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Pre-kindergarten

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Shapes

3/31/2020

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How many shapes can you identify by name? (ie. square, circle, diamond, heart, triangle, rectangle, oval, etc.)

Book: The Monster At The End Of This Book

Activity: Shape Monster
*Create your own shape monster. 
-You can use what ever materials you have at your house (some ideas: blocks, paper, buttons, plates, bowls, box of cereal, containers, fabric, towels, Playdoh, monster pizza, snack, etc.). 


Write your own story about your monster:
-What will you call your monster? 
-Is it a friendly monster?
-How old is your monster? 
-How tall is your monster? 
-How much does your monster weigh?
- Does it weigh more or less than you do? 
-Does your monster eat food? What do they eat? 
-Is your monster a girl or a boy? 

Other ideas to try: 
-Draw shapes on paper (or use sticks, rocks, etc. to create them).
-Trace shapes, cut out and create a picture
-Moving shapes: roll a ball, a cylinder (can)
*Which shapes can roll? 
*Which shapes can slide? 
-Balancing blocks on top of each other
                      

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10 Black Dots

3/30/2020

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At school, we have been practicing counting 0-20 from memory. We have also been working on counting with a 1:1 correspondence (1:1 correspondence is the ability to match an object to the corresponding number and recognize that numbers are symbols that represent a quantity). 

Book: 10 Black Dots (Written by: Donald Crews)
-Can you help the person reading the story, count the "black dots"? 

Activity:
*Can you find 10 (or 20) objects? These objects can be anything you would like, some examples are: art materials, toys, feathers, candy, cereal, rocks, socks, shoes, etc.). 
*Can you sort these objects by size? shape? color? texture? width? 
*Can you make the first letter of your name? How about the first letter of your last name? How many objects did it take to create those letters? Can you count them with a 1:1 correspondence (touching each object as you count it)?
*Can you trace your objects on paper? Color them in? Cut them out? What can you make using your paper objects? 

Other ideas to try:
1. Writing the numbers 0-20 (on paper, using the objects, in the sand using a stick, etc.)
2. Sequencing the numbers from 0-20 (21 small pieces of paper. Write a number on each piece of paper. Then put the numbers in order from 0-20). 
3. What's for snack? crackers? Gummies? Count them? How many do you have? Can you sort them by shape? color? 

​Song: Fish (see below)
-Can you sing along? 
-How many fingers do you have on 1 hand?  2 hands? Fingers and Toes? 
-How many toes do you have? 

*If your family would like to take a picture of you and your project(s) and email it to me, that would be great? : )
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March "Math-Ness"

3/30/2020

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Week 2: Math Fun
(ie. observation, problem solving, 1:1 correspondence, number sense, shapes, spatial sense, sets and classifying, ordering, comparing, sorting, patterns, measuring, parts & wholes, numbers & symbols, speed and graphing)

What do you know about basketball? What do you want to learn about basketball?

Activity: Practice playing basketball
Basketball: (If you don't have a basketball, a regular ball will work).  
-Practice dribbling
-Practice passing (throwing the ball to a friend)
-Shooting into a hoop (or you can use a clothes basket or a box)

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Time for Circle...

3/27/2020

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Let's do circle: (time to put the weekly activities together)

1. Who is the star of the day? Can you write their name? (maybe they can print it in pencil for you and then you can trace it)
2. Pledge of Allegiance (hold your flag) and choose a Patriotic Hymn
3. Calendar: (What month is it? clap it out? Days of the week song, Counting, Sky writing, Tally, Write the number in word format, jump/hop number)
4. Let's breathe and relax (smell the ____ & blow the ___). 

Dramatic Play:
~You can do circle with your family. Switch roles (star of the day/students), 
~You can also use dolls, stuffed animals, etc. 

Transition Song: 
* Jump up and Down

____ ,  _____ jump up and down
turn around, touch the ground, 
do a silly dance and go and ______. 

Child's name: (child's name)
​the last space is to do what next (IE. wash your hands). 

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Weather Chart

3/26/2020

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 "March comes in like a lion and leaves like a lamb."
~Which means....March typically comes in as a cold winter and ends with warmer, spring like weather (because March straddles the winter/spring line). This saying doesn't always hold true for Cape Cod. : )

Activity: Weather Chart
*Create your own weather chart (to keep track of the weather). It can be a graph like the one pictured or how ever you would like to create it. Your goal is to keep track of the weather. At the end of the month. We will count to see how many sunny days, etc. If the weather on a                                          given day is more than one element, include all the apply.  (Most vs. Least  or More vs. Less)

                                   Outdoor Activity: Go outside and see what the weather is like. Are their clouds in the sky?
                                   ~some things to think about: What clothing do you wear when it is wet, snowy, cold, hot, etc                                       outside? Does your attire change? 
                                   
