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.
Which Dr. Seuss book is your favorite?
CAT IN THE HAT / HOP ON POP / FOX IN SOCKS / GREEN EGGS AND HAM
If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete pages 64 and 65. Your child can also practice writing number 7 on page 85.
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 and Letter V Book https://twistynoodle.com/letter-v-v-book-minibook/ 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.
Kitchen Science
Let’s make Popcorn Pop! There are many ways to make popcorn on stove top, microwave,…. I usually heat 2 tablespoons of oil, drop 1/2 cup of corn kernels and cover your pot. Kernels will start popping fast. Once done dropping, pour popcorn in large bowl with 2-3 tablespoons of butter. For more adventurous flavors, divide popcorns covered with butter in 3 smaller bowls and add:
1. Chocolate flavor: 1-2 tablespoons of chocolate powder.
2. Pizza flavor: 1 tablespoon of dried Parmesan cheese and 1 tablespoons of dried Italian seasoning.
3. Cinnamon flavor: 1 teaspoon of cinnamon and 1 teaspoon of sugar. 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. Fox in Socks by Dr. Seuss (Board Book) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdMB3Ag4Euk
2. Horton Hears a Who! By Dr. Seuss (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-i1E1UbwVI
3. The Sleepbook by Dr. Seuss (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tHN1Sk9eU0.
4. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (very advanced)
After viewing a book, brainstorm with your child the rhymes in the story and help your child sequence the story: what happened first, next,… at the end.
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.
Math
Independent Shape Tracing Practice:
If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete pages 62 and 63.
Patterning with Dr. Seuss! For this activity, you need a large lego base and same size lego pieces in white, red or blue. Take your lego base and start building a color pattern at the top: red, white, red, white,… and have your child finish the pattern line. Then start a new pattern below: red, white, white, red and have your child finish the pattern. Continue all the way down the lego base with each line having a different pattern.
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! Your child just need paper, watercolor, water and a huge imagination!
For Horton Hears a Who Art Project, you need (1) big white paper plate, (2) grey tempera paint, (3) sponge, (4) scissors, (5) glue, (6) green pipe cleaner, (7) pink pompom, and (8) 2 googly eyes.
Directions:
1. Cut 2 sections of the paper plate rim on opposite sides for elephant face.
2. Glue only 1 section in the middle of plate for elephant’s trunk.
3. Paint all with sponge and grey tempera paint.
4. once dry, glue 2 googly eyes on top of trunk.
5. Attach pompom to one side of green pipe cleaner and the other side to the trunk.
Small Motor Skills
I make a Difference https://www.seussville.com/activity/i-make-a-difference/
Who’s House – Draw and Color https://www.seussville.com/activity/who-house-draw-color/
Horton gets to the Mailbox https://www.seussville.com/activity/mail-maze/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
Let’s try the Body Alphabet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iy1FI3KGX3Q