Suggested Schedule for the Week:
MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme
This week's theme is KITTENS.
- 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.
My Kittens by Katrina Lybbert
My kittens are cute, and small, and furry,
They purr so sweetly I've no need to hurry,
So I stay and cuddle my kittens for hours,
From morning till night amongst the flowers.
- Sing a song based on the theme.
A Kitten for Joy by Katrina Lybbert
(Tune: London Bridge)
Mommy brought a kitten home, kitten home, kitten home,
Mommy brought a kitten home, For my sweet sister, Joy.
I wish that I could have one too, have one too, have one too,
I wish that I could have one too, But a real kitten, not a toy!
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Roll a ball of yarn on the floor like a kitten.
- Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.
TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color
This week you will teach the shape of a diamond.
- 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.
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 C.
- 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
The number this week is the number 3.
- 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***
The nursery rhyme this week is Pussy Cat Pussy Cat. Recite often! (VIDEO OF IT)
Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been?
I've been to London to visit the Queen!
Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there?
I frightened a little mouse under her chair.
- 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
Make a kitten puppet from a brown paper bag. Draw a face on the bag. Make ears, a tail, and whiskers that your child can glue on the puppet. Also let your child decorate the bag with crayons. Create a puppet for yourself as well and play with the puppets together. Be creative!
- 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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