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.
What is the National bird of India?
EAGLE 🦅/ CHICK 🐥 / PEACOCK 🦚/ OWL 🦉
If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete page 36 and 37. There is a also Owl worksheet https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap4_zb_tracers/o1.gif
Two sounds of O to emphasize: Short sound O (octopus, ostrich, otter, ox, orange, October, onion, on) https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/o.gif and Long sound O (oak, ocean, overalls, oval, okra, oatmeal, Olympic) https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/o2.gif To practice, write with your child on a sheet of paper divided into 2 columns all the short and long Os you and your child know.
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
5 Days of Diwali Celebration – How to and why we celebrate Indian festivals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_nuCHUhUcE
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.
Kitchen Science
Diwali Sweets Recipes https://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/10-quick-diwali-recipes-696319
Language Arts
Happy Diwali! Lots of books are available and these two are my favorite:
- Shubh Diwali by Chitra Soundar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TTfOHdOlaE
- Let’s Celebrate Diwali! by Anjali Joshi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulfaBf2h0x8 (advanced)
Math
Color the Ranguli by numbers https://i1.wp.com/www.mylittlemoppet.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Rangoli-Coloring.jpg
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 the Peacock Art Project, you need (1) a small paper plate or coffee filter, (2) dot painting, (3) blue and yellow construction paper, (4) glue, (5) scissors, and (6) black marker or googly eyes.
Directions:
- Cut a pear-shaped blue construction paper peacock body.
- Cut a little triangle-shaped yellow construction paper beak and 2 feet.
- Dot paint the coffee filter/small paper plate using lots of colors to make it very colorful!
- Once dry, glue peacock body on filter/small paper plate and also beak and feet.
- Draw eyes with marker or glue googly eyes.
- Let your creativity shine!
For Salt Dough Diyas Art Project, you need (1) 1 cup of salt, (2) 2 cups of flour, (3) 1 cup of water, (4) mixing bowl with spoon, (5) paint with brush, (6) glue, (7) tea candles and (8) colorful beads or other decorations of choice.
Directions:
- Mix all salt dough ingredients in a bowl.
- Shape pieces of salt dough into cups.
- Bake at about 100 degrees F for about 1 hour.
- Once dry, paint with color of choice.
- Glue beads or any decoration of choice.
- https://www.learningandexploringthroughplay.com/2014/10/salt-dough-diva-lamps.html
Small Motor Skills
Diwali Activities http://www.momlearningwithbaby.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Diwali-Activity-Sheets.pdf
Peacock Coloring Page https://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?t=https://www.coloring.ws/animals/birds/peacock2.gif or https://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?t=https://www.coloring.ws/animals/peacock.gif
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
Morning Stretch – Great Way to Start the Day with Dr. Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIq9TbaCokc