I Want To Build A Fort

 Transition Song: H-E-A-R-T by the Kiboomers

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  Who/What/Where, hot/cold, snow, more, fort, play, tall/taller/tallest, blanket, pillow, table, help, problem solving

This week, Miss Carrie showed the pictures that our friends sent in of the Big Snow Day.  There were pictures of friends playing in the snow outside and building forts in their house.  While we looked at the pictures, everyone wanted to build another fort inside the classroom.

What could we use to build a fort? Hmmmmmm.  We had to  look around.  We had blankets, pillows, and tables.  Someone decided a cardboard tube could be a spyglass.  One friend insisted we needed to draw up plans first so he started designing. We needed to build a fort big enough for everyone.  So we built forts.  During Work Time, a friend decided to build another fort. There was a lot of problem solving going on as we tried to figure out how to make the classroom materials work.

(He invited me to come see the fort he built.  It required crawling under the table.)

DO THIS AT HOME:  If you've already built a fort, your child now has an idea of how that process works.  Do it again, give your child the lead, and work on some problem solving.  

We're Going On A /h/ Hunt!

 Transition Song:  H-E-A-R-T by the Kiboomers

Vocabulary And Basic Concepts:  sound, breath, H, happy face, hero, hat, harmonica, horseshoe crab, horse, hippo, hot dog, hamburger, heart, hand, house, helicopter, hammock hat, helmet honey, hair, hanger, hammer, Humpty Dumpty, hunt, match, who/what/where.

This week, we noticed pictures all around the room.  We were going on a /h/ hunt.  I can feel my breath on my hand when I make the /h/ sound. All of the pictures started with that sound.  We could choose one of the pictures on the floor and then go hunt around the room to match the picture with one on the wall.  We could ask or answer to teachers and peers: What is it? Where can we see it?  Do you have one at your house?  Do you like it?

Afterwards, everyone gathered on the rug and Miss Carrie showed pictures of our /h/ hunt?  Who is that?  What did they find?  Where did they find it?

There were two pictures that stumped everyone.  What is a harmonica?  What is a horseshoe crab?  Miss Carrie showed videos of playing harmonica and learning about horseshoe crabs.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Without your child, pick a letter sound and take pictures of items around the house with your phone.  Then, go on a hunt together.  Look at the picture, talk about the sound, and go find it together.