L.A.-Fall Poem
Goal-OACS, L.A., Word Recognition-7. Recognize that words are made up of letters (e.g., c-a-t).
I found the poem below from the following site:
http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/preschool-fall.htm.
Red and yellow, green and brown.
(count off colors on fingers)
Leaves are falling to the ground.
(simulate falling leaves with hands)
We pile them up OH SO HIGH:
('pile' leaves with hands)
Then we JUMP in!
(pretend to jump in)
My dog and I!
I'm going to write this on a large piece of paper and hang it in the room. I will read it to Lily every day for the rest of the week and hopefully she will read along by Friday. I'm going to have her point out some familiar letters today.
Math-Grocery Shopping!
Objective-OACS, Math, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Characteristics and Properties-2.Sort and Classify similar two and three-dimensional objects in the environment and play situations (e.g., paper shapes, 2 balls of different size).
Today I'm focusing on sortig three-dimensional shapes. We have a play grocery store at our house and I'm going to have Lily be a stock person and stock the shelves with the empty cartons I have. I'm going to ask her to put all of the cans/tubes (cylinders) on one shelf, the boxes (cubes, rectangular prisms) on another, and the round ones (spberes) on the last. You can use items in your pantry for this activity, or any other objects around the house.
Science-Story Time!
Objective-OCAS, Science, Life Science, Heredity, Indicator 4-Match familiar adult family members, plant and animals with their young (e.g., horse/colt, cow/calf).
I don't like to pass up an opportunity to read with my little ones and this is a perfect objective to pair with language arts so we're reading today! We have lots of books about baby animals and their mothers. I'll ask her questions about the animals names and how they look similar to and different from the parent.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday-"Ff"
Math/Art-Fall Shape Trees
Objective-OACS, Math, Geometry and Spatial Sense, Characteristics and Properties-2. Sort and Classify similar two and three-dimensional objects in the environment and play situations (e.g., paper shapes, 2 balls of different size).
Cut many different triangles, squares and circles from orange, brown and red paper. Mix all of the shapes together when finished cutting. Cut three rectangles from the brown paper to make trunks and glue trunks to a piece of green paper. Have your child glue the different shapes around the trunk to make a tree with one tree with only triangle leaves, one with only square leaves, and one with only circle leaves.
When Lily and I made this craft we talked about the characteristics of the shapes, the shape of the trunk and the parts of a tree. You can count the number of shapes on each tree, talk about colors, and more. *Tip-glue sticks seem to be a lot neater than bottled glue for this age!
L.A.-“Ff”
Objective-OACS, L.A., Writing Conventions, Handwriting, Indicator 1- Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.
Model how to write the letter “Ff” and talk about the sound that it makes. Help your child trace the letter if they are developmentally ready for it. Find objects in the room that begin with the letter “f.”
Science-“Who’s My Mommy?”
Objective-OCAS, Science, Life Science, Heredity, Indicator 4-Match familiar adult family members, plant and animals with their young (e.g., horse/colt, cow/calf).
Find many different figurines with an adult and their offspring such as a cat and a kitten, duck and duckling, mom doll and baby doll, etc., and mix them all up. Have your child sort them into the matching pairs. This is a great activity to learn new vocabulary and to ask questions about the methods your child is using to sort the animals. There are some great opportunities to incorporate some higher level thinking skill questions here. See my page on Critical Thinking for tips.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Friday
Friday
"Dd" Treasure Hunt!
Language Arts
Goal-OACS L.A., Phonemic Awareness, 4. Recognize when words share phonemes (sounds) and repeat the common phoneme (e.g., /b/ as in Bob, ball, baby, /t/ as in Matt, kite, boat
Design a treasure hunt with clue words that begin with “d.” Say the words out loud with your child. At the end have a toy that starts with “d” or some type of food for a prize.
Go Fish!
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
The timing of this lesson worked out perfectly because we are supposed to go fishing this weekend. It will be a great way to investigate how fish need water to live. If you don't have a fishing trip planned in the near future, take a trip to Wal-mart and look at the fish in the aquariums. If you're feeling brave, and want to challenge your child with some responsibility, you might even try bringing home a goldfish for a pet!
