Pre-K
PreK Parents,
Well, this is no short confinement, but we are here to make the best of our unusual circumstances! Bear with me as I learn a variety of new skills to keep us connected and growing! You can not keep Pre-K down: we will rise back up with a new platform and all the love, flexibility, collaboration, and creativity we need to keep the peeps growing!
I will be doing a daily story with suggestions for extensions and activities that could go with it that I hope will provide a focus for your efforts. Most of these activities are "may do" activities while a few will be "must do" activities. Must do activities should be shared with us so we may understand level of mastery. Activities will be posted in this Weebly web page each Sunday evening by 8:00 p.m. for you to access at your convenience, and the Weebly page will, I understand, offer you the ability to post your child's responses/pictures/products. If this is inconvenient you can snap a photo and text it to me.
In addition to offering this structure for our time apart, I will be available every weekday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer your questions, offer resources or chat with your child. As always, feel free to send me a quick text or email if I can help.
l need to know more about your family's work schedule, access to technology and any other factors that impact your time with your Prek child so we can work best together on your peep's individual progress. Each child is at a different place in their development and needs different sorts of activities.
Our goal is to meet the benchmarks for the fourth marking period and support your child's readiness for next steps.4 year olds
- Recognize the upper and lowercase alphabets
- Produce each letter's sound
- Write letters with correct strokes
- Use past, present, and future tenses correctly
- Correctly use subject/object pronouns
- Use complex sentences with clauses (if, because, when)
- Recognize and write first and last name
- Track text left to right and top to bottom
- Recall and retell a story
- Recognize 1 to 20
- Count to 20 backwards and forwards
- Count with one to one correspondence to 20
- Write numbers with correct strokes
- Name space shapes (sphere, cube, cone. pyramid, rectangular prism)
- Uses position words (over, under, left, right, above, below)
- Begin to recognize the upper and lowercase alphabet
- Begin to produce sounds to go with letters
- Ask questions using who, what, where, when, why and how
- Begin to identify first, next, and last in a sequence
- Begin to use position words to describe (over, under, above below, left, right)
- Make equal sets
- Count with one to one correspondence to 10
- Begin to recognize numbers to 20
- Use a three point grip effectively
Together we are stronger!
Beth Clark
804.436.3092
[email protected]
Pre-K Buffet! You Chose!
TOTALLY OPTIONAL ON A HOLIDAY: Monday, May 25, 2020, Elympics, Poems b X.J. Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVKCe6fq4ScMotor/Art: Watch the Olympic Torch lighting ceremony online. Then make your own construction paper cone for a torch and add some tissue for flames. Then you can have your own run to carry the torch for your country!
Journal Prompt: If you could compete in any event in the Olympics what would it be? If you wanted to add an event what would that be? Draw your sport! Label your drawings!
Language Arts: Poems make pictures in your mind with words. Some of them rhyme! Some of them have a rhythm or a beat. Give writing one a try!
Math: Time to dust off your counters. How many forks are in your kitchen drawer? How many spoons? How many knives? Which has more? Which has less? How many more of each would you need to have the same amount of all?
Must Do: Writing: Time to show off your whole name! First and last! While Eli may be lucky with his first name...his last name makes up for it! Which of your names has the most letters?
Building: Design your own Olympic event course? Will it be motor cross, cross country jumping, long-distance running, or one you make up all by yourself?
Map Skills: Look up the last several cities that have hosted Olympics and find photos of the venues.
Extensions:
Motor/Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttNRdjZ3Tg
Journal Prompt: Draw a self portrait that shows how long your hair could be!
Language Arts: Why is this book so funny? Is it the pictures or the words?
Math: How many legs to Mr. and Mrs. Moose have together? Use counters!
Writing: Make a pattern out of the letters in your mom's name.
Building: Design a hat that keeps other people three feet from you.
Extensions:
Journal Prompt: Imagine that your boots are stuck in the mud. You cannot take them off. Draw a rescue contraption would let a friend help you without getting in the mud.
Language Arts: Let's think about the words for animal babies: a baby horse is a foal; a baby cow is a calf; a baby duck is a duckling; a baby chicken is a chick; what others can you think of?
Math: Patterns are everywhere! Can you find five patterns in this story? Can you count all of the animals in the story?
Writing: Can you make a pattern out of letters? How about a pattern out of numbers:
Map Skills: Where in the world do you find a swamp? What sorts of things are needed for a swamp to happen? What animals live in swamps?
Extensions:
Thursday, May 28, 2020, The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmWtsjRWJI
Motor/Art: Look up a picture of the beautiful garden spider who makes the z in her web. Love her yellow and black pattern! CAn you paint her.
Journal Prompt: Some spiders are helpful, catching bugs and controlling pests; and some are dangerous. Draw a black widow spider in your journal. This spider is very poisonous. They love to hide under things and in corners because they are very shy and not at all fast. STAY Away from these spiders. But there is no reason to hurt them.
Language Arts: Learn the names of four spiders that are native to our area.
Math: How many legs would 3 spiders have together?Use counters!
Building: Take a ball of string of yarn and build your own spider web! You can be the spider!
Extensions:
Friday, May 29, 2020, On the Construction Site, Carron Brown and Bee Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmWtsjRWJI
Motor/Art: Start a collection of shoe boxes, oatmeal containers, and other good building boxes for building a city! When you have enough, see what you can build!
Journal Prompt: What would you like to build at your house? A bird house? A tree house? A bike ramp? A chicken house? Design your project in your journal.
Language Arts: What kinds of words are used to talk about building? Listen to the story again and see how many you can hear? Foundation? Beam, skyscraper, cement mixer, level, frame, steel, and elevator are fun words to add to your vocabulary.
Math: Building has to happen in a sequence. Think about what happens first, next, and last when you do a project. Can you list the steps?
Writing: Make a sign for your building.
Building: Get busy building and use some of your new vocab as you design! Can you make a building on a hill? What would you need to do to be sure it would stay up?
Map Skills: Look at a city map and see the street names. What is the name of the street where you live?
Extensions: Learn your address! Hint: sing it to the same tune as Walter used to learn the letters in his name.
TOTALLY OPTIONAL ON A HOLIDAY: Monday, May 25, 2020, Elympics, Poems b X.J. Kennedy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVKCe6fq4ScMotor/Art: Watch the Olympic Torch lighting ceremony online. Then make your own construction paper cone for a torch and add some tissue for flames. Then you can have your own run to carry the torch for your country!
Journal Prompt: If you could compete in any event in the Olympics what would it be? If you wanted to add an event what would that be? Draw your sport! Label your drawings!
Language Arts: Poems make pictures in your mind with words. Some of them rhyme! Some of them have a rhythm or a beat. Give writing one a try!
Math: Time to dust off your counters. How many forks are in your kitchen drawer? How many spoons? How many knives? Which has more? Which has less? How many more of each would you need to have the same amount of all?
Must Do: Writing: Time to show off your whole name! First and last! While Eli may be lucky with his first name...his last name makes up for it! Which of your names has the most letters?
Building: Design your own Olympic event course? Will it be motor cross, cross country jumping, long-distance running, or one you make up all by yourself?
Map Skills: Look up the last several cities that have hosted Olympics and find photos of the venues.
Extensions:
- Olympic Opening Ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hl4Ly6bWNzE
- Shel Silverstein "Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle me, too" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNiaYHZme_U
- "Sister for Sale" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOI5Mr7GQQM
Motor/Art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rttNRdjZ3Tg
Journal Prompt: Draw a self portrait that shows how long your hair could be!
Language Arts: Why is this book so funny? Is it the pictures or the words?
Math: How many legs to Mr. and Mrs. Moose have together? Use counters!
Writing: Make a pattern out of the letters in your mom's name.
Building: Design a hat that keeps other people three feet from you.
Extensions:
- Go Noodle, A Moose Ta Cha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4591BKK-uk
- Go Noodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFQWVN4xip0
Journal Prompt: Imagine that your boots are stuck in the mud. You cannot take them off. Draw a rescue contraption would let a friend help you without getting in the mud.
Language Arts: Let's think about the words for animal babies: a baby horse is a foal; a baby cow is a calf; a baby duck is a duckling; a baby chicken is a chick; what others can you think of?
Math: Patterns are everywhere! Can you find five patterns in this story? Can you count all of the animals in the story?
Writing: Can you make a pattern out of letters? How about a pattern out of numbers:
Map Skills: Where in the world do you find a swamp? What sorts of things are needed for a swamp to happen? What animals live in swamps?
Extensions:
- turtles hatching, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_BECLlWkPQ
- Frog life cycles, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJOOxlFs9Is
- Ducks hatching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBfQ_ciZJHU
Thursday, May 28, 2020, The Very Busy Spider, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmWtsjRWJI
Motor/Art: Look up a picture of the beautiful garden spider who makes the z in her web. Love her yellow and black pattern! CAn you paint her.
Journal Prompt: Some spiders are helpful, catching bugs and controlling pests; and some are dangerous. Draw a black widow spider in your journal. This spider is very poisonous. They love to hide under things and in corners because they are very shy and not at all fast. STAY Away from these spiders. But there is no reason to hurt them.
