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Carousel Academy - Lancaster UPK
Learn at Home (Packet #2) April 2020 - May 2020
Dear Carousel Academy Students, You are all missed more than we can ever express. It fills our hearts with joy every time we are able to see your picture. There hasn’t been a day that we have not thought of you or thought of ways to help your days be filled with fun learning opportunities. We truly hope that we can end this year the way we started, in our classroom home, but until then we will learn safely from the comfort of our own homes. Just please know how much we love and miss you all! Dear Carousel Academy Families, We want to thank you for your continued support and the commitment you have had in your child’s learning. We know how challenging this time is both balancing learning at home and family. Nothing is more important than your family’s health, so as we cooperate and abide by the mandates of New York State, we hope these activities will help enrich your time together while encouraging your child to grow and prepare them for kindergarten. Pre-K is a truly immersive experience and really utilizes the many resources that surround us. Much of our instruction cannot be found on paper, but instead through purposeful play. Please find an attached outline and resources that will meet the New York State Prekindergarten Learning Standards. We have enclosed enough “just in case” we are closed until the end of May. Also, please note the information for assistance, provided from the Lancaster District (below). If you have any questions or concerns at any time, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. We miss all of you very much and we would love to hear from you through our individual classroom communication apps or by our email addresses. Thank you so much for all you have done and if you have questions, please do not hesitate to reach out. Please continue to stay safe and healthy as we go through this unusual time in our lives. We hope to see you and hear from you soon! Your partners in education, ~ The Carousel Academy Team Amanda Karnath, Director: (716) 863-1398 [email protected] Sara Thomas, Assistant Director/UPK Teacher: [email protected] Kristina DeAngelis, UPK Teacher: [email protected] Sara Utech: [email protected] Nicole Reese: [email protected] Information for Assistance from the Lancaster District:
If you are in need of food, the district is providing free breakfast and lunch to residents under the age of 18. Pick-up is at Lancaster Middle School - 148 Aurora Street, between 10:00-12:00. If you are unable to come to the pick-up, please call 716-686-3246 to leave a message.
If your child is in need of emotional support, please contact: Call your child’s school. One of our mental health professionals will reach out to you. The Family Support Center at 716- 686-3806.
If you are a first responder or an essential medical professional, no-cost daycare is available. Please contact: For the Southtown’s Family YMCA Branch - 716-674-9622 For the Independent Health Family YMCA Branch - 716-276-8301
Daily Home Activities (Packet #2) *Please take a picture of any of the activities below and share with your teachers. We would LOVE to see it!*
WEEK 5 - DAY 21
Literacy: Continue to read a book together. Before you read, look at the cover, the title, the author, and illustrator. Predict what
the story will be about. Discuss the pictures, the story, the setting, beginning, middle, end, and the different characters. Write your name on a plain sheet of paper. If your child has been writing their name in all uppercase letters (and they
are ready to try title case) have them practice tracing and copying it onto a piece of paper. If your child is ready to try their last name, have them practice that as well.
If your child is secure in writing the letters, we have learned so far, go onto the last set of letters: (R, K, A, M, N, V, W, X, Y, Z). To practice writing letters, use crayons (or a broken crayon, if your child struggles with their grip.) Use blank sheets of paper to write. If your child needs to trace letters, write it first with a gray marker or a highlighter. Please use the Handwriting Without Tears (now called Learning Without Tears) letter formation sheet, that was included in the first packet, for the correct way to form letters. See the attached sheet about accessing the program online, for free.
*Each day, begin with the additional ideas provided in the Literacy section. If your child wants to do more, continue to pick a book, letter, and writing activity.
Recite some nursery rhymes together. (See attached sheet.) Talk about the rhyming words that you hear.
Brainstorm some other rhyming words as well. Have fun making up silly, made up words.
Draw or paint a picture depicting your favorite nursery rhyme so far.
Math: *Each day, begin with the additional ideas provided in the Math section. If your child wants to do more, continue to practice rote counting and counting objects one-to-one. Draw numbers with chalk spaced out on the sidewalk (or your child can write them too.) Have your child jump to a
number of your or their choosing. Once they land on the number give them that number of actions to do. (ex: when on the 20, do 20 jumping jacks, on 10, do 10 front kicks, etc.) Each family member can take turns.
Fine Motor: Grab a baking sheet or a tray and fill with salt, sugar, or sand. Have your child practice writing their letters, numbers,
and names.
Gross Motor: See math section above.
WEEK 5 - DAY 22
Literacy: Read Little Miss Muffet. (See attached sheet.) Talk about the rhyming words you hear. Grab a spoon, bowl, pillow (tuffet), toy spider (if you have one) or have someone pretend to be the spider… even
better! Have fun acting out the nursery rhyme together. Get the family involved and switch out who can be Little Miss Muffet and the spider!
