Learning Something New Everyday!: 2010

Let the FUN Begin

I've been holding back for months now, but the inner-teacher in me is just dying to strap my toddler down to a chair and teach her how to read, write, add, subtract, etc. I realize it's not appropriate to do these things with a 2 year old (can you tell I miss my job!?), but yet I think she's finally ready for some routine & learning exploration.

In conclusion, I've decided to begin some homeschooling preschool. We're going to go at our own pace, make sure we're always having FUN, and yet start building the all-important foundation needed to eventually learn to read (and write, add, subtract, etc!)

This blog is an attempt to organize our adventure in homeschooling preschool. I will be using a variety of different websites along the way, but will be using this blog to compile them all into one easy-to-use site. I hope to someday be able to refer back to this blog when it's time to repeat this process with my younger one.

So.... Let the FUN BEGIN!

(If you're interested in using any of this material, just click on the links at the top of the blog. Start off by reading the introduction/description page and the teaching methods page, then begin by clicking on the weekly lessons, week 1.)

Graduation Party!

Graduation Party - After you have worked through all the weeks you can have a graduation party and present a certificate that shows your child is ready for the Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum, Step Two of the Brightly Beaming Steps to Reading Program.

Lesson # 26: airplanes, contrail, grey, Z, 100, Old King Cole

Lesson # 26:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 25: rabbits, whiskers, parallelogram, Y, 25, Jack Be Nimble

Lesson # 25:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 24: dogs, leash, tan, X, 24, Old Mother Hubbard

Lesson # 24:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 23: snow, flake, hexagon, W, 23, Little Miss Muffet

Lesson # 23:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 22: seasons, autumn, lavender, V, 22, Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

Lesson # 22:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 21: wind, gust, pentagon, U, 21, The North Wind Doth Blow

Lesson # 21:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 20: balloons, helium, orange, T, 20, Hot Cross Buns

Lesson # 20:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 19: boats, sail, triangle, S, 19, Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Lesson # 19:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 18: ears, noise, pink, R, 18, Jack and Jill

Lesson # 18:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

For the weeks you teach a shape:

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of the week to share with your child and discuss.

Walk through your home looking for the shape.

Cut the shape out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!

Put a drawing of the shape on your learning poster.

For the weeks you teach a color:

Introduce the color by coloring in the shape on your learning poster with the color of the week.

Put on an article of clothing in the color of the week.

Point out objects around your home in the color of the week.

Add the color to a meal by choosing a food in the color, or using a plate, cup, or utensil in the color of the week.

Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout in the color of the week. Review the

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter to color.

Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter using their finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.

Point out the letter in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

Post the letter on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

Show your child the appropriate number of objects to count, or eat the appropriate number of snacks of crackers, cheerios, etc..

Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for the number and put on your learning poster.

Add the correct number of stickers to your counting book.

Show your matching index cards for the number of the week to your child.

Draw the appropriate number of shapes (using the shape of the week) and count them.

Walk around the house counting objects up to the number of the week.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 17: sheep, wool, heart, Q, 17, Baa Baa Black Sheep

Lesson # 17:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

This week's theme is SHEEP.

~Sheep Coloring Page~

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep: A Yarn About Wool by Teri Sloat
Sheep Don't Count Sheep by Margaret Wise Brown
Little Baa by Kim Lewis
Emma's Lamb by Kim Lewis
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Woolly Lambs
by Katrina Lybbert

Lambs,
White, woolly,
Frolicking, wobbling, bumping,
I love to count when going to sleep,
Sheep.

Sing a song based on the theme.

Baa, Baa, Black Sheep
Little Bo Peep
Mary Had a Little Lamb

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Play hide and go seek. Pretend you are Little Bo Peep looking for her sheep.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

The vocabulary word is wool - the curly, soft, hair-like covering of a sheep.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

This week you will teach the shape of a heart.

Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a heart... ie: jewellry, cookie cutter, toys, trinket box, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
Walk through your home looking for hearts. (Or look in a magazine.)
Cut hearts out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
Put a drawing of a heart on your learning poster.

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

The letter this week is the letter Q.

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter Q to color. ~Letter Printouts~
Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter Q using his finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.
Point out the letter Q in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
Post the letter Q on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

The number this week is the number 17.

