Transition Song: Must Be Santa
NOTE: This song goes much faster than we sing it in class. We sing the first 3 verses.
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: front/back, right side up/upside down, forwards/backwards, walking, leapfrog, dancing, jig, singing, tune, loon, dog, pig, sheep, awake/asleep, and /s/.
This week we read the book Silly Sally by Audrey Wood.
Silly Sally went to town, walking backwards, upside down.
Why read a book like this? There are so many concepts to cover! And the idea of walking upside down and meeting friends (we have clues on every page who she will meet next) is so much fun!
When we were done we used toys to talk about front, back, right side up, upside down, forwards, and backwards. We practiced walking forwards and backwards, making sure to look so we didn't crash into friends. We learned new words like jig, loon, and tune.
DO THIS AT HOME: Find any book where characters are moving. Can you move like that characters? What do you need to do? We didn't practice moving upside down since a school rule is "Feet on floor" so we don't accidentally kick our friends.
