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Today's song is: Chicken Dance
Activity
1: Language & literacy / Fine motor skills: Tracing letters on
shaving cream
Duration:
10 minutes
Materials:
shaving cream, tray
Vocabulary: long and short line, big and small curve,
round, up, down, side to side, name each letter, upper or lower case.
Beginning:
Tell your child that today we will
trace our name on the shaving cream.
Middle:
Spray some shaving cream on a large
tray. Spread it out with a hand to form a layer. Start tracing your name.
End: Give 3 minutes warning. Let your child help you
clean up the tray.
Extension:
Your child could trace letters other
than his/her names.
Brain Break !
Activity
2: Mathematics / Fine motor skills: Numerals in newspaper or magazine
Duration:
15 minutes
Materials:
newspaper or magazine, paper, glue,
scissors
Vocabulary: cut, round, hold, edge, name numbers
Beginning:
Show your child the materials and
ask him/her, “I wonder what we will do today?” Wait for the response. Tell
him/her that today we will find numbers and cut them out.
Middle:
Together look for numbers, name it
and cut it out.
End: Let him/her paste the cut-out numbers on the
paper. Give 3 minutes warning.
Extension:
Your child could write those numbers
with a pencil or you could write on a small white board with a board marker.
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Wed. 15/04/2020
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Today's song is: Body Bop
Activity 1: Science: Planting seeds
Duration: 10 minutes
Materials: cotton or soil, seeds such as lentils or beans, water, pot or cup,
spoon.
Vocabulary: seeds, soil, roots, leaves, stem, air etc.
Beginning: Place the material in front of your child and ask him/her: “I
wonder how plants grow”, "What do you think will happen when we plant the seeds
in the soil?” Listen and acknowledge what the child is saying.
Middle: Encourage your child to plant the seeds. Talk to your child about the element’s seeds
need to grow (soil, water, air, and light/sun). Talk about the importance of
water to every living organism. I wonder what will happen tomorrow. Introduce
vocabulary words (stem, roots, light, soil, leaves)
End: Give him/her a 3-minute warning. Ask your child to water the
soil/cotton and place it in a place where natural light is accessible. Remind
your child that every day it will need a little bit of water.
Extension: Bring more seeds and talk about how different seeds would grow
different plants. Or plant seeds in two different pots and put one in the light
and water it every day and the other one in the dark and without water and
notice the difference every day.
(The purpose of this activity is to foster some basic elements of
science predicting, experimenting, observing and drawing conclusions.)
Brain Break !
Activity 2: Math: (number recognition) Number Hunt
Duration:15 minutes
Materials: plastic numbers from 1-6 (or any kind), if you don’t have numbers
you can use pre-cut numbers, any small objects(popsicles, paper clips, buttons)
or toys for counting, a dice if you don’t have one you can use the cards with
dots that you prepared last week.
Vocabulary: dots, dice, amount, hidden, same etc.
Beginning: Hide the plastic or pre-cut numbers in the room. Explain that the
child is going to throw the dice and then count the dots on the side it lands
on or ask him/her to choose a card that has dots.
Middle: Encourage your child to count the dots shown on the dice/card. For
example, if the dice landed on the side with 5 dots, your child can go find
number 5 OR if you are using the cards then the child will pick a card and do
the same thing, count and look for the number
End:
Give your child a 3-minute warning and let
him/her finish the round. Ask the child to help you in cleaning up.
Extension: Repeat the activity, add more numbers and bring some objects or
toys for the child to count before finding the corresponding numbers.
(The purpose of this activity is to
help children understand that numbers represent quantity.)
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Tues. 14/04/2020
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Today's song is: Move and Freeze
Activity 1: Mathematics (Geometry)/
Shapes (Sorting)
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Materials: A blank sheet of paper, glue stick, shapes like square, circle, triangle
etc. cut out of any paper (coloured or white). Further cut the shapes from the
middle so that they are cut into two halves like the picture below:
Vocabulary: Shapes, half, complete, part, whole
Beginning: Show the children all the cut-up shapes mixed together in a bowl
and tell them that you need help completing the shapes as they have been cut
into half and mixed up in the bowl.