Math: Sorting: Go outside and take a walk around the neighborhood, with the goal of collecting items from nature (leaves,
sticks, stones, etc.). Bring them back to your house and count the objects you find. Sort them into like piles and make patterns with the objects. (See examples on the attached sheet.)
Make a piece of art with your findings and take a picture! (Send the picture to your teacher .) Save your nature treasures in a box, bag, or basket to engage in other learning activities this week.
Fine Motor: Draw a picture of the best part of your day. Talk to your family about your drawing and what made the day special.
Gross Motor: See math section above.
Science:
While outside see if you can make any insect observations. Maybe you might find a spider. How many legs does it have? Describe what it looks like. Does it move quickly or slowly?
WEEK 5 - DAY 23
Literacy: Read the nursery rhyme Jack & Jill. Talk about the rhyming words you hear. Discuss what comes first in the rhyme, second, third, etc. (sequencing). Look around the house for a bucket and have fun acting the nursery rhyme out. If you do not have a bucket or sand
pail, you can use a basket or a large bowl. Math:
Take the bucket you used when acting out Jack & Jill and go on a color/number hunt in your house. For example, “Can you find 8 red items, 5 blue, etc.”. Have your child count each item one by one as they fill the bucket.
Fine Motor: Have your child draw some shapes on paper and cut them out. They can color the shapes and then glue them onto
another piece of paper. Gross Motor:
Have some fun doing some nursery rhyme dances on YouTube. Search for ‘Nursery Rhyme Dance’ by The Learning Station.
WEEK 5 - DAY 24
Literacy: Recite the nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty. Talk about the rhyming words you hear. Discuss what comes first in the rhyme, second, third, etc. (sequencing). Build a wall using blocks or Legos and grab a plastic egg to act it out (retell the nursery rhyme). For letter practice, you can use plastic eggs to play a couple different games.
Humpty Dumpty Letter Crack - If you do not have small letters at home, take little pieces of paper and write letters that your child is learning on each of them. (It can be uppercase or lowercase letters.) Place one in each plastic egg. Place eggs filled with letters inside a basket or a bag. Have your child take an egg from the basket, crack open the egg and tell you the letter and the letter sound (if they are ready for that skill).
Egg Letter Match - you can also write uppercase letters on one side of a plastic egg and the lowercase letters on the other side. Work with your child to help them find the matches.
Math: Build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. Use blocks, cups, Legos, etc. Count how many of these items you used to build the
wall. Find something in your house that is bigger than your wall and something that is smaller. You can also play the same plastic egg came that you did for the literacy portion by placing numbers in the eggs as
well. What shape is an egg? Talk about how an egg is an oval shape. Can you find anything else in your house that is an oval
shape? Fine Motor:
Create your own Humpty Dumpty. Have your child attempt to draw a large egg shape and use scissors to cut it out. Have your child decorate their Humpty Dumpty however they would like and with any materials (markers, crayons,
paint, etc.). Gross Motor:
Egg Races! You can race either indoors or outdoors. Have some egg races with plastic eggs & spoons. Walk forwards, backwards, sideways, and run!
Science: “Egg-sperimenting” - Will an egg sink or float? Test it out in a bowl of water. Does it make a difference if the egg is
hard-boiled or not?
WEEK 5 - DAY 25
Literacy: Bring out your nature treasures from Day 22 and see what letters you can build using the sticks, stones, leaves, etc.
(See the examples on the attached sheet.) Talk about the sounds the letters make, while building them. Brainstorm objects that begin with each letter. Have your child pick out a book to read. Make a prediction on what the book will be about by looking at the
illustrations on the cover. As you read the book together, search for letters. Math:
Use the number cards that were supplied to you previously or simply write numbers on separate pieces of paper. Have your child count out the nature items to represent that number.
Fine Motor: Create shapes with the nature materials as well. (See the examples on the attached sheet.)
Gross Motor:
Search for ‘Animal Action’ on YouTube. Go for a walk, bike ride, or play outside. If weather does not allow, take turns moving like different animals.
For examples, move like a…
Bird (flap your arms like wings, fast, then slow) Snake (wiggle on tummies on the floor)
Bear (walk on all fours) Frog (get down on haunches and hop) Elephant (with heavy stomping)
Kangaroo (take big leaps with arms in front of chest) Penguin (waddle with ankles close together and arms pinned to sides)
WEEK 6 - DAY 26
Literacy: Read Jack Be Nimble. (See attached sheet.) Have your child pick out the two rhyming words that they hear. Reread
some of the Nursery Rhymes from last week. See if your child can pick out rhyming words.