Also remember to check on your grass science investigation. If you’ve noticed enough of a change help your child write/draw about what they observed in a science journal. You can be their scribe.
"Dd" Treasure Hunt!
Language Arts
Goal-OACS L.A., Phonemic Awareness, 4. Recognize when words share phonemes (sounds) and repeat the common phoneme (e.g., /b/ as in Bob, ball, baby, /t/ as in Matt, kite, boat
Design a treasure hunt with clue words that begin with “d.” Say the words out loud with your child. At the end have a toy that starts with “d” or some type of food for a prize.
Go Fish!
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
The timing of this lesson worked out perfectly because we are supposed to go fishing this weekend. It will be a great way to investigate how fish need water to live. If you don't have a fishing trip planned in the near future, take a trip to Wal-mart and look at the fish in the aquariums. If you're feeling brave, and want to challenge your child with some responsibility, you might even try bringing home a goldfish for a pet!
Also remember to check on your grass science investigation. If you’ve noticed enough of a change help your child write/draw about what they observed in a science journal. You can be their scribe.
Thursday
Science
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Lily is having a hard time understanding how plants rely on soil, so we took a morning walk today and did lots of hands on activities. We took ended up digging in the dirt, looking for worms (we found the worm piles in the picture above), looking at wildflowers growing in the garden, and looking at roots. This seemed to help a lot. We're going to plant some pumpkin seeds in a cup to further reinforce the concept.
We also had a great teachable moment when we ran into the toad in the picture above. It surprised Lily so we got to talk about how God created camoflauge and how the toad looked similar to the dirt.
Language Arts/Math
Goal-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, 4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
We are going to play with some letter blocks. I'll talk with her about the faces of the block/cube, the corners, etc., while we play. I'll also help her build a couple of familiar words.
Art
We talked this morning about how deer eat grass, and how grass needs soil to grow in. I'm going to trace Lily's hands to make deer antlers and then let her glue them onto a brown paper bag. We'll draw a face on the puppet and write the word deer on it.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday-Deer (birds)
Math
Goal-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, 4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
Decorate and glue two empty toilet paper tubes together to make binoculars. While working, talk about some of the properties of the tubes (they can roll on one side, one end is a circle, they don’t have corners, etc.) It doesn’t hurt anything to call it a cylinder while also calling it a tube.
Science
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Ask your child what they know about birds (they live in trees, they fly in the air, they eat worms…). Explain that God made the birds and he also made the air/sky where the birds fly. Use your binoculars to go on a nature walk and look for birds flying in the air. Point out how silly it would be for a bird to fly underwater.
Goal-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, 4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
Decorate and glue two empty toilet paper tubes together to make binoculars. While working, talk about some of the properties of the tubes (they can roll on one side, one end is a circle, they don’t have corners, etc.) It doesn’t hurt anything to call it a cylinder while also calling it a tube.
Science
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Ask your child what they know about birds (they live in trees, they fly in the air, they eat worms…). Explain that God made the birds and he also made the air/sky where the birds fly. Use your binoculars to go on a nature walk and look for birds flying in the air. Point out how silly it would be for a bird to fly underwater.
Tuesday-Deer
Story Time
OACS L.A., Reading Process, Concepts of Print, 3. Begin to distinguish print from pictures.
Find a story about deer and read with your child. While reading, ask your child to point to the letters or the words, and then point to the pictures or illustrations. Spend a little time discussing your child's questions or comments about print and illustrations.
Shape Sorting
Goal-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, 4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
We have a shape sorting toy and I plan to use it to reinforce the concepts boxes (cubes), and tubes (cylinders). While your child plays ask them if the cylinder can roll, or if the box can roll. Help your child identify other properties of the two shapes.
Science
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Check on your grass from Monday and make observations.
OACS L.A., Reading Process, Concepts of Print, 3. Begin to distinguish print from pictures.
