It's Wacky Wednesday! Will you tell a joke or do something wacky today?
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.
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Theme: Butterflies / Flowers
Suggested Activities
Read Aloud - Ten Magic Butterflies
Calendar Activities
Month of May Song
Days of the Week Song
Counting Song
StarFall Calendar
Butterfly Crafts
Have your child paint or color a paper bag. Decorate heart doilies, paper cutouts, or coffee filters with paint or markers for wings. Glue the wings to the front of the inside flaps on the sides of the paper bag. Glue googly eyes onto your butterfly and draw a smile with your black marker. Curl the pipe cleaner or strips of paper halves around your finger and then tape them to the back of your paper bag to make antennae. Make 2 puppets and have a puppet show!
Print out the template - below link. There are two pages; one which will make a single large butterfly, and one which will make two smaller butterflies. No printer, draw and cutout a butterfly shape. Have your child cut out, may need assistance. Have your child fold the paper down the middle of the shape. Unfold and decorate one half of the butterfly shape with paint. You will need to work quickly or the paint will be too dry to get a good print. Fold and squish together! Unfold to reveal a beautiful and symmetrical butterfly. This is fine to let dry and hang as is, but your child may want to add glitter and sequins to their butterflies as extra decorations.
Butterfly Template
Caterpillar Math Sensory Bin
Use the sensory materials from the butterfly and flower sensory bin. Place the colored "caterpillars", "chrysalis",and "butterflies" in a container filled with beans or rice. Add number to bin. Have your child scoop out a number and then scoop out the same number of butterfly parts. Extend activity to have your child pattern butterfly parts by color, and or part.
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 / ABC 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. Extend activity to have your child find all letters of the alphabet. You may need to write letters to have your child match the letter. Have your child name letter and say initial sound of letter.
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
Scholastic - My Big World magazine
The students enjoy learning with our Scholastic News as well as the followup activities. Please explore April 2018 issue - I See Seeds - 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
Music/Movement
Catch The Butterflies
Give your child a net or have them catch with their hands. Throw up scarves, balloons, or soft balls - pretending the items are butterflies. Have your child move around catching butterflies. Encourage language by asking your child to narrate the activity by asking questions while playing.
Butterfly / Spring Songs
Mrs. Maygar - Art Class
Our class may select any activity but the Kindergarten art is very appropriate. In addition, there is a live class that you may want to check out. All the information for that class is provided on the below link.