Miss Carrie reads Yes Day! and says goodbye.

Miss Carrie reads Frog On A Log

Miss Carrie sings and reads about COLORS

Today we're singing The Color Song.  We're also reading two books: Bear Sees Colors and Festival Of Colors. Scholastic gives permission to read the books during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Miss Carrie reads How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad

Hi, friends!  Today I'm reading How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad by Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. Scholastic gave permission to read this book.

After we read the book, you can talk to your family about what to do when you are mad.  The dinosaurs in the book have a special way to calm down.  Can you find it?

Miss Carrie Reads The Little Red Fort

This book is called The Little Red Fort by Brenda Maier with pictures by Sonia Sanchez.  Scholastic Books has given permission to read the book to you.

I built my fort out of pillows.  I decided to have Snack Time in my fort.  I had fruit snacks and water.

DO THIS AT HOME:  Build a fort!  What are you going to use?  Where are you going to build it?  Who is going to help you?  Talk about over/under, inside/outside, big/little, inside/outside, and hard/soft. Ask questions with Who, What, Where. Who is helping to build the fort?  What shall we use to build the fort? Where is this part going to go?  What shall we do inside the fort?  Do we want to use soft pillows or hard chairs? 

Miss Carrie sings Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy

The song is from Rachel Arntson's Talk It Rock It CD.  This song will be removed when the pandemic crisis is over and we return to school.  In the meantime, come sing with me!

March Week 2: Make A Plan

Transition Song: Wake Up Daily Routines by Dream English.

Vocabulary and Basic Concepts:  first/next/last, fast/slow, jumping, spinning, shaking, kicking, swimming, swinging, flying, push ups, sit ups, squats, ideas, plan, high/low, What questions, Who questions.

After we sang our song listed above, Miss Carrie asked:

Who got up this morning?

Who washed their face this morning?

Who brushed their teeth this morning?

Who combed their hair this morning?

Who ate breakfast this morning?

Who came to school this morning?

Everyone answered "Me!", "I did!".

Then Miss Carrie asked:

Who exercised this morning?

Uh-oh.  Miss Carrie forgot to exercise this morning?! We need to make a plan!  We made a plan that looked a lot like our message boards during Greeting Time.  We had to come up with an idea of what to do First, what to do Next, and What to do Last.  Miss Carrie drew the  plan on the white board.

Pssst:  Miss Carrie can't draw very well.  That is okay.  She will keep practicing. 

Can you guess what we did in this picture? 
First we did jumping jacks.  Next we flew like a bee.  Last we clapped our hands really fast.

Some classes wanted to do push ups.  A lot of push ups. Other ideas included squats, arm circles, lunging side to side, stretching side to side, stretching downward dog yoga pose, crunches, and jumping really high. We made 4, 5, and 6 plans.

DO THIS AT HOME:  make a plan and draw it down on paper.  Follow your child's lead on the plan.