Week 9

Weekly Book List:
"Mice Squeak, We Speak" by Tomie dePaula and/or "Have You Got My Purr?" by Judy West
"What Will the Weather Be Like Today?" by Paul Rogers

There is also a series of weather book I found at the library called QEB Weather Watch by Honor Head. The titles are "Sun", "Snow", "Rain" and "Wind".

Monday-Language Arts
sign of the day: horse
Letter(s): E, F
Reading Vocab: Elephant, Fish
Literature: "Mice Squeak, We Speak" by Tomie dePaula and/or "Have You Got My Purr?" by Judy West
Activity: -Talk about communication. How do we communicate? How do animals communicate? Do we ever communicate without words? -Pretend to be all the different animals in the book. Walk like the animal and make their sounds. -Sing Old Mc Donald, using animals from the book.
-If possible, visit a local farm. We have some friends who have a few different animals that we will visit. Listen and watch how the animals communicate.

Tuesday-Science
sign of the day: sunshine
Topic: Weather and Seasons
Read: "What Will the Weather Be Like Today?" by Paul Rogers
There is also a series of weather book I found at the library called QEB Weather Watch by Honor Head. The titles are "Sun", "Snow", "Rain" and "Wind".
Online Story:
Learn: What is Weather? Why does it change and When? Talk about the position of the earth in relation to the sun that creates seasons. To demonstrate this, use different size balls, or cut out circles and make a sort of diagram.  Why do we need to have different types of weather?
Activity: -Check the weather outside. If it is rainy, sing "Rain, Rain, go away!" If it is sunny, sing "You are my sunshine". If coudy, do cloud craft. If it is windy (or may be windy soon) here are some wind crafts:  (or just do all of them!)
-Make a Bumble Bee Kite
-Homemade pinwheel

Wednesday- Math
sign of the day: color
Topic: Easter Egg Math
Activity: counting: write numbers 1-12 on 12 easter eggs. Have child put them in chronological order into an egg carton.
sorting: dump them out, have child put them back in, sorting them by color
graphing: make a bar graph showing how many eggs there are of each color. help child color in the right amount. Analyze the chart. Which color has the most? the least? How many of the colors had 2? etc...
adding and subtracting: make up math problems using the eggs. ex: "I had 12 eggs, but a rat came and stole 2 of them. How many are left?" (I use magnetic numbers to write out each problem on a cookie sheet so they can see as well as hear it) "There were 5 eggs then a chicken layed 3 more. How many are there now?" etc...

Thursday- Social Studies
sign of the day: snake
Topic: Snakes
Read: here are some basic snake facts. Read then explain to child.
Learn: What snakes are poisonous and which are not? Look up particularly the poisonous snakes in your state. Go to google images and look at pics of each one. (Info for Washington)
Activity: (choose a few)
-snake maze
-toilet paper tube rattle snake
-Snake art: draw a rough outline of a snake, making the body large enough to draw inside. Have child make small patterns or line with a crayon. Then, using watercolors, paint the snake. The paint will not cover the crayon.
-Play Snakes and Ladders!
- make snake out of pipe cleaners
- paper plate snakes: color a paper plate (or just use a paper cut into a circle), any colors. then cut in a spiral pattern, making a snake. Add eyes.