Playschool Lessons: Week 21

Day 1

Read Books:

Read Words-

Letters (and rhymes) - e

e - dash and a curve

Numbers (and rhymes) - Continue to write numbers 0-5

Math - 5 Senses – Sight & Smell

Colors- Orange

Sensory- Smell

Discuss: What part of our body do we use to smell? Talk about the nose and the job it performs. You may also wish to discuss how animals use their noses to find food. (Idea from Tripod)

Activity: Using different items in your refrigerator, pantry, and bathroom, discuss the smell using words like sour, sweet, etc. Have your child close her eyes or use a blindfold and guess the item that she smells (lemon juice, milk, applesauce, rubbing alcohol, mouthwash, etc.).

Writing Skills- A ,B

Review Shapes- Label the shapes

Letter characters- Lower case c

Art- Finger paint (Edible paint)

Play- Dress up

Information-

12 Months of Year (Author unknown)
Tune of: “Twelve Little Indians”
January, February, March, and April
May, June, July, and August
September, October, November, December
There are 12 months in a year

Day 2:

Calendar Activity

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

Read Books

Read Words

Information- You tube months of the year song.

letter writing practice-

The letter "e" is a hard character to create because it is the only one with a horizontal line in the middle of the guidelines. Start by drawing the middle line by itself.

Number writing practice- 7

Colors- Flash cards

Writing Skills- C,D

Coloring- Snow man

Math – Seven and Eight

Sensory - Sight

Discuss: Talk with your child about the function of their eyes. Ask him/her to identify the job of the eyes. Explain that everyone has eyes. Some eyes are different colors and some are a different shape, but the function of the eyes is just the same.

Activities:
- Collect several items and place them in front of you. Have the child cover their eyes while you remove one of the objects. After uncovering their eyes, have them decide which item is missing. Start with a few items and gradually increase the difficulty. (Idea from Tripod)
- Blindfold your child seated on the floor. Place four or five objects in front of him. Ask for a particular object. Although he may be able to feel for the object, having similar objects makes it more difficult. Discuss that some people cannot see, and that we should be thankful for our eyesight.

Scissors- Kites

Art- Paint with bruch

Spatial: Dinosaur Same of Different

Fine Motor Skill:

Using play dough, finger jello, or cookie dough, make letter or number cut outs with ABC/123 cookie cutters or roll the dough into ropes and snake it into the correct shape

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): You tube months of the year song.

Colors- http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/preschool/ngames/colors.htm

Sensory-

Discuss the sights and smells you would experience at different places that you visit – park, grocery store, restaurant, zoo, etc.

letter writing practice- E

Number writing practice- 7

Review Shapes- flash cards