Show your child 17 objects to count, or eat 17 raisins, 17 cheerios, etc.
Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 17 and put on your learning poster.
Add 17 stickers to your counting book.
Show your matching index cards for the number 17 to your child.
Draw 17 hearts on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
Walk around your home counting 17 of many different objects.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

The nursery rhyme this week is Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. Recite often!

Baa, baa, black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes, sir, yes, sir,
Three bags full;
One for the master,
One for the dame,
And one for the little boy who lives down the lane.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday

Glue cotton balls on a picture of a sheep.

Play "Pin the Tail on the Lamb."

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

Lesson # 16: butterflies, antennae, purple, P, 16, Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary

Lesson # 16:

Suggested Schedule for the Week:

MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme

Introduce the weekly theme with pictures and post one or two on your learning poster.

This week's theme is BUTTERFLIES.

~Butterfly Pictures/Printouts~

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

The Lamb and the Butterfly by Arnold Sundgaard
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Where Butterflies Grow by Joanne Ryder
Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons
The Butterfly Alphabet by Kjell B. Sandved
Butterfly by Susan Canizares
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Butterfly
by Katrina Lybbert

Butterfly, butterfly,
Flitting in the air,
It is fun to chase you
Here and there.

Butterfly, butterfly,
Flitting in the air,
Your wings are so pretty,
Come closer if you dare.

(Can also be sung to the tune of "I'm a Little Teapot")

Sing a song based on the theme.

Birds, Bees, and Pretty Butterflies

More Poems and Songs for the Butterfly Theme

Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.

Use scarves, one for each hand, to wave as you fly like a butterfly to music.

Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.

The vocabulary word is antennae - the feelers on the head of the butterfly.

TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color

This week you will teach the color purple.

Introduce the color by coloring in the oval (previous week's shape) on your learning poster with a purple crayon.
Put on a purple article of clothing.
Point out objects around your home of the color purple.
Add the color to a meal by choosing a purple food, or using a plate, cup, or utensil of the color purple.
Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout using a purple crayon.

Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

WEDNESDAY: Introduce the Letter for the Week

The letter this week is the letter P.

Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter P to color. ~Letter Printouts~
Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter P using her finger. You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.
Point out the letter P in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
Post the letter P on your learning poster.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

THURSDAY: Introduce the Number for the Week

The number this week is the number 16.

Show your child 16 objects to count, or eat 16 raisins, 16 cheerios, etc.
Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 16 and put on your learning poster.
Add 16 stickers to your counting book.
Show your matching index cards for the number 16 to your child.
Draw 16 ovals on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
Walk around your home counting 16 of many different objects.

Review the Weekly Theme

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review the Shape/Color

Point out the shape and/or color on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

Review the Letter

Point out the letter on your learning poster and discuss with your child.

FRIDAY: Introduce the Nursery Rhyme for the Week
***Continue to recite this rhyme daily till the next Friday***

Post the words to the rhyme on your learning poster.

The nursery rhyme this week is Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. Recite often!

Mary, Mary, quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row.

Sing and/or recite the nursery rhyme for your child.

If possible, read a book based on this nursery rhyme.

Review the Weekly Theme
**Do theFine Motor Skills Activity for the Weekly Theme on Friday
Choose one:
~Practice drawing antennae on a picture of a butterfly.

~Paint a butterfly... put small drops of paint on one side of a creased piece of paper. Fold along the crease to smear the paint onto both sides of the sheet of paper. When the paint is dry cut it out in a butterfly shape.

~Make a butterfly out of playdough. Use pipe cleaners to stick in as antennae. Use small shape cookie cutters to press similar impressions on each wing.

Choose one story to read based on the theme.

Share a poem based on the theme with your child.

Sing the song based on the theme that you chose on Monday.

Review the vocabulary word and use it as you talk to your child about the theme.

Review all Shapes, Colors, Letters, Numbers

Review all the shapes, colors, letters, and numbers previously learned.

Point out the current ones on the learning poster.

Use the matching index cards of all the previously learned numbers and play a matching game.

Create a small booklet that has a page for each week in the program. Each page of the booklet will have the shape/color, letter, and number for one lesson(week). Add to the booklet as you work through the program and look through this booklet every Friday.

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