Playschool Lessons: December 2011

Week 16

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) - C, G, O

C - curve around
G - curve and a dash
O - big curve and close

Start by creating the characters using play dough snake

Starfall:

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-c/load.htm?f

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-g/load.htm?f

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-o/load.htm?f

Posters letter(s) –

C- Color with Crayons

G- Use glitter glue or spread glue over the letters and sprinkle with glitter.

O- Paint or color with the color orange.

Math - Opposites - Liquid & Solids (make object lesson)

- Water and ice
- While making meals, have your child assist and discuss the liquids and solids that go into recipes.

Celery Science - Cut celery so the veins are open & cups of water with food coloring added; place the celery stalk into the water. Check daily to see if the celery is drinking up the water and the veins are becoming that color.

Writing Skills- Balllon Vertical lines worksheet

Review Shapes- Circles

Letter characters- Uppercase C Characters

Play- Play Go Fish - use various numbers or letters
Do you have a letter that says /f/?
Do you have the number 4?
Do you have the uppercase letter "O"?

Information- Dial 911
- Children need to know how to get a hold of the police department, fire department, and hospital in case of an emergency. Now that the child can recite their phone number and address, the child is ready to practice this. Have the child dial a play phone and tell the "dispatcher" their names, the emergency, and the address of their home. This is also the time to discuss what denotes an emergency and that 911 is never to be called for any other reason that a true emergency.
- This is a good time to have a practice fire drill with your family. Discuss a meeting place outside the home.

Visual Perception Activitiy-

Lacing

Day 2:
Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books

Read Words

Information- 911 This is a good time to have a practice fire drill with your family. Discuss a meeting place outside the home.

letter writing practice- C,G,O worksheets

Writing Skills- Join the dots with standing lines worksheet

Coloring- Color green tree

Math - Count the kittens worksheet

Scissors- Zig Zag

Spatial: Happy or sad?

Fine Motor Skill:

Make homemade cookies or bread to give away

Day 3:
Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper): 911 coloring sheet

Colors- Blue

Character Education: Kindness
Definition: Being gentle, friendly, courteous; sharing without complaining; being generous; helping others in need; being sensitive to others feelings
Opposite: Mean, selfish, rude, hurtful

Make friends worksheet

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Jump in various directions and over small items.

Print:

Letter Poster -1

Character worksheet -1

911 worksheet -2

Count and color kittens -1

Life-learning-make-friends -1

Pre-print-vertical -1

Pre-Writing Patterns -1

Circles -1

Christmas Tree -1

C worksheet -1

G worksheet -1

O worksheet -1

Color Blue -1

Scissor practice -1

Happy and sad rhino -1

Week 14

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) - Jj

J - hook and a roof
j - hook and a dot

Numbers (and rhymes) – 7

Across the sky and down from heaven. That’s the way to make a seven!

Starfall:

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-j/load.htm?f

Posters letter(s) –

J- Glue on pieces of old jigsaw puzzle pieces.

Months of the year song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5enDRrWyXaw

Discuss how 3 months of the year (January, June, & July) all have the /j/ sound at the beginning

Math - Count the number of buttons or snaps on the child’s shirt as they get dressed

Review Colors-

Writing Skills- Straight line, word 7 tracing

Say the words "go" and "stop" on the green and red dots.

Art- Macaroni star

Macaroni Star - Place a few macaroni noodles in a zip-top plastic bag. Add 1 teaspoon of vinegar and 4-5 drops of food coloring. Mix to distribute the color. Dye more macaroni in separate bags. Open the top of the bag and let dry. Using the Star Template, place a thin layer of glue on the paper. Add the colored macaroni to create a colorful macaroni star.

Play- Read- Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

Ideas:
• Book of the Week Ideas:
Jump is a great /j/ word.
As you say the words, do actions. Kids love to yell and shake their finger "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

5 monkey’s jumping on the bed coloring page

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper)): Address

My name is ____ _____

This is where I live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAt9p6Neac

Art- Christmas tree page, decorate

Day 2:
Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper): ): Address

My name is ____ _____

This is where I live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAt9p6Neac

Review Colors-

Writing Skills- Straight line, word 7 tracing

Say the words "go" and "stop" on the green and red dots.

Coloring- Snowman coloring page

Review Shapes-

Months of the year song:

http://www.ask.com/web?q=months+of+the+year+song&search=&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir

Discuss how 3 months of the year (January, June, & July) all have the /j/ sound at the beginning

Writing- tracing seven sheet

Art-

Create a Handprint & Footprint Calendar to give as a gift to a loved one.