Math: Positional Words: You will need a cup or another container and a Lego minifigure or small toy. Have your child practice
positioning the toy according to the direction you give. For example, say “place the toy under the cup”, “place the toy beside the cup”, “place the toy behind the cup”, etc. Practice positional words like, above, under, next to, on top, between, below, in front of, etc.
Fine Motor: Help your child create a “candlestick” using an empty paper towel tube. Have them snip around one end so that you
can tape it flat to a paper plate which will help it to stand up. Let your child decorate the “candlestick” using markers, crayons or stickers. (If you don’t have a paper towel tube, you can use a piece of paper or newspaper.)
Gross Motor: Have your child use the “candlestick” they made to act out Jack Be Nimble. Place the candlestick on the ground and
repeat the nursery rhyme. Change the action word jumped to a different action (ran, walked, twirled, crawled, walked sideways, etc.) each time.
WEEK 6 - DAY 27
Literacy: Read the nursery rhyme Hickory, Dickory Dock. (See attached sheet.) Talk about what is happening in the rhyme. Why
did the mouse get scared? Pick out the rhyming words. Play a rhyming game with your child. Give them a simple word and see if they can give you a word that rhymes with yours. It can be a real word or nonsense word.
Math: Place the number cards from first packet on the floor in the shape of a clock. If its nice out, you can draw a clock on
your driveway with chalk. Have your child stand in the middle of the clock. Call out a time like 1:00. 5:00, etc. Have your child jump to that number on the clock.
Fine Motor: Have your child practice buttoning, zippering and snapping using different clothing from around the house.
Gross Motor: See math section above.
Science: Explore Vibrations: Take an empty bowl and place plastic wrap tightly across the opening. Pour a few grains of rice,
sand, or sugar on top of the plastic wrap. Hold a speaker or phone very close to the top of the bowl. Play music and watch the rice move with the vibrations. The louder or faster the music is, the faster the rice will move.
WEEK 6 - DAY 28
Literacy: Read the nursery rhyme There Was An Old Woman. (See attached sheet.) Talk about what is happening in the rhyme.
Pick out the rhyming words.
Math: Choose one of the rhyming game boards and follow the directions on how to play. (See attached sheet.) Your child
will practice their numbers as they count spaces on the game board or dots on a die.
Fine Motor: The old woman in the nursery rhyme had a shoe for her house. Have your child draw a picture of his/her house. Talk
about what silly item would be fun to make a home out of.
Gross Motor: Draw hopscotch on the driveway with chalk. Have your child practice jumping on two feet and hopping on one foot.
WEEK 6 - DAY 29
Literacy: Read the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle. (See attached sheet.) Talk about what is happening in the rhyme. Pick out
the rhyming words.
Math: Play the other side of the rhyming game that you didn’t play yesterday.
Fine Motor: Practice drawing different shapes (square, circle, rectangle, triangle, oval, heart). Cut them out and glue onto a piece
of paper.
Gross Motor: Practice galloping and skipping indoors or outdoors.
Science: Before bedtime, find the moon in the sky. Observe the shape of the moon and look at the stars. Observe the moon’s
shape as it changes each day.
WEEK 6 - DAY 30
Literacy: Read the nursery rhyme Little Bo Peep. (See attached sheet.) Talk about what is happening in the rhyme. Pick out the
rhyming words.
Math: Addition/Subtraction: Pretend to be Little Bo Peep. Line up stuffed animals or other toy animals. Practice subtraction
by taking a certain number of animals out of the line. Have your child count to see how many animals are left in the line. To practice addition, start with a few animals in line and add a certain number of animals back into the line. Have your child count how many there are all together.
Fine Motor: Practice writing numbers in shaving cream. Place a small amount on a tray or plate and have your child use their
pointer finger to write numbers in the shaving cream. If you do not have shaving cream you can use pudding, whipped cream, flour or salt.
Gross Motor: Have a family dance party!
WEEK 7 - DAY 31
Literacy: Find a large piece of paper. Divide it into three columns. In the first column, make a list of community helpers with
your child. Save this list for an activity tomorrow.
Math: Addition: Roll two die and model addition by saying “2+3=5”. Roll the dice and have your child count the dots on both
to see how many they have altogether.
Fine Motor: Have your child draw a picture of what they would like to be when they grow up.
Gross Motor: Using your bike or scooter, pretend you are a police officer or firefighter on their way to help someone.
WEEK 7 - DAY 32
Literacy: Use your community helper list from yesterday. Review which community helpers you put in the first column. In the
second column, write down how these community helpers help others.
Math: Subtraction: Place a pile of 10 pieces of cereal, crackers, etc. in front of your child. Have your child count each piece of
cereal to see that there are 10. Say a number to your child and have them eat that many pieces from the pile. When they are done eating, have them count how many pieces are left in the pile. Continue this until they get to zero.