​Another idea to go with your weather chart: Make paper dolls: design different clothes for your paper person. Have your paper person wear a specific type of clothing to reflect the weather for that day (or try using play dough, materials from nature, etc.)

Also, you can practice writing the different weather elements (sunny, rain, cold, hot, windy, cloudy, etc.). 

Below are a few books to enjoy. Do you have any books about the "weather" at your house? Can you write and illustrate your own book? (Author writes the words & Illustrator creates the pictures). 


*If your family would like to take a picture of you and your project and email it to me, that would be great! : )
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The Calendar

3/25/2020

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 Circle time is the first activity we do each morning to start our day. Calendar is the third activity at circle time. 

Calendar Routine: 
1. Clap out the syllables in the Month 

2. Days of the week song 
*The "Star" chooses a body movement for all of us to do while singing the song (IE. stamp our feet, clap, etc.). They also get to name the movement ("Stomp the ground"). 

                                               3. Counting: We count together, pointing to each number that we say (1:1 correspondence).
                                               The numbers on our classroom calendar has pictures on them. As we try to guess the correct picture                                                       card to continue the monthly pattern. 

                                              4. Sky Writing the Number: (see below for words/number poems) The teacher or star makes the number                                                   on the wipe board (or paper) while the rest of the class follows creating the number in the air (sky). 

                                              5. tally count to the number of the day
                                                 Sounding out the number of the day, and writing it together
                                                 Gross Motor counting: (star chooses) Jumping on 2 feet or hoping on 1 foot x the number of the day

                                              6. Sitting down and breathing together: 
                                                  "What is something that we can smell?"
                                                  "What is something that we can blow?"
                                                   (Smell the _____ & blow the ____) we repeat this 3 times (until we are calmed down). 

Activity: Calendar: create your own calendar. Ideas: You can use paper,poster board if you have it, a paper bag (cut along the seams to make it a big piece of paper). A ruler, pencil to make the boxes. Use sticky paper or index cards to make numbers and month. Have fun creating! 

Once you have created it, hang it in a place that you can visit it daily (we will be using it). 

*If your family would like to take a picture of you and your project and email it to me, that would be great! : )
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Days of the week song: 
*During the "clap-clap": the child's movement is substituted and the name of it is said out-loud
(see video on the bottom of page for song)

Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week
Days of the week
Days of the week (clap, Clap)

recite the days

Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week
Days of the week
Days of the week (clap, clap)

Sky-Writing Numbers: 
Wake up right there and make a number
wake up right there and make a number
wake up right there and make a number
We are making the number ____

Number Poems:
0. looks like a donut (or oval)
 
1. come right down and that is all 
    come right down and that is all
    come right down and that is all
    making the number 1. 

2. Curve around and slide to the right
    curve around and slide to the right
    curve around and slide to the right
    making the number 2. 

3. Half way around, and half way again.
    "                                                        "
    "                                                        "
    Making the number 3. 

4. Make a L and cut it in 1/2
    "                                      "
    "                                      "
    Making the number 4

5. Down and around and put on a hat
    "                                                     "
    "                                                     "
    Making the number 5. 

6. Curl around and curl it up
    "                                       "
    "                                       "
    Making the number 6. 

7.  Slide to the right and slant it down
    "                                                    "
    "                                                    "
    Making the number 7.

8.  Make and S and close the gate
    "                                               "
    "                                               "
    Making the number 8. 

9.  Make a circle then a line
     "                                            "
     "                                            "
   Making the number 9.

10. Make a one then a zero
      "                                   "
      "                                   "
      Making the number 10
       1-0
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The Flag

3/24/2020

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We stand and do the Pledge of Allegiance together as a class. 

The "star of the day" holds the flag
The rest of the class: points their belly buttons towards the flag and places their right hand over their hear (right vs. left). 

The "Star" chooses what patriotic hymn we sing as a class for the day. 

Some of the songs that we have learned are: 
1. Yankee Doodle
2. You're a Grand Old Flag
3. This Land Is Your Land (first 2 verses)
​4. God Bless America


*Do you have a favorite patriotic Hymn? You can teach your child (or research others that you can learn). 

Activity: Flag 
*Create your own flag
Ideas: Paper (using markers/crayons/paint, paper strips). Paper towel roll or a stick, tape.
 

