June 3, 2020 - Day 49 of Flexible Learning
- Suzanne Flammer
- Jun 2, 2020
- 4 min read
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 Ice Cream King
Calendar Activities
Month of June Song
Days of the Week Song
Counting Song
StarFall Calendar
Virtual Field Trip - Ice Cream Parlor Field Trip
Ice Cream Craft
Draw an ice cream scoop onto your paper plates or paper. Have your child cut out. Your child may need some hand over hand assistance. Paint or color with markers or crayons. Cut out two triangle shapes from your brown paper. Have your child trace lines to decorate the cone. Glue scoops on to cones and decorate. Talk to your child about their favorite child's favorite ice cream!
Ice Cream Patterns
Use playdough to make balls or pom poms to complete the pattern. No play dough or pom poms - use markers or crayons. Above you can see the pattern and then it repeats again.
Below is a link to the ice cream pattern card printable - scroll to the bottom of the post for the link to download. No printer... make patterns simply by rolling out "scoops" of play dough. Start the pattern for you child and have them add to it.
Ice Cream in a Bag
Ingredients:
1 Cup Whole milk, heavy cream, or half and half
2 Tablespoons Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
Ice
Kosher salt or ice cream salt
Plastic freezer bag
Plastic container
Fill the plastic container most of the way with ice. Have your child sprinkle about 6 tablespoons of kosher or ice cream salt all over the ice. This recipe is amazing for scoop and pour practice for little hands! Pour one cup of whole milk, half and half, or heavy whipping cream into the plastic freezer bag. Add two tablespoons of white sugar. Add a teaspoon of pure vanilla extract. Get most of the air out of the plastic bag and zip it closed. Be sure that the bag is sealed tightly! Put the freezer bag with the ingredients into the container with the ice. Top with more ice if needed. Put the lid on the container and allow your child to shake the container. You can also slide it back and forth on a flat surface such as the table or the floor. Take turns shaking up the ice cream for about 10 to 15 minutes. Your preschooler will tire if not helped out! You can check the consistency of the ice cream periodically by opening the container and gently squeezing the bag. Once the ice cream is about the consistency of a thick milkshake, it is ready to enjoy!
How does it work? When we add salt to ice we lower the freezing point. This is the same reason we ice sidewalks and roads in the winter. The melting ice absorbs heat from the bag of ice cream allowing us to quickly freeze our delicious treat!
Scholastic - My Big World magazine
The students enjoy learning with our Scholastic News as well as the followup activities. Please explore May/June 2019 issue - Stay Sun Safe! - the issue, video, and game. The link below will bring you to the Scholastic - My Big World site - Log in as a student with the code cornfox7099
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.
Music/Movement
Outdoor Play
Enjoy the fresh air outside! Ride a bike, blow bubbles, go for a nature hike.... Choose your favorite outdoor activity fun to enjoy the sun and summer!
Summer Songs
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