This week is zoo week! I'll add some links to the activities we were going to do in class so that you and your families can do them at home! Remember, play is the best way for kid to learn (plus when its play they are more likely to do it!!)
I have had some parents ask about our daily schedule to help their kids stay on their routines. Click on any of the links to discover lots of great activities!!!!
9:00-9:30 Morning centers
Students sign in (we are working on writing our first and last names independently) and then pick from some morning centers set out on our tables. These would be easy to implement at home. Many of our activities are fine motor skills :
1. cutting on lines,
2. playdough: shape mats, alphabet and number mats, or try even making your own playdough . Playing with playdough builds the muscles in their hands and there are endless possibilities with creativity!
3. legos
4. magnatiles
5.stencils/coloring
Pinterest has SO many great ideas for simple fine motor skill games and activities---it is a highly valuable resource as a teacher and a parent!
9:30-9:45 Circle Time
This is the part of our day where we to our pledges: American Flag, Christian Flag , and the Bible.
We do our calendar with songs for the months of the year, days of the week. We have been singing a song for each month. Here is the one for March
We also sing an alphabet song and a count to 100 song to get us up and moving (and to get some wiggles out). I linked the ones we do most often but there are so many great ones on Youtube.
9:45-10:00 Table Time
At this time we move to the tables to work on writing our weekly letter or the number (we stagger it throughout the week so its not overwhelming).
There are lots of great worksheets for writing. I prefer ones where they can practice tracing it a few times before trying it on their own. You can search google images and pinterest for handwriting worksheets BUT you can do other things to help them learn to write their letters too!
Rainbow Write: you use a pencil/pen to write the uppercase and lowercase letter. Then your child uses their crayons and practices tracing the letter over and over, each time using a new color. This helps your child gain muscle memory of how the letter is formed. At age 4, its more about the shape of the letter than perfecting it on handwriting lines. That will come!
Sand/Salt Trays: while these can be messy (sorry) they are lots of fun and a great way to practice writing letters. Here is a bunch of ideas for using sand/salt trays.
Shaving Cream/Pudding Writing: same idea as the sand/salt trays but with a different materials :D
I have many worksheets I can email you if you would like, but don't feel like you have to do them. There are plenty of more hands on type activities.
10:00-10:30 Recess
We have 30 minutes daily of gross motor activity. We go outside if the weather is nice or use our playroom or tricycles at school if the weather is not great. With being home, you have LOTS of choices in play time. Learning doesn't end at recess ---go on a nature walk, count the toys you have outside (balls, swings, trees,etc).
Here is a link to some ideas.
If it is rainy, there are some indoor recess games through Youtube that are really fun too!
Cosmic Yoga is fun too! https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga?pbjreload=10
After Specials and Lunch, we do some read aloud activities. These either go with our weekly theme or our Bible lesson.
Use this week's theme to explore different animals. Cincinnati Zoo is doing an online safari everyday at 3pm.
Use resources like Google, Youtube, and Pinterest to find activities and crafts that interest your child. Pick an animal and do some fun research about it.
Due to all the school closings, there are many amazing resources available for FREE! I have been sharing many of them on Facebook, but will add a few more below :
I'm gonna add the links to the stories we were going to read as a class. You can watch these with your kids through Youtube if you do not have them at home .
Animal Facts Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9DtbDpYJdU
Curious George Visits the Zoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RNpRjMcZDA
Zoo Action Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwRmivbNgQk
Never Ever Shout at the Zoo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke5wvFgQso4
We were going to make a class book for this story---I can email everyone the page and then we can still make it !
Our memory verse this week is so great!!! When I am afraid, I will trust in You Psalm 56:3
The story is for Daniel and the lions den but another story that goes well with this verse is Paul and Silas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqJl0dzYYuA Daniel and the Lions Den movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV3eQ2PBqHE Daniel and the Lions Den
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t_3BuseTS0 Paul and Silas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7qcHEDjk6w Paul and Silas
Memory Verse Songs
Stay tuned for more activities !
Do not stress during this time, instead think of it as a blessing in disguise---we have been given a gift of time. Time with our families, time to make memories and create new traditions. Our world is normally so busy and now we are forced to slow down. Use it to your advantage!
Do not stress during this time, instead think of it as a blessing in disguise---we have been given a gift of time. Time with our families, time to make memories and create new traditions. Our world is normally so busy and now we are forced to slow down. Use it to your advantage!
Have fun! Love you all!
Please send me your print outs. I'm doing this schedule with her and trying to keep her on task.
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