*If your family would like to take a picture of you and your project and email it to me, that would be great! : )
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Let's Create....Star Of The day!

3/23/2020

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Week 1: Let's Create Our Classroom
​Circle Time

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Everyday that you are home...you are the "Star of The Day"!





What is the "Star Of The Day"? The "star" is the teachers helper. The assistant! Some of the responsibilities that the star has:

1.Washing the table after meal times (soap and water, sponge or paper towel)
2. Sweeping up after meal times and projects (dust pan and small broom).
3. Helping to put materials away (in their correct places)
4. Offering to help others 
5. At Circle Time: holds the flag, chooses the movement for the "Days of the Week Song" &                                        Patriotic Hymn to Sing.

How can you help your family at home? 

* If you have siblings/parent/Grandparent/Guardian at home...you can take turns being the star (if you are not the "star" you can be the "teacher" showing the "star" what we do each day!) : )


Activity: Create your own star! (you can use paper, paint, crayons, markers, what ever you have at home)

Book/Song: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (some ideas are below: do you have a favorite one that you like to sing/read as a family?)

Outdoor Activities: Can you create a star using natural materials (draw a star in the sand, use sticks to create a star, etc.)? Go outside before bedtime (or look through a window): can you see the stars? Can you see the moon? 

*If your family would like to take a picture of you and your project and email it to me, that would be great! : )
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Our daily/weekly schedule...

3/23/2020

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Our Daily Schedule: 

7:30-9:00: Morning Care
(Morning "Nibbles", Indoor choice play, games, books, Art activity, outdoor play, singing, dancing)
 
9:00: Circle:
(Morning Messages: Pledge, Hymn, Calendar, Specials, Book(s), Announcements, Review our day)

Transition song

Bathroom, Wash Hands

9:30: Snack

10:00:  "Specials"/Project/indoor choice time
(call a few friends at a time to do project while the rest play)

Bathroom/Wash Hands
cleanup

11:00-11:30:  Outdoor Play

12:00: Lunch Time (and Book Share)

12:30: Mat set up (put a book on your mat)
Quiet activities (books/puzzles)
Bathroom/Wash Hands

1:00 Tooth-brushing

1:15 -2:00 Rest Time on their mats with a book 
Quiet Music

2:00 Anyone who is awake (quiet activities at the table)
Bathroom/Wash Hands/Put rest time materials away (mats/bedding)

2:30 Everyone up, clean up
Dance Party

2:45 Pre-k in Ms. Lynn's classroom for co-op play time
snack for aftercare friends

3:00 dismissal

3:15 help Ms. Lynn transition children outside for aftercare


Specials: 
M-art, Green Buddies (with Chelsey's class: new)
T-Health, Wellness & Fitness, Spanish
w-Art
Th-Health, Wellness & Fitness, Spanish
F-Mentors  w/ Toddlers, Music
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Alphabet Letter Fun

3/22/2020

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​Games to Try:
Alphabet Scavenger Hunt: Search your house and find objects that start with the letters in your name (ie. N-A-N-C-Y ..I found a necklace, answering machine, neck tie, celery and a yo-yo). 

The Missing Letters: Write all the alphabet letters on separate pieces of paper (sticky notes work well). Then have one of your family members hide them around the house. Can you find all the alphabet letters and put them in the correct order A-Z? Other variations to this-set a timer and see how long it takes you to find all of them. Can you do it quicker than a family member?

Sorting Relay Race: Have 2 buckets (ie. boxes, baskets, containers) one on one side of the room and the other bucket on the other side of the room. This activity can also be done outside (where you can get some running in). In one bucket place letters inside of it (these letters can be foam, magnetic, puzzle pieces, even pieces of paper with letters written). You will yell out a letter, your child will go to the bucket and find that letter and run and put it in the other bucket. Your child continues in this format, until the other bucket is full of the letters. Other variation: After you yell out the letter, your child can tell you the sound that letter makes. 

Snowball Throw Alphabet Game: Write the Uppercase/lowercase alphabet letters on pieces of paper and tape to the wall (or use sticky notes). You can use pom poms, ping pong ball or a rolled up pair of socks. Then call out a letter and have your child hit the letter with the ball. You can practice tossing underhand, throwing overhand, trick moves, etc. 

Playdoh: Creating letters using playdoh or clay. Other variations (bread or cookie dough). 

Shaving cream Letters: Shaving cream on the bathroom tub/shower wall. Your child can practice writing their name, the alphabet letters, drawing, etc. with the shaving cream. To clean, either just rinse off or play "snow plow" using a ruler to a straight flat object. 

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