Find a story about deer and read with your child. While reading, ask your child to point to the letters or the words, and then point to the pictures or illustrations. Spend a little time discussing your child's questions or comments about print and illustrations.
Shape Sorting
Goal-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, 4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
We have a shape sorting toy and I plan to use it to reinforce the concepts boxes (cubes), and tubes (cylinders). While your child plays ask them if the cylinder can roll, or if the box can roll. Help your child identify other properties of the two shapes.
Science
Goal-OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Check on your grass from Monday and make observations.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Monday-Deer
The Letter "d"-
OACS Writing Conventions, Handwriting, Indicator 1- Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.
Model how to write the letter “d” and the sound it makes. Help your child practice writing the letter “d.” Look for objects/toys that start with “d.” Put a picture of a deer under the “d” in your word wall (if you’ve made one).
Grass Investigation-
OACS Life Science, Diversity and Interdependence of Life, 3-Observe and begin to recognize the ways that environments support life by meeting the unique needs of each organism (e.g., plant/soil, birds/air, fish/water).
Go outside and dig up two patches of grass (if you have any that’s still alive in your yard after all of the dry weather we’ve had!). Place one patch of grass into a bowl. Remove most of the dirt from the other patch of grass and place the grass into a bowl. Water them and place them in the sun. Talk with your child about what they think might happen to the grass patches. At the end of the week your child will record their observations in a science journal. I would also tie this in with studying the deer by talking about how deer eat grass and sometimes hide in tall grasses. My daughter and I will also talk about how God created the land and the animals and how he designed the world.
Building Blocks-
OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties,
4-Identify, name and describe three-dimensional objects using the child’s own vocabulary (e.g., sphere-“ball,” cube-“box,” cylinder-“tube” or “can,” and cone-“ice cream cone”).
Offer lots of boxes, cylinders, balls and other shapes for your child to play with. They may build with it, create a craft, or think of another way to use the materials. Talk with them about the shapes while they play.
Update
I apologize to anyone who may be following along with our preschool lessons. I am hoping to try to post entire weeks at a time, and to post them far enough in advance so that there is time to gather any needed materials. I had to take an exam this week in order to be licensed up to 5th grade so it's been a little crazy around here with studying and preparing for that test, so I am behind in my preschool planning. I hope to get a little more organized by next week. Thanks!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
September Week 2- TURTLES!
We are still studying life science and forest animals. To save space in the middle of the posts I’m going to just reference the Ohio Academic Content Standards for each lesson in one place.
Objectives for the Week (all from the Ohio Academic Content Standards)
Math for the Week-OACS Geometry, Characteristics and Properties, Indicator 3-Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Science for the Week-OACS Life Science, Characteristics and Structure of Life,
Indicator 2-Begin to differentiate between real and pretend through stories, illustrations, play and other media (e.g., talking flowers or animals).
Language Arts-
Monday-OACS Writing Conventions, Handwriting, Indicator 1- Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.
Tuesday- OACS Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition and Fluency for Early Childhood, Phonological and Phonemic Awareness, Indicator 2-Hear sounds in words by isolating the syllables of a word using snapping, clapping or rhythmic movement (e.g., cat, ap-ple).
Wednesday- OACS Reading Process: Concepts of Print, Comprehension Strategies and Self-Monitoring Strategies for Early Childhood, Concepts of Print, Indicator 3-Begin to distinguish print from pictures.
Thursday- OACS Acquisition of Vocabulary for Early Childhood, Contextual Understanding, Indicator 2-Recognize and demonstrate an understanding of environmental print (e.g., STOP on a stop sign.)
Friday- OACS Writing Processes for Early Childhood, Drafting, Revising and Editing, Indicator 5-Dictate or produce “writing” to express thought.
Monday-Turtles
Math/Movement
Turtle Shape Swim-Cut out a fairly large triangle, circle, square and rectangle and secure them to the floor. Explain to your child that they are now a turtle and their job is to swim in a circle around the “rocks” (the shapes) while you play music. When the music stops, you will call out a shape and then the turtle has to quickly swim and land on the “rock” you call out. After you’ve played a while by calling out the name of the shape, make it a little harder and tell your child to land on the round shape, or the shape with three sides.