Language Arts: Learn the names of four spiders that are native to our area.
Math: How many legs would 3 spiders have together?Use counters!
Building: Take a ball of string of yarn and build your own spider web! You can be the spider!
Extensions:
- Don't be Afraid of Spiders! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qdxEiIB_Sw
LAST DAY PARADE!
Friday, May 29, 2020, On the Construction Site, Carron Brown and Bee Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmWtsjRWJI
Motor/Art: Start a collection of shoe boxes, oatmeal containers, and other good building boxes for building a city! When you have enough, see what you can build!
Journal Prompt: What would you like to build at your house? A bird house? A tree house? A bike ramp? A chicken house? Design your project in your journal.
Language Arts: What kinds of words are used to talk about building? Listen to the story again and see how many you can hear? Foundation? Beam, skyscraper, cement mixer, level, frame, steel, and elevator are fun words to add to your vocabulary.
Math: Building has to happen in a sequence. Think about what happens first, next, and last when you do a project. Can you list the steps?
Writing: Make a sign for your building.
Building: Get busy building and use some of your new vocab as you design! Can you make a building on a hill? What would you need to do to be sure it would stay up?
Map Skills: Look at a city map and see the street names. What is the name of the street where you live?
Extensions: Learn your address! Hint: sing it to the same tune as Walter used to learn the letters in his name.
How Will We Grow this Week!?
Monday, May 18, 2020, Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQHykoEABlM
Motor/Art: Get out your playdough and roll a sphere! Smoosh it into a cylinder and pinch one end into a cone. Can you make this into a duck?
Journal Prompt: If you have come to the farm for a scavenger hunt, draw and label a picture in your journal about that visit!
Language Arts: The policeman is a community helper. Who else is a community helper? Can you list four other jobs that are important to keep our communities safe and healthy. Write a Thank You note to a community helper.
Math: If mother duck lays 8 eggs and they all hatch, how many ducklings will she have? If two eggs do not hatch, how many ducklings will she have? If two ducklings join her family of eight, how many ducklings will she have? Use counters to solve these questions.
Writing: On your easel or blackboard, write your alphabet. You choose upper or lower.
Building: Build a park that would be perfect for a mother duck to protect her ducklings. List three critters who would like to eat ducks and make a plan to design traps to keep your duck family safe.
Map Skills: Look at a local map. Locate islands, coastlines, rivers, and creeks.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, If the Shoe Fits, Gary Soto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2LanGBsQ-A
Motor/Art: Trace five pairs of shoes on different colors of construction paper. Cut them out. You can use these as clues in your own scavenger hunt!
Journal Prompt: The characters in this story did not have much money but they did have a lot of love. Instead of a journal page, talk with your mom or dad about why love is important in families and what families use money for.
Language Arts: Can you think of three describing words that tell about the Uncle? Describing words tell how he looks or acts.
Math: If the boy wears a size 7 shoe and he outgrows it, what size should he buy next? What size are your shoes? What size will they be next year?
Writing: On your easel or blackboard, write your numbers to 20.
Building: Build an apartment building or a hotel. How would living in an apartment be different?
Map Skills: Look up Mexico on your map. How would you plan to get there?
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, My Teacher is a Monster, Peter Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3msmHno98Q
Motor/Art: Make a map of the playground you like best.
Journal Prompt: Rewatch the video and notice how the teacher's face changes as the little boy begins to like her. Draw a picture of someone in your journal and write how you feel about them.
Language Arts:
Math: Learn to fold a paper airplane and have a family contest to see whose plane can fly the farthest! Measure each flight with a measuring tape.
Writing: Must Do: On your easel or blackboard, write your alphabet. If you wrote uppers last time, write the lower case alphabet this time.
Building: Using blankets, build a fort! Invite someone to read a story in your fort!
Extensions: Can you draw someone sad? Someone who is happy? Someone who is scared? Someone who is frustrated? How do the faces change?
Thursday, May 21, 2020, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Zp_HFJYgg
Motor/Art: Use tissue paper to make collages. Then cut shapes out to make an animal.
Journal Prompt: Have mom or dad write the days of the week in your journal. Beside each day, write or draw the food you would love to eat that day.
Language Arts:
Math: Collect 10 toys of the same kind: stuffed animals, cars, dolls. Put them in order from smallest to largest. Now collect shoes from your family members. Put them in order from largest to smallest!
Writing: Draw for fun!
Building: Look inside your refrigerator. What spaces are designed for what sorts of foods? Why?
Extensions: Days of the Week, Healthy Foods/Unhealthy Foods
Friday, May 22, 2020, Raising Dragons, Jerdine Nolen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrzsc5ZR7qY
Journal Prompt: If you were hiding dragons, where would you hide them. Draw that place in your journal.
Language Arts: Name three naming words from this story. Name three action words from this story. And name three describing words from this story.
Math: If you went hunting and found three dragon's lairs and each had 2 eggs in it, how many eggs would you have in all? What if two of the dragons came and took their eggs back, how many would you have? Use counters.
Writing:
Building: Build a dragon's lair!
Extensions: What is a reptile?
What hatches from eggs?
Monday, May 18, 2020, Make Way for Ducklings, Robert McCloskey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQHykoEABlM
Motor/Art: Get out your playdough and roll a sphere! Smoosh it into a cylinder and pinch one end into a cone. Can you make this into a duck?
Journal Prompt: If you have come to the farm for a scavenger hunt, draw and label a picture in your journal about that visit!
Language Arts: The policeman is a community helper. Who else is a community helper? Can you list four other jobs that are important to keep our communities safe and healthy. Write a Thank You note to a community helper.
Math: If mother duck lays 8 eggs and they all hatch, how many ducklings will she have? If two eggs do not hatch, how many ducklings will she have? If two ducklings join her family of eight, how many ducklings will she have? Use counters to solve these questions.
Writing: On your easel or blackboard, write your alphabet. You choose upper or lower.
Building: Build a park that would be perfect for a mother duck to protect her ducklings. List three critters who would like to eat ducks and make a plan to design traps to keep your duck family safe.
Map Skills: Look at a local map. Locate islands, coastlines, rivers, and creeks.
Tuesday, May 19, 2020, If the Shoe Fits, Gary Soto https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2LanGBsQ-A
Motor/Art: Trace five pairs of shoes on different colors of construction paper. Cut them out. You can use these as clues in your own scavenger hunt!
Journal Prompt: The characters in this story did not have much money but they did have a lot of love. Instead of a journal page, talk with your mom or dad about why love is important in families and what families use money for.
Language Arts: Can you think of three describing words that tell about the Uncle? Describing words tell how he looks or acts.
Math: If the boy wears a size 7 shoe and he outgrows it, what size should he buy next? What size are your shoes? What size will they be next year?
Writing: On your easel or blackboard, write your numbers to 20.
Building: Build an apartment building or a hotel. How would living in an apartment be different?
Map Skills: Look up Mexico on your map. How would you plan to get there?
Wednesday, May 20, 2020, My Teacher is a Monster, Peter Brown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3msmHno98Q
Motor/Art: Make a map of the playground you like best.
Journal Prompt: Rewatch the video and notice how the teacher's face changes as the little boy begins to like her. Draw a picture of someone in your journal and write how you feel about them.
Language Arts:
Math: Learn to fold a paper airplane and have a family contest to see whose plane can fly the farthest! Measure each flight with a measuring tape.
Writing: Must Do: On your easel or blackboard, write your alphabet. If you wrote uppers last time, write the lower case alphabet this time.
Building: Using blankets, build a fort! Invite someone to read a story in your fort!
Extensions: Can you draw someone sad? Someone who is happy? Someone who is scared? Someone who is frustrated? How do the faces change?
Thursday, May 21, 2020, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Zp_HFJYgg
Motor/Art: Use tissue paper to make collages. Then cut shapes out to make an animal.
Journal Prompt: Have mom or dad write the days of the week in your journal. Beside each day, write or draw the food you would love to eat that day.
Language Arts:
Math: Collect 10 toys of the same kind: stuffed animals, cars, dolls. Put them in order from smallest to largest. Now collect shoes from your family members. Put them in order from largest to smallest!
Writing: Draw for fun!
Building: Look inside your refrigerator. What spaces are designed for what sorts of foods? Why?
Extensions: Days of the Week, Healthy Foods/Unhealthy Foods
Friday, May 22, 2020, Raising Dragons, Jerdine Nolen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrzsc5ZR7qY
Journal Prompt: If you were hiding dragons, where would you hide them. Draw that place in your journal.
Language Arts: Name three naming words from this story. Name three action words from this story. And name three describing words from this story.
Math: If you went hunting and found three dragon's lairs and each had 2 eggs in it, how many eggs would you have in all? What if two of the dragons came and took their eggs back, how many would you have? Use counters.
Writing:
Building: Build a dragon's lair!
Extensions: What is a reptile?
What hatches from eggs?
This Week's Fun
Monday, May 11, 2020, Dr. DeSoto, William Steig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2AkI0jNzlI&feature=youtu.be Motor/Art: Get out that paint set and paint what you see in your yard!
