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.
