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March / April, 2021 Daily Lessons
Unit 8: Plants
Welcome to Unit 8: Plants, Pre-K for All’s eighth Interdisciplinary Unit of Study. In Unit 8: Plants, children move from exploring the properties and uses of water to observing and learning about different kinds of plants. This unit, like all Pre-K for All units, provides opportunities for children to observe objects and phenomena in their environment with increasing complexity, and apply knowledge and skills learned in previous units. Activities throughout the unit prompt children to learn about plants through hands-on explorations and provide opportunities to observe plants in their immediate environment.
Essential Question: How do plants grow and why are they important?
Good morning. We hope you had a wonderful break. How did you celebrate Easter?
Week 2 Plants
This week we are continuing our study of plants and exploring the focus question “What do plants need and where do we find them?”Focus Vocabulary: blossom, botanist, bouquet, courtyard, dew, environment, farm, farmer, field, forester, floral arrangement, florist, greenhouse, ground, landscape, lawn, nature, nursery, park, patio, terrarium, vegetation, yard.
April 15, 2021
Good morning. Today is Thursday, April 15. Plants can be found in many places. In today’s story, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
Let’s start the day with a little movement:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
April | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud:
The Curious Garden Read Aloud with AHEV LibraryMovie-The Curious Garden
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown on Vimeo
- What is a gardener?
- What tools does a gardener need?
- How does the city look at the beginning of the book? How does the city look at the end of the book? Do you prefer the way it looks at the beginning or the end? Why?
Science:
Where can you find plants outside? Print the worksheet and mark off the things as you go on a scavenger hunt.
Experiment:
Regrow Vegetables: Some vegetable scraps such as carrot tops, scallions and celery (base) can be regrown by placing them in water. Put each vegetable in a small bowl or container, add a small amount of water and put in a location where the vegetable will get plenty of natural light. Invite children to predict, observe and record what happens through drawing and writing.
See Kitchen scrap gardening document
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Yy. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Click the links below to learn about the letter Yy.Learn The Letter Y | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Letter Y Song - Learn the Alphabet Bounce Patrol
Write the Letter Y - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Block Play
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown After reading about Liam and the garden he grew in his city, invite your child to build cities and create their own gardens in them PK.SOC.5 Demonstrates knowledge of the relationship between people, places, and regions
Art:
Paint Flowers: Look at pictures of paintings of flowers (such as Sunflowers by Claude Monet, Man Loaded with Lilies by Diego Rivera, Poppy by Georgia O’Keefe, Flowers by Andy Warhol, a Kehinde Wiley floral backdrop, Garland of Flowers by Auguste Renoir, or other artists that are interesting or relevant to the children). Invite your child to reflect on these paintings. Consider providing prompts such as, “What do you notice in this picture?” and “How does this picture make you feel?” After your child reflects, they can paint their own pictures of flowers.
PK.ARTS.18. [VA:Re7-9.PK] Responds to Visual Arts
Math:
Petals on a flower: Cut out several circles for flower middles. Add a number to each one.Have extra circles for petals. Ask your child to put the appropriate number of petals on each center. This can also be implemented with seeds on a fruit, leaves on a plant etc. Consider using plants that are relevant to the children. Encourage children to write their own numbers as they are ready. PK.MATH.3. [NY-PK.CC.3.] Understands the relationship between numbers and quantities to 10, connects counting to cardinality
Music and Movement:
Apple Tree : Kids Yoga, Music and Movement with Bari Koral
The Curious Garden- Emily Arrow
Mary Mary Quite Contrary | Learn with Little Baby Bum | Nursery Rhymes for Babies | Songs for Kids
April 14, 2021Good morning. Today is Tuesday, April 14. We will find out about how trees grow. Trees are plants. Do you think all plants need the same things? Why? (Light from the sun, water from the rain, soil from the ground). There are many animals and insects that help plants to grow by spreading seeds. People also spread seeds. Fruit trees grow blossoms that have pollen which the trees need to make fruit.
Let’s start the day with a little movement:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
April | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Sesame Street Podcast Number 14
Read Aloud:
Who Will Plant a Tree by Jerry Pallotta. Illustrated by Tom Leonard
Science:
Forests are places where trees, plants and animals live. Forests are taken care of by people called foresters. There are many different jobs that foresters can do. Watch this video to find out:
People of Forestry – Discover Careers in the Forest
Go outside and look at trees. Can you see where the seeds are on the trees?
Look at the picture to help you see the different types of seeds.
Earthworms help plants to grow by putting air in the soil as they dig tunnels. They also fertilize the soil as food passes through their body.
Informational text: Earthworms by Leo Statts
Informational Videos:
Art:
- Earthworm Paper Craft
- Pulled String Art: Take a piece of string and submerge 3/4 of it in the paint leaving an end free of paint to hold on to. Wiggle the string across the paper like a worm. You could also try folding the paper in half with the clean end of the string sticking out, then wiggle the rest of the string out. If you don’t have paint, you can use ketchup, or other condiments. Open the paper to see the trail.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Yy. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Click the links below to learn about the letter Yy.Learn The Letter Y | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Letter Y Song - Learn the Alphabet Bounce Patrol
Write the Letter Y - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math:
Cut out a tree from paper. Invite your child to find things that are taller or shorter than the tree.
PK.MATH.9. [NY-PK.MD.1.] Identifies measurable attributes of objects such as length, or weight, and describes them using appropriate vocabulary (e.g., smaller, bigger, shorter, taller, larger). Take pictures and post on Seesaw.
Music and Movement:
Apple Tree : Kids Yoga, Music and Movement with Bari Koral
Herman the Worm- Jack Hartmann
Worms, Worms, WormsWiggly Woo
Seed Song - How Seeds Move - Seed Dispersal
April 13, 2021Good morning. Today is Tuesday, April 13. What do plants need to grow? Will pizza, salad, or spaghetti be the right kind of food? See today’s read-aloud and Sesame Street video to find out. Last week we learned how plants can make their own food but what do they need for that to happen? It is called photosynthesis.
Let’s start the day with a little movement:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
April | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Sesame Street: Count's Number of the Day -- 13
Read Alouds:
Videos:
Sesame Street: Grover Talks About Plants
Art:
3-D Plants: Invite your child to use recycled materials such as cardboard boxes or tubes, and empty, clean food containers, to create three-dimensional plants. Supply live plants, plastic or silk plants, or pictures of plants for them to reference as they build their own plants. Encourage your child to name the plants and make their own labels for them.
PK.AL.3. Approaches tasks and problems with creativity, imagination, and/or willingness to try new experiences
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Yy. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs, and in your name. Click the links below to learn about the letter Yy.Learn The Letter Y | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Letter Y Song - Learn the Alphabet Bounce Patrol
Write the Letter Y - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Science
Who studies how to take care of plants?
I Can Be Anything I Want to Be A to Z: Botanist
Experiment:
Try and grow grass seed on the sponge. You need water and light to make the seeds grow. See link below for directions.
Math:
Provide an assortment of seeds and a set of counting cards. Invite your child to use the seeds and cards together. Additionally, consider adding an egg carton and numbering the depressions, 1-12. Children may want to put the appropriate number of seeds in each space.
PK.MATH.3. [NY-PK.CC.3.] Understands the relationship between numbers and quantities to 10, connects counting to cardinality
Music and Movement:
The Plant Song
Farmer Plants the Seeds
Cosmic Kids Yoga: Stella The Stick Insect
Grow, Grow, Grow a Garden! | Kids Learning Song
April 12, 2021
Today is Monday, April 12, 2021Let’s start the day with a little movement:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Days of the Week Song | Scratch Garden
April | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Sesame Street: 12 Little Chicks Song
Foundational Text:
An Orange in January by Dianna Hutts Aston
PK.ELAL.10. [PKR.6.] Describes the role of an author and illustrator
Listen to the book more than once. Good readers notice new things each time they read a story. Think of these questions as you read/listen to the book again.
Level 1: Recall
- Where was the orange at the beginning of the book?
- Where was the orange at the end of the book?
- How did the orange get from the tree to the grocery store?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
- The book says, “The petals fell away and the orange began to grow into what it was meant to be.” What was the orange meant to be?
- How did the boy get the orange?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
- The boy shared the orange. Why do you think he did that?
- How do you think the other children felt when he shared the orange with them?
Level 4: Extended Thinking The illustrator of this book, Julie Maren, used curly lines to show the wind. Why do you think she did that?
- How would you show wind in a picture?
- How did Julie Maren illustrate the sun?
- Why do you think she did that?
- How would you show the sun in a picture?
- How did Julie Maren illustrate the rain? Why do you think she did that?
- How would you show the rain in a picture?
- This book talks about how an orange grows and travels. How do you think other fruits grow and travel?
Art:
Using the extended learning questions above and create a picture with wind, sun and rain. Add details from the story. Post your picture on the activity in Seesaw: An Orange in January.
Science
1- Pick a fruit. Where are the seeds? What color are they? How many are there? Can you draw what you see?
2- Make a seed necklace this week with any of the fruits you eat.
Seed Necklace
Cut out a circle from poster board or any cardboard, punch a hole in the top, and tie a length of yarn or string to the hole. Children glue a variety of seeds to make a mosaic necklace.
