1. The Cowboy Roundup Toddler/Preschoolers
By: Angela Peik

2. Rationale
Young children love to learn about and to pretend to be cowboys or cowgirls. With the activities that can be done with them during this unit, the children have the opportunity to learn and explore so many new things.

3. How Materials Will Be Introduced
I would introduce all of the materials first by reading the book, “Cowboys and Cowgirls: Yippee Yay!” By Gail Gibbins. This book talks all about Cowboys and Cowgirls, what they wear and what they do on a day to day basis.

4. KWL K W L They wear hats and boots Where they live
They usually live on a farm
They ride horses
What’s their job
They can work at a rodeo or on their ranch
They’re at the Rodeo
How do they live
They round up their animals at night, feed and watch over them during the day, sometimes have to camp out in the fields

5. Big Ideas Learning the names of all the things the Cowboys/girls wear
How they round up their animals
How they camp in the fields

6. Materials Needed Cowboy/girl hat Horse on stick Cowboy/girl boots
Stuffed horses and cows

7. Materials Needed (cont.)
Cardboard Box (Barn)
Building Blocks (Fence) or even lincoln logs
2 or more Paper Towel Rolls
Red and Orange Tissue paper

8. Materials Needed (cont.)
Sticks and Rocks
Pretend food (Hot dogs, hamburgers)
Cardboard cut out as Graham Crackers
Brown construction paper or felt
Cotton Balls