Friday, April 20, 2018
Another Great Article
How awesome is this?! A person with autism has just signed a contract to play baseball. I linked the previous sentence so you can see the article.
April Week 2: First and Last
Phoneme: /p/
Transition Song: One Finger, One Thumb
Materials: Laminated letter P
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: first/last, Who Questions, Where Questions, following, leader, carefully
Pre-Literacy: Let's draw the letter P. Who has a /p/ sound in their name? Can you think of other words that have a /p/ sound? Apple, Planning Time, Clean Up Time, parents, people, Papa, Pringles, paper, ponies, pizza.
This week Miss Carrie introduced a new game called Follow The Leader. Everyone lined up and held hands. We learned a new song:
Follow the leader.
Follow the leader.
Follow the leader.
Now we STOP!
The leader led everyone around the room, where ever the leader wanted to go. The leader had to be responsible to go slow so everyone would be safe. When we ended the song, everyone stopped on the word STOP.
Miss Carrie ran to the front of the line, pointed at the first person and asked the whole class "WHO is first in line?" Some of the children yelled "ME!" thinking that Miss Carrie was asking if they wanted to be first. Soon everyone was able to call out the name of the child who was first in line. Then Miss Carrie ran to the back of the line, pointed at the last child, and asked WHO was last in line. Everyone called out that child's name. WHERE is ________? He/She is FIRST/LAST. When that was established, the leader went to the back of the line to be LAST and there was a new leader who was FIRST. The new leader led everyone around the room again. Everyone had a chance to be FIRST in line. Everyone had a chance to be LAST in line.
Transition Song: One Finger, One Thumb
Materials: Laminated letter P
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: first/last, Who Questions, Where Questions, following, leader, carefully
Pre-Literacy: Let's draw the letter P. Who has a /p/ sound in their name? Can you think of other words that have a /p/ sound? Apple, Planning Time, Clean Up Time, parents, people, Papa, Pringles, paper, ponies, pizza.
This week Miss Carrie introduced a new game called Follow The Leader. Everyone lined up and held hands. We learned a new song:
Follow the leader.
Follow the leader.
Follow the leader.
Now we STOP!
The leader led everyone around the room, where ever the leader wanted to go. The leader had to be responsible to go slow so everyone would be safe. When we ended the song, everyone stopped on the word STOP.
Miss Carrie ran to the front of the line, pointed at the first person and asked the whole class "WHO is first in line?" Some of the children yelled "ME!" thinking that Miss Carrie was asking if they wanted to be first. Soon everyone was able to call out the name of the child who was first in line. Then Miss Carrie ran to the back of the line, pointed at the last child, and asked WHO was last in line. Everyone called out that child's name. WHERE is ________? He/She is FIRST/LAST. When that was established, the leader went to the back of the line to be LAST and there was a new leader who was FIRST. The new leader led everyone around the room again. Everyone had a chance to be FIRST in line. Everyone had a chance to be LAST in line.
DO THIS AT HOME: Everyone can play Follow The Leader. Do it on a walk or around the house. Talk about who is first and who is last. You can also do this while waiting in line at the grocery store.
Some of the kids also participated in a earthquake drill. Everyone (even the teachers!) went under the tables. The children were laughing because it was a lot harder for teachers to fit under the low tables. Then everyone lined up and went outside for a few minutes with the entire school until the earthquake drill was over.
Friday, April 13, 2018
April Week 1: Fat Cat, Puppets and Prepositions
Phoneme: /p/
Transition Song: One Finger, On Thumb
(Miss Carrie's version is slower and slightly different words: "One finger, one thumb, one arm, one leg, one head, stand up, sit down, turn around, keep moving. We'll all be happy today." This is a great song for working memory and sequencing.) The children think this song is a lot of fun. When they are used to the song, we'll change the body parts and have to memorize a new sequence.
Materials: laminated letter P, What Will Fat Cat Sit On book, puppets.
Vocabulary and basic concepts: What, Where, On/Under, animals, animal sounds, worried, mad, happy, negation (Not).
Pre-literacy: Let's draw the letter P. Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw a little around. What sound does it make? /p-p-p-p-p-/. Who has a /p/ sound in their name? What words have that sound? This children came up with papa, puppy, purple princess parties, top, apple, map, happy. Miss Carrie said that her favorite snack was popcorn.
Miss Carrie read a book called What Will Fat Cat Sit On by Jan Thomas. Fat Cat has a problem. Fat Cat doesn't know WHAT to sit on? Should he sit on The Cow? The Pig? The animals do NOT want Fat Cat to sit on them. Finally The Mouse offers a solution that everyone agrees on.
Then Miss Carrie brought out a lot of animal/insect puppets: sheep, lion, elephant, zebra, chipmunk, bee, spider, dinosaurs, cat, dog, bears. Everyone got to choose a puppet. Miss Carrie showed how her lamb puppet could sit ON the floor. She asked a friend if the lamb puppet could sit on their shoulder. (If a puppet wants to sit on someone, we must ask the friend if it is okay). Everyone took their puppets all around the room and talked about sitting on the chair, under the chair, on the table, under the table, on the shelf. We asked friends if it was okay if a puppet sat on their head. It was okay to say no. When it was time to come back to the rug, everyone had a chance to tell the class what their puppet sat on.
DO THIS AT HOME: No puppets? No problem. Take a favorite toy and talk about the toy ON or UNDER something. Let everyone get involved. It is pretty funny if mom or dad or grandma or grandpa get under the table. Don't forget to go to the library and check out more Jan Thomas Books.
Transition Song: One Finger, On Thumb
Materials: laminated letter P, What Will Fat Cat Sit On book, puppets.
Vocabulary and basic concepts: What, Where, On/Under, animals, animal sounds, worried, mad, happy, negation (Not).
Pre-literacy: Let's draw the letter P. Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw a little around. What sound does it make? /p-p-p-p-p-/. Who has a /p/ sound in their name? What words have that sound? This children came up with papa, puppy, purple princess parties, top, apple, map, happy. Miss Carrie said that her favorite snack was popcorn.
Miss Carrie read a book called What Will Fat Cat Sit On by Jan Thomas. Fat Cat has a problem. Fat Cat doesn't know WHAT to sit on? Should he sit on The Cow? The Pig? The animals do NOT want Fat Cat to sit on them. Finally The Mouse offers a solution that everyone agrees on.
Then Miss Carrie brought out a lot of animal/insect puppets: sheep, lion, elephant, zebra, chipmunk, bee, spider, dinosaurs, cat, dog, bears. Everyone got to choose a puppet. Miss Carrie showed how her lamb puppet could sit ON the floor. She asked a friend if the lamb puppet could sit on their shoulder. (If a puppet wants to sit on someone, we must ask the friend if it is okay). Everyone took their puppets all around the room and talked about sitting on the chair, under the chair, on the table, under the table, on the shelf. We asked friends if it was okay if a puppet sat on their head. It was okay to say no. When it was time to come back to the rug, everyone had a chance to tell the class what their puppet sat on.
DO THIS AT HOME: No puppets? No problem. Take a favorite toy and talk about the toy ON or UNDER something. Let everyone get involved. It is pretty funny if mom or dad or grandma or grandpa get under the table. Don't forget to go to the library and check out more Jan Thomas Books.
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
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