Sensory:
Make a “Sensory Table” to use throughout the week:
Soil and Seeds: Add potting soil and seeds to a large bowl or tray as well as gardening tools such as gloves, small spades, trowels, rakes, watering cans, etc. Invite your child to play with the materials and observe the seeds over the course of a few days (make sure that the soil is dry so that it remains pourable). PK.SCI.4. [P-LS1-1.] Observes familiar plants and animals (including humans) and describes what they need to surviveELA
This week we will talk about the letter Yy. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs, and in your name. Click the links below to learn about the letter Yy.Learn The Letter Y | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Letter Y Song - Learn the Alphabet Bounce Patrol
Write the Letter Y - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math:
Seed Patterns: Provide an assortment of seeds as well as a large flat surface and invite your child to create patterns with the seeds. Explain that a pattern is made of a core unit that repeats (e.g., red, blue, and red, blue, and red, blue). If your child needs extra support, consider starting a pattern, and asking them to extend it. PK.MATH.8. [NY-PK.OA.2.] Duplicates and extends simple patterns
Songs and Movement
What a Plant Needs to Stay Alive | Springtime Song | Science Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
The Needs of a Plant (song for kids about 5 things plants need to live)
Photosynthesis
The Parts of a Plant (song for kids about flower/stem/leaves/roots)3rd Street Music Audio songs:
Week 1:What are plants?
Vocabulary:
botany, branch, bud, bulb, dirt, flower, food, fruit, grow, leaves, nutrients, petals, plant, pollen, rain, roots, seed, seedling, soil, sprinkler, sprout, stem, sunlight, trunk, vine, water, watering can
Thursday, April 1, 2021.
Good Morning!
Today we will be talking about the parts of a plant. We start with the seed. The seeds produce new flowers. Then there is the root that grows in the ground. It is the part that gets the water and food from the ground for the plant. Then the stem brings the nutrients and water to the leaves and supports the plant. The leaves are where the plant collects the sunlight and uses the sunlight to make food for the plant. The flower and its petals attract insects and birds.
You will watch the videos to learn more about the parts of the plants. Your artwork will be a plant that is labeled with the plant parts. Be creative.
Good morning everyone. It is Thursday. April 1st. It is April Fool’s Day. I have a poem for you today.
April Fools!
There’s a tack
upon your chair,
There’s a spider
in your hair,
April Fools!
A bee is sitting
on your nose,
An alligator just
ate your toes,
April Fools!
Your hair has turned a snowy white,
Watch out!
My brother likes to bite!
April Fools!
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: April
April | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 1?
Use the link below to help you.
Count to 1.
Sesame Street Podcast Number 1
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Up in the Garden, Down in the Dirt by Kate Messner
In this exuberant and lyrical follow-up to the award-winning Over and Under the Snow, discover the wonders that lie hidden between stalks, under the shade of leaves . . . and down in the dirt. Explore the hidden world and many lives of a garden through the course of a year! Up in the garden, the world is full of green—leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt exists a busy world—earthworms dig, snakes hunt, skunks burrow—populated by all the animals that make a garden their home.
Read Aloud: Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt
Here are some questions about the book to ask your child:
Level 1: Recall:
What are some things that happen up in the garden?
What are some things that happen down in the dirt?
What happens in the garden at night?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What does it mean for some things to be up in the garden and other things to be down in the dirt?
Why do the little girl and Nana water the garden?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
What happens in the garden in the fall?
What does the garden do in the winter?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Why do different things happen in the garden at different times?
The words in this book make a pattern.
We hear about things that are up in the garden, down in the dirt, then up and back down again. The pattern is up, down and up, down and up, down. Can you find another pattern somewhere?
Activity:
Look inside a flower. Watch this video: Look Inside a Flower! | Science Project for Kids What
Can you find a daffodil outside? They grow in many different places.
Use the Dissect a Daffodil instructions https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/17503/documents/2020/4/Dissecting%20Daffodils.pdf to help you..
Plant Parts: Make a sensory tray or bin. Invite children to explore by placing an assortment of plant parts in. Consider adding flowers, stems from various plants, a variety of leaves, bark from trees, small twigs as well as roots. Supply paper and writing utensils as well so children can draw or write about their observations.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Xx. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Xx song
"The Letter X Song" by ABCmouse.com
My Xx Book Read Aloud
Writing the Letter Xx
Write the Letter X - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math:
Snapshots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYS5ps3gLKs
Building Blocks Math: week 23
Science:
Are the Parts of a Plant? | Science Video For Kids | Grades K-2
Complete the worksheet: Parts of a Plant
Posters
Social Studies: Easter
The day is celebrated by Christians throughout the world. It is the most important of the Christian holidays. It is also celebrated by many other people as a fun spring holiday. Many people go to church on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A lot of people travel to visit with family and relatives over the Easter weekend as well. After church, there are often family reunions and large meals to celebrate the occasion. In addition to the religious celebrations and significance of the holiday, there are some secular traditions. These include the Easter Egg Hunt. Tradition says that the Easter bunny hides eggs for children to find each year. In the United States, these eggs are often candy or chocolate. Kids search for the candy, usually outdoors, and put the candy and eggs they find into their Easter basket. Other traditions include the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, Easter baskets with chocolate Easter bunnies, decorating hard-boiled eggs, and Easter lily flowers. There is also a large Easter parade that takes place in New York City each year.
Read Aloud
It's Easter Little Critter-Story Time
Watch this video:
Easter Facts For Kids | The Christian and Non-Christian Story of Easter
Easter Egg Paper Weaving
What you need:
- heavier print paper
- colorful paper (regular print paper works although construction paper may be easier for younger kids to weave)
- scissors
- glue
Art:
Draw a plant or a flower arrangement that you can see in your home or out of your window.
Music and Movement
The Parts of a Plant (song for kids about flower/stem/leaves/roots)
Farmer Plants the Seeds | Kids Song | Song Lyrics | Nursery Rhymes | Farming
Preschool Learn to Dance: Can You Plant a Bean
March 31th, 2021.
Good Morning!
A tree is a plant. It is the biggest plant that grows. Today we will be discussing the leaves and flowers of a plant. The leaves use light from the sun and carbon dioxide that we breathe out to make food for the plant and produce oxygen for us to breathe in. The flower and its petals attract insects and birds. These animals move pollen from one flower to another, which helps the flowers produce new seeds – the new seeds produce new plants.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 31?
Use the link below to help you.
Count to 31.
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
I Am A Leaf by Jean Marzollo
Vibrant cut-paper illustrations and simple text provide a fascinating foray into the life cycle of the leaf and explore its many functions
Read Aloud:
Informational Video
Photosynthesis | The Dr. Binocs Show | Learn Videos For Kids
Activity:
There are many places in New York where you can go to see plants and flowers.
Links to websites
Central Park Conservancy: https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.centralparknyc.org/pdfs/guides/Spring-Guide-2020.pdf
Brooklyn Botanic Garden: https://www.bbg.org/
Kidsgardening.org - A resource of the national gardening association: https://kidsgardening.org/
Prospect Park Alliance: https://www.prospectpark.org/
New York Botanical Garden: http://www.nybg.org/
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Xx. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs, and in your name.
Letter Xx song
"The Letter X Song" by ABCmouse.com
My Xx Book Read Aloud
Writing the Letter Xx
Write the Letter X - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math:
Print and use the leaf pattern sheet to complete the patterns. Leafy Patterns or cut out some leaves in different colors to make patterns.
Art try one or more of these fun activities:
- Plant leaves and seeds have color pigment. Ask a grown-up to make a cup of tea or coffee and let it cool down. Pour it on a flat tray and dip a piece of paper in it. Let it sit for a short time but not too long because it will get soggy. It will change color and look old. Let it dry. It would be fun to turn it into a treasure map! Are there any other parts of a plant that you could use to dye things? DIY Plant-Based Dyes || Vegetable Dyes || Home dyed Fabric || Extracting colors from natural sources
- You can even paint leaves! PK.CLL.2 (Approaches to Communication): Demonstrates he/she is building background knowledge.
- Leaf Rubbing: Supply leaves and crayons for your child to use in creating leaf rubbings. Remove the paper casing from the crayons, place the leaves under a piece of paper and invite children to rub the side of the crayon over the paper and watch for the shape of the leaf to emerge. Encourage children to persist until the entire leaf is visible. PK.ATL.5: Demonstrates persistence.
Science:
How leaves breathe How do Plants Breathe? Science Experiment for KidsSocial Studies: Easter
The day is celebrated by Christians throughout the world. It is the most important of the Christian holidays. It is also celebrated by many other people as a fun spring holiday.Many people go to church on Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. A lot of people travel to visit with family and relatives over the Easter weekend as well. After church, there are often family reunions and large meals to celebrate the occasion. In addition to the religious celebrations and significance of the holiday, there are some secular traditions. These include the Easter Egg Hunt. Tradition says that the Easter bunny hides eggs for children to find each year. In the United States, these eggs are often candy or chocolate. Kids search for the candy, usually outdoors, and put the candy and eggs they find into their Easter basket. Other traditions include the Easter Egg Roll at the White House, Easter baskets with chocolate Easter bunnies, decorating hard-boiled eggs, and Easter lily flowers. There is also a large Easter parade that takes place in New York City each year.
Watch this video:
Easter Facts For Kids | The Christian and Non-Christian Story of Easter
Art:
Materials:
Paper plate, Cotton balls, Googly eyes, Brown pipe cleaners, Pink pom-poms,White and pink,Craft glue, Scissors
Procedure:
- Cover the paper plate with craft glue and have your child glue down cotton balls on the plate.
- You want to cover the entire plate with cotton balls to create a fluffy bunny.
- Cut out bunny ears with white and pink construction paper.
- Glue the smaller pink ears over the larger white earpieces.
- Attach your ears to your paper plate to secure it in the plate.
- Attach googly eyes, whiskers, and nose on your bunny.
- To create the whiskers we cut out two pipe cleaners into four small pieces each.
- We used three pieces and secured them together by twisting them together.
- You will have two pieces of pipe cleaners left that you can save for a craft later on.
Music and Movement
Music and Movement:
5 Spring Flowers | Treeschoolers | Two Little Hands TV
Sing a Song of Flowers | Song Lyrics | Preschool Songs | Rhymes Songs | The Kiboomers
Head Shoulders Knees and Toes for Trees!
