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 CARS/TRUCKS.
- Choose one story to read based on the theme.
The Little Auto by Lois Lenski
Little Red Car in the Snow by Mathew Price
Trucks, Trucks, Trucks by Peter Sis
The Little Fire Engine by Lois Lenski
Curious George and the Dumptruck by H. A. Rey
Big Truck and Little Truck by Jan Carr
- Share a poem based on the theme with your child.
Busy City Overpass
by Katrina Lybbert
The busy city overpass,
Is filled with cars each day,
Moving over and under,
As they travel along their way.
Every old car and new,
Must obey each traffic light,
On that busy city overpass,
Both day and night.
- Sing a song based on the theme.
Hurry Hurry Drive the Fire Truck
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Make a steering wheel out of cardboard. Let your child "drive" around the house. Put up a stop sign and teach your child to stop when she gets near it.
- Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.
The vocabulary word is gasoline - gasoline is a liquid substance that is used to fuel cars and trucks. You buy it at the gas station.
TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color
This week you will teach the shape of a rectangle.
- Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a rectangle... ie: toy trucks, bricks, books, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
- Walk through your home looking for rectangles. (Or look in a magazine.)
- Cut rectangles out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
- Put a drawing of a rectangle 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 M.
- Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter M to color. ~Letter Printouts~
- Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter M 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 M in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
- Post the letter M 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 13.
- Show your child 13 objects to count, or eat 13 mini crackers, 13 cheerios, etc.
- Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 13 and put on your learning poster.
- Add 13 stickers to your counting book.
- Show your matching index cards for the number 13 to your child.
- Draw 13 rectangles on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
- Walk around your home counting 13 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.
See-saw, Margery Daw,
Johnny shall have a new master;
He shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can't work any faster.
- 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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