March Week 1: First, Next, Last

Phoneme: /p/

Transition: Wake Up - Daily Routines by Dream English

This is one of the most popular songs I cover all year.  We practice patterns (tap knees, clap, tap knees, clap....) as well as fun actions.  This is a song where I sing first, then the children repeat u til the chorus.  Do this at home and let your child be in charge to teach you.)

Materials: Laminated letter P, dry erase board and marker, music

Vocabulary and basic concepts: first/last, high/low, fast/slow, jumping, spinning, shaking kicking, swimming, swinging, plan, What questions, Who questions, animal and environmental sounds.

We started learning a new song today.  It was fun to clap along and we learned to beat patterns.  When the song was done, Miss Carrie asked WHO woke up today?  WHO washed their face today?  WHO brushed their teeth today?  WHO combed their hair today?  WHO ate breakfast today?  WHO came to school today?  Everyone raised their hands and talked about their morning routine.  That routine is a plan.  We make plans every day. We make plans during Planning Time for what we're going to do for Work Time. 

Miss Carrie said it would be fun to make a plan for Large Group.  We planned how we were going to move.  We planned what we would do First, what we would do Next and what we would do Last.    Miss Carrie drew pictures on the board the same way that Miss Jen and Miss Jeana draw pictures on the board for messages during Greeting Time.  (Miss Carrie has a hard time drawing but she keeps practicing.  Sometimes her frogs look more like penguins, but that is okay. Note to Parents - sometimes children don't want to try things because they feel they won't be successful.  Watching an adult try and fail, and hear that it is okay, encourages the child to try as well.)  Everyone offered suggestions on what actions we could do.  Then Miss Carrie turned on music and we followed our plan.  We flew, kicked, tapped, spun, danced, and jumped.  After we followed the plan, we reviewed what we did First, Next, and Last. Then we made new plans.

In this plan we jumped, flew like Superman, and touched our toes.

In this plan, we pretended to eat carrots, swam like fish, and kicked our legs.

This time we jumped up and down like frogs, swam, and flew.

This plan was all about dancing, waving our hands, and flying like butterflies.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Make plan for what you do in the morning, what you need to do to set the table, or just to do actions together.  Draw pictures to show what you will do first, next, and last.  Add some fun music.  Don't forget to review the plan when you are done to see if you did everything you planned.  If your plan didn't go as scheduled, draw pictures to show what did happen.