Language Arts: Can you list 10 naming words from this story? Naming words are people, places or things. You do not need to write them.
Math: Draw an animal parade that begins with the smallest animal you can think of and ends with the largest. There should be four animals and they should each be bigger than the last.
Building: Think about the tools the dentist made to use in his job, the ladder, the pulleys, the chock, the paintbrush. He never assumed he could not do something just because he was small! Invent a new tool!
Map Skills: Find your dentist's office on a map!
Extensions:
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Bat Jamboree, Kathi Appelt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_L7jcGGUK0
Motor/Art/Journal Prompt: Use a circle, an oval and two triangles to make a bat in your journal. Check out the video for a picture of a bat. Label your bat parts!
Language Arts: Rewatch the video to find all the actions the bats did. These are action words!
Math: Patterns are the key to math! Now that you are getting good at finding patterns, you will see math everywhere! Try making a pyramid out of pennies like the one the bats made!
Writing: Write your numbers from 10 to 1 (that is backwards, and it works like a countdown for a spaceship!)
Building: Build a bat habitat with anything you like. You can find plans on line to look at.
Map Skills/Extensions: Google bat habitats and learn all about these adorable critters! Can you find some of the places they love to live on the map? Why are bats so important to our ecosystems?
Wednesday, May 13, 2020, Pete, the Cat, and the Bedtime Blues, Kimberly and James Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ZRZ9wcf2Q
Motor/Art/Map Skills/Journal Prompt: Make a map of your bedroom!
Language Arts: What is slang? Words that groups of people use that are unique to them! Do you know any words like that that you or your family might use? Hint: I call you "peeps!"
Math: Can you write or draw the steps you follow to get ready for bed?
Extensions:
Thursday, May 14, 2020, May I Bring a Friend?, Beatrice Schenk De Regniers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtQYRfsPic
Motor/Art/Journal Prompt: Design a dinner party with plates, napkins, party hats and draw it in your journal. Make sure that you have enough for all your guests!
Language Arts: Rhymes are words that sound the same at the end. Can you make a little poem with rhymes? How about a limerick!?
Math/Writing: Practice your number strokes to 20!
Building: Build a gazebo that would be perfect for outdoor parties!
Friday, May 15, 2020, The Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QINu8Z19ck
Motor/Art:
Journal Prompt: Draw the grouchy and the friendly ladybugs in your journal. Give the friendly one more spots.
Language Arts: Can you and your parent list all the animals from this story? Then put them in order by size.
Math: Clocks tell time! There are two hands on the face of the clock. When the tall one points to the 12, that means the short one can tell you the hour. Make a paper plate clock and move the hands to make 1:00
Writing: Write a grandparent a letter or draw a picture and label it for them.
Building: Build a rollercoaster with two turns. Good luck!
Map Skills:
Extensions:
Monday, May 11, 2020, Dr. DeSoto, William Steig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2AkI0jNzlI&feature=youtu.be Motor/Art: Get out that paint set and paint what you see in your yard!
Language Arts: Can you list 10 naming words from this story? Naming words are people, places or things. You do not need to write them.
Math: Draw an animal parade that begins with the smallest animal you can think of and ends with the largest. There should be four animals and they should each be bigger than the last.
Building: Think about the tools the dentist made to use in his job, the ladder, the pulleys, the chock, the paintbrush. He never assumed he could not do something just because he was small! Invent a new tool!
Map Skills: Find your dentist's office on a map!
Extensions:
- Dental health is essential! Let's check out some videos on good dental hygiene! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZXSMU2lAk
Tuesday, May 12, 2020, Bat Jamboree, Kathi Appelt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_L7jcGGUK0
Motor/Art/Journal Prompt: Use a circle, an oval and two triangles to make a bat in your journal. Check out the video for a picture of a bat. Label your bat parts!
Language Arts: Rewatch the video to find all the actions the bats did. These are action words!
Math: Patterns are the key to math! Now that you are getting good at finding patterns, you will see math everywhere! Try making a pyramid out of pennies like the one the bats made!
Writing: Write your numbers from 10 to 1 (that is backwards, and it works like a countdown for a spaceship!)
Building: Build a bat habitat with anything you like. You can find plans on line to look at.
Map Skills/Extensions: Google bat habitats and learn all about these adorable critters! Can you find some of the places they love to live on the map? Why are bats so important to our ecosystems?
Wednesday, May 13, 2020, Pete, the Cat, and the Bedtime Blues, Kimberly and James Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ZRZ9wcf2Q
Motor/Art/Map Skills/Journal Prompt: Make a map of your bedroom!
Language Arts: What is slang? Words that groups of people use that are unique to them! Do you know any words like that that you or your family might use? Hint: I call you "peeps!"
Math: Can you write or draw the steps you follow to get ready for bed?
Extensions:
- Pete, the Cat, I love My White Shoes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZXSMU2lAk
Thursday, May 14, 2020, May I Bring a Friend?, Beatrice Schenk De Regniers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmtQYRfsPic
Motor/Art/Journal Prompt: Design a dinner party with plates, napkins, party hats and draw it in your journal. Make sure that you have enough for all your guests!
Language Arts: Rhymes are words that sound the same at the end. Can you make a little poem with rhymes? How about a limerick!?
Math/Writing: Practice your number strokes to 20!
Building: Build a gazebo that would be perfect for outdoor parties!
Friday, May 15, 2020, The Grouchy Ladybug, Eric Carle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QINu8Z19ck
Motor/Art:
Journal Prompt: Draw the grouchy and the friendly ladybugs in your journal. Give the friendly one more spots.
Language Arts: Can you and your parent list all the animals from this story? Then put them in order by size.
Math: Clocks tell time! There are two hands on the face of the clock. When the tall one points to the 12, that means the short one can tell you the hour. Make a paper plate clock and move the hands to make 1:00
Writing: Write a grandparent a letter or draw a picture and label it for them.
Building: Build a rollercoaster with two turns. Good luck!
Map Skills:
Extensions:
- The Day The Crayons Quit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZttMDho5HMw
- Look at youtube to see Eric Carle's painting technique.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD_uIFHpscw
- ALL of his books are good. Have a Carle fest on youtube. What is similar in his books?
Here's How We Grow This Week!
Hope you got your bags! I loaned each peep a fun thing to work on! Please try to keep all the pieces together! We will collect these at the drive through on the last day of school! Also you will find tissue paper and chenille stems to make flowers for mother's day.
Must Do: Make a card for your moms! Gratitude is an essential life skill and this is how we teach it! Make sure mom feels appreciated!
Monday, May 4, 2020 Yoko's Cranes, Rosemary Wells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMUwb1Fyn4&feature=youtu.be
Journal Prompt/Motor/Art: Rosemary Wells gives a nod to several famous Japanese artists in her illustrations for this book. The wave, Mt.Fuji, and the garden art with magnificent patterns, and origami are what I noticed-- and there could be more. Draw your garden. Add as many details as you can. You can draw my garden if you'd like, or the wagon gardens at school. Label your drawing!
Language Arts: Must do! Think of 5 words that describe your mom. Now think of 5 words to describe you! Describing words help us know about people and things. Try to write your words by recording the sounds. I would love to see your lists!
Math: Try Origami! Name the shapes as you go! Cranes are pretty hard...but paper airplanes are not. Youtube videos are great for this because you can hear and see the directions as you work, and rewind if you need to!
Writing: Write or draw a letter to someone you like!
Map Skills: Find Japan on the map. Japan is made of islands that were made of volcanos!
Extensions:
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Bruce's Big Move, Ryan T. Higgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xd5uqcHYiI&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Use the things you can find in your yard to make a design or pattern. Snap a picture of it! Check out the art of Andrew Goldsworthy….it will astonish you!
Journal Prompt: How many feelings can you name? Can you draw three of these in your journal and label them? Which ones do you feel today?
Math: If Bruce has three mice and four geese in his house, How many mouths does he have to feed? Feel free to use counters to figure this out. Or you could draw this number story. When Bruce left the three mice behind, how many mouths did he have to feed?
Writing: Must Do: Time to practice those letters again! Upper case letters this time!
Building: Build a perfect home for Bruce and his brood. How can you design his bedroom so that he can get a good night's sleep?
Extensions:
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Yes, I Can! A Girl and her Wheelchair, Kendra J. Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, Claire A. B. Freeland, and illustrated by Violet Lemay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU6EZYzTCLI
Motor/Art: Try drawing with your eyes closed. Start with circles, then try whole pictures! Check out American Sign Language on youtube. Can you learn to sign, "I love you!"?
Journal Prompt: Each person has different abilities and skills. AS much as we admire our friends, we can only ever be perfectly ourselves. And that is just as it should be. While we can grow new skills all during our lives, there are times when we will have limitations. How we respond to these challenges is as important as our most notable gifts. Have a good conversation with your child about the importance of being grateful for all the parts of ourselves--while being willing to persist and work hard to grow. If a journal page comes from this, good. If not, steal a quick hug.