Spatial: Sink and float (play with floating toys in the bathtub)

Play- Memory obstacle course

Fine Motor Skill:

Create a Christmas Countdown Chain
What you need: Red and green construction paper - cut into 1”x8” strips to make 12 and 13 strips of each color (totalling 25 strips), glue, a marker, scissors
What to do: Write the numbers 1-25 on the strips, alternating colors between numbers
Link the colors together to form a chain using the glue.
Tear off a link each day (starting with the highest number).
Each day, count the links that are left.

Day 3:
Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Introduce Information( Write of 1 ½” tracing paper): Address

My name is ____ _____

This is where I live

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZAt9p6Neac

Review Colors-

Months of the year song:

http://www.ask.com/web?q=months+of+the+year+song&search=&qsrc=0&o=0&l=dir

Discuss how 3 months of the year (January, June, & July) all have the /j/ sound at the beginning

Writing Skills- Straight line, word 7 tracing

Say the words "go" and "stop" on the green and red dots.

Review Shapes-

Line characters #1- Circle

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Do a Memory Obstacle Course - Use numbers 0-7

Print:

J poster -1

5 monkey’s jumping on the bed -2

Straight line –3

Macaroni star -1

Christmas tree -2

Snowman coloring page -2

Circle -1

Week 15

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) - D, p

D - line, around and back

p - line and bubble

Numbers (and rhymes) - 2, 5

2 - Around and back on the railroad track. Two! Two! Two!

5 - Put on a hat. Then take a dive. Make a big round tummy. Now that’s a five!

---or----

A little bit down. Circle the drive. Put on a hat. That makes a five!

Starfall:

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/letter-p/load.htm?f

Posters letter(s) –

P- Paint with purple or pink paint.

D- Paint dots on the Dd Poster.

Math - Opposites – Left and Right

Counting turtles worksheet

Colors- balloon coloring page

Writing Skills- Join the balls

Review Shapes- flash cards

Characters – Bubble characters

Art- Christmas tree hands

Information- Address - sing song

Visual Perception Activitiy- Maze

Day 2:

Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books- • Christmas Cookies Book of the Week Ideas:

- Use this book to discuss the character traits learned this far

- Make your favorite Christmas cookie recipe

Read Words

Information- Address - sing song

letter writing practice-

Number writing practice-

Colors- flash cards

Writing Skills- Straight lines

Coloring- Shepherds coloring page

Math - Opposites – Left and Right

Counting turtles worksheet

Scissors- straight lines

Characters- Gentleness Activities:

- Coloring Sheet - Gentle

- A peach is sometimes the "fruit" representing gentleness because of its softness. Peaches easily bruise and one must be very gentle when handling them.

Art- popsicle stick trees.

Spatial: Happy and sad cat

Fine Motor Skill:

Fingerpaint numbers and letters learned

Day 3:

Calendar Activity

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/calendar/load.htm?f&n=main

Read Books:

Read Words-

Information- Address - sing song

Colors- recognize

“Left to Right is the way we Read and Write!” (Author unknown)

Trace and cut out the child's left hand on green paper, right hand on red paper. Place the green hand to the left of the page where you are going to write and the red hand to the right. Teach your child to always start at the left (green hand – go), and stop at the right (red hand – stop).

Read numbers on an alarm clock. Place green hand and red hand on sides of an electric clock.

- Have your child help hold the green hand on left side or red hand on the right side of a book as you read. Point to the words as you read.

- Tie a red ribbon around the right hand to help the child remember (red=right).

Focus on left and right throughout the week – reading left to right, how a computer types left to right across the page, etc.
Story- http://www.storylineonline.net/

letter writing practice- Letter d,p

Number writing practice- number 2,5

Make greeting cards

Shapes- squares worksheet

Character Education: Gentleness Activities:

- Coloring Sheet - Gentle

- A peach is sometimes the "fruit" representing gentleness because of its softness. Peaches easily bruise and one must be very gentle when handling them.

Character – Bubble characters

Gross Motor Skills Activity

Have your child stand opposite you with about seven feet separating you. Before throwing a large soft ball or beach ball toward your child, say "right", "left", or "both". Depending on what you say, have the child bat the ball away with that hand(s). This requires another level of thinking. At first, have your child show you which hand(s) they will use. As he/she improves, give less time before the ball is thrown.

Print:

Letter P- 1

Letter D- 1

Counting turtles - 2

http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/life-learning-be-gentle/ -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Bubble%20Characters.pdf -3

http://www.itmimg.org/images/youth/Shepherds.gif -2

http://www.edhelper.com/visual_skills503.htm -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/Color/Red%20Balloon -2

http://www.kidslearningstation.com/colors/recognize-color-red.asp -1

http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/documents/drawingstraightlines -1

http://preschoollearners.com/New_Worksheets/Pre-Writing/Patterns/aja00009.htm -1