Rex Wrecks It: practicing Conflict/Resolution

 Transition Song: Five Little Ghosts by the Kiboomers

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: wreck, wrecks, wrecking, wrecked, knock, knocks, knocking, knocked over, build, builds, building, built, heart, rocket, towers, tall, dinosaur, robot, problem, problem solving, solution, solve, happy, sad, mad, frustrated, scared, worried, What questions, asking, yes/no.

Miss Carrie read a book called Rex Wrecks It by Ben Clanton.

In the book, Gizmo, Sprinkles, and Wild have a problem.  Rex is wrecking everything they build.  They came up with one solution to the problem and tried it.  It didn't work.  The second solution they tried did work. They solved the problem! (This closely mimics our conflict/resolution that we are constantly teaching in our classrooms.  This is an intregal part of our High Scope Curriculum.)

After reading the book, Miss Carrie brought out blocks and we started building.  If we wanted to knock the blocks down, we practiced asking our friends "Can I wreck it?"  Our friends could answer yes or no.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Get on the floor together with blocks or boxes and start building.  Emphasize asking first "Can I wreck it?" and wait for the answer yes or no.  This is more fun if the entire family gets involved. Practice the phrase "Can I wreck it?" or "Wreck it", "yes" and "no",  and "help".

Out In The Jungle

Transition Song: Five Little Ghosts

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: Jungle, animals, birds, bugs, gopher, grasshopper, seagull, eagle, penguin, dog, goat, goldfish, gecko, glow worm, gazelle, grouse, earwig, grisson, sea slug, warthog, gorilla, pig, frog, flamingo, loud/quiet, like/don't like, What/Where/Who.

This week, Miss Carrie taught us a new game called Out In The Jungle. 

Binoculars UP!  (everyone pretends to hold binoculars to their eyes)

Out In the jungle, what did I see? (quietly move around searching for animals)

I see a........(drum your hands on your knees)

Then every one went to find a picture of an animal around the room.  All the animals had a /g/ sound in their name. Sometimes that sound was at the beginning of the word, sometimes it was in the middle of the word, and sometimes it was at the end of the word.  

Miss Carrie showed us how to make the sound: open your mouth, don't move your teeth, and the back of the tongue makes the sound. /g-g-g-g-g-g/.

Some of the animals we knew, and some we had to ask "What is that?

At the end, Miss Carrie showed all the animals on the Apple TV.  "Who found this one?", she asked.  "What is it?"

DO THIS AT HOME: Pick a sound and go on a walk or look around your house.  What can you find that has that sound in the name?  Take a picture or gather items to talk about.