Language Arts: Discuss some vocabulary around disabilities to help your children understand and embrace differences. Focus on ways that people with disabilities have triumphed. These discussions can be very helpful as your child begins to address their own challenges. We all have them.
Math: Take a ruler and look around your house for a shoe that is 12 inches long: a foot-long foot!
Building: Think about what sorts of changes in your house, a person with a wheelchair might need. Can you build a house that works for a friend with a wheelchair?
Map Skills: Make a map of your house or a map of your room.
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Two! By Kathryn Otoshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHZOMZzcAs&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Paint the number that is hardest for you to write. When it dries, use your markers to turn this number into a little character. Tell someone where you start to write it and which way you go. Telling others helps you remember!
Journal Prompt: Must Do! Write your numbers to 20 or as far as you can in your journal today. Younger peeps may need some help.
Language Arts: Can you match the number words with the numbers up to 10? Hint: use the letter sounds to help you and watch out for outlaw words like one and two!
Math: In your journal, circle, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and then 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. These are the even numbers. You can remember them by chanting 2,4,6, 8! Who do we appreciate? All numbers that end in 2,4,6,8 or 0 are even!
Extensions: Practice the skip counting by 10s song! Did you know that you can skip count by 5s too?
Friday, May 8, 2020, Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8SkT5zMPg
Must Do! Relax today and spend some time exchanging compliments with the people you love.
Map Skills: Can you rewatch the story and make a list of the places it mentions around the world? Then look at your world map to find those places!
Extensions: If you Give a Mouse A Cookie
Hope you got your bags! I loaned each peep a fun thing to work on! Please try to keep all the pieces together! We will collect these at the drive through on the last day of school! Also you will find tissue paper and chenille stems to make flowers for mother's day.
Must Do: Make a card for your moms! Gratitude is an essential life skill and this is how we teach it! Make sure mom feels appreciated!
Monday, May 4, 2020 Yoko's Cranes, Rosemary Wells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMUwb1Fyn4&feature=youtu.be
Journal Prompt/Motor/Art: Rosemary Wells gives a nod to several famous Japanese artists in her illustrations for this book. The wave, Mt.Fuji, and the garden art with magnificent patterns, and origami are what I noticed-- and there could be more. Draw your garden. Add as many details as you can. You can draw my garden if you'd like, or the wagon gardens at school. Label your drawing!
Language Arts: Must do! Think of 5 words that describe your mom. Now think of 5 words to describe you! Describing words help us know about people and things. Try to write your words by recording the sounds. I would love to see your lists!
Math: Try Origami! Name the shapes as you go! Cranes are pretty hard...but paper airplanes are not. Youtube videos are great for this because you can hear and see the directions as you work, and rewind if you need to!
Writing: Write or draw a letter to someone you like!
Map Skills: Find Japan on the map. Japan is made of islands that were made of volcanos!
Extensions:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kZjq8f8Mpo Make an origami frog for your child. Measure how many inches he can jump.
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sutE5bIrys Origami for 3 and 4 year olds...make a dog
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrXsFs5KpLQ SuKi's Kimono
Tuesday, May 5, 2020, Bruce's Big Move, Ryan T. Higgins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xd5uqcHYiI&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Use the things you can find in your yard to make a design or pattern. Snap a picture of it! Check out the art of Andrew Goldsworthy….it will astonish you!
Journal Prompt: How many feelings can you name? Can you draw three of these in your journal and label them? Which ones do you feel today?
Math: If Bruce has three mice and four geese in his house, How many mouths does he have to feed? Feel free to use counters to figure this out. Or you could draw this number story. When Bruce left the three mice behind, how many mouths did he have to feed?
Writing: Must Do: Time to practice those letters again! Upper case letters this time!
Building: Build a perfect home for Bruce and his brood. How can you design his bedroom so that he can get a good night's sleep?
Extensions:
- Stick and Stone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntwNEBNt3DY
- Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVSrz-5ps7g
Wednesday, May 6, 2020, Yes, I Can! A Girl and her Wheelchair, Kendra J. Barrett, Jacqueline B. Toner, Claire A. B. Freeland, and illustrated by Violet Lemay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU6EZYzTCLI
Motor/Art: Try drawing with your eyes closed. Start with circles, then try whole pictures! Check out American Sign Language on youtube. Can you learn to sign, "I love you!"?
Journal Prompt: Each person has different abilities and skills. AS much as we admire our friends, we can only ever be perfectly ourselves. And that is just as it should be. While we can grow new skills all during our lives, there are times when we will have limitations. How we respond to these challenges is as important as our most notable gifts. Have a good conversation with your child about the importance of being grateful for all the parts of ourselves--while being willing to persist and work hard to grow. If a journal page comes from this, good. If not, steal a quick hug.
Language Arts: Discuss some vocabulary around disabilities to help your children understand and embrace differences. Focus on ways that people with disabilities have triumphed. These discussions can be very helpful as your child begins to address their own challenges. We all have them.
Math: Take a ruler and look around your house for a shoe that is 12 inches long: a foot-long foot!
Building: Think about what sorts of changes in your house, a person with a wheelchair might need. Can you build a house that works for a friend with a wheelchair?
Map Skills: Make a map of your house or a map of your room.
Thursday, May 7, 2020, Two! By Kathryn Otoshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRHZOMZzcAs&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Paint the number that is hardest for you to write. When it dries, use your markers to turn this number into a little character. Tell someone where you start to write it and which way you go. Telling others helps you remember!
Journal Prompt: Must Do! Write your numbers to 20 or as far as you can in your journal today. Younger peeps may need some help.
Language Arts: Can you match the number words with the numbers up to 10? Hint: use the letter sounds to help you and watch out for outlaw words like one and two!
Math: In your journal, circle, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and then 12, 14, 16, 18 and 20. These are the even numbers. You can remember them by chanting 2,4,6, 8! Who do we appreciate? All numbers that end in 2,4,6,8 or 0 are even!
Extensions: Practice the skip counting by 10s song! Did you know that you can skip count by 5s too?
Friday, May 8, 2020, Because Amelia Smiled by David Ezra Stein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej8SkT5zMPg
Must Do! Relax today and spend some time exchanging compliments with the people you love.
Map Skills: Can you rewatch the story and make a list of the places it mentions around the world? Then look at your world map to find those places!
Extensions: If you Give a Mouse A Cookie
Here's the Plan for this Week: Enjoy!
Monday, April 27, 2020 Little Shop of Monsters, R. L. Stine and Marc Brown https://youtu.be/24OEKNT9rx4
Motor/Art: Fold a piece of paper in thirds. Draw the head of a mythical creature on the top section. Ask two people who live in your house to draw the middle and bottom in the other sections. Hint: You may have to show your mom or dad where the top, middle, and bottom are on your paper.
Journal Prompt: Invent a new beast that can do something for you that you need help with. Label the parts.
Language Arts: Name the parts of the body. Can you list more than 25 if your mom or dad does the writing on your easel or blackboard?
Math: Number your body part list as far as you can go.
Building: Lego mania day! Build something fun and send me a photo.
Extensions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGPYXSPSxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er4IWV8xMg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s827RRGDxsk
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Big Smelly Bear by Britta Tekentrup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3b5Jn3fXmQ&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Time to make some mud pies.
Journal Prompt: Either draw your bathtub with all your favorite bath toys or Draw the steps you go through to get ready for bed.
Language Arts: Name one thing you need to love your bath. Can you write down the sounds for this word?
Math: Make a chart that shows how many days each of your family members has gone without a bath. I made it three days.
Writing: Write "Stinky" then write a word that rhymes with it.
Building: Build a bathroom that would be the most fun of all! Mine would have a pool.
Map Skills: Look up where polar bears live, then find out where black bears roam, and last find the grizzly bears!
Extensions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apvgbUckC-k
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Giraffes Can't Dance, Giles Andreae, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxG4TSwfZsg
Motor/Art: Time to put on some music and get your glad on! Who in your family has some surprising moves?
Journal Prompt: The animals were unkind. This made me sad. We can all make the people around us feel good or bad. Draw yourself making some one happy.
Language Arts: How would you describe Gerald? CAn you think of three describing words that tell how he looks? Hint: color words count.
Math: Plan a dance by patterning movements. You might use your easel to help you remember what to do by drawing stick figures.
Writing: Get out your paint set and create a painting of the animals dancing in the jungle. When it dries, you can add details with your markers and label if you can..
Building: Build a zoo. What kinds of problems will you need to solve with your design?
Map Skills: Find all the places in the world that have jungles. How are these places alike?
Extensions: Match color words and colors using the letter sound clues.
Don't forget: we are zooming at 11:00 and Ms. Hays is going to try to help with music!
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Is Your Mama A Llama? Steven Kellogg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP4YWX_F57A
Journal Prompt: Divide your page in half. Draw yourself on one half and a llama on the other half. How are you the same? How are you different?
Language Arts: This book is filled with riddles. The answers rhyme with the clues. Could you make a riddle?
Math: Find three rectangular prisms in the kitchen cabinet. Find one cylinder, and then see if you can find a sphere.
Writing: Must Do: Write your numbers as high as you can go without tracing.
