Transition Song: I Spy
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: wash, washes, washing, washed, fingers, thumb, hand, elbow, soap, water, towel, wet/dry, clean/dirty, cough, sneeze, nose, mouth, Who questions.
What happened this week?
We started with a transition song for for August. It helped us learn peer names while also labeling clothing, colors, and shapes:
Thanks to Miss Jeana and Miss Kazia for helping me with this video.
In Large Group this week, Miss Carrie talked to us about germs and getting sick. Germs are little bugs, so little we can't see them. Germs can get on our hands if we sneeze or cough into our hands. They can also get on our toys or other people if we touch them without washing our hands. If the teachers get sick, they can't come to school and teach! We learned what we can do to keep our classroom healthy.
First, Miss Carrie taught us how to cough and sneeze into our elbow.
But what if we sneeze into our hands? What if we put our hands in our nose or our mouth? What if we blow our nose with a tissue? What if our hands are messy? The teachers will ask us to wash our hands.
First, we get soap. Don't put your hands under the water yet! We have to rub the soap all over our hands. Miss Carrie taught us a song to sing so we could remember how to wash our hands. It also makes sure that we keep the soap on our hands long enough to wash the germs off.
This video is from last year so Miss Carrie also wears a mask.
We did a science experiment. Miss Carrie brought a special lotion and a black light to Large Group. She showed us how the lotion glowed on her hands under the black light.
Wow! That looks so amazing! Miss Carrie's hand is glowing.
We could choose if we wanted to give Miss Carrie a high five or touch her hand. Did the glowing lotion get on us? We checked our hands with her special flashlight. It did get on our hands! We had to go wash our hands. Everyone sang the song while we washed our hands with lots of soap.
DO THIS AT HOME: talk about washing hands and practice the song. Label items your are using and parts of the hand.
