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Ancient Rome theme for preschool group?

by Donna music/TN

Jan 15, 2013

One of my friends just asked me to take over her preschool class for a co-op next week, since I teach preschool music and I teach high school Latin, and the theme she has picked is "Ancient Rome". The only problem is-I'm not exactly sure how to combine those two things! I was hoping some of you would have ideas. I will have about 2 hours with the kids, and have known food sensitivities to wheat (gluten) and milk. The age range is about 2 1/2-5 1/2, and it's mostly boys in the 3-4 year age group. I will have parent assistants in the room, so centers are an option, but not a lot of floor space, and since it's freezing rain here today, I'm not sure we'll be able to go outside for large motor play-the building is FULL so there's not really anywhere else we can go other than our classroom without disturbing another class.

Here's what I have so far.

Look at pictures of mosaics, and make mosaics out of construction paper with a pre-done outline.

A little bit of Lat...See MoreOne of my friends just asked me to take over her preschool class for a co-op next week, since I teach preschool music and I teach high school Latin, and the theme she has picked is "Ancient Rome". The only problem is-I'm not exactly sure how to combine those two things! I was hoping some of you would have ideas. I will have about 2 hours with the kids, and have known food sensitivities to wheat (gluten) and milk. The age range is about 2 1/2-5 1/2, and it's mostly boys in the 3-4 year age group. I will have parent assistants in the room, so centers are an option, but not a lot of floor space, and since it's freezing rain here today, I'm not sure we'll be able to go outside for large motor play-the building is FULL so there's not really anywhere else we can go other than our classroom without disturbing another class.

Here's what I have so far.

Look at pictures of mosaics, and make mosaics out of construction paper with a pre-done outline.

A little bit of Latin (Salve and Vale songs, animal names)

A little about the Roman Colosseum and chariot races, with a Playmobil set to explore in a center.

Animal figures to explore in a center, with Latin montessori cards with photos and the word in Latin for matching.

Boxes and props to make pretend chariots, small blankets/sheets for togas, etc for dramatic play.

Look at sculpture and play with clay/playdough (not sure if playdough is safe for kids with gluten sensitivities, though, and clay might be too hard for little hands)

Play alongs and move-alongs to music in Italian, introduce opposite concepts (loud/soft, slow/fast) with appropriate vocabulary (later than Ancient Rome, but close enough)

Maybe a center where kids roll a die, count the dots, and then pick out the same number of Is to match?

Some sort of shared snack, eating reclined on the floor. I'm not sure what would be a good fit, though, given food sensitivities.

Maybe a group game like duck, duck, goose (gladiator, gladiator, lion?) except that I'm not sure we'll have enough room for the kids to run-but 2 hours seems like a LONG time for little ones without some form of gross motor play!

Does anyone know of any good picture books to share? I like using books with my music classes, but I'm hard pressed to come up with anything on Ancient Rome that's at all age-appropriate. Maybe the story of Romulus and Remus?

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I think not! nfm On 1/15/13, Donna music/TN wrote: > One of my friends just asked me to take over her preschool > class for a co-op next week, since I teach preschool music > and I teach high school Latin, and the theme she has picked > is "Ancient Rome". The only problem is-I'm not exactly sure > how to combine those two things! I was hoping some of...See MoreOn 1/15/13, Donna music/TN wrote: > One of my friends just asked me to take over her preschool > class for a co-op next week, since I teach preschool music > and I teach high school Latin, and the theme she has picked > is "Ancient Rome". The only problem is-I'm not exactly sure > how to combine those two things! I was hoping some of you > would have ideas. I will have about 2 hours with the kids, > and have known food sensitivities to wheat (gluten) and > milk. The age range is about 2 1/2-5 1/2, and it's mostly > boys in the 3-4 year age group. I will have parent > assistants in the room, so centers are an option, but not a > lot of floor space, and since it's freezing rain here today, > I'm not sure we'll be able to go outside for large motor > play-the building is FULL so there's not really anywhere > else we can go other than our classroom without disturbing > another class. > > > Here's what I have so far. > > Look at pictures of mosaics, and make mosaics out of > construction paper with a pre-done outline. > > A little bit of Latin (Salve and Vale songs, animal names) > > A little about the Roman Colosseum and chariot races, with a > Playmobil set to explore in a center. > > Animal figures to explore in a center, with Latin montessori > cards with photos and the word in Latin for matching. > > Boxes and props to make pretend chariots, small > blankets/sheets for togas, etc for dramatic play. > > Look at sculpture and play with clay/playdough (not sure if > playdough is safe for kids with gluten sensitivities, > though, and clay might be too hard for little hands) > > Play alongs and move-alongs to music in Italian, introduce > opposite concepts (loud/soft, slow/fast) with appropriate > vocabulary (later than Ancient Rome, but close enough) > > Maybe a center where kids roll a die, count the dots, and > then pick out the same number of Is to match? > > Some sort of shared snack, eating reclined on the floor. I'm > not sure what would be a good fit, though, given food > sensitivities. > > Maybe a group game like duck, duck, goose (gladiator, > gladiator, lion?) except that I'm not sure we'll have enough > room for the kids to run-but 2 hours seems like a LONG time > for little ones without some form of gross motor play! > > > Does anyone know of any good picture books to share? I like > using books with my music classes, but I'm hard pressed to > come up with anything on Ancient Rome that's at all > age-appropriate. Maybe the story of Romulus and Remus? > > > > > > >

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