Fine Motor: Using blocks or Legos build a “community” by making houses and other buildings. If your child is ready, they can make
signs for the buildings.
Gross Motor: Go on a walk around your neighborhood and count how many fire hydrants you see. Talk about how the firefighters
use these.
Science: Using a block, cardboard, or piece of wood to create a ramp. Test different objects, from around the house, to see
which ones move down the ramp the fastest. Talk about why an object moved faster than another. Adjust the height on the ramp to see how that effects the speed.
WEEK 7 - DAY 33
Literacy: Use your community helper list from yesterday. Review the list with your child. In the third column, write down the
tools that each community helper needs to do his/her job.
Math: Measurement: Gather a bunch of pennies to use for measuring. Have your child find objects from around the house
to measure (toy, stuffed animal, block, shoe, pencil, etc.) Place the object on a flat surface. Starting at one end of the object, have your child line the pennies up underneath until they get to the other end. Have your child count how many pennies long the object is. If your child is ready, you can introduce a ruler, tape measure, or yard stick to them. Let them practice measuring other items.
Fine Motor: Draw a map of your neighborhood. Include houses, roads, trees, etc. Share the map with your family.
Gross Motor: Place a tape line on the floor. Have your child stand on the line with two feet together. See how far forward your child
can jump. For more measurement practice, they can use a ruler to see how far they jumped.
WEEK 7 - DAY 34
Literacy: Practicing Syllables: Sing the song “Hickety-Pickety Bumblebee” with your child.
Parents: “Hickety-Pickety Bumblebee, can you [say] your name (or word) for me?” (Parents say your child’s name or a word and insert into the song.) Child: Says their name or a word. Parents: “…can you [scream] it” Child: Screams word or name. Parents: “…can you [whisper] it” Child: Whispers word or name. Parents: “…can you [clap] it” Child: Both child and parent clap out syllables (ex. Alex - Al * ex gets two claps)
Math: Help your child to explore measurable attributes such as heavy, light, empty, full, long, short, small, big. Have them
find an example of each around the house.
Fine Motor: Make puppets using a brown paper bag, an old sock, or paper. Use materials from around the house and cut, glue or
tape them on to create your puppet. Put on a puppet show for your family.
Gross Motor: If it’s nice outside play a game with your brothers or sisters, or other family members. If it’s not, do a Yoga video from
Cosmic Kids Yoga.
Science: Sink or Float: Choose items from around the house. You will need a large bowl filled with water. Have your child
predict whether the items will sink or float. Place the items one at a time and observe what happens.
WEEK 7 - DAY 35
Literacy: Sing the song “Hickety-Pickety Bumblebee” from yesterday. Choose different words or names to place into the song.
Math: With your finger, write a number on an adult’s back and see if they can guess what number it is. Take turns and let
them write a number on your back. Try to guess the number.
Fine Motor: Draw a picture of your friends from school. Label each friend with the first letter of their name by writing the letter
above or below their picture. If your child is ready, they can write their friends’ whole name.
Gross Motor: With chalk, make an obstacle course on your driveway. Include places for your child to jump, skip, hop, spin, tip toe,
run, etc. If the weather doesn’t cooperate, make an obstacle course in the house using pillows, blocks, toys, chairs, etc.
WEEK 8 - DAY 36
Literacy: Let’s talk about spring! What type of weather do you see in spring? Is there more rain - why? Why is rain important to
the earth (flowers and plants)? Have you heard of the phrase “April showers bring May flowers”? We begin to see more flowers bloom during spring.
If you can, watch the read aloud of the book When Spring Comes, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kNU3XpMew
Math: Go on a shape hunt and search for circles and squares. Walk around your house or outside and find as many circles
and squares that you can. Count them as you look or mark them down on a piece of paper. How many did you find? Try to write that number on a piece of paper or on your driveway/sidewalk with chalk.
Fine Motor: Using markers, crayons, or sidewalk chalk, make a picture or an object using only circles and squares. Create a picture representing “April showers bring May flowers”.
Gross Motor: Go on a scavenger hunt! Can you find some signs of spring? (flowers, a bird’s nest, birds, buds on trees, squirrels,
etc.).
WEEK 8 - DAY 37
Literacy: Discuss the change in weather during springtime. Uses terms such as sunny, cloudy, foggy, hail, rain, windy, as well as
the temperature changes such as cold, cool, warm, and hot. When temperatures change, how do our clothes change? Discuss why our clothing choices change. (For example, we no longer need winter coats, winter boots, hats, gloves, etc.) What will we wear instead?
