Transition Song: Wake Up Daily Routine by Dream English
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: Who/What questions, How many, action words (jump, run, march, stretch, touch toes, squat, spin, push up, sit up, bounce, dance, balance, hop), counting to 5, counting to 10, recognizing names, progressive -ing, past tense -ed.
First we sang the Wake Up Daily Routines (seriously, we groove to this song). Then Miss Carrie started asking:
Who woke up this morning?
Who washed their face this morning?
Who brushed their teeth this morning?
Who combed their hair this morning?
Who ate breakfast this morning?
Who came to school this morning?
Uh-Oh!
Miss Carrie wrote our name on the board when it was our turn. She asked "What do you want to do to exercise?" Friends chose jumping, marching, pushups, burpees (who taught their kids to do do push ups or burpees?!), and other action words. If they needed help, Miss Carrie gave them a choice of 2 or 3 actions. Then, Miss Carrie asked "How many? Do you want to do 5 or 10?" and held up 5 fingers and then 10 fingers. Once our friend decided on how many, we started to exercise. We jumped, marched, stretched, squatted, touched our toes, hopped, balanced, and danced. Teachers asked kids to identify their own name from the group of names on the board. We had a lot of practice counting to 5 and counting to 10.
DO THIS AT HOME: Have an exercise session and make sure everyone knows your child is the gym coach. Your child chooses What to do and How many to do. If your child struggles with deciding what to do, give them a choice of 2 and model the action. Label the action before and after counting EX: We are jumping. We jumped!
