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 like to eat chocolate on…?
STRAWBERRIES 🍓/ BANANA 🍌/ PRETZEL 🥨/ I DO NOT LIKE CHOCOLATE
Make Letter M Shape:
- 4 big lines for capital M/ 1 little line and 1 big line, 2 little curves and 2 little lines for Lowercase m. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top, going down, jump back up, going around and down, back up, and down and around. (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)
- Wet-Dry-Try on small chalkboard (Handwriting Without Tears) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6p4LUEGbwM
- 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
Make Number 5 Shape: use 2 little lines and 1 little curve. For writing number 5: start at the top, go down and around, jump back up and give a flag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTT5wuuhkU0. Encourage your child to trace with pointer finger.
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 M (magnet, mouse, man, mat, me, meet, melon, metal, milk, miss, mix, monkey, monster, morning, most, mug, mummy, mushroom, my). You might want to add a picture of an Apple, so that your child can say apple does not start with M! Here is a book of M word pictures: https://twistynoodle.com/my-letter-m-minibook/ . Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter M every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.
Science
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.
Kitchen Science
How to make chocolate candy? For this process, you need (1) chocolate to melt, (2) squeeze bottle, (3) milk or water, (4) heart silicone or plastic mold, and (5) double boiler pot.
Directions:
1. Melt chocolate in a double boiler pot with water or milk to get a smooth thick liquid (avoid boiling).
2. Pour the liquid into the squeeze bottle with the tip large enough to let liquid flow through the tip (cut tip if necessary).
3. Fill the heart silicone or plastic mold and put it in the freezer overnight. Enjoy the yummy candy!
Language Arts
Valentine Literature:
1. I Love you too by Ziggy Marley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNOBruf3VvI
2. The Valentine Bears by Eve Bunting and Jan Brett (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yd3vkSGwHsY
3. The Littlest Valentine by Brandi Dougherty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keqqo9ty7JI
4. Biscuit’s Valentine’s Day by Alyssa Capucilli https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuk0Mzpz83k
After viewing a book, help your child sequence the story: what happened first, next,… at the end. Brainstorm with your child the different ways you show love.
For an advanced activity, have your child fill in a simple story map. Take a sheet of paper and divide it into 3 equal size parts. Write “Beginning”, “Middle”, and “End” and encourage your child to make a drawing about the beginning, the middle and the end of the story.
5 Fancy Hearts on Valentine’s Day Fingerplay/Flannel Board
5 little hearts resting in a row.
The first one said, “I have a pink bow”.
The second one said, “I have ribbon and lace.”
The third one said, “I have a silly face”.
The fourth one said, “I’m as plain as can be”.
The fifth one said, “Just wait and see”.
Then they all dress her up in a lovely way!
Math
Valentine Memory Game https://twistynoodle.com/valentines-day-memory-game-coloring-page/ Cut out cards, lay them face down and have each player turn over 2 cards and see if they make a pair. If yes, take them and if not, turn them back face down. Take turn until there are no more cards.
Independent Math Practice:
1. Heart Color Matching https://twistynoodle.com/heart-color-matching-coloring-page/.
2. Heart Counting https://twistynoodle.com/heart-counting-2-coloring-page/.
3. Heart Letter Matching https://twistynoodle.com/heart-letter-matching-coloring-page/.
4. Heart Sort by Size https://twistynoodle.com/heart-sort-by-size-coloring-page/
February is here to stay! 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/february-calendar-setbr-4-pages/february-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
Free Watercolor Painting! Just need paper, brush, water and watercolor to let creativity explode!
For Making a Paper Heart Flower Art Project, you need (1) template https://twistynoodle.com/make-a-heart-flower-coloring-page/ or different hearts in construction paper, (2) scissors, (3) glue, and (4) construction paper.
Directions:
1. Cut hearts and stems.
2. Glue all together on card stock card. Spread the love by giving Valentine’s Day cards!
3. instead of paper hearts, your child can make flowers dipping heart-shape cookie cutters of different sizes in paint.
Small Motor Skills
Happy Valentine’s Day! https://twistynoodle.com/happy-valentines-day-2021-2-coloring-page/.
You’re Berry Special! https://twistynoodle.com/youre-beary-special-6-coloring-page/.
I Love You a Ton https://twistynoodle.com/i-love-you-a-ton-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.