May 11, 2020 - Day 35 of Flexible Learning

Hope all our moms were treated to a very special day yesterday! I appreciate everything that you are doing to foster your child's excitement for learning always and especially now through this time away from our classroom.

Please note it is important to keep in mind your child's IEP goals. These skills may be addressed through the provided activities as well as the very natural everyday interactions such as daily routines and play. Play with your child as play is a child's work. All areas of development - cognitive, social/emotional, motor, and speech/language skills are achieved through everyday activities including play. It is through play that your child learns, grows, and will retain new skills and information.

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 attendance form.

Please continue to email me your pictures. I love seeing your faces!

Theme: Insects

Suggested Activities

Read Aloud - I Love Bugs

Calendar Activities

Months of the Year Song

Days of the Week Song

Counting Song

StarFall Calendar

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

10 Interesting Insects - Bugs for Kids

Popsicle Stick or Clothespin Bug Craft

This is a great craft to use any leftover craft supplies - ribbons, yarn, markers, paper, macaroni - anything you may have on hand. Gather the supplies along with glue - not a glue stick. Let your child be creative!

Bug Play Dough Sensory Play

Set up a tray or container with play dough, popsicle sticks, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, kid scissors, mini rolling pin, plastic knife, etc. for a play dough bug invitation for a sensory play activity! Roll balls of play dough for bug bodies.  Roll out a  play dough snake to make legs or antenna. Pinch and pull the play dough to make wings. Be creative and create brand new bugs!

Bug Letter or Number Hunt

Draw your own or print out your own bugs.  Cut the bugs out.  Add letters or numbers to the bugs.  Tape the bugs around the room to hide them. Using a fly swatter or hand, find each bug, identify the letter, and swat it! Call out the letters or numbers for your preschooler to find or give a list of the letters or numbers on a piece of paper to for them to check off as each are found.

Insect/Letter/Number Printables

The links below are sites that provide free printables for you to access for your child, if you have a printer. Please utilize these along with the other suggested activities, if needed. Scroll to bottom of page to download. You may need to enter an email in order to download the printables. I have provided the entire site so you may select the pages that you feel are useful.

https://homeschoolpreschool.net/insects-preschool-printable/

Insect Bingo Game

https://www.giftofcuriosity.com/insects-bingo/

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

Alphabet Name Letter Hunt

Have your child write their name on a piece of paper or index card. You may need to assist your child. Have your child look through books, magazines, and or newsprint to hunt for letters from their name. Let them check off each letter of their name on the paper or card. Extend the activity - find pictures or objects of items that begin with the sounds from the letters of their name. Find upper and lowercase letters. Write family members' names and repeat activity.

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.

Letter - Mystery Box

Find and place 5-7 items/pictures that begin with the a single letter. Have your child label each item/picture - talk about the item/picture - place items/pictures in box. Have your child recall the items that have been placed into the box. Repeat this activity daily with your child. Some items/pictures will be recalled easily - others may require a clue. Make this into a game with your child. This is an activity that we do during our circle time and was enjoyed by all.

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.

Letter Scavenger Hunt

Have your child search for items that begin with letter any single letter. Have your child name/label each item emphasizing the beginning sound of the letter

Music/Movement

Dance Like a Bug

Put on some music or sing along to your favorite songs while dancing like a bug!  Add the names of different bugs to pieces of paper. Fold them up and add them to a cup.  Pick a paper and announce the bug to dance like for your child. Bug suggestions include:  bee, butterfly, worm, ant, grasshopper, mosquito, dragonfly ..... again, let your child be creative in how they think the bug moves!

Miss Melinda's Music Class