Connection to last week-talk about how turtles need air, water and food like owls.
Language Arts
Writing the Letter “T”- Show your child how to make the letter “T.” There is a great site with printable handwriting sheets you can use. I printed off the turtle page for “T” for Lily to use. http://www.first-school.ws/theme/animals/reptiles/turtle.htm This site has a lot of other great ideas to use.
Science
Story Time!-Read a book that shows a fictional turtle character, such as Franklin Goes to School by Paulette Bourgeois. While reading, talk about how Franklin is pretend and make some comparisons between real turtles and Franklin. You may want to have a picture of a real turtle to show at the same time.
Tuesday-Turtles
Math/Art
Decorate a Turtle- Ahead of time, cut out small circles, squares, triangles and rectangles from construction paper. Cut out a turtle head, legs and tail from green construction paper. With your child, glue head, tail, and legs around the rim of a paper plate. Draw eyes and a smile on the turtle face. Use the shapes to decorate the “shell” of the turtle. While working, talk about the name and characteristics of the shapes.
Science
Turtle Game-Print out 6 different pictures of a pretend turtles (such as Franklin), and glue on an 8.5 x 11 in. piece of paper to make a game board. Print out these same pictures again, and glue each one onto half of a note card to make playing cards. Next, print out 6 different pictures of real turtles and glue on an 8.5 x 11 in. piece of paper to make a second game board. Print out the same pictures again and glue each one onto half of a note card to make 6 more playing cards.
How to play-Shuffle the cards together and place face down. First player picks a card. If the card matches a picture on their game board they place the card over that picture on the board. If the card does not match they put it back on the bottom of the pile. The next player takes a turn. The first person to cover their entire board wins.
Talk about the differences between real and pretend as you play. This is a great activity because your child is getting sorting practice while they play.
Language Arts
Syllables-Write the word turtle down and talk about the letter “t” and the sound “t” makes. Talk about how the word turtle has two syllables – “tur” and “tle.” Practice clap once for each syllable as you practice the word.
Decorate a Turtle- Ahead of time, cut out small circles, squares, triangles and rectangles from construction paper. Cut out a turtle head, legs and tail from green construction paper. With your child, glue head, tail, and legs around the rim of a paper plate. Draw eyes and a smile on the turtle face. Use the shapes to decorate the “shell” of the turtle. While working, talk about the name and characteristics of the shapes.
Science
Turtle Game-Print out 6 different pictures of a pretend turtles (such as Franklin), and glue on an 8.5 x 11 in. piece of paper to make a game board. Print out these same pictures again, and glue each one onto half of a note card to make playing cards. Next, print out 6 different pictures of real turtles and glue on an 8.5 x 11 in. piece of paper to make a second game board. Print out the same pictures again and glue each one onto half of a note card to make 6 more playing cards.
How to play-Shuffle the cards together and place face down. First player picks a card. If the card matches a picture on their game board they place the card over that picture on the board. If the card does not match they put it back on the bottom of the pile. The next player takes a turn. The first person to cover their entire board wins.
Talk about the differences between real and pretend as you play. This is a great activity because your child is getting sorting practice while they play.
Language Arts
Syllables-Write the word turtle down and talk about the letter “t” and the sound “t” makes. Talk about how the word turtle has two syllables – “tur” and “tle.” Practice clap once for each syllable as you practice the word.
Wednesday-Turtles
Language Arts
Story Time!- Read a turtle story of your choice and talk with your child about where the letters are on the page and where the illustrations are. See if your child can recognize any of the letters. Ask them which illustration was their favorite, and which part of the story was their favorite.
Math/Art
Playdoh!-Play with play-doh and challenge your child to make circles, triangles, squares and rectangles.
Science
Movie Time!-Watch a Franklin video http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/franklin-kids-videos.html and talk about how real turtles can’t talk, walk, or play like Franklin.
Story Time!- Read a turtle story of your choice and talk with your child about where the letters are on the page and where the illustrations are. See if your child can recognize any of the letters. Ask them which illustration was their favorite, and which part of the story was their favorite.
