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.
How many pets do you see in one day?
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5
Make Letter N Shape:
- 3 big lines for capital N/ 1 big line, 1 little curve and 1 little line for Lowercase n. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top, going down, jump back up, going around and down, go straight up and around and down. (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
For writing Number 6 Shape: start at the top, go down and around. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCDve755QNo Encourage your child to trace with pointer finger. Practice Sheet: https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-number-6-2-coloring-page/
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 N (nails, name, nap, near, neck, need, needle, nest net, never, new, next, nice, night, nine, no, noise, nose, not, now, number, nurse, nursery, nuts). You might want to add a picture of an Mouse, so that your child can say mouse does not start with N! Here is a book of N word pictures: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/n.gif Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter N every day and let your child explore the container all through the week. Practice letter N: https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-letter-n-coloring-page/
Kitchen Science
Let’s make easy dog treats! For the frozen treat recipe, you need (1) 1 ripe banana, (2) 1/2 cup of plain yogurt, (3) 1/2 cup of wheat germ, (4) 1/4 cup unsalted chopped peanuts, (5) bowl, (6) muffin pan (silicon or you can use a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper), and (7) fork.
Directions:
1. Mash banana in bowl and add plain yogurt, wheat germ and chopped peanuts.
2. Either fill muffin cup hallway or drop balls on lined cookie sheet.
3. put in freezer until hard.
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.
Language Arts
Dog Literature:
1. Cool Dog, School Dog by Deborah Heiligman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lzzfBxTILs.
2. Tiny and the Big Dig by Sherri Duskey Ringer (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hALUR269zH8.
3. Dog on a Frog? By Kes and Claire Grey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVtutryTd7w
4. How Much is That Doggie in the Window? Retold by Iza Trapani (Song) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6bw3qItetc.
5. Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfZZlIWxWEE
After viewing a book, help your child sequence the story: what happened first, next,… at the end. Brainstorm with your child what a dog (your dog) needs to live.
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.
A Dog with a Bone” Song (“If you’re happy and you know it” tune).
Oh, I wish I was a doggy with a bone (2x).
Oh, wouldn’t I delight. I would howl all day or night.
Oh, I wish I was a doggy with a bone!
“Hey, Diddle Diddle” Nursery rhyme
Hey, diddle diddle!
The cat and the fiddle,
And the cow jumping over the moon.
The little dog laughs to see such sport,
And the dish runs away with the spoon!
”Old Mother Hubbard” Nursery Rhyme
Old Mother Hubbard.
Went to the cupboard,
To give her poor dog a bone;
But when she got there,
The cupboard was bare.
And so the poor dog had none.
So she went to the baker’s
To buy him some bread.
And when she came back,
The poor dog was fed. (Adapted for children)
Math
Independent practice:
1. Dog Number Matching https://www.scholastic.com/parents/kids-activities-and-printables/printables/math-worksheets/dog-match.html
With blocks, recyclable items, or legos, encourage your child to build a dog shelter for a pretend dog and count the pieces used. For further exploration, your child can use a ruler to measure length, width, and height.
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
For Paper Plate Dog Mask Art Project, you need (1) 1 paper plate, (2) brown or black construction paper, (3) 2 big googly eyes, (4) black marker, (5) scissors, and (6) big black pompom.
Directions:
1. Cut an oval for eye patch and 2 long ovals for dog ears out of brown/black construction paper.
2. Glue eye patch with eye on top, other eye, big black pompom for nose, 2 big dog ears on each side of paper plate.
3. Draw 2 letter J back to back for dog mouth, under the pompom nose.
For Painting with Doggy Bones, you need (1) construction paper, (2) tempera paint, (3) small paper plate, (4) doggy bones, and (5) black markers.
Directions:
1. Pour some paint on paper plate.
2. Dip doggy bone in paint and print on construction paper.
3. Once dry, encourage your child to count the bones.
4. Transform the art into a game by writing a number from 1-6 (1-12 for advanced) on each bone and providing a die (dice for advanced). Encourage your child to roll the die (dice) and match the dots on the die (dice) to the number written on each bone.
Small Motor Skills
The Dog Book https://twistynoodle.com/this-dog-minibook/.
Trace from Dog to Bone https://twistynoodle.com/trace-the-dotted-line-from-the-dog-to-the-bone-coloring-page/.
Cut and Paste Letters D-O-G https://twistynoodle.com/cut-and-paste-the-letters-d-o-g-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.