Transition Song: Colors by The Learning Station
Materials: laminated letter D, butcher paper, crayons
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: draw, down, around, dog, dad, neighborhood, house, trees, street, cars, fireman, police, library, park, railroad tracks, up/down, big/little, tall/small, cold/hot, in front/in back, next to, over/under, What/Where questions, -ing, plural -s, possessive 's, past tense -ed, environmental print such as McDonalds or grocery store.
Pre-literacy: Draw the letter D. Start at the top and draw down. Go back to the top and draw around. Who has a /d/ sound in their name? What other words have a /d/ sound? This week the students thought up panda, dandelion, dinner, dad, dinosaur, doctor, dog, and duck.
This week, Miss Carrie showed everyone a map of the classroom. We found the tables where we sit and the different Work Time areas. Miss Carrie wanted to draw a different kind of map. She brought out a big piece of paper and unrolled it all the way across the rug! Then Miss Carrie showed us that she has a red house with big trees. She drew a horse because there are a lot of horses by her house. And down the street there is a McDonalds.
Miss Carrie handed out crayons. We all laid on our tummies to draw. We told each other what was next to our houses.
DO THIS AT HOME: draw a map together of your house or your neighborhood. Label with pictures. Talk about where you like to go (the grocery store, a restaurant, the park). A fun (and useful!) map is of your child's room or playroom. Label on the map where everything goes and put it in an area where you and your child can refer to it as you clean up the toys together.
