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 is or are the colors of Saint Patrick’s Day?
BLACK / RED / GREEN / YELLOW
If you have My First School Book from Handwriting Without Tears methodology https://www.lwtears.com/hwt. Have your child complete page 67. Your child can also practice writing number 9 on pages 88. More practice https://twistynoodle.com/practice-writing-the-letter-x-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
Let’s review Colors! Brainstorm with your child the primary colors (yellow, red, blue) and what color your child can mix to get other colors (orange, green, brown, purple). Your child can either mix tempera paint in plastic snack bags or use food coloring in cups of water.
How to make a Rainbow? On a sunny day, put a glass full of water in front of a window, on a windowsill or counter in direct sunlight, and place a piece of white paper behind the glass on the floor, in the line of the glass. Your child will see a rainbow on the paper. How is it possible? (The glass acts like a prism). Encourage your child to explore and describe.
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
Saint Patrick’s Day Literature:
1. The Night Before Saint Patrick’s Day by Natasha Wing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTBBYXkCT_s.
2. The Littlest Leprechaun by Brandi Dougherty (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq4Xt7iBbn0.
3. Pete the Cat – The Great Leprechaun Chase by James Dean (advanced) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUiAnNXxvHc
4. How to Catch a Leprechaun? by Adam Wallace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdKTCtypLlw.
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 Saint Patrick’s Day. Discuss how your child and your family can celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day. One major theme is how to be helpful with actions, Brainstorm with your child how your child and you are helping others.
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 Practice:
1. Leprechauns like Shamrocks! https://twistynoodle.com/leprechauns-like-shamrocks-3-minibook/.
2. Saint Patrick’s Day Patterns https://twistynoodle.com/st-patricks-day-patterns-coloring-page/.
3. Leprechauns like to Count! https://twistynoodle.com/leprechauns-like-to-count-coloring-page/.
4. Shamrock Sort by Size https://twistynoodle.com/shamrock-sort-by-size-coloring-page/.
5. Count and Graph Clovers https://twistynoodle.com/count-and-graph-the-clovers-coloring-page/.
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
Free Watercolor Painting! Your child just need paper, watercolor, water and a huge imagination!
Make a Clover https://twistynoodle.com/make-a-clover-coloring-page/ Your child can also cut out a big shamrock and decorate it. https://twistynoodle.com/trace-the-shamrock-coloring-page/
For the Pot of Gold Art Project, you need (1) 5 different tempera paint with brush, (2) black and green construction paper, (3) scissors, (4) glue, (5) little paper plate, (6) bottle cork, and (7) black marker.
Directions:
1. Cut a half circle or pot out of black construction paper and glue on a sheet of green paper.
2. Paint each finger a different color of tempera paint of your child’s hand.
3. Print your child’s fingers above the pot.
4. Drop yellow tempera paint on little paper plate and dip bottle cork tip in it.
5. Print the bottle cork tip many times for gold coins above the black pot and around the fingers print.
6. Label the green sheet with “Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!”
Small Motor Skills
Saint Patrick’s Day Book https://twistynoodle.com/happy-st-patricks-day-13-minibook/.
Shamrock Dot Painting https://twistynoodle.com/shamrock-dot-painting-coloring-page/.
Clover Cutting Practice https://twistynoodle.com/clover-cutting-practice-coloring-page/
Gross Motor Skills
Outside time with climbing, jumping, bicycling, running, walking are great ways to develop the whole child.