Math/Art
Playdoh!-Play with play-doh and challenge your child to make circles, triangles, squares and rectangles.
Science
Movie Time!-Watch a Franklin video http://www.nickjr.com/kids-videos/franklin-kids-videos.html and talk about how real turtles can’t talk, walk, or play like Franklin.
Thursday-Turtles
Math/Movement/Language Arts
Follow that Turtle!- Prior to the activity make a red stop sign with the letters “STOP” on it. Either go outside and draw a big circle with chalk or use a rope to make a large circle inside. Pretend that the circle is the pond and that you are turtles. Give directions like follow me around the pond, inside the pond and outside the pond. When you hold up the “STOP” sign have everyone stop. Talk about how the pond is round like a circle and about what the stop sign means.
Science
Animal Charades!-Take turns acting like a real turtle or a turtle like Franklin and have your child guess if you’re real or pretend. If this is too hard, just pretend to be real turtles and crawl around and eat or swim and then later pretend to do something like Franklin does.
Follow that Turtle!- Prior to the activity make a red stop sign with the letters “STOP” on it. Either go outside and draw a big circle with chalk or use a rope to make a large circle inside. Pretend that the circle is the pond and that you are turtles. Give directions like follow me around the pond, inside the pond and outside the pond. When you hold up the “STOP” sign have everyone stop. Talk about how the pond is round like a circle and about what the stop sign means.
Science
Animal Charades!-Take turns acting like a real turtle or a turtle like Franklin and have your child guess if you’re real or pretend. If this is too hard, just pretend to be real turtles and crawl around and eat or swim and then later pretend to do something like Franklin does.
Friday-Turtles
Science/Language Arts
Field Trip!-Go to a park or a nearby pond and observe some real turtles. Have your child journal about what they observed. They can either color a picture or tell you what to write.
Math/Art
Make a Turtle Habitat- Cut out a piece of large blue paper into a circle. Cut out small circles, triangles and squares. Cut out a large rectangle shape for a log. Help your child glue the shapes onto the large circle to make a home for the paper plate turtle that you made earlier in the week.
Field Trip!-Go to a park or a nearby pond and observe some real turtles. Have your child journal about what they observed. They can either color a picture or tell you what to write.
Math/Art
Make a Turtle Habitat- Cut out a piece of large blue paper into a circle. Cut out small circles, triangles and squares. Cut out a large rectangle shape for a log. Help your child glue the shapes onto the large circle to make a home for the paper plate turtle that you made earlier in the week.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Word Wall
We added the word "owl" to our word wall. The word wall is a wonderful tool for teaching reading. I have familiar words with pictures on the wall to help Lily start to recognize familiar letters and to learn some new sight words. All you need is a space to post the alphabet and some words. It's very easy and inexpensive to create!
Owl Craft
Lily and I had so much fun working on this project. I was amazed at all of the teachable moments during this craft. Crafts are so important for kids because they are an opportunity to introduce new vocabulary, they allow kids to practice following directions, and they are great for fine motor skill development!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Grandparent's Day Craft Idea
I almost forgot about Grandparent's Day! I think Lily and I are going to write what we love about our grandparents on little slips of paper and then attach those to some chocolate kisses. We'll either buy a pretty jar or decorate one ourselves and place all of the kisses inside. Anyone else have any fun ideas?
September- Week 1 - Owls
September's theme is Outdoors/Forest Animals. Lily and I are taking a trip to the Cincinnati Nature Center for their "Preparing for Night" activities. She will be learning about nocturnal animals so I thought this would tie in well.
These lessons are not meant to be drawn out or elaborate. Preschoolers don't have a very lengthy attention span so you may want to separate lesson plans or cut some out all together. Remember, every child is different so what may work with my daughter may not work for you! We are probably going to start off doing "preschool" an hour or less a day.
