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  Penguins thematic unit    TPT $6.50  free preview

72 pages.  Includes the following plus the information below:

  • color ffg with colors/words/Spanish words
  • counting ffg with numbers/words/Spanish words
  • word wall
  • sentence wall
  • pre-writing ws
  • print practice ws
  • theme word practice sheet
  • upper & lowercase alpha print ws
  • lacing
  • alpha cards
  • calendar/number cards
  • arcostic poem ws

  • graph/die & addition cards for colored fish cracker
  • 4 word and number strip puzzles working predators and lifecycle
  • sizing penguins with size and ordinal count labels
  • mini booklet working color words and sight words his/hers
  • alpha board game working vowels and predators
  • KWL headers
  • cool penguin bookmarks
  • nature notebook for penguins study
  • penguin shape book cover and lined pages
  • pull tab word families for ice/seal/fish
  • patterning ffg
  • roll a penguin game

                                                                   
ws=worksheet    ffg=file folder game

 craft   print

A fun craft for the kids, these can also be made out of foam to use during circle time, penguin readings, and dramatic play for the duration of the theme. The picture is of a 1 yo and 2 yo I did this craft with. The simple lines make it a perfect craft for younger children to learn teacher assisted cutting, gluing and coloring. Because of their age, I printed the beaks out on orange stock to reduce the amount of coloring. We also used black circles for the eyes with a touch of white-out in the corner, instead of google eyes (choking hazard). For older children doing independently, provide clothes pins to use to secure their gluing as the curves tend to make the items pop off. I would also provide a beak template and have older children trace and cut those as an added skill. I find that 2 strips of 2" X ll" card stock overlapped slightly and secured works fine for the headband for most preschoolers. I usually staple rather than tape these for added strength, and place the front decorative item over the center of the strip to hide some of the staples and have the other set centered in the back.

Skills: cut, paste, coloring/fine motore, tracing, problem solving, following directions
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  Resources Needed for Curriculum

My Itsy Bitsy Penguin Book
Penguin Lowercase Dot to Dot
In Praise of Penguins Poem by Robin Bernard (down a ways on page, I copied into a nice frame and laminated for posting and future use)
Penguin Story On-Line, Interactive Non-fiction, Starfall
Penguin Story On-Line, Interactive Fiction, Nick Jr
Color by Addition Penguin  (low numbers suitable for preschoolers)
Penguin Fuse Bead Magnet (Intended as a pin project, we just use the penguin with no blue outline, and fuse beads to create. Attach magnet.)
Penguin Facts
A Penguin Grows Up (Teachers aid to be read to children and discussed)

  Additional Resources

Rockhopper Penguin Coloring Page
Happy Feet Penguin Coloring Page
Seaworld Penguin Cam
Penguin On-Line Puzzles
Interactive World Map of Penguin Habitats
Penguin On-line Games
Save the Egg Game Nat Geo




 poetry visual print

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  songs and fingerplays

Marching Penguin

Peter, Peter penguin. . .marching by
Toes turned out and head held high (look up)
With a long black coat and a clean white vest
Peter, Peter penguin your the best

Have You Ever Seen A Penguin? (Have you seen a Lassie?)

Have you ever seen a penguin?
A penguin. . .a penguin!
Have you ever seen a penguin swim this way and that way?
Swim this way and that way . . . and this way and that way?
Have you ever seen a penguin swim this way and that? (Slide, waddle)

Mr. Penguin (On Top of Old Smokey)

On top of an iceberg,All covered with snow
I saw my first penguin.I wanted to know.
Oh is it a bird?Or is it a fish?
I look at his feathers,And knew which was which.
I said, "Mr. Penguin,Which species are you?"
He said, I'm emperor.And not a gentoo."
I said, "Mr. Penguin,What's under your patch?"
He said, "It's an egg,It's ready to hatch,"
I said, "Mr. Penguin,Oh where is your wife?"
"She's out in the ocean,She'll be back tonight."
Said Mr. Penguin,"Her name is Jill.
She's out in the ocean,Feeding on krill."
The next thing I knew,I heard a peep.
And I saw a chick,At the emperor's feet.



I’m a King Penguin (Eency, Weency Spider)

I'm a King Penguin
Black and white
living at the South Pole
Day and night.
One big egg I lay
and fish I eat.
I hold my egg
upon my feet.

Little Penguins (Twinkle, Twinkle)

Little penguins black and white
On the ice, what a sight!
See them waddle, see them glide.
Watch them as they slip and slide.
Little penguins black and white
On the ice, what a sight!

Little penguins black and white
On the ice, what a sight!
See them dive in the water blue.
See them catch a fish or two.
Little penguins black and white
On the ice, what a sight!

Penguin Family (drama adapted from finger play)

One royal penguin . .feeling very blue
Called for his brother then there were two
Two royal penguins. . .swimming in the sea
Called for their sister then there were three

Three royal penguins waddle on the shore
Call for their mother, then there were four
Four royal penguins learning how to dive
Call for their father, then there were five

I Know a Little Penguin (I'm a LittleTeapot)

I know a little penguin
Who sat on some blocks,
He swam in the ocean
And he climbed on some rocks!
He snapped at a seagull,
He snapped at a seal,
He snapped at a fish,
Oh, what a meal!


  crafts

Foot Print Penguin - Paint just the sole of the child’s foot (no toes) with black paint and press onto blue paper, add orange beak and feet, google eyes and white circle for stomach. Tear and crinkle wax paper and paste onto background for ice bergs.

Paper Plate Penguins - Paper plate body, black circle for head, white and black circles for eyes, orange triangle for beak, black ovals for wings, orange Ws for feet.

  food crafts

Tuna Salad - tuna, mayo, dash of onion powder, pickle relish

 activities

Penguin Waddle Race - Have children waddle like penguins with their hands splayed out and feet together as fast as they can in a race.

Move the Baby Chick - Provide bean bags and have children try to move a certain distance keeping their beanbag on the tops of their feet.

Iceberg Hop – Use carpet squares as icebergs and children must jump from iceberg to iceberg as color/direction/number directed. Example: Youngest child: move to the red square. Oldest child: move 2 squares to the right.




  sensory   

  • Styrofoam pieces for ice bergs
  • Blue metalic paper for water
  • Toy penguins/sharks/whales/seals/fish

  dramatic play

  • Fish [fill socks, tie end, draw on eye]
  • "Rocks" to build a nest [empty cardboard canisters and boxes]
  • Plush penguins and other ocean creatures
  • Blue sheet to use as water
  • White or cream carpet squares to use as icebergs
  • Large 6-8" plastic Easter eggs or brown/tan socks rolled up

  teaching objectives

  • There are 17 Types of penguins
  • Recognize crested vs non-crested
  • All Penguins live in Southern Hemisphere
  • None live at the N Pole
  • They do not fly
  • They eat fish, squid and krill
  • They keep warm with a layer of blubber
  • Place in the food chain, predators
  • Life cycle
  • Fathers care for and hatch the eggs while the mothers feed