Aug/Sept Week 4: Who's Behind The.......

phoneme:/b/

Transition Song:  Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy

Materials: Laminated letter B, poster of birthday cake

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  Who questions, behind/in front, up/down, simple pronoun - Me, birthday cake, candles, jump.

Preliteracy:  Let's look at the letter B.  I see a straight line that goes up and down.  I see two curvy lines that look like bouncing. Let's trace the letter B.  "Start at the top and draw down.  Go back to the top and bounce around." What words have that sound?  Bumble bee, ball, basket, elbow, cowboy, rub, crab.

This week we're talking about Who questions and the concept of behind.  Who is wearing red today?  who is wearing blue today?  Who is wearing shoes today? Everyone is wearing shoes today!  Miss Carrie has a big picture of a birthday cake.  We know it is a birthday cake because it has candles on top.  Miss Carrie hid behind the birthday cake.  Then we all sang and clapped the beat or tapped our knees

Who's behind the cake?
Who's behind the cake?
Who's behind the cake?
(Everyone put their hands in the air and said loudly)
Come out now!

(Miss Jen changed the final line to counting 1-2-3-4-5! because she had some children who needed that skill.)

Miss Carrie jumped up and threw her hands in the air and said "ME!  I'm behind the cake!" Everyone wanted a turn! Everyone got a turn to hide behind the cake while the class sang.  Miss Carrie would ask "Who is behind the cake!" and everyone had a chance to jump up and say "ME!"

Hiding BEHIND the birthday cake.

Jumping up to say "It's ME!"

DO THIS AT HOME:  Start asking who questions about people in the room.  Who is wearing shoes?  Who has long hair? Who is the mommy/daddy?  Who likes spaghetti (or whatever you're having for dinner)?  Look for items around the house.  Your shoes are behind the door.  Who is behind mommy/daddy?

And now, more pictures from Small Group, Work Time, and Outside Time.