If you want to, listen to the book Little Cloud by Eric Carle on video: https://youtu.be/YdAbYa6EPvA
Math: Grab a bunch of different types of clothing and put in a pile. Have your child sort them into winter clothing and spring
clothing. As they separate them, have them explain why it’s winter-weather clothing and why it’s spring-weather clothing.
Fine Motor: Discuss the steps in how to pick out clothes for the day (depending on the weather). Take a look at the weather
forecast and discuss what the terms mean (sunny, cloudy, etc.). Continue to practice buttoning, zippering and snapping using different types of clothing and jackets.
String items such as cheerios, noodles, beads, fruit loops, etc., onto yarn, rope, straws, skewers, etc. You can also make necklaces or bracelets.
Gross Motor: Move like the weather! (Freeze Dance) Play some music and dance. Stop the music during the song. When you stop
the music, tell your child to… melt in the sun fall like the rain freeze like the snow twirl like a tornado blow in the wind jump like lightning
Science: Look out your window or if the weather permits, go outside and lay in the grass. Observe the clouds. What do they
look like? Are they big, fluffy, wispy, gray? Do they have shapes or do they look like objects?
WEEK 8 - DAY 38
Literacy: What are plants? What do plants need to grow? What are some different types of plants? Discuss how plants are a
living thing and that they need sun, air, and water, to grow. Sing the song (on the attached sheet). Discuss the sequence.
People are living things too. What do people need to stay healthy and grow strong? How is that similar to plants? Listen to this song on YouTube Needs of a Plant - Early Learning | Preschool Song For Kids
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWodhBfnRto.
Math: Using materials found at home or outside (cereal, toys, coins, cotton balls, rocks, seeds, flowers, etc.) make a 2-part
pattern. (For example: rock, coin, rock, coin, rock, coin)
Fine Motor: Rainbow write your name. Start with one color and keep going over it with a different color crayon or marker.
Gross Motor: Take a walk around your neighborhood and search for different types of plants. Discuss how the plants are similar or
different from each other. (If you can, touch the plants and describe them using terms such as small, big, short, tall, heavy, light, etc.)
WEEK 8 - DAY 39
Literacy: Look outside for different types of plants (tree, vegetable, flower, weeds, grass, fern, etc.) Discuss the different parts
of a plant (root, stem, leaf, flower). If the weather doesn’t permit, look at the (attached sheet).
Math: Paper ball number toss. Crumple up papers with the numbers 1-10 written on them. Using music or a stopwatch, toss
the papers around for a little bit. When the music stops or the stopwatch ends, grab one piece of paper. Open the paper and read your number. Repeat until all numbers have been read.
Fine Motor: Use Legos or building blocks to build a garden. Create flowers and plants by pretending with different objects from
your house or by drawing or cutting them out of paper.
Gross Motor: Dance to the song, “Can you plant that bean?” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCKEdDEr82k
Science: If you have extra seeds at home such as grass seeds, plant a small plant in a plastic cup. Observe the plant grow as you
water it and keep it in the sunlight. (Grass seed works great, and when it grows long, give your grass a haircut.) If you don’t have the seeds at home, find a spring flower or plant outside that is starting to bloom. Track the progress
of that plant over the next few weeks. Another option is to keep a journal of what’s happening each day. Have your child draw a picture of what they observe.
WEEK 8 - DAY 40
Literacy: Sing the song (on the attached sheet) “The Farmer Plants the Seeds” and act out the motions. Discuss the types of plants that people eat? Do you have any in your house? What do you like and not like?
Math: Using objects from around your house (silverware, straws, sticks, stems, etc.) to make triangles and squares. Count
the sides and the corners of each shape.
Fine Motor: Create flowers by drawing with markers (several different colors) onto a paper towel or a coffee filter. With a spray
bottle, lightly spray water onto the marker and watch the colors blend together. (If you don’t have a spray bottle, you can fill a small cup of water and lightly pour it onto the paper towel.) After it dries, you can create a flower with it by “crunching” it together and adding a stem, or just leave it as a piece of art. If you don’t have paper towels or a coffee filter, create a flower with other materials such as paper, newspaper, tissue paper, cupcake liners, etc.
Gross Motor: Play Hot Potato! Use any soft object that you can find as your “potato”. If you have never played before: Make sure you have 3 or more players. Sit in a circle and pass or toss a small, round
object to each other while you sing “hot potato, hot potato, who has the hot potato? If you have the hot potato, you are out!” The player who is holding the “hot potato” when you say “out”, sits outside of the circle. The game continues until one player is left.