Motor/Art/Building: Gather and decorate little containers that will hold water and flowers.
Map Skills: Find your house on Google Maps or Google Earth. Is there someone who lives nearby that you could surprise with flowers on May Day. Make a plan. Remember to stay six feet away and wash your hands.
Extensions: May day is the first day of may. Google this fun day with your parents and watch the ribbon dance.
May Day, Friday, May 1, 2020 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5uXp4694sE
Motor/Art: Make little containers of flowers.
Journal Prompt: Take the day off!
Math: Make a graph that shows the days of the week for next week, then fill in each slot with a little drawing that shows the weather.
Writing: Must do: Write as much of the lower case alphabet as you can without tracing. Send me a photo!
Building: What sort of shelter would you need if 30 lb turkeys fell like raindrops?
Map Skills: Look up weather maps online and explore them! Can you tell where it is raining? NOAA.gov has great weather maps and graphs that show where weather is. Fun to see when the rain will come by looking at the radar.
Extensions: Carefully sneak with your mom to someone's door. Leave the flowers, ring the doorbell and run away to hide. This is a may day custom.
Youtube has some very good offerings for peeps to learn about the weather.
Monday, April 27, 2020 Little Shop of Monsters, R. L. Stine and Marc Brown https://youtu.be/24OEKNT9rx4
Motor/Art: Fold a piece of paper in thirds. Draw the head of a mythical creature on the top section. Ask two people who live in your house to draw the middle and bottom in the other sections. Hint: You may have to show your mom or dad where the top, middle, and bottom are on your paper.
Journal Prompt: Invent a new beast that can do something for you that you need help with. Label the parts.
Language Arts: Name the parts of the body. Can you list more than 25 if your mom or dad does the writing on your easel or blackboard?
Math: Number your body part list as far as you can go.
Building: Lego mania day! Build something fun and send me a photo.
Extensions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpGPYXSPSxQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er4IWV8xMg4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s827RRGDxsk
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Big Smelly Bear by Britta Tekentrup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3b5Jn3fXmQ&feature=youtu.be
Motor/Art: Time to make some mud pies.
Journal Prompt: Either draw your bathtub with all your favorite bath toys or Draw the steps you go through to get ready for bed.
Language Arts: Name one thing you need to love your bath. Can you write down the sounds for this word?
Math: Make a chart that shows how many days each of your family members has gone without a bath. I made it three days.
Writing: Write "Stinky" then write a word that rhymes with it.
Building: Build a bathroom that would be the most fun of all! Mine would have a pool.
Map Skills: Look up where polar bears live, then find out where black bears roam, and last find the grizzly bears!
Extensions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apvgbUckC-k
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Giraffes Can't Dance, Giles Andreae, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxG4TSwfZsg
Motor/Art: Time to put on some music and get your glad on! Who in your family has some surprising moves?
Journal Prompt: The animals were unkind. This made me sad. We can all make the people around us feel good or bad. Draw yourself making some one happy.
Language Arts: How would you describe Gerald? CAn you think of three describing words that tell how he looks? Hint: color words count.
Math: Plan a dance by patterning movements. You might use your easel to help you remember what to do by drawing stick figures.
Writing: Get out your paint set and create a painting of the animals dancing in the jungle. When it dries, you can add details with your markers and label if you can..
Building: Build a zoo. What kinds of problems will you need to solve with your design?
Map Skills: Find all the places in the world that have jungles. How are these places alike?
Extensions: Match color words and colors using the letter sound clues.
Don't forget: we are zooming at 11:00 and Ms. Hays is going to try to help with music!
Thursday, April 30, 2020 Is Your Mama A Llama? Steven Kellogg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP4YWX_F57A
Journal Prompt: Divide your page in half. Draw yourself on one half and a llama on the other half. How are you the same? How are you different?
Language Arts: This book is filled with riddles. The answers rhyme with the clues. Could you make a riddle?
Math: Find three rectangular prisms in the kitchen cabinet. Find one cylinder, and then see if you can find a sphere.
Writing: Must Do: Write your numbers as high as you can go without tracing.
Motor/Art/Building: Gather and decorate little containers that will hold water and flowers.
Map Skills: Find your house on Google Maps or Google Earth. Is there someone who lives nearby that you could surprise with flowers on May Day. Make a plan. Remember to stay six feet away and wash your hands.
Extensions: May day is the first day of may. Google this fun day with your parents and watch the ribbon dance.
May Day, Friday, May 1, 2020 Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5uXp4694sE
Motor/Art: Make little containers of flowers.
Journal Prompt: Take the day off!
Math: Make a graph that shows the days of the week for next week, then fill in each slot with a little drawing that shows the weather.
Writing: Must do: Write as much of the lower case alphabet as you can without tracing. Send me a photo!
Building: What sort of shelter would you need if 30 lb turkeys fell like raindrops?
Map Skills: Look up weather maps online and explore them! Can you tell where it is raining? NOAA.gov has great weather maps and graphs that show where weather is. Fun to see when the rain will come by looking at the radar.
Extensions: Carefully sneak with your mom to someone's door. Leave the flowers, ring the doorbell and run away to hide. This is a may day custom.
Youtube has some very good offerings for peeps to learn about the weather.
What is on Tap for this Week
Important! Take a minute to watch this with your wee folk! Thanks to the Abbott family for making firemen familiar!https://www.facebook.com/mark.m.clark.5/videos/10214156989673734/
Monday, April 20, 2020: The House on East 88th Street, Bernard Waber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKaYaEpJIEE
Motor/Art: Use your black marker to draw the front of your house. Draw your family in the windows. Then you can color in the spaces around the faces like the author of this book did.
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Practice counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence, Counting verbally to 20, or recognizing and naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Try sidewalk chalk or use a paintbrush and water to paint !
Building: Build a four storey house with a room for Lyle.
Map Skills: Can you find the places Lyle travelled on the world map?
Extensions: Find out about crocodiles….but don't smile at them!
Tuesday, April 21, 2020: It's Mine, Leo Lionni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfNuc1Va3Xk
Motor/Art: Can you cut ovals and circles to make a frog? Hint, you may need to add details with your markers.
Journal Prompt: Were the frogs happier when they shared or when they quarrelled over things? When people share the play, what does it look like? Can you draw it?
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Writing: PK4 Must Do, Practice writing numbers to 20.
Building: In a bucket of water outdoors, try different toys to see what sinks and what floats. Does anything float well enough to hold three other things? Can you make something that will?
Map Skills: Look at the map and find as many islands as you can.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020: Pete, The Cat, and His Magic Sunglasses, Kimberly and James Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtdX-0BU_xk
Motor/Art: https://www.kidssoup.com/craft-and-resource/pete-the-cat-shapes-artwork
Journal Prompt: What makes you feel like sunshine? Draw your happy place in your journal. Or share how you can make others feel some sunshine.
Language Arts: Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence. Counting verbally to 20. Recognizing and Naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Must Do, Practice your first or last name. Are there any other words you can write?
Building: Turtles have such a hard time turning themselves over if they ever get flipped. Lie on your back imagining your legs and arms were very short and you could not bend. What might help you?
Extensions: There are so many Pete, The Cat books!
Thursday, April 23, 2020: Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZ_oQKlp-4
Motor/Art: Can you make a dance that shows you are marvelous? What does it feel like to do this dance?
Journal Prompt: Draw yourself all grown up. What do you want to be?
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence. Counting verbally to 20. Recognizing and Naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Must Do, Try writing as many upper case letters as you can!
Extensions: Ask your parents about all the characters that Grace loved to become….there are some wonderful stories...
Friday, April 24, 2020: Olivia, Ian Falconer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVr8z7eppw
Motor/Art: Check out Jackson Pollack's painting...Try it for yourself with your paint set….outdoors!
Journal Prompt: Olivia spends a lot of time thinking about what she might become. Draw and label a picture of what you want to be when you grow up.
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: How many characters did you list?
Writing: Try writing as many lower case letters as you can!
Extensions: Look on youtube to see if you can find other Olivia books!
Important! Take a minute to watch this with your wee folk! Thanks to the Abbott family for making firemen familiar!https://www.facebook.com/mark.m.clark.5/videos/10214156989673734/
Monday, April 20, 2020: The House on East 88th Street, Bernard Waber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKaYaEpJIEE
Motor/Art: Use your black marker to draw the front of your house. Draw your family in the windows. Then you can color in the spaces around the faces like the author of this book did.
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Practice counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence, Counting verbally to 20, or recognizing and naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Try sidewalk chalk or use a paintbrush and water to paint !
Building: Build a four storey house with a room for Lyle.
Map Skills: Can you find the places Lyle travelled on the world map?
Extensions: Find out about crocodiles….but don't smile at them!
Tuesday, April 21, 2020: It's Mine, Leo Lionni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfNuc1Va3Xk
Motor/Art: Can you cut ovals and circles to make a frog? Hint, you may need to add details with your markers.
Journal Prompt: Were the frogs happier when they shared or when they quarrelled over things? When people share the play, what does it look like? Can you draw it?
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Writing: PK4 Must Do, Practice writing numbers to 20.
