Crafts

*fabric painting
*design an outfit for a king
*tye-dye
*fabric collage
*King puppets

Science

*invisible ink

Block Area

*add castle blocks and horses, people

Dramatic Play

*add royal clothes (crowns, dresses, rich looking jackets, etc.)

Circle Time

*My Eyes are Dim
*These are Grandmother's Spectacles
*Clothing Song

Stories:

*The Emperor's New Clothes

Games:

*Dressing Game (how many items of clothing can you get on before timer goes)
*play Cherades

Water & Sand Play

*add bubbles and washcloths to the water table

Outdoor Play

*fun with fabric (sheets, large pieces of fabric, make tents, parachute play, games)
*sack races

Field Trips / Special Days

*put on a play of the story
*make puppets and put on a puppet show
*Visit a clothing factory

Crafts

*make frog puppets
*fingerpaint with green
*make golden balls (paper maché balls, paint yellow, add gold sparkles)
*make crowns

Science

*life cycle of a frog

Block Area

*add frog puppets

Dramatic Play

*add costumes

Circle Time

*5 Green and Speckled Frogs
*There Once was A Little Green Frog (Barney)
*I'm A Little Frog
*It's Not Easy Being Green (Kermit)

Stories:

*The Frog Prince

Games:

*Flipping Frogs (flip plastic frogs into a bucket)
*Froggies (use nets to catch frogs that hop from game board)

Water & Sand Play

*add plastic frogs

Outdoor Play

*frog hop races
*Toss the Golden Ball (see how far or into buckets)
*ball games

Field Trips / Special Days

*have a water day
*Watch the Muppet's Frog Prince movie

Crafts

*decorate pillow cases
*make pillows
*crowns
*magic wands
*hobbie horses (use sock for head, stuff with newspaper, add felt features and wool mane, attach with an elastic to a large tube such as wrapping paper)

Block Area

*add pillows, cushions

Dramatic Play

*add costumes for story

Circle Time

*There Was A Princess Long Ago
*Are you sleeping?

Stories:

*Sleeping Beauty

Games:

*Who's Under the Blanket
*Wake the Prince(ss) (child lays on pillow and she is awoken if someone can make her/him laugh)

Outdoor Play

*hobbie horses

Field Trips / Special Days

*have a pyjama party
*watch the Disney movie "Sleeping Beauty"

Crafts

*name tags
*gold painting
*glue with gold sparkles
*glue with alphabet pasta

Science

*metals (gold, silver, copper, etc)

Block Area

*alphabet blocks

Dramatic Play

*add costumes

Circle Time

*Name Song
*Tikka Takka
*A-B-C
*A - You're Adorable

Stories:

*Rumplestiltskin

Games:

*Guess Who
*Detective Games

Water & Sand Play

*add sponge letters to the water table

Outdoor Play

*Hide n' Seek
*Name Tag

Field Trips / Special Days

*have a masquerade day and guess who everyone is

Crafts

*lentil collage
*make pillows
*decorate pillow cases
*crowns
*crochet squares
*fabric paint on swatches and attach everyone's together to make a quilt

Science

*grow pea plants
*experiment with pea plants (provide one with light/water , have a second plant deprived of light/water and see what happens)

Block Area

*encourage them to build beds high enough for the princess

Dramatic Play

*add costumes, blankets, pillows

Circle Time

*Oats, Peas, Beans and Barley Grow
*The pea seed... (adapt the carrot seed song)

Stories:

*The Princess and the Pea

Games:

*Who's under the Blanket

Water & Sand Play

*add gardening tools to the sand table

Outdoor Play

*peas in a pod bean toss (green beanbags, cardboard pea pod with 3 holes cut in it to toss the bean bags through

Field Trips / Special Days

*visit a garden center or nursery
*have a pyjama party

Songs

There Was A Princess

There was a princess long ago, long ago, long ago
There was a princess long ago
Long, long, ago.

She lived up in a big high tower, big high tower, big high tower
She lived up in a big high tower
Long, long, ago.

One day a fairy waved her wand... etc

The princess slept for a hundred years... etc

A handsome prince came galloping by... etc

He gave the princess a magic kiss... etc

Everyone is happy now... etc

Printouts

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