Transition Song: Circle Time Song by the Kiboomers
(This is one of the most popular songs I sing all year.)
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: on top/under/in front/in back or behind/next to,
on/off, tall/short, high/low, same/different, full/empty, yes/no, make, break,
build, labeling color, small/smaller/smallest, tall/taller/tallest.
Pre-Literacy: Draw the letter M: Go up the mountain and back down. Go up the next mountain and down to the town. What words have a /m/ sound in them? Who has a /m/ sound in their name?
This week, Miss Carrie brought out a lot of boxes. Come of the boxes were small. When we shook them, we could hear that they were full? We opened the small boxes and there was a smaller box inside! We shook the smaller box and could hear something inside. It was the smallest box! The smallest box was empty. Miss Carrie also had bigger boxes that were empty. Some of the boxes were covered with duck tape so we couldn't open those.
Miss Carrie asked what could we make with all of the boxes? We made tall towers. Some towers were short but some were taller than we were. The tallest tower was taller than the teachers. If we wanted a block a friend had, we had to ask. They could say yes or no. If we wanted to knock down a tower, we had to ask. Our friends could say yes or no. We had to problem solve if a tower was knocked down or kept falling down. We discussed if the boxes looked the same or different. We had to ask our friends to reach next to or behind them to hand us another box.
When Large Group was done, we had to put the small/smaller/smallest boxes back together. We had to make sure the design on the lid was the same as the design on the box. If they were different, we had to look for another box or lid.
DO THIS AT HOME: Find some boxes that you can nestle together (they don't have to be the same shape, they just have to fit). Or find a few boxes or bags that you can put toys or other things in. Talk about full and empty, make a tower, or build a fort together. Talk about full or empty as you take food out of the fridge or pantry, do laundry (empty laundry baskets, hooray!), or while your drinking or eating a favorite food (My cup is empty!).