Building: In a bucket of water outdoors, try different toys to see what sinks and what floats. Does anything float well enough to hold three other things? Can you make something that will?
Map Skills: Look at the map and find as many islands as you can.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020: Pete, The Cat, and His Magic Sunglasses, Kimberly and James Dean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtdX-0BU_xk
Motor/Art: https://www.kidssoup.com/craft-and-resource/pete-the-cat-shapes-artwork
Journal Prompt: What makes you feel like sunshine? Draw your happy place in your journal. Or share how you can make others feel some sunshine.
Language Arts: Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence. Counting verbally to 20. Recognizing and Naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Must Do, Practice your first or last name. Are there any other words you can write?
Building: Turtles have such a hard time turning themselves over if they ever get flipped. Lie on your back imagining your legs and arms were very short and you could not bend. What might help you?
Extensions: There are so many Pete, The Cat books!
Thursday, April 23, 2020: Amazing Grace, Mary Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZ_oQKlp-4
Motor/Art: Can you make a dance that shows you are marvelous? What does it feel like to do this dance?
Journal Prompt: Draw yourself all grown up. What do you want to be?
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: Counting objects to 20 with one to one correspondence. Counting verbally to 20. Recognizing and Naming numbers to 20.
Writing: Must Do, Try writing as many upper case letters as you can!
Extensions: Ask your parents about all the characters that Grace loved to become….there are some wonderful stories...
Friday, April 24, 2020: Olivia, Ian Falconer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQVr8z7eppw
Motor/Art: Check out Jackson Pollack's painting...Try it for yourself with your paint set….outdoors!
Journal Prompt: Olivia spends a lot of time thinking about what she might become. Draw and label a picture of what you want to be when you grow up.
Language Arts: A character is a person or animal that is in a story. Can you list the characters in this story?
Math: How many characters did you list?
Writing: Try writing as many lower case letters as you can!
Extensions: Look on youtube to see if you can find other Olivia books!
What's On Tap for this Week!
Pre-K Parents,
While we will continue to offer daily stories and activities, I am aware that our students change quickly and it is hard for me to know exactly what they need when I am not with them. Please refer to the benchmarks listed and let us know of anything with which you may need specific help. Send me pics of writing and drawing projects so I can better see where your peep is ready to develop. Spend time daily with the alphabet! Many of you continue to work with us on the Old Grey Mare books in short Facetime sessions, and this seems to be working well. Let me hear how best to help.
These are unique times, your children know that their world is a little off balance. They will manage this uncertainty best with consistent limits, plenty of ways to express their feelings (remember, they are only just learning the vocabulary), and jobs that make them feel as though they are contributing.
Remember, although feelings are feelings and we don't judge them, actions should be constructive. This is a good time to teach this important distinction. Hold the line with love!
Easter Monday--Enjoy your day! Watch the weather!
Tuesday, April 14: Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells, https://studio.youtube.com/video/vLmjEPaH3FI/edit Motor/Art: Using a salt dough recipe, can you make a playdough cake like Max's?
Journal Prompt: MUST DO Write/draw three things in your journal that you would like to see on your family's grocery list. It helps when you are just beginning to sequence sounds for someone to segment them for you to hear clearly. Number your list.
Language Arts: Naming words are people, places and things. All the words on a grocery list are naming words! All names are naming words! Can you think of five naming words?
Math: Practice counting with one to one correspondence! It helps to move the objects. Does your family have more spoons or more forks?
Writing: Choose an animal from the Ed Emberly drawing sequences on the Weebly and follow the steps to draw it! Building: Build a pile with all the sticks from your yard. Talk to mom about what to do with them. Neil turned his pile into art! Very cool!
Map Skills: Check out Google Maps and find Chesapeake Academy! Can you remember your address? Find your house on Google Maps!
Extensions: Read more Rosemary Wells!
Wednesday, April 15: Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxFXEFEnx-c
Motor/Art: Draw a dog using one of the Ed Emberly sequences. You will want to make him pretty big. Use a cotton ball and a clothespin to collect some "dirt" from your paint set to get your dog dirty!
Journal Prompt: We are practicing cleanliness in so many new ways. Draw a picture of yourself helping to clean something up. Label your picture if you can!
Language Arts: Action words are words that show an action. Like run, jump, climb! Can you think of 5 action words?
Math: Equal sets….Can you divide your markers into two piles with the same number of markers? Can you make three piles with the same number? Four? Hint: sometimes there will be leftovers.
Writing: Sort your alphabet cards and make a pile of all the letters you know. Write the ones you DON'T know yet! (10 letters max)
Building: Pillow fort with the sofa cushions...gather two great books and climb inside with a reader!
Map Skills: This book is set in a city. Street names and numbers are one way people who live in cities find new places. You have a street name and house number. It is important to learn these in case you ever need to get help.
Extensions: Check out Betty White reading this book on youtube!
Thursday, April 16: How to Bake an Apple Pie, and See the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxFXEFEnx-c
Motor/Art: Make a pie crust!
Journal Prompt: Draw yourself making a pie!
Language Arts: Listen to the story again and make a list of words that seem new with your mom or dad. Then figure out what each word means.
Math: The measuring of ingredients counts!
Writing: Practice your numbers.
Building: Use some pie dough to decorate the top of your pie. You can make a lattice or something multidimensional.
Map Skills: Follow the journey around the world on a map!
Extensions: Bake an apple pie!
Friday, April 17: Tacky, The Penguin, by Helen Lester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdLU4fpGoM
Language Arts: Describe Tacky to your parents. What words best describe a penguin who marches to his own beat? Talk about how his quirky personality has upsides and downsides!
Math/Writing: MUST DO Draw ten ovals on your easel. Now decide what curved and straight lines would turn them into penguins. Can you make them all different?
Building: Penguins are often eaten by killer whales. What sort of protective structure could you build for them?
Map Skills: Can you locate places on the world map where penguins might live?
Extensions: Search Youtube for Penguins for Kids. No lie, there are some wonderful things there.
Pre-K Parents,
While we will continue to offer daily stories and activities, I am aware that our students change quickly and it is hard for me to know exactly what they need when I am not with them. Please refer to the benchmarks listed and let us know of anything with which you may need specific help. Send me pics of writing and drawing projects so I can better see where your peep is ready to develop. Spend time daily with the alphabet! Many of you continue to work with us on the Old Grey Mare books in short Facetime sessions, and this seems to be working well. Let me hear how best to help.
These are unique times, your children know that their world is a little off balance. They will manage this uncertainty best with consistent limits, plenty of ways to express their feelings (remember, they are only just learning the vocabulary), and jobs that make them feel as though they are contributing.
Remember, although feelings are feelings and we don't judge them, actions should be constructive. This is a good time to teach this important distinction. Hold the line with love!
Easter Monday--Enjoy your day! Watch the weather!
Tuesday, April 14: Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells, https://studio.youtube.com/video/vLmjEPaH3FI/edit Motor/Art: Using a salt dough recipe, can you make a playdough cake like Max's?
Journal Prompt: MUST DO Write/draw three things in your journal that you would like to see on your family's grocery list. It helps when you are just beginning to sequence sounds for someone to segment them for you to hear clearly. Number your list.
Language Arts: Naming words are people, places and things. All the words on a grocery list are naming words! All names are naming words! Can you think of five naming words?
Math: Practice counting with one to one correspondence! It helps to move the objects. Does your family have more spoons or more forks?
Writing: Choose an animal from the Ed Emberly drawing sequences on the Weebly and follow the steps to draw it! Building: Build a pile with all the sticks from your yard. Talk to mom about what to do with them. Neil turned his pile into art! Very cool!
Map Skills: Check out Google Maps and find Chesapeake Academy! Can you remember your address? Find your house on Google Maps!
Extensions: Read more Rosemary Wells!
Wednesday, April 15: Harry, the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxFXEFEnx-c
Motor/Art: Draw a dog using one of the Ed Emberly sequences. You will want to make him pretty big. Use a cotton ball and a clothespin to collect some "dirt" from your paint set to get your dog dirty!
Journal Prompt: We are practicing cleanliness in so many new ways. Draw a picture of yourself helping to clean something up. Label your picture if you can!
Language Arts: Action words are words that show an action. Like run, jump, climb! Can you think of 5 action words?
Math: Equal sets….Can you divide your markers into two piles with the same number of markers? Can you make three piles with the same number? Four? Hint: sometimes there will be leftovers.
Writing: Sort your alphabet cards and make a pile of all the letters you know. Write the ones you DON'T know yet! (10 letters max)
Building: Pillow fort with the sofa cushions...gather two great books and climb inside with a reader!
Map Skills: This book is set in a city. Street names and numbers are one way people who live in cities find new places. You have a street name and house number. It is important to learn these in case you ever need to get help.
Extensions: Check out Betty White reading this book on youtube!
Thursday, April 16: How to Bake an Apple Pie, and See the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxFXEFEnx-c
Motor/Art: Make a pie crust!
Journal Prompt: Draw yourself making a pie!
Language Arts: Listen to the story again and make a list of words that seem new with your mom or dad. Then figure out what each word means.
