Sing, "There's Hole in the Bottom of the Sea"--try with PROPS! :-)
Jar simulation--"Putting First Things First"
Read Emperor Penguin by Janet Perlman--Porkchop's Performance on Thursday, January 12
Discuss foolishness and "Putting First Things First"--Vanity and Pride vs. Pragmatism?
Watch "Classic Animal Tracks." How do the Emperor Penguins "Work before Play?"
Cold Weather Work -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=4XEY4h3Xo8k&feature=endscreen and/or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgGL6SbMfKc
Swimming -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70kognzP90k
Examples of Putting First Things First -- Triangle Activity -- Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches an Egg, The Librarian of Basra
Wrap Up--Animal Stackers--Penguin Acrostic, challenge to create, exempliflying "Work FIRST, then PLAY," Tacky the Penguin