January Week 3: Do What I'm Doing

Transition Song: Colors by The Learning Station

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: colors, body parts, look, watch, move, swing, sway, stomp reach, throw, blow, up/down, forward/backward, high/low, fast/slow, big/little, present progressive -ing, past tense-ed, Pronouns I/He/She/We + is/am/are, What questions, Who questions.

This week Miss Carrie brought her scarves.  There were lots of different colors.  If we didn't get the color we wanted, we could ask our friends to trade.  Then we danced and moved with our scarves.  Our teachers had to watch us and copy what we did.  We ha so much fun showing what we could do.  Scarves waved high and low.  We threw scarves in the air and caught them.  Then we threw them at our friends.We jumped, stepped, swayed, and swung our arms.  We sat on the floor to see what other ways we could move with just our upper bodies. Miss Carrie played fast music and slow music.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Pull out scarves or not.  But do put on some music an dance!  Follow your child's lead.  "What are you doing?  Oh, look, I see that you are stomping your feet.  I wonder if I can do that?  Stomp!Stomp!Stomp!"  "You are shaking your arms fast!  I can shake them fast, too!" Use your best sports broadcaster voice and give a play-by-play.  Have your child tell you what they are doing and let them correct you if you do it wrong.  Or, use single word narration to talk about what your child is doing to hep them label: "Stomp! Swing! Arms! Legs! Head! Shake! Fast!"

October Week 1: Fall Leaves and Out In The Jungle

This week Miss Jeana's class' Large Group was different that Miss Jen's class' Large Group.  It worked out for each teacher this way.  Next week we will switch so both classes get both topics.

This month we're singing Five Little Ghosts by the Kiboomers.  The children will have a lot of practice counting from 1-5 and backwards from 5-1. It also gives a lot of practices for the /g/ sound which is our phoneme we are focusing on this month.

In Miss Jeana's classroom we learned about Fall, leaves changing color, and read the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.  high/low, same/different, big/little, in front/behind, next to, throw, roll, leaves, autumn, fall, trees, labeling colors, What/Where/Who, abstract convo, -ing, plural -s EX:  I have red leaves on my tree. 

Leaf Man is blowing all  over the place.  he sees a lot of animals and other things.  We tried to guess what he was seeing because all fo the pictures are made from fall leaves.  The children were excited when they recognized cows, chickens, and gardens. We talked about if the leaves on trees at their houses were changing yet.

Then Miss Carrie talked about what she liked to do the most with fall leaves - play with them!  She brought fall leaves for everyone to play with.

 

Ms Jeana had leaves in her hair!

DO THIS AT HOME:  Go on a fall walk to look at leaves.  Talk about shape, color, size, same/different.  Take some home.


In Miss Jen's class we went on a Jungle Hunt.  Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: jungle, animals, birds, bugs, loud/quiet, gopher, grasshopper, seagull, eagle, penguin, dog, goat, goldfish, gecko, glow worm, gazelle, grouse, earwig, grison, sea slug, wart hog, gorilla, pig, frog, flamingo, jungle, I like/don’t like, Where questions, What questions

Miss Carrie taught us to say:

Binoculars up!
Out in the jungle-
What do I see?
I.....see..... a.....

Miss Carrie put pictures around the room of animals, birds, and bugs that all had a /g/ sound somewhere in their name.  We looked for them with our hands up to be pretend binoculars.  When we found a picture, we told our friends about it, if we knew what it was, and where we might find it.

We came back to the rug so we could tell the rest of our friends what we found and where we might see it (in the sky, on the farm, at the zoo, in the water).

DO THIS AT HOME:  Go to the zoo, a farm, or other places to see animals, birds, or bugs.  Talk about if you like them or don't like them, are they big/small, tall/short, and their colors.