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.
~Cookie Coloring Page~
Cookie Printout Page
Cookie Monster Cookie Poem Video
- Choose one story to read based on the theme.
Milk and Cookies by Frank Asch
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass & Philemon Sturges
Maisy Makes Gingerbread by Lucy Cousins
The Gingerbread Boy by Paul Galdone
Yum!: A Tale of Two Cookies by Jane Seymour & James Keach
The Oreo Cookie Counting Book by Sarah Albee
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
No Cookies? by Sarah Albee
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura J. Numeroff
The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura J. Numeroff
- Share a poem based on the theme with your child.
Cookies for All
by Katrina Lybbert
Chocolate chip, shortbread, sugar cookies too,
Peanut butter, lemon creme, all for me and you.
Snickerdoodle, oatmeal, gingerbread too,
Pinwheels, pumpkin, they're very good, it's true!
- Sing a song based on the theme.
- Do the gross motor skills activity with your child.
Cookie Monster, "C is for Cookie"
Cookie Jar Rap
Cookie Musical Chairs. Set some chairs (3 or 4) in a circle. Place a cookie on one of the chairs. Play some music while your child walks or dances around the chairs. When the music stops your child must look to see if they are standing by the chair with the cookie. After 2 or 3 times around the chairs, let your child find the cookie! Enjoy!
- Introduce the vocabulary word & post a picture for it on your learning poster.
The vocabulary word is dough - the dough is the (cookie) mixture before it has been cooked.
TUESDAY: Introduce the Shape/Color
This week you will teach the shape of a circle.
- Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a circle... ie: mirror, cookies, plate, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
- Walk through your home looking for circles.
- Cut circles out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
- Put a drawing of a circle 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 I.
- Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter I to color. ~Letter Printouts~
- Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter I 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 I in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
- Post the letter I 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 9.
- Show your child 9 objects to count, or eat 9 crackers, 9 cheerios, etc.
- Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 9 and put on your learning poster.
- Add 9 stickers to your counting book.
- Show your matching index cards for the number 9 to your child.
- Draw 9 circles on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
- Walk around your home counting 9 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 The Queen of Hearts. Recite often!
The Queen of HeartsShe baked some tarts,
All on a summer's day;
The Knave of Hearts
He stole those tarts,
And with them ran away.
- 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
Bake cutout cookies! Let your child help roll the dough and press down the cookie cutters.
- 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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