Hiding Phil

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

(Just first verse and clap all of the letters.)

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  hide/hiding, elephant, up/down, over/under, in front/behind, next to, big/small, bigger, biggest, bus, look, play, jump, slide, teeter-totter, bath, wet, whisper/shout, quiet/loud, paint, sneeze, suitcase, tree, Where-questions, Who-questions, He/She/We/They, His/Hers, locations around the classroom, peer names.

(This can be found at the library.  It is a kid favorite.)

This week we read the book Hiding Phil by Eric Barclay.  Phil is an elephant who is new in town.  They kids play with him. But when they worry that Mom and Dad won't love him, they try to hide him.

We talked about where Phil was hiding.  Did it work?  Where did they hide him next?  What happened?

Then we played Hide-and-Seek.  We hid around the room while Miss Carrie counted to 10.  Then, when she found us, she took our picture with her iPad.  We went back to the rug and Miss Carrie put the pictures on our Apple TV and asked "Who is it?" and "Where are they hiding?"  This game was so much fun, that we played it several times.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Easiest and most fun game!  Play hide and seek at home as a family.  When you find someone, take their picture of where they are hiding.  Then everyone get together and talk about Who it is and Where they are hiding.  Emphasize under, behind, next to, on top, in front.  Go for a few rounds and end with a fun treat.  This is one of the most popular activities we do all year.  Kids will be requesting to play hide and seek this way for the rest of the year.

December Week 2: I like my RED shoes!

 Transition Song:  Must Be Santa by Raffi

Vocabulary: same/different, big/small, like/not like, buckle, zipper, velcro, colors

This week Miss Carrie brought one of her favorite books!  Pete The Cat, I Love My White Shoes.  It's written by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean.

Miss Carrie asked if everyone remembered that she dressed up like Pete The Cat for Halloween.

This time, we read the book.  Everyone sang and clapped or snapped their fingers along with Pete the Cat as we sang "I love my WHITE (Red/Blue/Brown/Wet) shoes!  We shook our head when we said "Goodness, NO!"  We guessed what color would come next.

Then Miss Carrie brought out a big box full of shoes.  There were her Pete The Cat red shoes, there were sparkly shoes, dancing shoes, sandals, boots, shiny gold shoes, and gym shoes.  We found shoes that looked the same and shoes that looked different.  We compared them to the shoes we were wearing to see if they were bigger or smaller.

DO THIS AT HOME:  What can you match at home?  Shoes? Socks? So laundry takes a little bit longer to put away...you're working on language skills! Go you!  What about setting the table?  What is the same and what is different?  Do you use big glasses for the adults and small cups for the kids?  Set the table together and talk about it.  Find opportunities in your everyday routine.  Then do it again the next time.