June 11, 2020 - Day 54 of Flexible Learning

Suzanne Flammer
Jun 10, 2020
3 min read

These activities promote a variety of developmental skills such as hand and eye coordination, concentration, writing skills, language skills, pre readiness cognitive skills, creativity and imagination as well as self esteem - a sense of pride and achievement in your preschooler.

The daily suggested activities for your preschooler are listed below. These are all suggestions for you to have in one location; if you find, that you need additional resources for your child. Our key word is Flexible and that is very important when working with young children. If you are in need of other resources, please just contact me.

I will continue to send a morning email each school day with links to this page, Ms. Cosgrove's morning message, and the attendance form.

Please continue to email me your pictures. I love seeing your faces and all the fun you are having while we are apart!

Theme: Summer/Sun

Suggested Activities

Read Aloud - The SunFlower House

Life Cycle of a Sunflower - Video

Calendar Activities

Month of June Song

Days of the Week Song

Counting Song

StarFall Calendar

https://www.starfall.com/h/holiday/calendar/?t=293121158

Sunflower Crafts

This a fabulous 3D Sunflower craft. It requires your child to fold paper in an accordian fashion - skill that is difficult but important to work on with your child. I have included the video as a "How To" for this activity as I believe it is a great visual of step by step to complete this activity.

Paint the coffee filters or cupcake liners - the flowers will just be smaller - with yellow and orange watercolor paint. Do not use too much water as this thin paper can easily tear if it becomes waterlogged. Put a little glue in the middle of one circle and stick the second paper on the top. Scrunch of the top paper to make the edges of the inner circle. Spread glue and sprinkle lots of brown sequins in the center for the sunflower seeds. You may add other sequins, glitter and confetti glue. Also, your child may scrunch little pieces of tissue paper and add those for further texture. Roll some green construction paper to make a stems and secure with tape. Tape your stem onto the back of the flowers when dry. A cheery craft to display for summer!

Sunflower Seed Counting

Have your child create the different parts of the sunflower using play dough. Encourage them to use different colors and include different parts such as the roots, stem, leaves and petals. Next, is where the playful math begins. You can either have your child add sunflower seeds to the flower and count them together. Or you can add a challenge by having them roll a set of dice or use number cards to add the corresponding number of seeds to their flower.

Sunflower Snacks

Sunflower snacks may be made using several yummy, healthy foods. Here is pictured a sunflower with cheese triangles, grapes, and celery as well as a bed of yogurt with peaches and blackberries arranged in a sunflower shape. You may use raisins, orange segments, any other ideas? Be creative... this activity is a great way to have your child try a new or less often eaten food all while providing an opportunity to work on all of our developmental skills.

Letter Review Weekly Activities

We have completed our weekly letters. The remaining weeks of the year will focus on reviewing and reinforcing letter recognition as well as initial sounds. The suggested activities are designed to be practiced throughout the week.

Letter Activities and Alphabet Songs

Letter Cups

Grab a set of plastic/paper cups and letter stickers. You may write the letters on the cups with a marker, too. The pictures are examples of various letter activities you may explore with your preschooler. Too many letters at once, work on a few at a time until you feel as if your child has mastered those letters and beginning sound. Select letters of your child's name. If your child has mastered their first name, start working on last name. Extend this activity with numbers. The possibilities are many....

Rainbow Name

Have your child write their name in pencil. You may need to assist your child. Have your child trace each letter using 1 color of the rainbow for each letter. Repeat with a 2nd, 3rd, etc colors.

Sensory Writing/Play dough/Object Letters

Write your name as well as other letters and numbers in shaving cream, rice, sand, or flour. Any substance will work to give your child that sensory input when writing letters.

Use play dough to form letters. You may write a letter on a piece of paper and have your child roll out play dough to cover the letter. Cover the letter with small objects such as buttons, beads, cereal, or macaroni.