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.
On which continent do we live?
NORTH AMERICA / AFRICA / EUROPE / ASIA
Let us start with Quarrelsome Queen from Letterland and listen to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIk5veO2Ecw After listening, show your child how to write a capital Q and a lower case q (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 or trace Q and q on the screen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9NkEIHv190
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 Q (Quack, quarrelsome, quarter, queen, question, queue, quick, quiet, quill, quilt, quite, quiz, Quincy, quail, quinoa.) You might want to add a picture of an owl, so that your child can say that owl does not start with Q! Here is a book of Q word pictures: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/q.gif Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter Q every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.
Science
The first people living in America were the Native Americans. Here is a book called Many Nations: An Alphabet of Native America by Joseph Bruchac (advanced.) Then, people came from all over the world to settle down in America. For this World (7) Continents Song, show a world map to your child and point to continents:
These are the continents of the world. (2x).
North America, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Don’t forget Australia, don’t forget Antarctica.
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
For each page on Native Americans this week, we will focus on one different nations/tribes and I encourage you to show their regions on a map of the United States https://csl.noaa.gov/assessments/climate/2017/guide.html:
- Northwest region: Wampanoag
- Southwest: Cherokee
- Plains: Cheyenne
- Northwest: Chinook
- Southwest: Apache
Today, we will learn about the Wampanoags and the Wampanoag Way (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmisO7pdMW4 – advanced.) The Native American heritage is often transmitted through oral stories, but some books are available:
- How Chipmunk got his stripes by Joseph and James Bruchac (advanced) httpsf://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nefL0wx-mSk
- Ten Little Rabbits by Virginia Grossman and Sylvia Long https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXM74qAd4WI
“10 Little Native Americans” Song
One little, two little, three little Native Americans.
Four little, five little, six little Native Americans.
Seven little, eight little, nine little Native Americans.
Ten little Native Americans living in peace.
”I’m a Native American” Song (“I’m a Little Teapot” tune)
I’m a Native American on the go.
Here is my arrow. Here is my bow.
When I go a-hunting, hear my shout.
Bear and Buffalo, better watch out!
Lakota Lullaby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNulkDwFAxY
Math
For this Native American math game named Picaria, you need (1) paper, (2) crayons/pencils, and (3) 6 counters/beads of one color and 6 of another. It starts with drawing an 8 inch square box. Then divide into 4 square boxes of 4 inches. Then divide each 4 inch box with an x. Mark each intersection with a dot. The game is like an advanced tic-tac-toe. Each player gets 6 counters and place one counter at a time at each turn. No counters in the main center dot yet. After all the counters are down, continue to play by sliding counters from one dot to another, without jumping, and players can slide counters on the main center dot. The winning player is the one having three counters in a row. Decorate the paper with colors! (https://thelittletravelers.typepad.com/the_little_travelers/2009/01/picaria.html)
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 Native American Patterned headband Art Project, you need (1) brown construction paper, (2) construction paper different shapes of different color, (3) scissors, (4) glue, (5) hole puncher, (6) yarn, (7) three feathers, and (8) stapler.
Directions:
- Cut a large strip of brown construction paper for headband.
- Punch 2 holes on each end.
- cut 2 long pieces of yarn and attach one end of each piece to one hole.
- Glue colored construction paper shapes in a pattern of choice.
- Staple three feathers together to the brown construction paper strip.
- Picture http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2014/11/thanksgiving-theme-weekly-home-preschool.html
For Salt Dough Bead Making Art Project, you need (1) chopsticks/bamboo skewers, (2) 2 cups of flour, (3) 1 cup of salt, (4) 1 cup of water, (5) mixing bowl, (6) spoon, (7) paint (acrylic), (8) brush, (9) baking sheet and (1) string.
- Mix ingredients until you have a nice ball.
- Take a piece of salt dough and roll it into a ball that will be a bead.
- Push chopstick through it without breaking the ball/bead and put the ball on a baking sheet. Repeat as long as you have salt dough.
- Bake at 100F for about 1 hour.
- Once beads are nicely dry, paint them with colors and brush.
- Sting beads together.
- Picture https://www.redtedart.com/salt-dough-recipe-beads/
Small Motor Skills
We are the Wampanoags! Book https://twistynoodle.com/we-are-the-wampanoags-2-minibook/
Letter Q Activity Book https://twistynoodle.com/letter-q-activity-book-minibook/
Letter Q Bookmark https://twistynoodle.com/letter-q-bookmark-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
Native American Story with Movement – Fly Like an Eagle book https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzEXyNWMhE (encourage your child to do the actions.)