Large Group Activity
Date: January Week 2
Title: Opposites
Phoneme: /k,s/
Pre-Literacy: Trace
the Letter C. “Put your finger on the top. Draw half a circle and then we stop.” The letter C has two sounds sssssss and k-k-k. Whose name has a C in it? Miss Carrie has a C at the beginning of her name. Other children have a C in the middle or at the end of their names. What words have those sounds? Cookie, cow, circle, circus, cracker, cup.
Materials required: Laminated
Letter C, music, book
Book: Quiet Loud by Leslie Patricelli. Find it on Amazon (click on the title link) or click here to find it at the local library.
Concepts: Music,
Fast/Slow, high/Low, Loud/Soft, Quiet/Loud
Transition activity: Song: Colors by Learning Station
We're reading Quiet Loud this week and talking about OPPOSITES. We're experimenting with humming quietly and then loudly. Then we're dancing to Jim Gill's Silly Dance Contest and dancing fast and slow, jumping high and crouching low.
Stay tuned - more OPPOSITES next week!