Monday- No school - Labor Day
Tuesday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar- I have a blank calendar that Lily and I fill in with the date as we go along. It's great because we use essential vocabulary such as today, tomorrow, yesterday (important for math and social studies), and it gets her more familiar with reading numbers. We fill in fun plans and holidays, too. This only takes a minute or two.
L.A.- Practice reading and writing the letter "O"
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.
Activity: Trace and color the owl picture and the letter "o."
Link: http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_owlb.html
Math- Make a circle.
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Create a circle (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the circle (it's round, it doesn't have any straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a circle. Look around the room to find other circles.
Science/P.E.-Hunt for food like an owl
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity: Read a book about owls or if you don't have one on hand or have time to get to the library just talk about how owls need to eat like we do. Take turns hiding a play mouse or snake in the house and having the child fly around trying to find the toys. You can tell them that it's day and they have to go sleep while you hide the toys and then tell them it's night and they can start searching. Talk about why owls need to eat.
Wednesday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.-Listen to different owl calls
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Differentiate between sounds that are the same and different (e.g., environmental sounds, animal sounds, phonemes).
Activity: Play an owl sound from a website such as one provided in the link below. Then, play either the same sound again or a different one and ask your child if the sounds were the same or different. Repeat with new calls. This activity may sound crazy but they actually use this kind of stuff during testing.
Link: http://www.owlpages.com/sounds.php
Math/Art: Owl Craft
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circle, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Make the owl craft provided in the link below and talk about the shapes you are using (circles and triangles).
Link: http:www.first-school.ws/t/craft/owl_shapes_b.html
Science: Make Owl Kool-aid
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity- Have your child fly around like an owl and remind them of the game they played yesterday and how owl's need food for energy. After a while of flying around ask them if they are thirsty. Talk with them about how owls get thirsty too and they need to drink water to live. Take a break and make some Kool-Aid with your child.
Thursday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.- Words that rhyme with "Owl"
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify matching sounds and recognize rhymes in familiar stories, poems, songs and words (e.g., cat/hat, dog/frog).
Activity-write the word "owl" and brainstorm rhyming words with your child (growl, howl...)
Math- Make a Square
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Create a square (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the square (it has four sides, they are all straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a square. Look around the room to find other squares.
Science- Owls Need Air!
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity- Have child briefly hold their breath. Ask them how they felt. Explain that we all need air to live. Owls also need air. You can blow up a balloon to show them that air takes up space and is invisible. Practice quickly flying around like an owl and see how you need to breathe more air.
Music- Sing any of the silly owl songs at the link below!
Link: http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/owls/owl_songs.htm
Friday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.- Read an Owl Story
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Retell information from informational text.
Read a simple non-fiction story about owls with your child. When you finish reading ask them what they remembered. Help them as they try to retell some important facts.
Math- Make a Rectangle
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity- Create a rectangle (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the rectangle (it has four sides, they are all straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a rectangle. Look around the room to find other rectangle. If it's nice outside you could even use chalk to make a rectangle!
Science- Owl Memory Game
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Recognize physical differences among the same class of people, plants, or animals (e.g., dogs come in many sizes and colors).
Activity- Find pictures of four different types of owls (I just used an online encyclopedia). Print out two of each picture (for example, print two of the same picture of the snowy owl, two of the barn owl, two of the screech owl, etc.) Cut and glue to notecards to make cards for a matching game. Place all cards face down on the floor. Have child turn over one card, and then one more card trying to find the match. If they find the match they make take another turn. Play ends when a match is not made. The person with the most matches at the end wins. While playing talk about the different features of the owls (keep it simple, like color, size, etc.).
We are taking a field trip to CNC tonight!
These lessons are not meant to be drawn out or elaborate. Preschoolers don't have a very lengthy attention span so you may want to separate lesson plans or cut some out all together. Remember, every child is different so what may work with my daughter may not work for you! We are probably going to start off doing "preschool" an hour or less a day.
Monday- No school - Labor Day
Tuesday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar- I have a blank calendar that Lily and I fill in with the date as we go along. It's great because we use essential vocabulary such as today, tomorrow, yesterday (important for math and social studies), and it gets her more familiar with reading numbers. We fill in fun plans and holidays, too. This only takes a minute or two.
