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 an emoji 🙂) 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.
Do you wear?
SUSPENDERS / GALOSHES/ SKI BOOTS / SCARF 🧣
If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete page 49. More practice: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/dino/trace-zb/b.gif and https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap4_zb_tracers/b.gif
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 B (baby, bad, balance, ball, bar, beautiful, bed, bee, big, bird, birthday,biscuit, blue, boat, bounce, bread, breakfast, bridge, brown, bubble, bun, bus, butter, butterfly.) You might want to add a picture of a pig, so that your child can say Dog that does not start with B! Here is a book of B word pictures: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/b.gif Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter B every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.
Science
The science of washing clothes! In the classroom, I would put mittens, hats and scarves in the sensory bin with warm water and some soap. I would demonstrate how to wash clothes by hand. Children loved it! I would recommend setting a wash tub up and showing your child how to rub clothes together with soap explaining it detaches the dirt particles. I also had a cloth-line with cloth-pins!
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.
Language Arts
Clothing Literature:
1. Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash by Sarah Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92hToeLnllc.
2. Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatanya Feene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruW62ZSVOJg.
3. Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UveFBZ6Nn-c
After viewing a book, help your child sequence the story: what happened first, next,… at the end. There are many themes in this selection. If you could change the ending, brainstorm with your child how you can change the story.
“This is The Way We Wash Our Clothes” Song (“Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush” tune) with Movement
This is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our clothes.
This is the way we clean our clothes early in the morning!
Other verses: hang our clothes, dry our clothes, fold our clothes,….
Underwear Silly Song (“Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes” tune) with Movement
Hat, coat, and underwear, and underwear (2x).
Eyes, and ears, and mouth, and underwear.
Hat, coat, and underwear, and underwear
“Warm Clothes for When It’s Cold” Song (“The Farmer in the Dell” tune)
Warm clothes for when it’s cold. Warm clothes for when it’s cold.
Hi-ho, the Derry-o!
Warm clothes for when it’s cold.
Warm hat goes on my head. Warm hat goes on my head.
Hi-ho, the Derry-o!
Warm hat goes on my head.
Other verses: fuzzy mittens on my hands, soft scarf around my neck, thick boots on my feet,….
You can add movement too!
Math
With the book One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl and Tom Lichtenheld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bil6NOWz8js, you can review with your child how to make pairs of items and count pairs. Then, your child can practice writing number 2 either:
1. If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete page 78 and 79.
2. Practice Writing Number 2 https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-number-2-3-coloring-page/
For the Color Popsicles Math Activity, you need to lay any scarf down flat for patterning and have colorful popsicle sticks on hand. Start a pattern with one blue, one red, one blue popsicle stick and encourage your child to finish the pattern. Make as many different patterns as you and your child want.
January just started. 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/january-calendar-set/january-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
Free Watercolor Day! All you need is a sheet of paper, watercolor with brush and a cup of water!
For the Pattern Paper Scarf Art Project, you need (1) scissors, (2) long large strip of construction paper, (3) yarn, (4) hole puncher, (5) markers, strips of color construction paper/ stamps/ color tape/ paint with brush/ or any decoration.
Directions:
1. Take the long large strip of construction paper. It is your scarf.
2. Design a pattern and use markers, strips of color construction paper/ stamps/ paint with brush/ or any decoration.
3. Hole punch 5 holes at each end of scarf.
4. Cut pieces of yarn and lace them through holes.
Your child can also decorate a paper underwear as creative as your child wants. Here is a pattern:
Small Motor Skills
Glue a Button https://twistynoodle.com/glue-a-button-coloring-page/
Cut and Paste Letter B U T T O N https://twistynoodle.com/cut-and-paste-the-letters-b-u-t-t-o-n-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
Social-Emotional Development
After reading The Love Behind the Mask by Lizy Toth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeiC8qlbBwk, share with your child how you and your child feel about wearing a mask.