Tree Song- Learn about Trees! Roots, and Trunks, and Leaves!
Boom Chicka Boom Easter Songs for Kids Best Kids Songs The Learning Station
Kids Easter Songs Collection & Lots More! 27mins Easter Bunny Songs Collection Compilation
Today is Tuesday, March 30th, 2021.
Fruits and vegetables are plants too. Some grow on vines like watermelons. In the Fall we read a story about a fruit that grows on a vine. Do you remember what it was? Yes,a pumpkin. We read the story Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman. Today’s story is similar to that story. The people work together to pull the watermelon off the vine. They might be characters that you have heard of.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 30?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street counts to 30.
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
The Enormous Watermelon by Brenda Parkes
This book is about Old Mother Hubbard who grows a watermelon in her garden. The watermelon grows so big that she has a hard time getting it home, so she calls her friends to help her get it home.
Read Aloud:
The Enormous Watermelon .. a short read for kids
Activities:
Make a Fun Kids Paper Watermelon - DIY Crafts - Guidecentral
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Xx. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Xx song
"The Letter X Song" by ABCmouse.com
My Xx Book Read Aloud
Writing the Letter Xx
Write the Letter X - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math:
Math:
Make some fun counting mats. Use something to represent seeds. Here they used chocolate chips. Practice some simple addition and subtraction problems up to 10. such as put 2 chocolate chips and ask your child to put two more on. Ask how many altogether. Place five chips on and ask your child to take two away. How many are left?
Practice using different amounts to help your child become fluent with number facts.
Science:
Here is another story about watermelons. The crocodile swallows a seed. What will happen?
Kids Book Read Aloud: THE WATERMELON SEED by Greg Pizzoli
What do plants need? Could they grow inside you?
Plant Song: Share the song below with your child. Sing or chant it multiple times inviting your child to join in. Consider adding gestures to the song as well.
Plants need soil,
Plants need light.
Water plants so they grow right.
If you want your plants to grow,
This is what you need to know.
Plants need soil,
Plants need light.
Water plants so they grow right.
PK.CKW.5 (Science): Observes and describes characteristics of living things.
Social Studies: Passover
Make a Basket for Moses No Passover celebration is complete without the story of Moses, which begins when his big sister sends him floating down the Nile in a basket woven from river reeds. This easy craft project boosts counting and fine motor skills all while gaining an appreciation of Jewish culture.
What You Need:
Construction paper in two different colors
A 5-inch paper plate
Glue
Scissors
What You Do:
1. Start by cutting your construction paper. You’ll need 8 strips, each about 12 inches long and three quarters of an inch wide.
2. Now, arrange the strips, two at a time, so that they form an X. Use glue to secure each X in the center. You should end up making four of these.
3. Once the glue is dry, arrange the Xs fanned out in a stack so that they look like a star or an asterisk. Keep the spaces between each arm of the shape as even as you can. Use glue to connect all the Xs together. Let dry.
4. Use your paper plate to trace a circle on a sheet of construction paper. Cut out the circle and glue it carefully in the center of the star shape to make the bottom of your basket. Let dry.
5. While you're waiting, prepare your weaving strips. You’ll need to cut four strips about 16 inches long and half an inch wide. If you’re using standard-size construction paper, you’ll need to glue two pieces together at the edges to make the size you need.
6. Once the circle has dried, fold up the long arms of the star from the edge of the circle one by one to make the body of the basket.
7. Take one of the long strips and use a piece of tape to secure it to the first of the arms and begin weaving over and under all the way around the basket until you reach the tape. Carefully remove the tape and use glue to attach the beginning of the long strand to its end. Hold in place to dry.
8. Repeat for each of the four long pieces, then let the basket dry.
Music and Movement
Watermelon Dance | Dance Along | Dance with me | Pinkfong Dance for Children
Watermelon Song for Kids | Fruit Songs for Children | Food Songs | The Kiboomers
Watermelon Song! | Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs | Little Baby Meal Time!
Spring & Easter Yoga For Kids Yoga Club (Week 30) | Cosmic Kids
Today is Monday, March 29th, 2021.
Good morning. Today is Monday, March 29. We are beginning our new unit of study about plants. We have learned about light and water and they are both important to plants and all living things. Why do you think that is? This week we are investigating the question, “What are plants?”
Someone who studies plants is called a botanist. Last week we looked at rainbows for St. Patrick’s Day. Vegetables and flowers come in a rainbow of colors. Plants come from bulbs or seeds.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Heartman: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 29?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street counts to 29
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
An array of collages follows the progress of a mother and daughter as they plant bulbs, seeds, and seedlings and watch them grow into a rainbow of colorful flowers.
Read Aloud: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Activities:
Ask your child to share what they know about plants. "What do you know about plants?" Write what they tell you and save it until the end of the unit. Plants are living things. They need water, light, and food to grow.
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Xx. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs, and in your name.
Letter Xx song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eXZ2w_Ent4
My Xx Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfYd-YqbfTw
Writing the Letter Xx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XEbnj4qmD4
Math:
- Choose and hide a counting card from 1-10. Ask your child to guess the number. If they guess correctly excitedly show them the number. If not, give hints saying it is more or less than the secret number. Keep going until they get it. (If your child is having difficulty, display all the cards in order before hiding one. If they can not guess, tell them it is less than the one they say and remove all the cards that are higher, then count the cards that are left and have them say the next counting number).
- This serves as an introduction to puzzles. Explain that doing puzzles often involve combining shapes to make new shapes and pictures. Help your child with puzzles that they have at home. If you do not have any puzzles, you can cut pictures or drawings into different shapes to make puzzles. Here is a site for digital puzzles: https://www.digipuzzle.net/digipuzzle/kids/puzzles/puzzle_blockpuzzle.htm?language=english&linkback=../../../main/kids/index.htm
Science:
Eat the Rainbow! | Nutrition Lesson for Kids
Do you eat any roots/leaves/stems (for example, potatoes, lettuce or celery)? Talk about the parts of a plant and discuss what kinds of plants you eat. Work with your child to use the internet to find recipes they can use to cook various fruits or vegetables. Help them compare and contrast the recipes and determine which to prepare. PK.CLL.3 (Reading Standards for Informational Text): With prompting and support, describe the connection between two events or pieces of information in a text.
Write out a recipe and have your child draw some pictures for a salad that includes many different plant parts such as leaves (lettuce or spinach), roots (carrots), stems (celery), and fruit (apple). Look at items you have in the fridge, or pictures, to help your child draw the items.
Invite children to read through the recipe with you and follow the recipe directions to create their own salad. (Real or imaginary)
Social Studies: Passover
Passover is a holiday or festival celebrated by Jewish people. They celebrate it to remember when God used Moses to free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.God told Moses to set aside this special week originally called "the feast of unleavened bread". During this time, the people eat special foods, do special rituals and sing songs. Passover is around the time of Easter (April/May). Some Christians also celebrate it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lOZrtivtTE
Passover Facts For Kids | Passover Seder Plate | DK Find Out
Music and Movement
Farmer Plants the Seeds | Kids Song | Song Lyrics | Nursery Rhymes | Farming
Dr. Jean's Banana Dance - (aka The Guacamole Song) - Dr. Jean's Banana Dance
Betsy the Banana | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
Easter Bunny Bop + More! Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes
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Unit 7 Water
This week we begin a new unit. We will be studying water. Water is very important for us. We cannot live without water. This unit, like all Pre-K for All units, provides opportunities for children to observe objects and phenomena in their environment with increasing complexity. Activities throughout the unit prompt children to learn about water through hands-on explorations and provide opportunities to observe water in their immediate environment. The essential question for this entire unit is What does water do?
Enduring understandings that the student should have by the end of the unit are:
- Water is all around us.
- Water changes depending on how warm or cold it is.
- Some things float in water and some sink.
- Some things change when you put them in water.
- All living things need water.
Week 4 - Our question this week - How does water help us?
Vocabulary for the week - clean, drink, hydrate, perspiration, quench, sweat, thirst, wash, watered
March 26, 2021
Good morning boys and girls.
It is Friday, March 26, 2021. How is the weather today?Will we be able to go out to play?
Today is our last day of the water unit of study. All living things need water to thrive and grow. Let's think about whether something is living or nonliving. Can you think what makes something a living thing? That is what we will find out today.
Let us get our morning started.
Spring Songs for Children - Spring is Here with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Days of the Week Syllables Song | Jack Hartmann | Syllable Song
Months of the Year - Greg & Steve
Our read-aloud talks about things that grow. Living things grow. Do you grow? Are you a living thing? What else is a living thing? Let us read to find out.
Read
Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? - Read aloud w/Music and Sound FX by Susan Shea
Activities:
Science:
Informational video: It's Alive! | Biology for Kids
- Look out of the window or take a walk and point out things that you see that are living or nonliving. You could even make it into an I Spy game where you or your child describe the thing they see and the other person has to guess. "I spy with my little eye something that's (Living or nonliving) and then describe it..."
- Look at pictures of things and then decide if they need water or not. If so, do they grow? (Some things need water to work that such as a car, a boat etc but do not grow so are not living)
- Print and do the Goldfish v Goldfish Cracker living nonliving activity from https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/17503/documents/2020/3/goldfish%20living%20non%20living.pdf or complete the activity on Seesaw.
Art:
- Divide a piece of paper in half and draw living things on one side and non-living things on the other. If you need help to draw things try https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/how-to-draw/ for step-by-step directions. I learned how to draw a fox.