WEEK 9 - DAY 41
Literacy: Now that it is springtime, what types of animals are you seeing? Are you seeing birds, squirrels, bunnies? Where do
they live? What does the word habitat mean? Habitat means home. What do animals need in their homes/habitats to live? (Ex.
food, water, air, shelter) Do they need the same things as people? Around your neighborhood do you see polar bears, camels, sharks, alligators, pigs, or horses? Why not? Where do you
think they live? Discuss with your child that different animals have their own habitats such as the Arctic, Desert, Forest, Ocean, Grasslands, and Farms. Try to come up with a list of where certain animals live.
Watch this short video on what a habitat is on YouTube: Animal Habitats | Animal Homes | Animals video for kids | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj1ASC-TlsI
Listen to this short song about habitats on YouTube: Animal Habitats | Habitats Song | Habitat | Habitat Song for Kids | Jack Hartmann https://www.youtubekids.com/watch?v=DTp_YFZcvoU
Math: Graph: Take out a sheet of paper and a crayon. Write a “yes or no” question at the top about animals. (For example,
write “Do you like dogs or cats?” and write “yes or no” underneath. Have your child ask each family member in your house (and/or call or text family members too) and make tally marks underneath the answer. At the end, count the amount under “yes and no” and compare. Discuss with your child which has the most, least, fewer, more than, etc.
Fine Motor: Use a white crayon on a white piece of paper to draw anything you’d like. Paint over it with watercolors to watch it
appear. (If you don’t have water colors, fill up a cup of water and put a “dried up” marker inside.)
Gross Motor: Play duck, duck goose!
WEEK 9 - DAY 42
Literacy: Think of an animal with the same first letter as your name. (For example, if your name is Bob, try to think of an animal
that starts with “B”…a bear, bat, bunny.) Try the letter of your friends’ and family members’ names.
Math: Count how many animals you came up with (from above). Did you have more or less for a certain letter?
Fine Motor: Using a box (tissue box, cereal box, shoe box, etc.) and art materials, make a habitat. (For example, you could create
the artic for polar bears using cotton, tissues, and white paper. You could also build a habitat with blocks and Legos. If you have toy animals, put them inside your habitat too.
Gross Motor: Pretend to be different animals from your habitat. Or go on a bear hunt! You can listen to the song on YouTube: GOING ON A BEAR HUNT - Children's Song by The
Learning Station https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-hKr4qxUMI
WEEK 9 - DAY 43
Literacy: Sing the song “Five Green Speckled Frogs”. (See attached.) Discuss the rhyming words that you hear in the song. You can also listen to it on YouTube: Five Green and Speckled Frogs | Songs for Kids | Nursery Rhymes | The
Kiboomers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziGG_L9C12o
Math: If your child is ready, use higher numbers to sing the song above. Use stuffed animals from around the house to create your own songs or stories. Use food or objects to give to the
animals. (For example, “If I give your dog 5 crackers and he eats 2 crackers, how many are left?”)
Fine Motor: Make an animal mask! Draw/design and cutout your own or print one from the following website:
https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/printable-animal-masks.html
Gross Motor: Frog Leaps! Go outside and draw big circles with sidewalk chalk. Pretend the circles are lily pads. Jump from one to
the other. If the weather doesn’t permit, set out pillows around a room or throughout the house and jump from one to the next.
Science: What if you put a cup of ice outside? What would happen? Predict how long it will take to melt. Did your prediction
come true? What happened to the ice? How did it change?
WEEK 9 - DAY 44
Literacy: Discuss how in each animal habitat, there are families - there is a mom and a baby. Can you think of the names of
baby animals such as a baby dog (puppy), baby cat (kitten), baby pig (piglet), baby bear (cub), etc. How do they look the same and different? How are you and your parents the same and different? What can you do now that you couldn’t do as a baby? Do you have any animals at your house? Were they different when they were babies?
You can also listen to an episode of Brown Bear Meet Baby Animals! Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny8xCi2VhfM
Math: Make a counting book: Take a couple pieces of paper and fold them to create a book. Write a number on each page
(or if your child is able to, have them write the numbers). Have your child draw an animal/shape/person/or any object to represent that number.
Fine Motor: Create animals, people, or anything you choose with aluminum foil.
Gross Motor: Play musical chairs!
WEEK 9 - DAY 45
Literacy: Insects are animals too! What is an insect? What are some examples of insects? Where do you find them? Go to the website Primary Theme Park where there are videos with fun facts about insects:
http://www.primarythemepark.com/2016/06/insect-videos-kids/
Math: Measure how long you and your family members are by using blocks, Legos or the same size boxes. Discuss who is the
tallest and shortest.
Fine Motor: Create a picture or any design without using scissors – only rip pieces of paper. Glue them onto a big piece of paper.
Gross Motor: Play catch! Toss a ball to someone in different ways – bounce, throw overhand, throw underhand, roll it, pass from
side to side, etc.
