Suggested Schedule for the Week:
MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme
This week's theme is EYES.
Eyes clipart... finish the face
Eyes Video... kinda weird but the kids will love it! :)
Sesame Street Video on Eyes, Nose, Ears
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.
Eyes by Katrina Lybbert
Some eyes are blue, some eyes are brown,
Eyes can look up, eyes can look down,
Eyes can blink, and wink, and stare,
Come look with me, what's over there?
My eyes see flowers on a hill,
They see a bird with a yellow bill,
Across the road I see a tree,
Among the blossoms sweet, a bee!
I look at you, you look at me,
There are many things that eyes can see,
Can you see all of these things too?
Eyes are important, so true, so true.
- Sing a song based on the theme.
Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes - emphasize eyes as you point to them in the song. (VIDEO)
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Place a picture of a face (on an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper or larger) on the wall, but the eyes should be missing. Blindfold your child and then let him/her tape on the eyes. Help your child start walking from the other side of the room to get to the picture, while blindfolded. At this age you don't need to spin your child around first. See how funny your face looks!
- Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.
The vocabulary word is iris - the iris is the colored part of your eye surrounding the pupil.
TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color
This week you will teach the color blue.
- 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
The letter this week is the letter D.
- 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
Big Bird Singing about the Number 4
- 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 Lavender's Blue. Recite often! (Video Of It)
Lavender's blue, dilly, dilly,
Lavender's green,
When I am King, dilly, dilly,
You shall be Queen.
- 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
Draw a picture of an eye or eyes for your child to color. This should be quite large. You will help your child color the iris of the eye. You may have to guide your child's hand as he/she colors in a circular motion on the iris.
- 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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