ELA:
This week we will talk about the letter Ww. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs, and in your name. Watch these videos about the letter Ww (Click on titles below)
Write the Letter W - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Learn The Letter W | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
"The Letter W Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math
Collect eight to ten empty containers of various shapes and sizes. Set a pitcher or large bowl of water outside (or on a surface that can get wet), and allow your child to explore the containers, comparing their capacities by pouring water from one into another. Help your child estimate how many small containers it will take to fill the largest container. Benefit: This activity provides practice with estimating and measuring capacity. It also reinforces the concept of combining small units to measure something larger.
Music and Movement:
Living And Non Living Things | Songs on Learning Science | 4K | Appu Series
March 25, 2021
Good morning all! I hope you had a wonderful evening since we last met yesterday. Was there anything exciting you wanted to tell us? You can tell your family. Today to look at our question of how water helps us we will discuss cleaning. Water helps keep things clean and is fun to play in. Let's start our day with our morning routine.
Spring Songs for Children - Spring is Here with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Days of the Week Syllables Song | Jack Hartmann | Syllable Song
Months of the Year - Greg & Steve
Our read aloud talks about washing clothes. Listen for all the rhyming words.
Read Aloud - Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash - Rhyming Read Aloud
Activities
Dramatic Play
A short video: Clothes Washing Activity • Montessori Practical Life
A song to go with washing: This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes - Song for Kids | Lingokids
Wash some dishes in the sink
Art
Hanging Laundry Clothes Paper Craft
Here's a cute craft to show laundry hanging outside.
Materials: (Don't worry if you have to substitute - be creative)
1 sheet of blue construction paper
2 craft sticks(Popsicle sticks)
length of string
various clothes cut from paper
paper sun
cotton balls
tape
glue
Directions:
Give each child a few paper clothes cut-outs to color. Tape a length of string across the blue construction paper so it actually hangs or prepares it beforehand. Tape 2 craft sticks on either side of the string to look like a clothesline. Tape or glue clothes to the string. (an ideal template would have little paper tabs at the top to fold over the string like clothespins) Glue on or draw the sun and cotton ball clouds in the sky.
ELA:
This week we will talk about the letter Ww. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Watch these videos about the letter Ww (Click on titles below)
Write the Letter W - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Learn The Letter W | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
"The Letter W Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math
Include your child in cooking, sewing, woodworking, and other supervised activities that involve measuring. Discuss the need for accurate measurements and the instruments to do so. Benefit: This provides hands-on practice with measuring and reinforces the importance of measurement.
Social Studies
Book Read Aloud: LITTLE BIRD TAKES A BATH written by Marisabina Russo
Visit the city and follow little bird as he finds a place to take a bath
Music and Movement:
This is the Way We Wash Our Clothes - Song for Kids | LingokidsWash Your Hands Song | Music for Kids | The Singing Walrus
_______________________________________________________________________Wednesday. March 24, 2021
Hello boys and girls. I hope you had a wonderful evening today we are going to see how water is important to animals
Water is a home for animals. Can you name a few animals that use water as their home.
Let us begin our day with our morning meeting
Spring Songs for Children - Spring is Here with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Days of the Week Syllables Song | Jack Hartmann | Syllable Song
Months of the Year - Greg & Steve
Sesame Street - Abstract Count 24 rodney ramsaroop version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w91GRza3qIk
Listen to the story: Fish Friends Three on audible:
Free Audiobooks for Kids | Audible.com
Science:
This five-minute video shows life in the ocean.
Research: What other kinds of water do animals live in? (Lakes, rivers, swamps, tide pools) Are types of animals the same or different?
Art:
Which was your favorite animal? Mine was the Yeti Crab.
Draw a picture and dictate something about it or try and make it out of dough:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour*
- 1 cup salt
- 1 cup water
Mix together the salt and flour and gradually add the water until it is like play-doh. Knead it together for about 5 mins.
You can bake your creation at 200 deg until it is hard. Time depends on its thickness.
Make a seascape to play with your sea creatures by tearing a piece of blue paper in pieces horizontally and pasting the pieces on paper with small spaces between them.
Math: Fish for a Number:
Provide small magnetic numbers or number cards with paper clips on, a magnetic wand or a pretend fishing pole with a magnetic end, and a set of dot cards. Invite your child to draw a card from the set of cards, determine the number of dots on the card and then fish for the number. PK.MATH.2. [NY-PK.CC.2.] Represents a number of objects (0-5), with a written numeral
ELA:
This week we will talk about the letter Ww. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Watch these videos about the letter Ww (Click on titles below)
Write the Letter W - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Learn The Letter W | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
"The Letter W Song" by ABCmouse.com
Music and Movement:
Popcorn the Dolphin | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!
A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea | Barefoot Books Singalong
10 Little Fishies - Featuring Finny The Shark! | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs
Down In The Deep Blue Sea | ft. Finny The Shark! | Super Simple Songs
March 23, 2021
Good morning everyone. Yesterday certainly turned out to be a beautiful Spring day. I wonder if today will be another wonderful day? I hope so. Did you get to play outside yesterday?
We are asking ourselves the question - How does water help us? Water helps all living things in many ways. Did you know you are made up of a lot of water? Actually, three-quarters of your body is water.
Spring Songs for Children - Spring is Here with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Days of the Week Syllables Song | Jack Hartmann | Syllable Song
Months of the Year - Greg & Steve
Sesame Street - Abstract Count 23 rodney ramsaroop version
Read Aloud: Water Can Be.. by Laura Purdie Salas
Here are some questions you can ask your child about the book.
Level 1: Recall
What are three things water can do?
What did the boy put on his bruised knees?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
People drink water. Who else does?
How does water help gardens?
How does water help animals?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
The book says water can be a “drink cooler.” How can water cool drinks?
The book says water can be a “homemaker.” How can water be a home?
How can water be a “snowman former?”
Level 4: Extended Thinking
What are some things people do with water other than drink it?
How does water help you?
How does water help us?
Activities
Science:
Water helps us prepare food to eat. It is in many things that we eat.
Short story on the uses of water for kids - English
Importance of Water in our Life
- Ask your child to consider whether there is water in the foods and beverages they eat and drink. When you cook together consider each ingredient in the recipes you prepare.
- Invite children to use their senses to explore pasta, rice or vegetables, pre- and post-soaking or cooking in water. Discuss how water changes them.
PK.CKW.1 (Science): Asks questions and makes predictions based on observations and manipulation of things and events in the environment.
Science/Art
#WhyDoWeDrinkWater #Water #PeekabooKidz
Since your body is mostly water we are going to make yourself show all the water in your body. Print out the template of your body color from your shoulders to your toes blue. Draw your face and hair. See how much water is in your body! Send me a picture of your drawing either to Seesaw or email.
Art: Use strips of paper to make a 3D collage then draw or cut out something to go in the water, to show how water helps us. See the examples below.
ELA:
This week we will talk about the letter Ww. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Watch these videos about the letter Ww (Click on titles below)
Write the Letter W - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Learn The Letter W | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
"The Letter W Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math: Measure Length Explain that measuring is finding a number that tells how long or how much. For example, a book might be the length of one standard ruler or twelve inches long. Ask children whether they do any measuring outside of school. Using their examples or your own, measure something together as a model, such as measuring a rug to discover that it is about three feet long.
Music and Movement:
The Water Song | Song for Kids | Nursery Rhymes | OwlyBird
Sesame Street: Water Water Song | Fun in the Sun
Water Song for Kids | Nursery Rhymes for Children
Water Week 3
What happens when we put things in the water?
This week’s vocabulary: absorb, boat, captain, dissolve, diver, drenched, ferry, float, gurgle, island, repel, sailor, saturate, sink, slosh, soak, splash, sponge, swim, temperature, umbrella, waterproof
Monday, March 22, 2021
Saturday was the first day of Spring. The days are getting longer and the weather will get warmer. Flowers start to grow in spring and trees will blossom. Spring is a rainy season that helps the flowers.
We wrap up our water unit this week by answering the question - How does water help us?
We will explore how water helps us, the animals, and plants.
Our vocabulary words for this week are: clean, drink, hydrate, perspiration, quench, sweat, thirst, wash, watered.
Here is a sign of Spring I saw the other day, across the street next to the church. I thought you might enjoy seeing it.
Let us get our day started.
Spring Songs for Children - Spring is Here with Lyrics - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Days of the Week Syllables Song | Jack Hartmann | Syllable Song
Months of the Year - Greg & Steve
Learn Number Twenty-two 22 in English & Counting, Math by Endless Numbers Kids Video
Read Aloud
Ivy and the Lonely Raincloud by Katie Harnett
Everyone loves the warm sunshine—except the lonely raincloud. No one wants to be his friend! But one day, he stumbles across a grumpy little florist . . . could she be looking for a friend too?
Questions to answer about the text
Level 1: Recall Why was the raincloud sad at the beginning of the book? Where did the raincloud look for a friend?
Level 2: Skill/Concept No one wanted to be friends with the raincloud. Why? Ivy was grumpy for most of the book. Why was Ivy so grumpy? How did the raincloud help Ivy?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking Why can it be nice to have friends? How did Ivy and the raincloud grow beautiful flowers together?
Level 4: Extended Thinking At the end of the book, it looks like the raincloud was inside the flower shop with Ivy. What would you think if you went in a store and there was a raincloud there? What would you do? Rain from the raincloud helped Ivy grow beautiful plants, how does water help you
Art:
The narrator in the read-aloud drew a rain cloud and some flowers. Draw your own rain cloud and flowers and post your picture on Seesaw.
Wind - today we will talk about the wind. The wind helps to change our weather. Our read-aloud is about the rain today. Wind and rain are two aspects of the weather we have this month.
Here is another story about the wind. (Wind begins with the letter w.)
ELA:
This week we will talk about the letter Ww. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name. Watch these videos about the letter Ww (Click on titles below)
Write the Letter W - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Learn The Letter W | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
"The Letter W Song" by ABCmouse.com
Science:
Grow seeds using only water:
Grow any seeds without soil | Grow bean seeds in water | Grow from seeds
Try this with apple or lemon seeds too.