L.A.- Practice reading and writing the letter "O"
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Print letters of own name and other meaningful words with assistance using mock letters and/or conventional print.
Activity: Trace and color the owl picture and the letter "o."
Link: http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_owlb.html
Math- Make a circle.
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Create a circle (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the circle (it's round, it doesn't have any straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a circle. Look around the room to find other circles.
Science/P.E.-Hunt for food like an owl
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity: Read a book about owls or if you don't have one on hand or have time to get to the library just talk about how owls need to eat like we do. Take turns hiding a play mouse or snake in the house and having the child fly around trying to find the toys. You can tell them that it's day and they have to go sleep while you hide the toys and then tell them it's night and they can start searching. Talk about why owls need to eat.
Wednesday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.-Listen to different owl calls
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Differentiate between sounds that are the same and different (e.g., environmental sounds, animal sounds, phonemes).
Activity: Play an owl sound from a website such as one provided in the link below. Then, play either the same sound again or a different one and ask your child if the sounds were the same or different. Repeat with new calls. This activity may sound crazy but they actually use this kind of stuff during testing.
Link: http://www.owlpages.com/sounds.php
Math/Art: Owl Craft
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circle, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Make the owl craft provided in the link below and talk about the shapes you are using (circles and triangles).
Link: http:www.first-school.ws/t/craft/owl_shapes_b.html
Science: Make Owl Kool-aid
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity- Have your child fly around like an owl and remind them of the game they played yesterday and how owl's need food for energy. After a while of flying around ask them if they are thirsty. Talk with them about how owls get thirsty too and they need to drink water to live. Take a break and make some Kool-Aid with your child.
Thursday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.- Words that rhyme with "Owl"
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify matching sounds and recognize rhymes in familiar stories, poems, songs and words (e.g., cat/hat, dog/frog).
Activity-write the word "owl" and brainstorm rhyming words with your child (growl, howl...)
Math- Make a Square
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity: Create a square (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the square (it has four sides, they are all straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a square. Look around the room to find other squares.
Science- Owls Need Air!
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify common needs (e.g., food, air, water) of familiar living things.
Activity- Have child briefly hold their breath. Ask them how they felt. Explain that we all need air to live. Owls also need air. You can blow up a balloon to show them that air takes up space and is invisible. Practice quickly flying around like an owl and see how you need to breathe more air.
Music- Sing any of the silly owl songs at the link below!
Link: http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/owls/owl_songs.htm
Friday
Bible Reading and Prayer-Pray for wisdom and learning for both of us. Read parts of Genesis 1, talking briefly about how God made the animals.
Calendar
L.A.- Read an Owl Story
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Retell information from informational text.
Read a simple non-fiction story about owls with your child. When you finish reading ask them what they remembered. Help them as they try to retell some important facts.
Math- Make a Rectangle
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Identify, name, create and describe common two-dimensional shapes in the environment and play situations (e.g., circles, triangles, rectangles and squares).
Activity- Create a rectangle (use play-doh, pipe cleaners, markers, crayons...whatever you'd like). Help your child describe the rectangle (it has four sides, they are all straight sides, etc.) Explain that it's called a rectangle. Look around the room to find other rectangle. If it's nice outside you could even use chalk to make a rectangle!
Science- Owl Memory Game
Ohio Academic Content Standard: Recognize physical differences among the same class of people, plants, or animals (e.g., dogs come in many sizes and colors).
Activity- Find pictures of four different types of owls (I just used an online encyclopedia). Print out two of each picture (for example, print two of the same picture of the snowy owl, two of the barn owl, two of the screech owl, etc.) Cut and glue to notecards to make cards for a matching game. Place all cards face down on the floor. Have child turn over one card, and then one more card trying to find the match. If they find the match they make take another turn. Play ends when a match is not made. The person with the most matches at the end wins. While playing talk about the different features of the owls (keep it simple, like color, size, etc.).
We are taking a field trip to CNC tonight!
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