, both parents feed the chick, and the young penguin heads to the sea in summer.
A 3 stage cut and paste lets younger children join the same lesson with a smaller step.
Bold lines, large pictures and short directions make every page easy to read, including for children who use visual supports.
✥ PERFECT FOR
◆ Homeschool winter science
◆ Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Science and learning centers
◆ Winter, polar and Antarctic animals theme weeks
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice
◆ Early finishers
★ SKILLS PRACTICED
◆ Sequencing the 4 stages of the penguin life cycle
◆ Science vocabulary: hatch, chick, pouch, juvenile, flipper
◆ Listening and retelling with the penguin story
◆ Counting penguins to 7 and matching numerals
◆ Ordering from small to big
◆ Cutting, gluing, tracing and coloring for fine motor strength
◆ Oral language through the chant and the Life Cycle Wheel
✥ SAVE BIG WITH THE MEGA BUNDLE
Teach a new life cycle every season with all 12 units in one download: pumpkin, apple, turkey, penguin, robin, plant, butterfly, frog, chicken, ladybug, bee and sea turtle. CLICK HERE to see everything inside the Life Cycles Mega Bundle and save big.
TERMS
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