Math: Compare/War
Divide the number cards from a deck of playing cards or Uno cards between 2 people in a pile face down. Both players flip the top card. The person with the highest number says "I have the higher number" and wins the cards. If it's a tie, flip again. The person with the most cards is the winner.
Music and Movement:
Brain Breaks | Calendar Song | Springtime Dance | Jack Hartmann
March 18, 2021
But first, a little movement to get us going:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
What's The Weather Like Today | Song Lyrics Video for Kids | The Kiboomers
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
12 Months of the Year Line Dance | Northern Hemisphere | The Months of the Year Song Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud:
Jabari jumps into the water with a big splash!
Read Aloud with Ms. Paula!: Jabari Jumps (Gaia Cornwall)
Science:
When you jump into the water what happens? You stay the same. When some things go into the water, they dissolve. That means they become mixed into a liquid so as to form a solution.
ELA:
This week our letter is the Letter Vv
Write the Letter V - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123 ABC tv
Learn the Letter Vv- Jack Hartmann
"The Letter V Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math: Children compare how much the different containers hold.
- Provide up to eight safe containers of various widths and heights, as well as a safe material that can be poured, such as sand or water.
- Show all containers, and ask your child which holds more and, eventually, the most.
- Discuss their ideas about how to find out.
- With containers grouped or one-by-one, allow children to help you fill them to compare. (You can pour the water or sand from one to the other to compare)
- Repeat with a new comparison (other containers).
Art:
Kids Art| Lesson 5: Jackson Pollock "Action Painting"
Jabari jumped into the pool with a big splash. Make a splatter painting by splashing paint on paper.
Music and Movement:
Brain Breaks - Action Songs for Children - Swimming Song - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
6 Minute Yoga Routine for Kids - Underwater Adventure! | Channel Mum
March 17
Today is Wednesday, March 17. We continue our investigation into what happens when you put things in the water. In our story, the children made a stew by putting a rainbow of vegetables and herbs into the water to cook them. When you cook vegetables in water, what happens to them? It is St. Patrick’s Day. There are many traditions and tales surrounding St. Patrick’s day. One is that the leprechauns hide a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. What makes a rainbow? That’s right, water and light.
But first, a little movement to get us going:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
Counting with a Leprechaun! (St. Patrick's Day counting song for kids)
What's The Weather Like Today | Song Lyrics Video for Kids | The Kiboomers
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
12 Months of the Year Line Dance | Northern Hemisphere | The Months of the Year Song Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud: Water and light together make a rainbow but when you put colorful vegetables in the water you get rainbow stew.
Wouldn’t it be fun to make your own rainbow with colorful vegetables? Where could you find a recipe?
Here is a recipe for rainbow wraps. Veggie Rainbow Wraps
Science: Eat the Rainbow! | Nutrition Lesson for Kids
Social Studies: St. Patrick’s Day
Learn about Ireland, the home of St. Patrick and Leprechauns.
Read Aloud: Leprechaun on the LOOSE - Stories for Kids
Activities
Math:
Pot-o'-Gold: Grab a handful of coins. Have your child divide them evenly between you (one for you, one for me). How many do you each have? How many leftover? How many altogether? Play again.
Art:
Drawing A Leprechaun Using Shapes - Preschool
Science:
What happens if you spill something. You can use paper towels or sponges to absorb the mess. Here is a podcast about absorption:
Sesame Street: Absorb (Word on the Street Podcast)
Then try some experiments:
5 Ways to make a Rainbow. Science Experiments You Can Do At Home
Try this walking water experiment to make a St.Patrick’s Day rainbow.
Walking Water Science Experiments for Kids!!!
ELA:
This week our letter is the Letter Vv
Write the Letter V - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123 ABC tv
Learn the Letter Vv- Jack Hartmann
"The Letter V Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math: What’s This Step?
- Show children stairs from 1 to 6 made of Connecting Cubes. Point out the 3 steps, and count aloud the cubes that make it up.
- You may also choose to label the step with its corresponding Counting Card.
- While still showing the step, reiterate to your child: “This is three,” and then ask “Can you show me where four is?”
- After your child points to 4, ask how he or she knows. Together, count the cubes in the 4 steps.
- Repeat the process in the following step order: 2, 5, 3, and 4.
Music and Movement:
Play some Irish music and dance a jig. Exercise is fun and important!
Riverdance the final performance
I'm a Little Leprechaun Song for Kids | St Patrick's Day Song | The Kiboomers
KidSongs | We're Gonna Get Wet | Kid songs | Water Ride | For Kids | Kid Fun | PBS Kids | Theme Park
March 16
Good morning. Today is Tuesday, March 16. We will continue investigating what happens when you put things in the water. Today we are going to see what happens when you put soap and color into the water to make a solution. A solution happens when you put something into the water and it moves throughout the water. You can see how that happens when you clean your paintbrush in water and it changes the color of the water.
But first, a little movement to get us going:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
NEW! Meet the Numbers 2 | “16”
What's The Weather Like Today | Song Lyrics Video for Kids | The Kiboomers
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
12 Months of the Year Line Dance | Northern Hemisphere | The Months of the Year Song Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud:
Science
Make homemade bubbles with your child. Before making the bubbles, invite them to try to blow bubbles with plain water and a bubble wand. As you make the bubbles, talk about what you are adding to the water. When the bubble mix is complete use it to blow bubbles.
Bubble Solution Ingredients:
- ½ cup dishwashing solution
- 2 cups water
- 2 teaspoons sugar
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a shallow pan. Dip bubble wands in the mixture and blow bubbles
Arts:
Watch: The Gazillion Bubble Show
Make a bubble painting: Bubble Painting
ELA:
This week our letter is the Letter Vv
Write the Letter V - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123 ABC tv
Learn the Letter Vv- Jack Hartmann
"The Letter V Song" by ABCmouse.com
Math: Snapshots
- Have prepared five counters on a paper plate, and cover the plate with a dark cloth.
- Show your child the covered plate, and explain that counters are hidden under the cloth.
- Tell them to watch carefully and quietly with hands in their laps as you expose the counters for two seconds. Then cover the plate again.
- Have your child show how many counters they saw with their fingers.
- Repeat the uncovering if needed. Uncover the plate indefinitely and, to check their answers.
- Depending on their ability, repeat with up to six counters in varied arrangements.
Social Studies:
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s day. Be ready. Read the story and build your own leprechaun trap. See the activity on Seesaw.
How To Trap a Leprechaun ~ Saint Patrick's Day for Kids read aloud
See some leprechaun trap ideas at: Clever Leprechaun Traps Kids Will Love to Make
Music and Movement
Bubbles Song | Counting to 20 | Song for Kids | The Kiboomers
Poppin' Bubbles - The Champiverse | GoNoodle
Monday, March 15, 2021Good morning. Today is Monday, March 15. This week we will be investigating what happens when you put things in the water. Today we will try putting some objects in water to see if they will sink or float. In the story today a boy makes a boat out of paper. Will it absorb the water and get saturated? What would happen to the boat if it did? Would it sink or float? Let’s find out.
But first, a little movement to get us going:
I'm Going to Make This an Awesome Day! | Start of the Day Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann
LEARN TO COUNT 1-15 Pirate Song | Number 15 for preschool, kindergarten, toddler
What's The Weather Like Today | Song Lyrics Video for Kids | The Kiboomers
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
12 Months of the Year Line Dance | Northern Hemisphere | The Months of the Year Song Jack Hartmann
Read Aloud:
This book has no words so look carefully at the pictures.
Questions about the book:
- What did the boy make out of the newspaper?
- How did the boy’s boat get into the river?
- The boy put his boat in puddles outside. Where did the puddles come from?
- Why did the boy have to chase his boat?
- How did the boy feel when his boat was wrecked in the river? How do you know?
- The boy’s boat floated in the puddles but when it went in the river it fell apart. Why?
- Why do you think the author chose not to put words in the book?
Science:(Clink the link below to watch video)
Now do your own experiment.
Click the link for an example: Sink or Float
- Collect some objects from around your house that you can put in water.
- Take two pieces of paper. Label one: Sink, label the other: Float
- Make predictions: Sort the objects onto the paper that shows what you think will happen.
- Take a photo of your prediction.
- Remove the objects from the paper.
- Now test your items in a bowl of water, a sink, or a bathtub.
- Sort the items by whether they sank or floated by placing them on the correct paper.
- Take another
- Tell us what happened and if you were surprised by anything.
- You could also video your predictions and experiment, discussing whether you were right or wrong and why you think things float or sink.
- Send us your photos on Seesaw
Pre-K standard: PK.AL.4. Exhibits curiosity, interest, and willingness to learn new things and have new experiences
Math:
Objectives: To directly compare amounts using words like bigger and longer. To measure by placing units of length end-to-end. To order numbers and lengths
- Help your child cut ribbon or string to the length of his or her arm from shoulder to fingertip.
- Using a ribbon the length of your arm, model for your child how to measure a few items, preferably one longer than, one shorter than, and one the same length as your arm/ribbon.
- With their ribbon, tell your child to find things in the classroom the same lengths as their arms.
- Your child should use appropriate vocabulary when comparing lengths (shorter, longer, the same length).
- Encourage your child to predict lengths before they measure/compare. Verbally model estimation for them, such as “I think this paper will be about as long as my arm.”
