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Art activities, worksheets for the Head Start Program In one lesson students complete a variety of activities related to the Maurice Sendak book "Chicken Soup With Rice." They identify the months of the year, identify words starting with the letter J, explore online illustrations created by Maurice Sendak, and create a rhyme using a class list of rhyming words.

Outdoor time Spending time outdoors is more than just a free-play recess, but can teach kids about teamwork, sharing and how to interact with each other. Some Head Start lesson plans for outdoor time can include playing a sport, such as kickball or soccer, organizing a marching band or running through an obstacle course on the playground. Other outdoor activities can include identifying trees, plants, animals and insects that are located on the school's property. This sight offers everything for the Head Start Teacher with lesson plans for language, cognition, motor development and social and emotional development .

DLTK'S website is filled with lots of free printable material that a teacher could easily use in their classrooms.  There mini book unit is great to print out free books for your classroom.  This will allow students to apply their knowledge of letter sounds to read simple sentences.