Middle: Let the child take out each
piece to explore. Ask them what shape they think the piece belongs to and if
they can find its missing part. Once the child sorts out different pieces and
puts them together to form a complete shape, you can ask him/her to paste the
pieces together on another sheet of paper to form complete shapes.
End: Go over the names of the shapes the child has formed and finally,
ask him/her to help you clean up by covering and putting away the glue stick.
Extension: You may give children extra shapes like a heart, star, an arrow, a
butterfly etc. as shown in the picture below:
(This is a multipurpose activity. It teaches children the important
science skill of sorting as they look for missing pieces of different shapes.
It also helps children learn the properties of different shapes and about
part/whole relationships and symmetry.)
Brain Break !
Activity 2: Science (Sorting
Animals)
Duration: 10 minutes
Materials: Toy land animals and sea
animals (if you do not have toy animals, print out small pictures of both kinds
of animals), paper, pencil, two bowls or containers, glue stick (optional).(If you don’t have the printer option then you can use any two
different kinds of toy animals like dinosaurs etc)
Vocabulary: Land, sea, habitat, forest, wild, farm
Beginning: Ask the child what kind of animals he/she sees in front of him/her
(keep them all mixed up in the same bowl). Prompt by asking where the different
animals live.
Middle: Once the child points out that the animals live in two different
habitats, draw two columns on a paper and encourage the child to place all the
land animals in one column and sea animals in the other. If the child is using
pictures, he/she can even paste them.
End: Once the child has sorted the two kinds of animals, give him/ her
a two minutes warning and then encourage to place all the land animals in one
bowl and the sea animals in the other bowl. If your child is using pictures,
he/she can cover the glue stick and put it away.
Extension: Next time a third category of animals can be introduced to the
activity. Draw three columns on a paper and ask the child to place all the farm
animals that live on land in one column, all the wild land animals in the
second one and all the sea animals in the third one.
(The purpose of this activity is to develop the skill of
sorting/categorizing things into groups based on certain characteristics.)
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Mon. 13/04/2020
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Today's song is: Action Songs for Kids
Activity 1: Science: Cloud and Rain
experiment
Duration: 10 – 15 minutes
Materials: A large jar/ see- through plastic cup or glass, white shaving
cream (not a gel version), small container or bowl with food colouring
preferably blue. Pipettes or droppers Optional: More food colours.
Vocabulary: shaving cream, cloud, rain, dropper, blue, water, sky, rain drops
Beginning: In a small cup, mix the food
colouring with some water. Fill the large jar with water until it is about 3/4 full. Place the jar and the cups of
coloured water on the table. Place a pipette in each cup of coloured water. Tell
the child today they will be doing an experiment to see what happens when it
rains.
Middle: Let the child work alongside the
adult, the adult can spray a large amount of shaving cream into the jar until
it covers the top layer of the jar. Allow the child to do the same or use the
foam as they wish. Ask them what they think will happen when they add the food
colouring? Demonstrate how to use the dropper, notice the child by describing
what you see them doing, and repeat what they say. Talk about the weather, what
items they need if it starts to rain etc.
End: Compare the adults and child’s
work, encourage the child to explain why their work may look different/the
same. Give the child a 5-minute warning, tell them it's time to clean up, they
can help in cleaning any spillages with a paper towel etc. then encourage them
to wash their hands.
(The purpose of this activity is to encourage
the child to make an experiment, make predictions and draw conclusions whilst
also using their fine motor skills.)
Brain Break !
Activity 2: Creative Arts, Math,
& Fine Motor – (Shape Sponge painting)
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Materials: Kitchen or bath sponges, paper,
Tempera or poster paint (for painting on paper), Acrylic or fabric paint, black
marker, plastic plates or trays, scissors, apron/smock, optional, cotton buds,
or paint brush.
How to make the shape sponges: Draw
shapes on old or new sponges and cut them out, allow the child to use them as
shape stamps.
Vocabulary: sponge, shape, stamp, dip, paint,
press, left, circle, square, triangle, rectangle, star, heart, flower
Beginning: Tell the child that today they will
be making a picture using shape sponges and you wonder how they will use the
shapes. The child may say what they will do.
Middle: Support the child by working
alongside him/her, using vocabulary to describe their work. You can make a
house using a rectangle and a triangle for a roof, notice how the child is
using the stamps and ask them “I see you….I wonder what you will make next?”