ELA:
This week our letter is the Letter Vv
Write the Letter V - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123 ABC tv
Learn the Letter Vv- Jack Hartmann
"The Letter V Song" by ABCmouse.com
Art: Fold a paper boat
Music and Movement:
CBeebies | Do You Know Songs | Sinking and Floating
Will it Sink or Will it Float Song
"Captain of the Boat," The Boat Song by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
This week our Focus Question is:
What happens to water when it changes temperature?Our new Vocabulary:
boil, conclude, condensation, evaporate, form, freeze, frost, gas, ice, liquid, melt, meteorologist, observe, precipitation, predict, solid, state, thaw
Friday, March 12, 2021
REMINDER - 11:30 dismissal
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 12?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street Podcast Number 12
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
Check out the Weather! (a weather song for kids)
Our foundational text
The Snowflake: A Water Cycle Story by Neil Waldman
A beautiful take on the water cycle. Waldman traces the journey of a single drop of water throughout the year, with each month receiving its own spread. The water begins as a snowflake that melts into a droplet, flows into the ground, bubbles up in a spring, flows into a farm's irrigation system, evaporates into the morning fog, becomes part of a cloud, rains down, enters a plumbing system, washes a little girl's face, flows out to the ocean, gets swept onto the shore and evaporates into the sky to become a snowflake once more.
Read Aloud
The Snowflake a Water Cycle Story
Activity
Virtual Field Trip to Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island nation, is defined by its dramatic landscape with volcanoes, geysers, hot springs ,lava fields and massive glaciers. It's the perfect place to visit during our study of water.
Iceland: Natural Wonders - Travel Kids in Europe
Activity posted to Seesaw
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Uu. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Uu song
My Uu Book Read Aloud
Writing the Letter Uu
Write the Letter U - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123 ABC TV
Math:
Objective: To count, focusing on numbers just before and just after a given number. Children count, then figure out the amount if one or two items are either added or removed from the original amount.
Use this link to help you.
How Many Are Hiding? Math Game
Science
Homemade Rock Candy - Sick Science! #188
Activity posted to Seesaw
Social Studies
March is Women in History Month
Watch this video to learn about why we celebrate Women in History
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgfll7p_kY
Serena Williams
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women's single tennis. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era,
Serena Williams (Biography): Women in History (Educational Videos for Students)
Activity posted to Seesaw
Music and Movement
Wiggle It
Koo Koo Kanga Roo - Wiggle It (Dance-A-Long)
Be the Pond
Be the Pond | Cosmic Kids Zen Den - Mindfulness for kids
Baby Beluga
BABY BELUGA (With Lyrics) nursery rhymes
Thursday, March 11, 2021Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 11?
Use the link below to help you.
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
Check out the Weather! (a weather song for kids)
Our foundational text
Ice Boy by David Ezra Stein
Ice Boy has a normal life. He likes goofing around with his siblings. He listens when his parents tell him that being chosen to cool someone's drink or be a cold compress is the best thing that can happen to an ice cube. But Ice Boy wants more. So even though his parents tell him never to go outside, and even though his doctor tells him never to go in the sun, Ice Boy decides to head for the beach, where he rolls right into the water. But suddenly his edges begin to blur.
Read Aloud
Ice Boy Book Read Aloud For Children
Activity:
Water Xylophone
Sound travels through water and creates vibrations. The pitch of the sound is going to vary if there is more or less water for the sound to travel through. The glass with more water will have a lower sound because there is more matter or water to travel through. The glass with less water will have a higher pitch because there is less water for it to travel through.It’s just like a regular musical instrument. Guitar strings that are thicker have a lower pitch than strings that are higher. If you can see the inside of a piano, it is the same!
Water Xylophone - Homemade Harmonies with Ellen Chang
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Uu. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Uu song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiRgOuaS84
My Uu Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_TAv33L8s
Writing the Letter Uu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gosWhkMwf8
Math:
Objective: To count, focusing on numbers just before and just after a given number. Children count, then figure out the amount if one or two items are either added or removed from the original amount.
Use this link to help you.
How Many Are Hiding? Math Game
Science
Rain Cloud ina Jar
Fill a clear cup with water. Add a layer of shaving cream. Add several drops of food coloring. When the cloud gets too heavy, the drops fall through as rain! Explain to your child that when water droplets grow heavy in the sky, gravity pulls them down from the clouds as rain, just like in the experiment.
Experiment posted to Seesaw
Social Studies
March is Women in History Month
Watch this video to learn about why we celebrate Women in History
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgfll7p_kY
Marie Curie
Marie Curie discovered two new chemical elements to establish the term ‘radioactivity.’ She discovered that radiology could help to cure cancer. She developed a mobile x-ray machine. And she was the first woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize and the first person to ever be awarded two Nobel Prizes.
Marie Curie Little People Big Dreams.Little People Big Dreams "Marie Curie".Science Story Read Aloud
Activity posted to Seesaw
Music and Movement
Play music that evokes thoughts of water such as Ravel’s “Jeux d’eau” or Handel’s “Water Music” Invite children to listen to the music and use dance to show how the music makes them feel.
Maurice Ravel - Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau
Cosmic Yoga
Saturday Morning Yoga | Under the sea
Rainbow Waterfall (Peace Out: Guided Meditation for Kids) | Cosmic Kids
Wednesday, March 10, 2021Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
"A Week Is Seven Days" by ABCmouse.com
Months of the Year
Months of the Year Song - 12 Months of the Year - Kids Songs by The Learning Station
Jack Hartmann: March
The Month of March | Calendar Song for Kids | Month of the Year Song | Jack Hartmann
Can you count to the number 10?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street Podcast Number 10
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
Check out the Weather! (a weather song for kids)
Our foundational text
Water by Emily Neye
Water is all around us. It is rain from the sky. It is a puddle on the ground. It is a place to swim. But that’s not all. Water can change. Water can be ice cubes in your drink or steam from your bath.
Read Aloud
Science Reader’s Edition - A Book About Water Read Aloud For Children
Explanation of the read aloud
Changing water- States of matter
ELA
Letter Uu song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiRgOuaS84
My Uu Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_TAv33L8s
Writing the Letter Uu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gosWhkMwf8
Objective: To count, focusing on numbers just before and just after a given number. Children count, then figure out the amount if one or two items are either added or removed from the original amount.
Use this link to help you.
How Many Are Hiding? Math Game
Science
Frozen Mountains
FREEZE WATER INSTANTLY EXPERIMENT & TRICK!
Experiment posted to Seesaw
Social Studies
March is Women in History Month
Watch this video to learn about why we celebrate Women in History
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris is an American lawyer and politician. In 2016 she was elected to the United States Senate. Harris was the first Indian American to serve as a U.S. senator. She was also the second Black woman to do so. In 2020 Harris became the first Black and first Indian American to be elected vice president of the United States.
Kamala Harris for Kids | Kids Black History
Music and Movement
Singing in the Rain
Singing in the Rain Song ♫ Original Kids Version ♫ Kid Songs by The Learning Station
Floor is Lava
The Floor Is Lava! | Jack Hartmann | Brain Breaks
Tuesday, March 9th, 2021Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Hartmann: March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ05Pdq1QXE
Can you count to the number 9?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street Podcast Number 9
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Come on Rain! by Karen Hesse
Experience a summer downpour after a sweltering summer heat wave.
Read Aloud
Activity Art and Writing:
Stuck in the Rain: Invite children to draw, dictate, or write a narrative of a time they were caught in the rain and how they felt about the experience.
Activity posted to Seesaw
ELA
Puddle Jump: Invite your child to use paper to create paper puddles. If they are able, invite them to add a letter, number, number of dots, or shape to the puddles. If they are not able, but are willing to let you write on their puddles, you can add a letter, number, dots or shape to the puddle for them. Invite them to jump on a letter, number, or shape puddle.
This week we will talk about the letter Uu. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Uu song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiRgOuaS84
My Uu Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_TAv33L8s
Writing the Letter Uu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gosWhkMwf8
Math: Comparing Amounts and Counting
X-Ray Vision
Materials : Numeral cards 1-10
Objective: To order numbers
● Place a number line from left to right.
● You can place a marker nearwhere “1” so that children remember that the numbers are progressing from left to right
When a student or teacher chooses a card for the student to identify (with their “XRayvision”), leave the wand or pointer or counter (whatever you are using) on the card until the child states what number it is.
Use this video to help you, it's a great explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHhhkJv43Q
Science
Try this Experiment:
Melting Ice Science Experiment: Learn with Mrs.B
Activity also posted to Seesaw
Social Studies
March is Women in History Month
Watch this video to learn about why we celebrate Women in History
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgfll7p_kY
Sally Ride
Ride became the first American woman to travel to space on the shuttle Challenger in 1983. The astrophysicist and Stanford-grad beat out at least 1,000 other applicants for a spot in the NASA astronaut program.
Activity posted to Seesaw
Celebrating Sally Ride, the first American woman in space
Music and Movement
"Water" - a song made out of water.
Preschool Learn to Dance: Drip Drop Rain
Monday, March 8th, 2021.
Let’s start the day with a little movement! Use this link to practice the days of the week and the months of the year.
Days of the Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1lm3u9cFEw
Months of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPeAo1hz8GA
Jack Hartmann: March
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ05Pdq1QXE
Can you count to the number 8?
Use the link below to help you.
Sesame Street Podcast:Eight
Sesame Street Podcast Number 8 (Version #2)
What’s the weather like outside today? Take a look out your window to check!
Weather Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmSKsyJ15yg
Our foundational text
Alfie: (The Turtle That Disappeared) by Thyra Heder
Nia loves Alfie, her pet turtle. But he’s not very soft, he doesn’t do tricks, and he’s pretty quiet. Sometimes she forgets he’s even there. That is, until the night before her seventh birthday, when... Alfie disappears!
Where did he go? And why? Nia can’t say... but Alfie can. This is his story.
Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuH3t26zBRo
Use the following questions to help guide you in your understanding of the text.
