Shikamoo (Swahili)! Let’s sing together our song “Rise and Shine – Welcome to School Today” by Dr. Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAD2OoFuoY and our greeting song “Hello to all the children of the world”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYjGy_ZUG8
I realize that you might have to survey other members of your family for the question of the day so that your child have enough tally marks to count or have your child put more than one tally mark.
What are community helpers?
TEACHER 👩🏫 FIREFIGHTER 🚒 DOG 🐕 DOCTOR 🥼
For the writing/reading process, have your child trace or copy (advanced skill) daily his/her name on paper/dry eraser board/ mini blackboard (kindergarten handwriting page) starting at the top of each letter, either in all uppercase letters or just first letter in uppercase and the rest in lowercase.
Let us start with Firefighter Fred from Letterland and listen to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQbFjujR00o After listening, show your child how to write a capital F and a lower case f (advanced) starting at the top (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnZePnDo-U). Have your child first trace the letter(s) you wrote with one finger.
For the phonetic part, have a big yogurt container with a lid filled with small objects or pictures that start with the letter F (Face, fall, farm, fence, five, flag). You might want to add a picture of a ball, so that your child can say that ball does not start with F ! Here is a book of F word pictures https://twistynoodle.com/my-letter-f-2-minibook/
Science
For this science experiment, you need (1) a bowl, (2) water and (3) corn starch. Pour about 2 cups of corn starch in a bowl and add some water. Let your child put hands in the mixture. How does it feel? Is it a solid like a rock or a liquid like water? (It is a suspension that has 2 states of matter) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biAOOJgvRYI
On the tune of “Clementine”, we can sing: what’s the weather, what’s the weather, what’s the weather like today? Is it cloudy, is it rainy, is it sunny, is it cold? (You can also change the weather words).
Let your child check the weather and tell you about it. You might want to ask your child to do a weather drawing that you can label. Some activities will be repetitive to create a routine that brings comfort to your child.
Language Arts
You can find lots of letter L in The Little Fire Engine by Lois Lensky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-ABWwSNEl4
After viewing the book, help your child to sequence the story: what happened first, then, and at the end. This book has many details! Explain to your child that a firefighter is a community helper and brainstorm with you child other professionals that are community helpers (constructions workers, doctors, nurses, farmers, police officers, bus drivers,…) We will study different community helpers each day for 2 weeks.
Humty-Dumpty Nursery Rhyme
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
The Wheels on the Bus Song and Movement
The wheels on the bus go round and round
Round and round, round and round
The wheels on the bus go round and round
All through the town.
The doors on the bus go open and shut…..
The people on the bus go up and down….
The babies on the bus go wah, wah, wah….
A Clean-Up Song (tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”) for A House Job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia8HEO2s6vs
Math
Last week, I introduce a Picture Sudoku. Here is another interesting one to complete with your child with smiley faces https://www.kidscanhavefun.com/puzzles/sudoku-smilies-puzzle.pdf
The calendar is a daily activity to do with your child that develop number and pattern recognition. Here is the link to print a calendar to update daily with your child. The set has a weather component, if you like. https://www.themailbox.com/magazines/september-calendar-setbr4-pages/september-calendar-set-3
Daily counting of tally marks and show your child a number card or write the number down to show your child. The numbers of the tallies will be different every day. Extend the concept by comparing numbers: which has more? Which has fewer? Which are the same? How many more (count with fingers)?
Art
For the F for Firefighter Art Project, you need (1) scissors, (2) colored construction paper, (3) glue, and (4) pencils/markers. https://www.preschoolcrafts.us/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fireman-letter-f-craft-activity-homework.jpg
Directions:
- For letter F, cut 1 long yellow construction paper rectangle (Line) and 2 little rectangles (lines).
- For firefighter, cut 1 black construction paper boot and glove, 1 firefighter red construction paper hat, and 1 white construction paper Round face and triangle hose.
- On orange construction paper, glue all pieces together.
For this 911 Dot Painting Art Project, you need (1) print out ( http://thefantasticfive-hockmana.blogspot.com/2012/10/e-is-for-emergency-tot-trays.html) and (2) dot painting. Have your child dot paint the numbers and explain why the number is important.
Small Motor Skills
Community Helpers Book https://twistynoodle.com/community-helpers-70-minibook/
Firetruck Puzzle https://twistynoodle.com/fire-truck-puzzle-coloring-page/
Firefighter Coloring Page https://twistynoodle.com/firefighter-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
Unfortunately, the Montgomery County Fire Stations are all closed to the public because of the pandemic. You could take a car drive, a walk or a bicycle drive to see the closest fire station(s) to your house.