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.
What rhymes with fish?
APPLE / WISH / BED / DISH
Your child started with Vicky’s Vase of Violets from Letterland and listened to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjY5HcQBZU After listening to the song, your child traced a capital V and a lower case v, starting at the top (song – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJnZePnDo-U), do a diagonal line down and do a diagonal line up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKh8-XBvQ3I
Now, let’s listen to the story from the Letterland Corner: Vicky Violet and the Vet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMDNj4Bfus. After listening to the story, help your child retell the story using lots of V words.
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 V (valley, van, vanilla, vanish, vase, vegetables, velvet, very, vest, vet, village, violets, violin, visit, visitor, voice, volcano, vole). You might want to add a picture of an Ninja, so that your child can say Ninja does not start with V! Here is a book of V word pictures: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/v.gif Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter V every day and let your child explore the container all through the week. Practice: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap4_zb_tracers/v4.gif
Kitchen Science
How to make the One Fish, Two Fish Snack! For this yummy snack, you need (1) 1 slice of bread, (2) peanut/almond butter or cream cheese, (3) apple or strawberry sliced, (4) blueberry or grape. Spread butter or cream cheese on 1+piece of bread and cut diagonally into 2. Then, position 2 halves: 1 half is the body and 1 half is the back fin of fish. Place apple or strawberry slices on body and 1 blueberry or grape near point for eye. Enjoy!
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
Dr. Seuss Literature:
1. One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci4sCgS9m_o.
2. Dr. Seuss’ ABC by Dr. Seuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrmX7I88VQk.
3. There is a Wocket in my Pocket! By Dr. Seuss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxeDU1wPMcI
After viewing a book, Brainstorm with your child the rhymes in the story and the many opposites.
Math
Fish Tic-Tac-Toe Game https://www.seussville.com/activity/fish-tic-tac-toe/
Match the Opposite Fish https://www.seussville.com/activity/match-the-opposite-fish/
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 One Fish, Two Fish Handprint Art Project, you need (1) light blue construction paper, (2) red and blue tempera paint with brush, (3) googly eyes, (4) black marker, and (5) glue.
Directions:
1. Draw a fish bowl on sheet of blue construction paper.
2. Paint one hand with red tempera paint and the other with blue tempera paint.
3. Print hands on paper.
4. Once dry, glue eye and draw a smile on hand’s palm.
5. Label with “One fish, two fish, blue fish, red fish”
For the One Fish, Two Fish Tissue Paper Art Project, you need (1) light blue construction paper, (2) scissors, (3) black marker, (4) fish template (see fish puzzle below – optional), (5) glue, (6) little squares of blue and red tissue paper, and (7) googly eyes.
Directions:
1. Cut 2 templates or draw 2 fish on light blue construction paper.
2. Glue blue little squares of tissue paper on 1 fish and red on the other.
3. Glue 1 eye on each fish and draw a smile.
4. Label with “One fish, two fish, blue fish, red fish”
You can also glue fish crackers on a paper fish bowl or make a painted fish with a paper plate cutting a slice out!
Small Motor Skills
Color the Fish https://www.seussville.com/activity/fish-coloring-sheet/.
Fish Puzzle https://twistynoodle.com/fish-puzzle-coloring-page/
Counting Fish Activity https://www.seussville.com/activity/counting-fish-activity/.
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.