WEEK 10 - DAY 46
Literacy: What happens to a caterpillar as it grows? Discuss the process a caterpillar goes through to change into a butterfly. Go to the website Simply Kinder to watch interesting videos about Butterflies:
https://www.simplykinder.com/butterfly-life-cycle-videos-for-kids/
Math: On a piece of paper, write down numbers 1-10. The numbers can either be in order or randomly placed all over the
paper. Use dice or write numbers on 10 separate pieces of paper. Have your child roll the dice or pick a piece of paper. Whatever number they choose, they have to cover it on their paper by either coloring it, crossing it out, or covering it up with an object such as a coin.
Fine Motor: Draw a figure 8 on a piece of paper, in a tray of salt or flour, and have your child use their finger or a crayon to trace it.
They could also pretend they are a butterfly or a bee as they are buzzing around the figure 8.
Gross Motor: Go on a scavenger hunt! Look for any insect you can find or make a list to find certain ones such as a butterfly, ant,
ladybug, bee, dragonfly, grasshopper, etc.
WEEK 10 - DAY 47
Literacy: Go on a letter hunt! There are a few ways you can do it… 1.) You can just look for letters in your house. 2.) You can
write down random letters on a piece of paper or the letters in your name and look for those. 3.) Write down uppercase letters on a piece of paper and write the matching lowercase letters on small pieces of paper. Hide the lowercase letters around the house and have your child find them.
Math: Cup Stacking: Use plastic cups to create a tower or pyramid. If you don’t have blocks, use pillows, cushions, or boxes. Count how many you could stack?
Fine Motor: Pretend you work at the Post Office. Create mail for friends and family and deliver it!
Gross Motor: Pick your favorite GoNoodle dance! https://www.gonoodle.com/
Science: Have you ever spilled something (milk, juice, water, etc.) Did you have to clean it up? What did you use to soak it up
with? On either a plate, ice cube tray, muffin tin, cookie sheet, etc. put different objects that absorb water as well as objects
that don’t. Predict which will hold/absorb water and which will not. Test it out!
WEEK 10 - DAY 48
Literacy: Read the hungry caterpillar or listen to it on YouTube: Eric Carle Reads 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDKRrc4w30k&feature=emb_logo Does a caterpillar really eat the kinds of food that were in the book? What does a caterpillar really eat?
Math: How many different pieces of food did he eat? Look back through the book and count up everything.
Fine Motor: Use a pair of kitchen tongs or just your pointer finger and thumb to pick up small objects. Put small objects into a
bowl (cereal, beads, macaroni, beans, cotton balls, buttons, etc.). Use the tongs to pick up one object at a time and put it in another bowl or cup or muffin tin. You can add dice to make it a game or tell your child to only pick up a certain color at a time.
Gross Motor: Draw long lines on the driveway or sidewalk and have your child balance as they walk across. If you aren’t able to go
outside, use painter tape inside, long blocks, or line up anything your child can walk on.
WEEK 10 - DAY 49
Literacy: Read the Insect Riddles (see attached) to your child and see if they can guess which insect you are describing.
Math: Create an instrument from items from around your house. Use pots and pans or make your own instrument. Some
ideas for how to make your own: Put rubber bands around a box as a guitar. Fold a paper plate in half and put rice or popcorn seeds inside and tape or staple the sides as a maraca.
Have your child try to copy a certain rhythm or pattern. Or just play music!
Fine Motor: Make your own puzzle. Draw a picture on a piece of paper. Cut it up in sections. Scatter the pieces on the ground and
try to put it back together.
Gross Motor: Play Tag or Hide and Seek!
WEEK 10 - DAY 50
Literacy: If you were a butterfly, where would you fly? Have your child draw a picture and tell you about it. Write what they
say. Your chile can aslo “label” the picture by writing just the first letter of what is in their drawing. For example, they can write a “G” for the grass, an “S” for the sun, a “C” for the clouds, etc. If your child is ready, they can write the whole word.
Math: Symmetry: Take a look at the butterflies on (the attached sheet). What do you notice about the design on their
wings? Do you notice that whatever color or shape that is on one wing is on the other? Create your own symmetry with items from around the house or outside. Lay down a stick as your line of symmetry. Put objects on either side that mirror each other. If you have a small mirror, you can build something against it. (See the attached sheet or go to the following website for more ideas: https://earlyimpactlearning.com/symmetry-activities-for-kids/
Fine Motor: The same way you would make a heart, fold a piece of paper in half and draw one side of a butterfly. Have your child
keep the paper folded and cut out the butterfly. Create your butterfly using symmetry. If you draw a red circle on one wing, draw it on the other wing, etc.
Gross Motor: Run, jump, climb, ride your bike, ride your scooter, play tag, look at the trees, look at the flowers, and enjoy the sun!