Math: The measuring of ingredients counts!
Writing: Practice your numbers.
Building: Use some pie dough to decorate the top of your pie. You can make a lattice or something multidimensional.
Map Skills: Follow the journey around the world on a map!
Extensions: Bake an apple pie!
Friday, April 17: Tacky, The Penguin, by Helen Lester https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjdLU4fpGoM
Language Arts: Describe Tacky to your parents. What words best describe a penguin who marches to his own beat? Talk about how his quirky personality has upsides and downsides!
Math/Writing: MUST DO Draw ten ovals on your easel. Now decide what curved and straight lines would turn them into penguins. Can you make them all different?
Building: Penguins are often eaten by killer whales. What sort of protective structure could you build for them?
Map Skills: Can you locate places on the world map where penguins might live?
Extensions: Search Youtube for Penguins for Kids. No lie, there are some wonderful things there.
What's on tap for this week.....
To accommodate your family's traditions and your spring break plans, there will be No Must Do Activities for this week. The videos and activities are offered for you to keep peeps learning and are optional. You are required to read, play, snuggle and enjoy one another! Happy spring break-ish.
Our first zoom offered a chance to see each other and some lessons learned about music. One takeaway is that we can manage the platform and could use it to complete the OGM books for those students who want to present theirs.
Monday, April 6, 2020: Rechenka's Eggs, Patricia Polacco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqNbwrdn8E
Link to chick gestation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PedajVADLGw ,
decorating eggs https://mommysbundle.com/12-fun-ways-to-decorate-easter-eggs-with-toddlers/
directions for blowing eggs https://tinkerlab.com/three-easy-tricks-for-blown-out-eggs/
Video of Russian Eggs being made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1xxHKOaZlo
Russia on World Map
Journal Prompt: Draw a big oval egg shape that is as big as your paper and then decorate your egg with all sorts of lines and colors like the ones you see.
Math: How many eggs are in a dozen? Can you count a dozen eggs?
Building: decorate eggs with your family More Goodness : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKygSZufRRs
Tuesday, April 7, 2020: "Fire! Fire!" Said Mrs. McGuire, Bill Martin Jr. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJHYHzR7j0
Journal Prompt: draw two things that rhyme and label your drawings. Fire safety for children video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJlSJokQE4g Rhyming words https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVophT8naUM
Language Arts: Rhyming words are the name of the game. Learning to rhyme will help kids access word families and their phonological patterns down the road. Try talking in rhymes all day!
Math: Match all the pairs of socks in a drawer in your home! If your child is highly successful at this, use the opportunity to turn your drawers into match.com.
Writing: Use an easel if possible to write your last names. If your peep needs help remembering the letters make a song or rap to grease up that memory. Don't believe me? Ask how to spell Walter or Courtney!
Building: Build a three-story building with a fire escape
More Goodness: Fireman Travis Abbott (Walter's dad) comments that he is reading studies that claim that closing bedroom doors adds a layer of fire safety protection for your children at night. This link is not for kids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSP03BE74WA This is the perfect time to go over your family's fire safety plan and practice getting to your assembly point. Travis made a video of himself donning his gear so our peeps could see that the fireman is a friend.
Wednesday, April 8, 2020: The Biggest House in the World, Leo Lionni https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBcivMkiNT4&feature=youtu.be
Journal Prompt: Draw three friends. One should be biggest, one medium-sized, and one very small. Talk about what makes a good friend with a parent.
Language Arts: Organize all the tupperware in the cabinet from largest to smallest.
Math: Estimate (guesstimate) and compare relative size on some of your toys.
Writing: PK4 can choose to either write numbers to 20 or write the lowercase alphabet letters on an easel. PK3 can choose to either draw a pattern of circles and lines that has 10 characters or practice their name. Be sure to make your circles counterclockwise.
Building: Marble runs are always fun! Can you design a turn or a drop?
Extensions: A House for Hermit Crab, Eric Carle "A House is a House for Me" song by Fred Penner https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEB&search_query=a+house+is+a+house+for+me+fred+penner A House is a House for Me, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4cGB0-7R-0 If I Built A House, Dusen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXW89Pc8B7I
Thursday, April 9, 2020: The Magic Hat, Tricia Tusa https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDuraYY2WIo Journal Prompt: What three things do you do every single morning? Can you write or draw them? If making your bed and putting your laundry away is not on the list, talk to your parents about if that works for you. Language Arts: Can you find the pairs of words in the book that rhyme?
Math: Can you write a numbered list of the animals in the story in order? You can write the numbers and draw the animals.
Writing: Make a card for a grandparent or grand friend that you can mail to them.
Building: Plant something that you will enjoy eating. What do plants need to grow?
Friday, April 10, 2020: Frederick, Leo Lionni https://studio.youtube.com/video/277qCHh2gJw/edit
Journal Prompt: Draw a picture that makes others feel happy. What colors work? What sort of things will you include? Ask a parent how your drawing makes them feel? Did your plan work? Did you learn anything that you can use in the future?
Language Arts: Describe music that makes you feel cheerful. Describe music that makes you feel quiet. What is music like that makes you feel like jumping? Ask a parent about their favorite music.
Math: PK3 Count the forks in your drawer. Are there more forks or more spoons? PK4 Count the shoes in your closet! Now count the PAIRS of shoes.
Writing: PK3 Draw six Easter eggs. Decorate them all differently. PK4 Can you draw a dozen Easter eggs? Have fun decorating them.
Building: Build a reading fort in your room! Invite someone to share a book with you there!
Look out for an invitation to a Zoom circle at 11:00!
Monday, March 30, 2020: Go Away, Stay Away, Gail E. Haley studio.youtube.com/video/nyzSyXtEtNA/edit
Is this story real or make believe? What is the difference?
Something to think about: Most everyone has worries or things that scare them. Sometimes the best way to make that feel better is to quietly do something wonderful for someone else. We have so so so so much power to make others feel good. Using that power makes us feel strong.
Motor/Art: Make a mask using 4 different shapes, and host a parade around your house! Loud banging should be cleared first!
Journal Prompt: Must Do--Draw your own sprite and explain what mischief your sprite does. Label your drawing with the letters you know and make sure to put your name on the page.
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK 3, write numbers to 10; PreK 4 write numbers to 20
Math: Counting with one to one correspondence: Test yourself and see how far you can go. Write down the answer. Tomorrow it could be different!
Building: Build a milking shed for cows. What shape spaces will you need? How do we get milk from cows? (look it up on youtube)
Map skills: Find Germany, England, Africa and the United States on a world map.
Extensions: Other Gail E. Haley books on youtube
Parents: This book includes challenging vocabulary for the young child. Try to find words that are new and use them in your daily conversations!
I would love to see what you and your child accomplish! Take a photo and send it to me!
Tuesday, March 31, 2020: Thundercake by Patricia Polacco, www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_InlvFf_CA
Motor/Art: Time to make something yummy in the kitchen. If it ends up being a cake, try piping with ziplock bags. The bags contain the mess to some extent.
Journal prompt: Who makes you feel safe? Draw them in your journal and see if you can say what they do that is so special.
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK4 Write the uppercased alphabet. Prek3 Write 10 letters....your choice!
Math: Cooking is math! All that counting and measuring!
Building skills:
Map skills: Find the USSR/Russia on the World Map
Extensions: Kids can learn to measure with spoons and cups and to crack eggs (you could lose one or two, but it is worth it.)
Parents: Reflecting with your children on how they acclimate to things or grow to be unafraid can help them approach new things with less apprehension.
Wednesday, April Fools Day: Abiyoyo! by Pete Seeger www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPZtuPyXRfw
Motor/Art: Can you cut shapes with corners to make your own Abiyoyo?
Language Arts: The letter Yy is a funny guy! At the beginning of the word he makes the sound you hear in yellow and yoyo. At the end, he sounds like the name of e in candy and donkey. Can you find five things that start with a Y? Review the other letters by matching upper and lower cases or matching objects with the letters that begin their names. Look in the bag of tiny things I sent home, does anyone have anything that starts with a Y? (Don't lose these, we may use them again and again.)
Journal prompt: The boy and his father both loved to annoy others until they were no longer welcome. Sometimes being annoying on purpose is unkind. Draw a picture in your journal of kind things that make people glad to share time with you. Label your drawing with as many letters as you can.
Writing practice: Practice writing your last names with a model. If the letters are hard to remember, make a song!
Math: Count the different kinds of shapes with corners you used in your Abiyoyo. PK4-Can you make a graph that shows how many of each shape you used?
Building skills: Can you create a musical instrument? feltmagnet.com/crafts/Music-Instruments-for-Kids-to-Make
Map skills: This folk story comes from the American South. Look at a map of the United States and talk with mom and dad about which states are considered Southern.
Extensions: Pete Seegar has a good amount of music for children... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8omnDLNcFcs , www.youtube.com/watch?v=07i0hyVK9vI , www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE4H0k8TDgw
Plan an April Fool's Day Joke. Make sure no feelings are hurt. Fun needs to be fun for everyone.