Level 1: Recall
When did Nia get her turtle, Alfie? What are some of the things Nia did with Alfie? Why did Alfie leave his aquarium?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
At the beginning of the book, Nia is telling us the story. Half way through the book, Alfie is telling us the story. Why do they both tell the story? How long was Alfie in the pond? How do you know? What happened to the water while Alfie was in the pond?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking
How do you think Nia felt when Alfie disappeared? Nia taught Alfie to dance. He said he practiced wiggling in his shell. What do you think it looks like when a turtle dances? Let’s try it! Why do you think Alfie wanted to get Nia a birthday present?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
Alfie was asleep in the pond for one whole year from Nia’s seventh birthday all the way to her eighth birthday. How do you think it would feel to sleep all the way from one birthday to the next one? Why? Why do you think Alfie thought his birthday present for Nia was perfect?
Art
Ready Set Draw! The Turtle from ALFIE
Meet the author and illustrator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRfy0uLxqIA
ELA
This week we will talk about the letter Uu. Letters are important to learn. When put together they form words. We find letters in books, signs and in your name.
Letter Uu song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWiRgOuaS84
My Uu Book Read Aloud
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA_TAv33L8s
Writing the Letter Uu
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gosWhkMwf8
Math: Comparing Amounts and Counting
X-Ray Vision
Materials: Numeral cards 1-10
Objective: To order numbers
● Place a number line from left to right.
● You can place a marker near where “1” so that children remember that the numbers are progressing from left to right
When a student or teacher chooses a card for the student to identify (with their “XRayvision”), leave the wand or pointer or counter (whatever you are using) on the card until the child states what number it is.
Use this video to help you, it's a great explanation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHhhkJv43Q
Science
- Show children water and ice. Ask, “What do you know about water? What do you know about ice?”
- Ask the following questions to elicit the ideas that ice is formed when water gets very cold and that ice can return to the liquid state (water) when it warms up: Where does ice come from? Where does water come from? How can you make ice? How can you turn ice into the water?
- Facilitate a discussion between the children about how to melt the ice. If possible, allow the children to try to melt the ice using the strategies they suggested.
- Verbally summarize the children’s discussions and strategies used to melt the ice
Try this Experiment:
Save the Toys!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GimJS2mz-bY
Videos to support explanation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlISQuVFHEE
The activity also posted to Seesaw
Social Studies
March is Women in History Month
Watch this video to learn about why we celebrate Women in History
Marvie Talks About Women's History Month (Sesame Studios)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brgfll7p_kY
Sylvia Earle: Marine Biologist
is an American marine biologist, explorer, author, and lecturer. Earle was the first female chief scientist of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and was named by Time Magazine as its first Hero for the Planet in 1998. She is dedicated to protecting the ocean and its wildlife.
https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dr-sylvia-earle-world-renowned-oceanographer
Music and Movement
Baby Shark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqZsoesa55w
Frozen Cosmic Yoga
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlg052EKMtk
Snow Miser/Heat Miser Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SGlPnA_iCk&t=62s
____________________________________________________________________________This week we will focus on the question - Where can we find water?
Our vocabulary words we will concentrate on for the week are: beach, cloud, environment, faucet, fog, fountain, hail, lake, marsh, mist, ocean, pond, puddle, rain, river, sea, shore, sleet, snow, storm, stream, swamp, vapor, water, water cycle, weather
Friday, March 5
Time to warm up boys and girls.
Days of the week song - Days of the Week Song | Day of the Week Rap Back | Educational Songs | Jack Hartmann
Months of the year song - Months of the Year Song | Song for Kids | Mr. Gaston Woodland
How’s the weather song - [Weather] How's the Weather? - Educational Rap for Kids - English song with lyrics
"The Number 5," Number Songs by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
Read aloud
All The Water In the World by George Ella Lyon
Art
1-Art Activity – Water Drop Sun Catchers In this craft, children peel and sharpen crayons, which is a great way for kids to develop their fine motor skills. View the tutorial at: www.pre-kpages.com/raindropsuncatchers-fine-motor-art Materials: • Blue crayons • Pencil or crayon sharpener • Waxed paper • Iron (for adult use only) • Scissors 1) Peel the paper cover off blue crayons. You can choose to have the blue crayons already gathered and peeled for the children, or you can allow children to pick their favorite shades of blue to use. 2) Sharpen crayons over a sheet of waxed paper and spread out the shavings. You can choose to use smaller, individual pieces for each child. 3) Cut another sheet of waxed paper equal in size to place on top of the shavings. Use an iron on the lowest setting to iron directly on top of the waxed paper and melt the crayon shavings. It only takes a quick swipe of the iron to do this. 4) Draw raindrop shapes on the paper and cut them out. 5) Use a hole puncher and embroidery floss to string them up in windows for display
2- the itsy bitsy Spider the song explains the water cycle
Science/ Social Studies Routines
Cut drops of water from blue paper. Ask your child to walk around your home and put their drop on something that has to do with water. Discuss children’s responses, then move the discussion on to include places outside of the home, especially those in the area, where there is water. Create a list of children’s ideas and add to the list as more items are found.
PK.SED.6: Understands and follows routines and rules
Read Across America
Today we will read Fox in Socks
Talk about rhyming words with your child.
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Tt.
The Letter T Song" by ABCmouse.com
Learn The Letter T | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack
Write the Letter T - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math
Have your child complete the worksheet and send it back to me.
Music and Movement
YOGA for Children - Aquatic Animals Yoga Poses - Yoga Practice Tutorial
Thursday, March 4
Time to warm up boys and girls.
Days of the week song - Days of the Week Song | Day of the Week Rap Back | Educational Songs | Jack Hartmann
Months of the year song - Months of the Year Song | Song for Kids | Mr. Gaston Woodland
How’s the weather song - [Weather] How's the Weather? - Educational Rap for Kids - English song with lyrics
"The Number Four," Number Songs by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
Today we will talk about the water cycle
The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in the form of rain and snow.
Read aloud
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Activity
Do the Seesaw activity that labels the steps in the water cycle’
Read Across America
Today’s Dr. Suess book is Green Eggs and Ham
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Tt.
The Letter T Song" by ABCmouse.com
Learn The Letter T | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack
Write the Letter T - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math
Dinosaur Shop (Fill Orders)
• Provide dinosaur counters, toy dinosaurs,( you can use any type of counter or small toy) and play money for children to fill orders at the Dinosaur Shop. To add realism, you may also provide a toy register, bags and boxes to pack dinosaurs, and so on.
• Have your child take turns with you being customers and salespeople. For example, a customer orders ten dinosaurs, the salesperson counts out ten dinosaurs, and then the customer counts out ten dollars to pay.
• Observe whether children can produce amounts to 10 or more, and can they count unordered sets?
Music and Movement
What Do You See in the Sea? (Ocean Yoga) | Kids Yoga, Music and Mindfulness with Yo Re Mi
Wednesday, March 3
Time to warm up boys and girls.
Days of the week song - Days of the Week Song | Day of the Week Rap Back | Educational Songs | Jack Hartmann
Months of the year song - Months of the Year Song | Song for Kids | Mr. Gaston Woodland
How’s the weather song - [Weather] How's the Weather? - Educational Rap for Kids - English song with lyrics
"The Number Three," Number Songs by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
Read Aloud
Questions to ask your child
Level 1: Recall
Where does the rain fall from?
What is high above the earth in the blue sky?
What is still and deep and overflows? What is a waterfall?
Level 2: Skill/Concept
What are all of the things described in this book (rain, stream, waterfall, etc.) made of?
This book says that clouds can look like many different shapes in the sky. Are there clouds in the sky today?
What shapes do you see in the clouds?
Level 3: Strategic Thinking The storm in this book made the sky dark. How do storms and clouds make the sky dark? This book shows many different places in the environment where we can find water. Where are some places in our classroom where we can find water?
Level 4: Extended Thinking
At the beginning of the book, it says, “Some people say that I am one thing. Others say that I am many.” How can something be one thing and many things at the same time?
Compare the pictures to what we see when we go outside. What is the same?
What is different?
How do you think the water gets to our classroom?
Connect new unit Water to last unit Light:
BBC Deep-Sea Bioluminescence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYY4Ic8jFJo&t=0s&list=PLFvUrt5jB3-RZqT6KZfkXpSRa4HT6HOQP&index=11
Read: Glow: Animals with Their Own Night-Lights by W. H. Beck
Invite children to explore this book before adding glow sticks to dark-colored water. Children can pretend the glow sticks are animals from the book.
PK.CKW.5 (Science): Observes and describes characteristics of living things.
Science Make Rain
Pour a couple of inches of hot water into a glass jar. Tell children the glass is very hot and be sure they do not touch it. Place a paper bowl or plate on top of the jar. Add ice cubes to the bowl. Observe. Raindrops should form and fall into the water. Discuss with the children what happened and help them consider why the raindrops formed.
PK.CKW.4 (Science): Observes and describes characteristics of earth and space.
Read Across America Wee
The Dr. Suess book we will read today is I Wish I Had Duck Feet
Art
Kids art :: painting with the rain
Start by painting a design on your paper using your watercolor paints. You can make any design you like. You might like to place your paints very close together, or space them out – or try both and see what different effects you can create. Be generous with your watercolor paints, and keep them liquid, adding plenty of water to blend the colors from your palette. Then use a spray bottle to act like rain and spray the picture. Send us a picture of your creation.
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Tt.
The Letter T Song" by ABCmouse.com
Learn The Letter T | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack
Write the Letter T - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math
Mr. Mixup (Comparing)
- Tell your child Mr. Mixup needs help comparing which cube towers have more cubes and which have fewer. Show two towers: one made of eight identical Connecting Cubes placed on the floor and the other made of four identical Connecting Cubes placed on a chair.
- Have Mr. Mixup say that the cube tower on the chair has more cubes because it is taller. Ask children which tower has more cubes and how they know. Discuss any strategies they invent. If it is not suggested, encourage children to count the cubes in each tower.