Science: Make your own bubble solution with 1 spoon of dish soap & ¼ cup of water. Stir in either a small bowl or a bucket for
lots of bubble play! For a “bubble wand” you can use straws, fly or bug swatters, cookie cutters, the top end of a salt shaker or spice container, a ball with holes in it like a wiffle ball, etc.
Nursery Rhymes
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses
And all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Jack Be Nimble
Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over
The candlestick.
Hickory Dickory Dock
Hickory dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Hickory dickory dock.
Nursery Rhymes
Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
There Was an Old Woman
There was an old woman
Who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children
She didn’t know what to do.
She gave them some broth
Without any bread.
She gave them all kisses,
And sent them to bed.
Hey Diddle Diddle
Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Little Bo Peep
Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep,
And doesn’t know where to find them.
Leave them alone,
And they’ll come home,
Wagging their tails behind them.
Examples from Day 22
Examples from Day 24
Examples from Day 25
Rhyming Board Games (Day 28) Answer Key:
Rhymes: fish/dish, hat/cat, cake/snake, frog/dog, sit/hit, bell/well
Doesn’t Rhyme: book/bee, hand/heart, juice/glue, wand/watch, bat/bird, nine/nose
Day 38
Day 39 Day 40
Created by Jolanthe @ http://homeschoolcreations.com
The Farmer Plants the Seeds
(Tune: Farmer in the Dell) The farmer plants the seeds (pretend to plant seeds in the ground) The farmer plants the seeds Hey ho, the derry-o The farmer plants the seeds Additional verses: The rain begins to fall (wriggle fingers to represent falling rain) The sun begins to shine (make an arc with both arms to represent the sun rising) The plants begin to grow (crouch down and raise arms as you move to standing to represent plants growing) The buds all open up (place hands palm to palm and spread fingers wide)
DAY 43
Five Green Speckled Frogs
Five green speckled frogs sat on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs. Yum! Yum!
One jumped into the pool,
Where it was nice and cool.
Then there were four green speckled frogs. Ribbit! Ribbit!
Repeat Verse
Four green speckled frogs…
Three green speckled frogs…
Two green speckled frogs…
One green speckled frog..
Now there are NO green speckled frogs. Glub! Glub!
Day 49 Copyright © Jamie White
Riddle #1 This insect started as a caterpillar crawling on the ground, but now it has beautiful wings that help it fly from flower to flower. Which insect is it? (butterfly)
Riddle #2 This insect makes honey. You will recognize it by its yellow and black stripes, but watch over that stinger! Which insect is it? (bee)
Riddle #3 When this insect gets inside your house, it may buzz around and drive you crazy! But don’t worry, it doesn’t sting or bit. Which insect is it? (fly)
Riddle #4 This tiny insect might live in a crack in your sidewalk. If you drop crumbs during a picnic, it will carry them away. Which insect is it? (ant)
Riddle #5 This insect might have red wings with black dots. Even the boy insects have this name. Which insect is it? (ladybug)
Riddle #6 This insect likes to suck your blood. When it bites you in the summer, you might get a red itchy bump. Which insect is it? (mosquito)
Riddle #7 This insect has glittery, beautiful wings and a long shiny body. Don’t be fooled by its name, though. It doesn’t breathe fire! What insect is it? (dragonfly)
Riddle #8 This insect uses its long front 2 legs to hold its food. Sometimes it looks like it is praying. What insect is it? (praying mantis)
Day 50
Handwriting Without Tears Program (now called Learning Without Tears)
If you are looking to do extra letter and number practice with your child, the Handwriting Without Tears Program (now called Learning Without Tears) is offering both teachers and parents the entire program, online, for free, for 90 days. It's called the "Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool". Parents can sign up for an account with just a name and email. It has many resources including the manual, all the activities, their apps, and a name s heet maker. You can sign up for it on your phone but to use the tools, you have to use a tablet, laptop, or computer. There are video tutorials that explains how to use the program. Steps: Learning Without Tears’ website: www.lwtears.com
Click on: “Explore Resources” On the left side, you will see: “Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool (Pre-K)” Before you click on “Create an Account”, click on “Getting started: Go to Support to Get You Started
for videos, downloads and more”. The short video shows you all of what is in the tool. When Creating an Account, you just need your name and email address.
Other YouTube Channels:
Harry Kindergarten Music (fun songs that teach)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNTakNQwoAqVtPSORzswT_A
Jack Hartmann Kid’s Music Channel (fun songs that teach)
https://www.youtube.com/user/JackHartmann
The Learning Station – Kids Songs and Nursery Rhymes
(fun songs that teach) https://www.youtube.com/user/TheLearningStation/videos
Super Simple Kids Songs (classic children’s songs)
https://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSimpleSongs
