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 TRAINS.
- Choose one story to read based on the theme.
Freight Train by Donald Crews
The Little Train by Lois Lenski
Engine, Engine, Number Nine by Stephanie Calmenson
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo by Kevin Lewis
I Love Trains! by Philemon Sturges
- Share a poem based on the theme with your child.
Shiny New Train
by Katrina Lybbert
I hear the whistle, then the clackety-clack,
Of a shiny new train coming down the track.
I see the engineer waving to the crowd,
His beaming smile shows he's happy and proud!
Another whistle as the train slows right down,
Then pulls to a stop at the station in our town.
Hip hip hooray, come on over this way,
Let's ride the new train this wonderful day!
- Sing a song based on the theme.
Train is A Comin'
I've Been Working on the Railroad
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Set up chairs in a line to become a train. Place different passengers (stuffed animals or dolls) or cargo (fruit, toys, books, clothes) on different chairs. Your child can sit at the front in the "engine" and be the engineer.
If there are a few children in your family, let your 2 year old be a leader of a "train" of people. Put on music and let your child lead the way!
- Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.
The vocabulary word is engine - an engine of a train is the train car that usually pulls all the other cars along the track.
TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color
This week you will teach the color black.
- Introduce the color by coloring in the circle (previous week's shape) on your learning poster with a black crayon.
- Put on a black article of clothing.
- Point out objects around your home of the color black.
- Add the color to a meal by choosing a black food, or using a plate, cup, or utensil of the color black.
- Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout using a black 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 J.
- Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter J to color. ~Letter Printouts~
- Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter J 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 J in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
- Post the letter J 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 10.
- Show your child 10 objects to count, or eat 10 mini crackers, 10 cheerios, etc.
- Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 10 and put on your learning poster.
- Add 10 stickers to your counting book.
- Show your matching index cards for the number 10 to your child.
- Draw 10 circles on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
- Walk around your home counting 10 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 Little Boy Blue. Recite often!
Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn!The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Where is the boy who looks after the sheep?
He's under the haystack, fast asleep.
- 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
Play with a wooden train set.
Glue rectangles and circles (cut out by parent) onto paper to create train cars.- 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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