Transition Song: Wake Up Daily Routines by Dream English
This song is going to be very popular with the kids. We're beating patterns, lots of actions, and generally grooving to the music.
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: First/Next/Last, spinning, running, jumping, posing, open/closed, hopping, balancing, stand, sit, lay, Who questions.
Right after we sang Wake Up Daily Routines, Miss Carrie asked "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? " And then the most important question: "Who came to school this morning?" Did you know those things are part of a plan? Miss Carrie asked if we wanted to practice making a plan. She drew on the white board the same way the teachers do on their message boards for Greeting Time. (Miss Carrie can't draw well but she promised to keep practicing.) Everyone got a chance to give their ideas for what we would do
In this plan, first we did pushups. Next we posed like superheroes. Last we turned around like ballerinas. Once the plan was put on the board, Miss Carrie asked "What do we do first? What do we do next? What do we do last? Everyone read the messages. We followed the plan. Then we checked to make sure we did everything for First, Next, and Last.
In this plan, first we chose to pose like a tree while balancing on one foot and closing our eyes. We made sure Miss Carrie knew to draw closed eyes on the face. Next, we turned around and around. Last, we jumped up and down.
Once everyone had a turn to help make the plan, and everyone followed the plan, Miss Carrie reminded us that we could do this during Planning Time. We can plan what to do first, what to do next, and what to do last. At Review Time, we could tell our teachers what we did first, what we did next, and what we did last.
DO THIS AT HOME: This is a great way to plan your day in a way for your child to understand. They don't understand time, but they can learn sequence. Draw pictures of what you're going to do on one piece of paper to take with you so your child can see what is going to happen next. We do this at school for our daily schedule. Another way to do this at home is the exact way we did it this week in the classroom. Get the family together, make a plan of actions, and everyone do it together. Put your child in charge as much as possible. Check together to see that you followed the plan, then make another.
