Suggested Schedule for the Week:
MONDAY: Introduce the Weekly Theme
This week's theme is STARS.
Night Sky Video
Time Lapse Night Sky Video
- 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.
Star Light Star Bright (Video)
Traditional
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might,
Have the wish, I wish tonight.
- Sing a song based on the theme.
(Video)
Twinkle Twinkle Printout Page
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Reach for the stars... walk on tip toe reaching for stars. (You could have glow in the dark stars up on the ceiling.)
Jump like a star... jump out like in jumping jacks and make a star shape.
All these activities can be done with music playing in the background.
- 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 star.
- Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a star... ie: earrings, cookie cutters, toys, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
- Walk through your home looking for stars. (If this is difficult, look in magazines and books.)
- Cut stars out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
- Put a drawing of a star 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 G.
- Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter G to color. ~Letter Printouts~
- Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter G 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 G in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
- Post the letter G 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 7.
- Show your child 7 objects to count, or eat 7 crackers, 7 cheerios, etc.
- Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 7 and put on your learning poster.
- Add 7 stickers to your counting book.
- Show your matching index cards for the number 7 to your child.
- Draw 7 stars on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
- Walk around your home counting 7 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***
The nursery rhyme this week is Wee Willie Winkie. Recite often! (Video of it)
Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town,Upstairs, downstairs, in his nightgown;
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock,
"Are the children in their beds? For now it's eight o'clock."
- 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
Let your child put shiny gold or silver star stickers on a piece of black construction paper. Create the night sky.
- 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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