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The Goodnight Gecko. The Theme:. A bedtime story with an underlying theme of finding out who you are with the help of your family Sub-theme: Taking risk and exploring new places to discover the world “One does not discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.”. Goodnight Gecko Goals:. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Theme:
A bedtime story with an underlying theme of finding out who you are with the help of your family
Sub-theme: Taking risk and exploring new places to
discover the world “One does not discover new lands without losing sight of the shore.”
Goodnight Gecko Goals:
To heighten children’s awareness of rhyme schemes, sequencing events, and to learn facts about geckos.
New Vocabulary to Introduce: Gecko Flutter Fragrant Dew Silver Chirp Frolic Chuckled
Goodnight Gecko Blocks
Add pictures with words to blocks relevant to story theme: Tropical flowers Animals found in
story Moons and stars Ocean Palm trees
Add figures to blocks relevant to story: Geckos Cats Frogs Parrots Tropical fish Insects Palms
Goodnight Gecko Dramatic Play Hawaiian Themes in
Dramatic Play Hawaiian
Shirts/Clothing/Leis Snorkel Babies Straw Hut Props Tropical Play Food:
Pineapples, Coconuts, Bananas
Hibiscus Flowers and Palm Fronds
(All items are clearly labeled with words and picture to promote literacy)
Goodnight Gecko Toys and Games Gecko Egg & Spoon Races Snails Pace Race Board Game Hide the Gecko with a Stuffed Gecko
Directional Words Skill Builder (Over, Under, etc.)
Leap Frog (Leap Gecko) Tropical Animal Bingo (words and
pictures included focusing on vocabulary)
Rhyming Words Dioramas
Goodnight Gecko Art
Hawaiian-style fabric prints Painting with fabric tropical flowers Tissue paper tropical flowers Gecko footprint painting Painting with marbles (spider webs) Fruit Loop leis
Goodnight Gecko Library
To Supplement the Night/Tropical Theme: Goodnight Moon A Color of His Own Rainbow Fish Informational Books on Geckos Hawaiian Travel Brochures Word Wall Felt Board with sequencing cards
Goodnight Gecko Discovery
Field Trip to “Curious Creatures”
Insect Sorting Exploring Tropical
Shells Comparing eggs of
different creatures Maps of tropical
islands made available
Goodnight Gecko Sand & Water Sand
Shells Geckos Beach Toys Eggs
Water Tropical Fish Fishing Poles Tropical Water
Plants Shells
Goodnight Gecko Music and Movement
“Sleeping Geckos” Transition Activity 5 Little Mice Finger Play “All the Children…” Animal
Movement Animal Noise Identification
Goodnight Gecko Cooking
Hawaiian Shaved Ice Tropical Fruit Smoothies Lizard Lick Popsicles Night Sky Playdough Green Pudding Gold Fish on Blue Cream Cheese with
Sand Graham crackersAll recipes are written on chart paper
with step by step directions for the children to follow.
Goodnight Gecko Computers Slide Show of Animals seen in book
and tropical locations Observing Aquarium Screen Saver “Read With Me E- Books” Creating a book using scanned
images of children’s work
Goodnight Gecko Outdoors
Gecko Freeze Tag (name an animal to unfreeze)
“Don’t touch the ground” Island hop obstacle course with individual maps for children to follow
Field Trip to the Beach Nature walk to find what is in our
environment, “draw-what-you-see” observations sheets
Ravenswood Salamander Hunt (or a trip to room 12)
Goodnight Gecko Family
Field Trip to Curious Creatures Field Trip to Beach or Ravenswood
Park Family Picnic with Tropical Foods Share your favorite bedtime
story/ritual and create a class book.