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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.

Which animal lives on a farm?
ELEPHANT COW 🐄 LION 🦁 SHEEP 🐑

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 (you could draw 🙂) either in all uppercase letters or just first letter in uppercase and the rest in lowercase.

We will make the E shape with:

  1. A big line and 3 little lines for capital E/ 2 little curves, and a little line for Lowercase e. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top and from left to right. (In order to start learning letters, your child will need a set of big curves, little curves, big lines and little lines in wood. You can purchase them at https://www.lwtears.com or make them your self. Here is a picture: http://cdn.lwtears.com/images/uploads/1_787_large.png)
  2. Wet-Dry-Try on small chalkboard (Handwriting Without Tears) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6p4LUEGbwM
  3. Play dough with small chalkboard (recipe: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/playdough-recipe/) or you can purchase the Roll-A-Dough Set from Handwriting without Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spjVLDXDixI

A whole week activity:
For the phonetic part, have a big yogurt container with a lid filled with small objects or pictures that start with the letter E (Elephant, egg, enveloppe, exit, elbow). You might want to add a picture of a puppy, so that your child can say that puppy does not start with E! Here is a book of E word pictures https://twistynoodle.com/my-e-e-book-3-minibook/ Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter E every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.

Science

Have you ever seen the moon during the day? We can see the moon most days night or day. Eric Carle wrote Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOiw0zXQQBQ Here is a printable template of the moon phases https://www.123homeschool4me.com/free-moon-phases-mini-book_28/ As an extra activity of its movement, you need a medium ball to represent Earth and a small ball to represent the moon. Have your child go around the Earth ball holding the moon ball and explain that the moon is orbiting around Earth.

On the tune of “Oh, my Darling 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

Here are 3 singalong books:

Old McDonald Had a Farm by Pam Adams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCO7psrpNOk

Diving My Tractor by Barefoot Books Singalong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_odhwo81s

The Farmer in the Dell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdwBLGsm9Oo

Mrs. Wishy Washy’s Farm book by Joy Cowley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izS3vyV8ks raises many feelings in the readers. After viewing the book, help your child to sequence the story: what happened first, next and at the end. Brainstorm the different feelings your child and you had while reading the story. Were you sad, upset, curious, scared, happy? Would you change the ending? If so, how would you like the story to end?

Math

Here is a song “Shapes are all around” by PinkFung https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcl8uB2AWM0 After listening to the song, send your child on a scavenger hunt to find the shapes in your home.

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/october-calendar-setbr4-pages/october-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 Tractor Shape Art Project, you need (1) green, yellow, white and black construction paper, (2) scissors, (3) glue, and (4) marker.
Directions:

  1. Cut 2 black circles out of black construction paper for wheels,
  2. Cut 1 yellow rectangle for the window and 2 small circles to glue inside the big black circles,
  3. Cut 1 green rectangle and 1 square for tractor body,
  4. Glue all pieces together on white construction paper,
  5. Use marker to draw the farmer in the window.

Your child might want to add more details to the tractor with construction paper or cut more shapes to build a farm, barn, animals, …

For the Tractor Mud Painting Art Project, you need (1) paper, (2) toy tractor, and (3) mud or brown paint with sand in a bowl. This is called process art. Encourage your child to paint freely with a tractor and its wheels. Your child will develop different ways to print, apply pressure, create layers,… When your child is done, ask questions about the painting.

Small Motor Skills

Old McDonald Had A Farm Book https://twistynoodle.com/old-macdonald-5-minibook/

I can Trace and Color the Letter E https://twistynoodle.com/i-can-trace-and-color-the-letter-e-coloring-page/

Lowercase Letter e https://twistynoodle.com/lowercase-letter-e-2-coloring-page/

Cut and Paste Letter E G G https://twistynoodle.com/cut-and-paste-the-letters-e-g-g-coloring-page/

Gross Motor Skills

Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.

Social Emotional

You are Your Strong by Danielle Dufayet (The American Psychological Association) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE3iay2Hx3M After viewing the book, share with your child how you are strong and encourage your child to tell you how your child is strong.