Parents: This story is a great springboard to talk about different kinds of instruments. How is the ukulele different from the guitar or the violin? How are they the same? It is not too early for your child to begin wondering about learning to play an instrument. Lots of kids start in kindergarten or first grade.
Thursday, April 2, 2020: Pancakes for Supper, Anne Isaacs www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMGD-ZEwnNU
Motor/Art: Make a paper doll, then dress him/her with the same clothes from the story.
Language Arts: Name your doll and dictate a short action story about him/her. Illustrate your story and label your pictures as you can.
Journal prompt: Must Do--Can you write/draw a menu for your favorite breakfast?
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK4 write 10 Ys and 10 ys. PreK3 trace Y and y and see is different?
Math: Can you remember and sequence, from first to last, all the clothes our hero traded and in what order?
Building skills: As you wish....
Map skills: Ask mom and dad about the directions North, South, East and West. Check out the compass rose I left for you below. Think about who lives west of you. Who lives to the East. Do you know anyone who lives North? How about South.
Extensions: Pancake recipe
Parents: Let me hear how this is going.....
Friday: April 3, 2020: A Hunting We Will Go
Motor/Art: Must Do: Make a character for the story. Isaac makes a lamb ; Alec makes a pram (stroller) ; Walter makes a goat; Neil makes a boat ; Constance makes a bear; Alana makes underwear; Sully makes a whale; Courtney makes a pail; Carmen makes a snake; Cosmo makes a cake; Caroline makes a pig; Nora makes a wig; and Eli makes a skunk, and I will make a bunk (bed) . Don't lose these, we will need them today at 11:00 when we meet in Zoom to share our creations and sing a song! Parents: I will send an email inviting you to join the zoom meeting. You should be able to click the link to join. Here is a tutorial if you feel you need it. I will be watching it repeatedly! Fingers crossed. This could require humor. But the goal is for the class to sing this song together while Mark and I accompany them. Lord, Have Mercy!
Language Arts: This book is full of rhymes, Try to identify the rhyming pairs.
Journal prompt: Draw two things that rhyme in your journal. If you say the words verrrrrrry slowwwwly, can you guess the sounds you hear to label your drawings?
Writing practice: Must Do-- Spend 5 minutes drawing circles that start on the right, go up and over and come together in the end. This is a foundational skill so starting in the right place and going the right way is essential.
Math: We found rhymng pairs in the book. CAn you find two things that come in pairs in your closet? Be sure to put them away afterwards neatly.
Building skills: Build a symetrical building by selecting pairs of blocks and placing them on opposite sides.
Map skills: Our story is an English folk song. Can you find England on the world map? Did you know England has a Queen? Who is the Queen of your class? Who is the Queen of your house?
Extensions:
Parents: Take some time together to celebrate the flexibilty and teamwork it has required to meet the challenges of the last week. Sharing a couple of compliments is never a bad move.
Is this story real or make believe? What is the difference?
- Why did this family create sprites?
- What sorts of things could you use a sprite for?
Something to think about: Most everyone has worries or things that scare them. Sometimes the best way to make that feel better is to quietly do something wonderful for someone else. We have so so so so much power to make others feel good. Using that power makes us feel strong.
Motor/Art: Make a mask using 4 different shapes, and host a parade around your house! Loud banging should be cleared first!
Journal Prompt: Must Do--Draw your own sprite and explain what mischief your sprite does. Label your drawing with the letters you know and make sure to put your name on the page.
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK 3, write numbers to 10; PreK 4 write numbers to 20
Math: Counting with one to one correspondence: Test yourself and see how far you can go. Write down the answer. Tomorrow it could be different!
Building: Build a milking shed for cows. What shape spaces will you need? How do we get milk from cows? (look it up on youtube)
Map skills: Find Germany, England, Africa and the United States on a world map.
Extensions: Other Gail E. Haley books on youtube
Parents: This book includes challenging vocabulary for the young child. Try to find words that are new and use them in your daily conversations!
I would love to see what you and your child accomplish! Take a photo and send it to me!
Tuesday, March 31, 2020: Thundercake by Patricia Polacco, www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_InlvFf_CA
Motor/Art: Time to make something yummy in the kitchen. If it ends up being a cake, try piping with ziplock bags. The bags contain the mess to some extent.
Journal prompt: Who makes you feel safe? Draw them in your journal and see if you can say what they do that is so special.
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK4 Write the uppercased alphabet. Prek3 Write 10 letters....your choice!
Math: Cooking is math! All that counting and measuring!
Building skills:
Map skills: Find the USSR/Russia on the World Map
Extensions: Kids can learn to measure with spoons and cups and to crack eggs (you could lose one or two, but it is worth it.)
Parents: Reflecting with your children on how they acclimate to things or grow to be unafraid can help them approach new things with less apprehension.
Wednesday, April Fools Day: Abiyoyo! by Pete Seeger www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPZtuPyXRfw
Motor/Art: Can you cut shapes with corners to make your own Abiyoyo?
Language Arts: The letter Yy is a funny guy! At the beginning of the word he makes the sound you hear in yellow and yoyo. At the end, he sounds like the name of e in candy and donkey. Can you find five things that start with a Y? Review the other letters by matching upper and lower cases or matching objects with the letters that begin their names. Look in the bag of tiny things I sent home, does anyone have anything that starts with a Y? (Don't lose these, we may use them again and again.)
Journal prompt: The boy and his father both loved to annoy others until they were no longer welcome. Sometimes being annoying on purpose is unkind. Draw a picture in your journal of kind things that make people glad to share time with you. Label your drawing with as many letters as you can.
Writing practice: Practice writing your last names with a model. If the letters are hard to remember, make a song!
Math: Count the different kinds of shapes with corners you used in your Abiyoyo. PK4-Can you make a graph that shows how many of each shape you used?
Building skills: Can you create a musical instrument? feltmagnet.com/crafts/Music-Instruments-for-Kids-to-Make
Map skills: This folk story comes from the American South. Look at a map of the United States and talk with mom and dad about which states are considered Southern.
Extensions: Pete Seegar has a good amount of music for children... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8omnDLNcFcs , www.youtube.com/watch?v=07i0hyVK9vI , www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE4H0k8TDgw
Plan an April Fool's Day Joke. Make sure no feelings are hurt. Fun needs to be fun for everyone.
Parents: This story is a great springboard to talk about different kinds of instruments. How is the ukulele different from the guitar or the violin? How are they the same? It is not too early for your child to begin wondering about learning to play an instrument. Lots of kids start in kindergarten or first grade.
Thursday, April 2, 2020: Pancakes for Supper, Anne Isaacs www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMGD-ZEwnNU
Motor/Art: Make a paper doll, then dress him/her with the same clothes from the story.
Language Arts: Name your doll and dictate a short action story about him/her. Illustrate your story and label your pictures as you can.
Journal prompt: Must Do--Can you write/draw a menu for your favorite breakfast?
Writing practice: Must Do--PreK4 write 10 Ys and 10 ys. PreK3 trace Y and y and see is different?
Math: Can you remember and sequence, from first to last, all the clothes our hero traded and in what order?
Building skills: As you wish....
Map skills: Ask mom and dad about the directions North, South, East and West. Check out the compass rose I left for you below. Think about who lives west of you. Who lives to the East. Do you know anyone who lives North? How about South.
Extensions: Pancake recipe
Parents: Let me hear how this is going.....
Friday: April 3, 2020: A Hunting We Will Go
Motor/Art: Must Do: Make a character for the story. Isaac makes a lamb ; Alec makes a pram (stroller) ; Walter makes a goat; Neil makes a boat ; Constance makes a bear; Alana makes underwear; Sully makes a whale; Courtney makes a pail; Carmen makes a snake; Cosmo makes a cake; Caroline makes a pig; Nora makes a wig; and Eli makes a skunk, and I will make a bunk (bed) . Don't lose these, we will need them today at 11:00 when we meet in Zoom to share our creations and sing a song! Parents: I will send an email inviting you to join the zoom meeting. You should be able to click the link to join. Here is a tutorial if you feel you need it. I will be watching it repeatedly! Fingers crossed. This could require humor. But the goal is for the class to sing this song together while Mark and I accompany them. Lord, Have Mercy!
Language Arts: This book is full of rhymes, Try to identify the rhyming pairs.
Journal prompt: Draw two things that rhyme in your journal. If you say the words verrrrrrry slowwwwly, can you guess the sounds you hear to label your drawings?
Writing practice: Must Do-- Spend 5 minutes drawing circles that start on the right, go up and over and come together in the end. This is a foundational skill so starting in the right place and going the right way is essential.
Math: We found rhymng pairs in the book. CAn you find two things that come in pairs in your closet? Be sure to put them away afterwards neatly.
Building skills: Build a symetrical building by selecting pairs of blocks and placing them on opposite sides.
Map skills: Our story is an English folk song. Can you find England on the world map? Did you know England has a Queen? Who is the Queen of your class? Who is the Queen of your house?
Extensions:
Parents: Take some time together to celebrate the flexibilty and teamwork it has required to meet the challenges of the last week. Sharing a couple of compliments is never a bad move.