By Birds

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

My favorite Closing Song sung on “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” tune with movement:

Twinkle, twinkle little stars! Time is over and we say goodbye. (Open and close hands)
We had fun with all our friends. Let’s come back and do it again! (Arm moved up and back)
Twinkle, twinkle, little stars! What a wonderful bunch you are! (Blow kisses)

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 capital/uppercase and the rest in lowercase. If your child is starting to write on paper, you can write your child’s name with a highlighter and your child can use a crayon to trace it.

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 bird is nocturnal?
EAGLE / OWL / PEACOCK / NIGHTINGALE

Make letter O shape:

  1. 2 big curves for capital O/ 2 little curves for Lowercase o. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top, going down, around from left to right and back up. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmpV-h9Imj4). 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 O (object, October, octopus, odd, off, of, or, office, often, on, opposite, orange, ostrich, otter.) You might want to add a picture of a cat, so that your child can say that cat does not start with O! Here is a book of O word pictures: https://twistynoodle.com/my-oo-book-5-minibook/ Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter O every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.

Science

Astronomers are very excited this week. With a good telescope, you can see almost all the planets in our solar system. I hope budding astronomers get a chance to look at the sky at night with their families!

Have you ever heard of an owl pellet? Owls often swallow mice, voles, small birds and other prey whole! Bones, teeth and fur are indigestible and regurgitated into an oval mass. I bought pellets safe for class use and children could see bones enveloped in fur. Here is a video of discovery with a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FENowCc-A8M

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

These books can entertain, especially nocturnal friends! Here are:

  1. Little Owl’s Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfpRYTLq6Kc and Little Owl’s Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kooFVbq-ybU by Divya Srinivasan
  2. I’m not Sleepy! by Jane Chapman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTjSwg__xiE

After viewing a story, help your child to sequence the story: what came first, second,… and at the end. Share what your bedtime routine is and ask what your child’s bedtime routine is too. Brainstorm how you can make it better. My young son’s night routine is yoga, deep breathing and some reading with soothing music.

Owl Song (“I’m a Little Teapot” tune)

I’m a great big owl as you can see.
Flying high up in a tree.
When the other birds wake me up when they play,
It’s no use, I like to play in the day!

“Five Owlets” Fingerplay

Five little owls on a branch by the shore
One extended its wings.
And then there were four.
Four little owls perched high in a tree.
The wind shook one off.
And then there were three.
Three little owls with little to do
One got restless.
And then there were two.
Two little owls having some fun
Their mommy came along.
And then there was one.
One little owl really winked at me.
It flew into the forest.
Where it needed to be!

“The Owl and the Wind” Poem

A little owl sat on a branch on a chilly fall day.
It watched the leaves dance in the air.
It watched the branches sway.
The wind was howling through some trees.
The squirrels were scampering all around.
The little owl looked up and said, “Soon we’ll have some snow!”

Math

Let’s play Shape Bingo Game. Print these pages https://preschoolmom.com/wp-content/uploads/PMom/Bingo/ShapeBingoPack.pdf and have a set of cut-out shapes and counters to play. The winning player is the one identifying four shapes in a row on a printed bingo sheet.

November is here! 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/november-calendar-setbr4-pages/november-calendar-set-2

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 Snowy Owl Art Project, you need (1) black, brown, and yellow construction paper, (2) white paint, (3) loofah sponge, (4) scissors, (5) glue, and (6) white crayon.

Directions:

  1. Cut 2 yellow construction paper circles for owl’s eyes.
  2. Cut a long strip for a log and 2 owl’s feet out of brown construction paper.
  3. Cut 1 black construction paper triangle for owl’s beak and 2 smaller black circles to fit inside yellow circles for owl’s eyes.
  4. Take a black construction paper sheet and paint with a loofah sponge and white paint on it.
  5. Glue black circles inside yellow circles and draw a dot on black circles with white crayon.
  6. Once dry, glue triangular owl’s beak with triangle pointing down and 2 circles for owl’s eyes right above beak.
  7. Glue brown owl’s feet and log at the bottom of painted owl.
  8. Picture https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/snowy-owl-winter-craft-kids.html
  9. Your child may decide to paint owlets (3) instead of an owl on the sheet of black construction paper. As a result, you will need to cut more circles, triangles, logs and feet to glue.
  10. More Owl Crafts https://www.acraftylife.com/owl-crafts-for-kids-preschool-theme/

For Letter O for Owl Art Project, you need (1) black, brown, orange and yellow construction paper, (2) glue, (3) scissors and (4) white crayon.

Directions:

  1. Cut a big O out of brown construction paper (https://twistynoodle.com/letter-o-cutting-practice-coloring-page/ if needed)
  2. Cut a big orange construction paper triangle for owl’s head and 2 owl’s feet.
  3. Cut 2 big yellow construction paper circles and smaller black construction paper circles that fit in yellow circles for owl’s eyes and glue black circles in yellow circles. Draw a dot with white crayon in each black circle eye.
  4. Glue paper O for owl on a sheet of black construction paper and then glue head with triangle pointing down, feet at the bottom of paper O, and eyes on orange owl’s head.
  5. Add the art project to your Letterland binder, if you have collected the other Letter crafts.

Small Motor Skills

Owl Book https://twistynoodle.com/owl-book-2-minibook/

Practice Writing Letter O https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-letter-o-coloring-page/

Letter O Bookmark https://twistynoodle.com/letter-o-bookmark-coloring-page/

Gross Motor Skills

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

To introduce next week’s theme about Native Americans, here is the Owl Dance Pow Wow that your child can dance on, with or without a partner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3jfkeLVNy8