Transition Song: H-E-A-R-T by the Kiboomers.
Materials: Laminated Letter H.
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: quiet/loud, up/down, across, pop, hear, pour, sprinkle, put on, turn, sizzle, jump, stop
Pre-literacy: week looked at the letter H and talked about up/down and across. What words have the /h/ sound? Hear, head, hair, hands, house, hot, hop, hide.
The Popcorn Game: We played a preschool version of this game. I simplified the vocabulary from the original. First let's look at the original:
We simplified the words a bit so our children would be able to verbalize as many of the words as possible Two people crouch down in the middle to pretend to be popcorn. Start it out very soft.
Pour on the oil. (the children that make up the circle pretend to pour oil)
Sprinkle in the popcorn. (everyone sprinkles the popcorn)
Put on the lid. (mimic putting on the lid)
Turn up the heat. (mimic turning up the heat)
(now everyone rubs their hands together.....)
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle
Sizzle, Sizzle, SIZZLE, SIZZLE
POP! (clap hands for the remainder)
Hear the popcorn, watch it pop.
Hear the popcorn, watch it pop.
Hear the popcorn, watch it pop.
Hear the popcorn, watch it pop.
POP, POP, POP, POP
NOW WE STOP!
Now here are two examples of how we do it in preschool:
Play the Popcorn Game at home. When children know the next words coming, they can focus less on what they are going to say and more on articulation. Having actions allows even our nonverbal children the ability to get in on the fun. Plus, jumping is hilarious, especially if grownups are jumping, too!
Other things that happened in school this week:
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| Technically this was last week, but I forgot to post it. The children and I made a LOOOONG chain during Work Time. Then the kids wanted to measure it against other things to see which was longer. We measured tables, we measured the space between our door and the next hallway, we measured lunch tables. I bombarded long/longer and short/shorter throughout the activity. |
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| Miss Jeana's classroom has been reading Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann. This time they were looking for something they didn't see before. They especially loved looking for the mouse with the banana or the floating balloon on every page. |
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| Miss Jen's classes have been reading Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony. Miss Jen then brought doughnuts for Snack Time and the children practiced using KIND words to ask for doughnuts. |
