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 do tractors pull?
ANIMALS / AIRPLANE / PEOPLE / HAY / SHOES
Make Letter X Shape:
- 2 big lines for capital X/ 2 little lines for Lowercase x. Your child use a finger to trace the letter starting at the top, going diagonally down, and then jump back up, going diagonally the other way. (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 9 Shape: start at the top, go around back up and straight down. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p217hhl9nY0 Encourage your child to trace with pointer finger. More practice https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-number-9-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 have the letter X (box, exit, fix, Fox, mix, mixture, next, six, sixteen, sixty, taxi, wax). You might want to add a picture of a whale, so that your child can say Whale does not start with X! Here is a book of X word pictures: https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=http://www.first-school.ws/images/alpha/ap1/x.gif or https://twistynoodle.com/letter-x-minibook/ Also, you can add new objects/pictures starting with the letter X every day and let your child explore the container all through the week.
Science
Tractor Pull! For this activity, you need a toy tractor. Brainstorm with your child what a tractor can pull (toy animals, blocks,….), design (wagon, attachment,….) and experiment it. What did you discover? How many objects does your tractor pull?
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
Tractor Literature:
1. Tremendous Tractors by Tony Mitton and Ant Parker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSl5akMuWLU.
2. Gobble Gobble Moo The Tractor Book by Jez Alborough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yWs9Uxu6dk
3. Grandpa’s Tractor by Michael Garland (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVh4Babs8Lc
4. Driving My Tractor by Barefoot Books Singalong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj_odhwo81s
After viewing a book, help your child sequence the story: what happened first, next,… at the end. Brainstorm with your child what you know about tractors. Discuss how/when your child can go on a tractor (farm, agricultural fair, ….)
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.
“Up on the Tractor” Song (“Up on the Rooftop” tune)
Up on a tractor, a farmer steers,
T’is the best time of the year.
Being in the field. It’s what to do.
Working so hard the whole day through.
Oh, oh, oh, the tractor goes.
Oh, oh, oh, the tractor goes.
Up on the tractor, a farmer steers.
T’is the harvest time of the year!
Math
With different types of tractors, your child can do sorts (by colors, sizes and shapes) or patterns (AABB, ABBA, ABAB,…).
For a Dice Game, you need (1) piece of paper, (2) die (dice for advanced), (3) markers, and (4) stickers. Draw circles on paper and write a number 1-6 in each circle (1-20 for advanced). Encourage your child to roll the die (dice-advanced) and cover the number written that corresponds to the number of dots on die (dice) with a sticker.
Spring is in the air in March! 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/march-calendar-set/march-calendar-set-4
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 Simple Tractor Wheels Painting Art Project, you need (1) paper, (2) tempera paint, (3) tractor and (4) marker.
Directions:
1. Pour some tempera paint on paper.
2. Roll tractor in paint back and forth, up and down, diagonally and at tire tracks.
3. Label: “I painted with a tractor”.
For Simple Popsicle Stick Tractor Art Project, you need (1) 6 Popsicle sticks green or to paint with green tempera paint, (2) white, black, blue and yellow construction paper, (3) scissors, (4) glue, and (5) markers.
Directions:
1. Glue 4 green popsicle sticks horizontally on blue construction paper to form body of tractor.
2. Cut 2 green popsicle sticks into 2. Glue the 4 pieces to make the tractor’s window on top of tractor’s body.
3. Cut 2 black circles and 2 smaller yellow circles to fit into black ones to shape tractor’s wheels, and glue at bottom of tractor’s body.
4. Cut white square to glue on tractor’s popsicle window.
5. Use markers to add details.
Small Motor Skills
Tractor Coloring Page http://www.supercoloring.com/coloring-pages/transport/tractors.
Letter Matching https://twistynoodle.com/letter-matching-2-coloring-page/.
Sort the Shapes https://twistynoodle.com/sort-the-shapes-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.
If there are Agricultural Fairs in your area during the summer, your child can see and touch many agricultural tools, and maybe sit on a tractor!