Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: Who/What/Where questions, big/little, labeling, describing words, have, yes/no, Heart, house, hippo, horse, hand, horseshoe crab, helicopter, honey, hamburger, hotdog, harmonica, hair, hammer, hat, hammock, hanger, helmet, Humpty Dumpty.
This week Miss Carrie taped pictures all around the room. All the pictures started with the /h/ sound. We practiced on our hands so we could feel the air moving out of our mouths. /h-h-h/. We were going on a hunt for /h/ pictures!
Everyone pretended to hold binoculars to their face and said this: "Binoculars up! I have a picture and it starts with /h/." Then we found the pictures around the room. What is it? Where have I seen it before? Who has one at their house? Do you like it or don't like it? Is it big or little? If there was time, Miss Carrie gave us pictures to match with the pictures we were hunting.
We knew most of the words but we didn't know horseshoe crab or harmonica. Miss Carrie showed us a video of horseshoe crabs. She really likes horseshoe crabs.
Then Miss Carrie showed us a video of a 6 year old kid playing the harmonica. We noticed that he was blowing so his cheeks puffed out. We noticed that sometimes he moved his hand to make the sound different.
DO THIS AT HOME: Go on a hunt for pictures and objects around your house, around the park, around the store, or where ever your are. Pick a sound. What can you find? Talk about the picture/object. Ask What/Where/Who questions, describe it (big, yellow, small, bumpy, soft), Do you like it/don't like it. Make sure you repeat the sound over and over during play to reinforce it. Picking the first sound in your family names is a good place to start.