End: Give the child a 5-minute warning,
then encourage the child to help put all the stamps together on one of the
plastic plates/tray and wash their hands.
Extension: You could compose and decompose shapes and let the child describe
his/her work.
(The purpose and benefits of this activity is
to encourage self-expression with paint, hand, eye coordination, Fine motor
development, experimenting and exploring with a new paint tool, sensory
experience of exploring paint and paint filled sponges.
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Sun. 12/04/2020
Message from Ms. Leyla
Today's song is: I Wish You Well
Activity 1: Language & Literacy: Listening and comprehension, Book enjoyment and
knowledge (Reading the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’)
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Materials: Book (The Very Hungry Caterpillar’) Link to the book: (In case you don’t have a
hard copy of the book)
Vocabulary: Hungry, egg, days of the week, apple, pear, plum,
strawberry, orange, cake, cone, pickle, cheese, salami, lollipop, pie, sausage,
cupcake, watermelon, leaf, cocoon, butterfly, caterpillar, and sun.
Beginning: Ask the child to predict what they think the story is going to be about, then go through the pictures in the book without reading the words.(Mute the video if you do not have a hard copy of the book and are watching the video. The link to the video is provided above)
Middle: Turn the volume on or read the words in the book if you have a hard copy. Acknowledge children’s ideas as you go. Make them predict what they think will happen next in the story as you go through the book/video.
End: Encourage the child to recall four or more events that they remembered in the story, and remind them what they predicted, encourage them to think if their prediction was the same or different from what happened. Then ask the child questions related to the book such as “what happened in the beginning of the story, what food did the caterpillar eat and what happened in the end, ‘I wonder if you remember what the caterpillar changed into? What do you think would happen if we ate too much food?.”
Extension: You could give your
child a piece of paper and pencil and ask them to draw what they remembered
from the story or you could play the animated version of the book.
(The purpose of this activity is to encourage the child to listen and comprehend spoken and written words, recall story elements, sequence of events and make predictions. This helps the child to connect what they hear and read to people and events in their own lives.)
Brain Break !
Activity
2: Math: Measurement & Counting (Making cupcakes)
Duration: 15-30
minutes
Materials: flour, sugar/honey, baking powder, baking soda,
milk, olive oil, vanilla, eggs, teaspoon, cup, bowl, cupcake liners, oven tray,
wire whisk,
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
3/4 cup unrefined sugar, if frosting or adding a sweet topping 1/2 cup will
be sufficient, or (you could use Honey) 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 organic egg (eggless)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 cup milk/ almond/ soy milk
2 teaspoons (real) vanilla extract
Vocabulary: flour, sugar, honey, baking powder,
salt, milk, vanilla, eggs, water, teaspoon, cup, large bowl, mix, pour, scoop,
whisk, oven gloves
Beginning: Preheat
the oven to 350°F (176°C) Tell the child that today they will help you make
some cupcakes.
Middle: Encourage the child to help you take all the
ingredients to a table, explain what each item is then have them help
measuring, pour each ingredient into a large bowl, demonstrate how to whisk,
beat an egg then have the child continue adding oil, milk, vanilla extract, and sugar.
Add flour, baking powder and baking soda. Then tell the child that the batter
is ready to be scooped into cupcake liners. You may ask, "I wonder how
many cupcake liners do you think we need?" They can guess and have the child
place them inside the tray then count how many there are.
Then have the child spoon the batter into the
cupcake liners ideally 3/4 of the way, you can work alongside them
demonstrating how much batter to add to each liner (you could allow them to do
one too much and ask them "I wonder what do you think will happen to that
cupcake if we add a lot of batter?").
End: In the end explain to the child you will put them
in the oven because it’s very hot, place the cupcakes in the oven for 10-12
minutes or until a tester comes clean, then remove immediately from the pan.
Leave to cool down on a wire rack. Once they are cool you can have the child
count how many people live in the house and take the same number of cupcakes on
plate for each member of the family.
Extension: You could add fruit, ice cream or cream to the
cupcakes, you can be as creative as you like.
(The purpose of this activity is to encourage the child to measure
ingredients and count one to one correspondence)
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