- Explain that, although the top of the tower on the chair is higher off the ground, the tower on the chair has a smaller number of cubes than the tower on the floor. Repeat with other towers, presenting similar scenarios, and have Mr. Mixup say the wrong tower has more or fewer cubes. For example, “The tower on the chair is higher so it must have more cubes.”
- Remind children to correct Mr. Mixup’s mistakes.
- Next, compare groups of different-sized items and ask which group has more. For example, show three large items and seven cubes, and have Mr. Mixup say “The (plural of the large item’s name) are larger so the number is more.” Have children count to find out which group really has more, and explain to Mr. Mixup why he is wrong.
Block building
As your child builds with his or her toys this week you might like to read to them the following story
Land Forms Around the World by Christy Hale
Use paper to create bodies of water and have them available for children to incorporate into their play as they build. For example, they may want to add bodies of water around their structures or create structures that can be found near bodies of water. This helps your child to meet the standard PK.AL.1 Actively engages in play as a means of exploration and learning
Music and Movement
YOGA for Children - Aquatic Animals Yoga Poses - Yoga Practice Tutorial
Tuesday, March 2
Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a restful evening. Today, we have an exciting day of learning so let us get started.
Time to warm up boys and girls.
Days of the week song - Days of the Week Song | Day of the Week Rap Back | Educational Songs | Jack Hartmann
Months of the year song - Months of the Year Song | Song for Kids | Mr. Gaston Woodland
How’s the weather song - [Weather] How's the Weather? - Educational Rap for Kids - English song with lyrics
"The Number Two," Number Songs by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
Read aloud
I Am Water by Jean Marsollo
Questions to ask
What do you think the boy is doing?
What’s happening to the water he’s stepping in?
Have you ever done this yourself?
What do you like about splashing in a puddle?
Art activity
Tissue Paper and Water Art – Craftulate
Today is Dr. Suess’ Birthday. His real name is Theodor Seuss Geisel was born on this day in the year 1904, in Springfield, Massachusetts. He lived with his grandparents, who were German immigrants.
Today we will read a very famous Dr. Seuss Book called the Cat In the Hat
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Activity
Make a Thing 1 and Thing 2 handprint
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Tt.
The Letter T Song" by ABCmouse.com
Learn The Letter T | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack
Write the Letter T - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math
Mr. Mixup (Counting)
Tell children Mr. Mixup( a puppet or sock on a hand) needs help counting but, when he makes a mistake, they need to stop him right then and correct him. Have Mr. Mixup make the following mistakes: forget to stop when producing (counting out) a certain number (show the numeral 5, ask Mr. Mixup to produce five counters, Mr. Mixup counts out 5 but continues to count out more); track unordered items (place eight to ten counters in a random collection); double count by counting one or more items again; and skip items as they are counted. Feel free to add to these by making mistakes children need to practice. This is an ideal time to challenge children to count to 20, 30, or more while keeping track. To make the activity easier, exaggerate Mr. Mixup’s mistakes; make mistakes with amounts less than 5; or, have children touch each item counted to keep track. For a challenge, make Mr. Mixup’s mistakes more subtle, or use larger groups in confusing arrangements, such as in a circle.
Music and Movement
Saturday Morning Yoga | Under the sea
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Monday, March 1Let’s get our day started
Today is Monday, March 1st. We begin a new month. There will be some changes this month. We will notice the weather might be getting a tiny bit warmer because we will be ending winter and beginning spring. Our days are getting longer meaning the sunlight is lasting a little longer. We might start to see buds on the trees. Let us spend our days exploring these changes.
Time to warm up boys and girls.
Days of the week song - Days of the Week Song | Day of the Week Rap Back | Educational Songs | Jack Hartmann
Months of the year song - Months of the Year Song | Song for Kids | Mr. Gaston Woodland
How’s the weather song - [Weather] How's the Weather? - Educational Rap for Kids - English song with lyrics
"The Number One," Number Songs by StoryBots | Netflix Jr
Today boys and girls we are going to talk about where do we find water?
What do you think? Can you name where water comes from?
Our Read-Aloud Experience: Water Rolls, Water Rises by Pat Mora
This story is told in both languages English and Spanish. Here is a poetic ode to the beauty of the natural world as expressed by the movement and moods of water on Earth.
Questions to ask
These questions will help your child to develop the PK.AC.3 standard - Demonstrates an understanding of what is observed.
- Level 1: Recall
- What are some of the ways water moves?
- This book talks about places we can find water. What are some of those places?
- Level 2: Skill/Concept
- On the page with the boat, the wind is blowing the water and making big waves. It looks like the boat is tossing and turning in the waves. How do you think the people on the boat might be feeling? Why?
- Let’s look at the page with the river. The book says the river slithers and snakes. What does it mean if a river is slithering and snaking?
3. Level 3: Strategic Thinking
- Let’s take a look at the page with the well. What is happening in this picture? What are we looking at?
- On the page about frost, the children are wearing coats, hats, and mittens, and the leaves on the trees are red, orange, yellow, and brown. What do you think that might tell us about frost? When might there be frost outside?
4. Level 4: Extended Thinking
- What do you notice about the people and places in this book?
- What does that tell us about water?
- This book shows water all around the world. What are some places near us where we can find water?
Activity
Draw a body of water that you know or remember from the story. Either email it to me or upload it to Seesaw.
This week we will also be talking about a famous children’s author named Dr. Suess. It is his birthday this week. To honor him we celebrate with “ Read Across America”. We will read a different Dr. Seuss book each day. Look around your house I bet each of you has a Dr. Suess book somewhere.
Today we will read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Questions to ask your child...
1- What does Ned not like?
2- What rhymes with the word star?
3- How many humps does Mr. Gump's Wump have?
4- What was your favorite part of the story?
Art
1- ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH: DR SEUSS FISH BOWL CRAFT
ELA
This week our letter is the letter Tt.
The Letter T Song" by ABCmouse.com
Learn The Letter T | Let's Learn About The Alphabet | Phonics Song for Kids | Jack
Write the Letter T - ABC Writing for Kids - Alphabet Handwriting by 123ABCtv
Math
A- Count and Move-in Patterns
In the story, The Three Billy Goats Gruff the billy goats crossed a bridge. Today, you are all going to pretend to be goats bounding across a bridge, jumping in groups of 3. Count to 30, or more as appropriate, in patterns of 3, such as 1, 2, 3 (pause), 4, 5, 6 (pause), and so on.
B- X-Ray Vision
1 Place Counting Cards 1–10 (Uno cards work well here) in numerical order so that children see them in left-to-right order, and then count the cards with children. Place the cards facedown, still in order.
2- point to any card. Using your X-ray vision, which is actually you counting from 1 to the chosen card, tell children to which card was pointed to.
3-Then flip that card to show you are correct and replaces it facedown.
4- Repeat with another card. Ask your children to use their X-ray vision after you point to a card. Remind them where 1 is, and then point to 2. Have children spontaneously say what they think the card is, and turn it over to check.
Music and Movement
Cosmic Kids Yoga | SUPER YOGA - Underwater Party! | Fun Games For Kids
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RemindersPlease clean out your child's folder daily.
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Documents
- body template
- plant scavenger hunt
- family assessment unit 19 bb
- pattern tags
- pattern worksheet
- pattern strips
- Place Scenes Nature
- Nov. 3 ballot and graph
- voter registration card
- I like myself poem
- pumpkin life cycle
- Aa finger tracing
- Goldfish vs fish
- Handwriting Glore
- Preschool board
- Ssummer packet
- kitchen scrap garden
- Make a Frog
- In The Tall Tall Grass Game
- Babies Unit
- Oviparous sort
- transformation emergency unit
- math shapes worksheet
- Dissecting a Daffodil
- leaf pattern
- Water Unit work
- DOE Homework
- Building Blocks Interactive
- Remind instructions
- covid story book
- building resilience
- parent resource march 25, 2020
- Plant Unit
- parts of a plant worksheet
- handwriting pages
- Welcome Letter
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Links
- Building Shapes
- community helper memory game
- plant scavenger hunt
- Emotions Puppets and Cards
- Pete the Cat
- Scholastic Watch and Learn
- Science Show Kids
- Khan Academy Kids
- PBS kids
- Fluency and Fitness
- Audible Books
- NYPL sings
- deciduous trees
- nypl resourses
- Tres Leches Cake
- Cinco de Mayo recipes
- open ended questions
- bronx zoo babies
- west brighton libraru
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Family Information
Our day will be filled with much exploration and opportunities to learn. Your child will grow this year in many ways. We are here to help your child succeed in the following areas, Language and Literacy, Social-Emotional Development, Physical Development, Math, Science, Social Studies, and the Arts. We believe that children learn best when they are engaged in hands-on experiences.
Please send in the following items for your child:
- A backpack large enough to hold all your child's belongings.
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Two complete extra sets of clothes, in case of toileting accidents. Be sure to write your child’s name on the bag and label each article of clothing.
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We want to get to know each other’s families. A family photo can make your child feel comfortable in the room. We will make a special space for them to hang on display! You can email your picture to frizzuto@sacredheartschoolsi.org or bring on the first day of school.
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We ask that each child brings in one crib size set (fitted crib sheet and a thin top sheet or blanket) for nap time. Our storage is very limited. They will be sent home each Friday so they can be washed over the weekend.
Sacred Heart School Folders will be used throughout the year for notes and announcements. Please bring them back and forth every day.
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Birthday Celebrations!
You are welcome to send in cupcakes for your child's birthday; they may be store-bought. We ask, however, that you please make certain your treats are peanut/nut free, as we have some children in the classrooom with allergies. If you would like to send in cupcakes for your child's birthday, please just let me know a day or two in advance. No candles, please.
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