Happy Easter, everyone! Jesus is risen! As I said last week, I hope we all took a moment (or several) to remember and rejoice in the fact that Jesus has conquered death and nothing can ever change that. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
Unfortunately, the weather doesn't look as great for this week, but I do hope you still get some time outside! This week would have been our plants/gardening week in our class. I always enjoy this week! Here are some ideas... Feel free to use if you'd like (or not)! :) I know with my own daughter, that some days we do absolutely nothing considered "academic" and that's just fine! However, if you do want things to work on, here are some things we would have done in class!
Last Names: One thing I always do is read the book The Tiny Seed. We make flowers built out of our names to go along with the book... A great chance to work on writing and ordering the letters of their last name. Here is a read aloud link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6wTeT2cKA
Science/Outdoor: I'm sure most of you already have, but take the time to plant some seeds or plants together!! Anna has loved playing in the dirt, shoveling, planting some seed starts, and more!
Math: Incorporate adding and subtracting into whatever you're doing! Try separating seeds out and then adding the groups together, counting a pile and then taking some away to find what's left, etc. Anything you find outdoors can be the perfect math manipulative! We would have begun counting by twos (2-2) this week if you feel that your child is ready!
Poetry/Color and Sight Words: Here is a poem you could print and color if you'd like! Don't forget the color word songs... We were used to practicing at least a couple of these every week. The new sight word this week is am, also included in the poem!
Letter Sounds: I emailed a neat roll and cover game we usually play... It has a variety of letter mats in the PDF, so just print what you want! They enjoy tracing the letters and covering up the pictures that start with that sound. If your child is ready, we would have been working on segmenting/blending CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words... Here is a simple box you can use to write each sound of a word in and discuss beginning, middle, and ending sounds. The use the dots to put their finger under each individual sound and then run their finger across to blend the word.
Writing: Read a book online or watch a video about parts of a plant! See if your child can remember any cool plant facts! We usually make some sort of parts of a plant craft. Here is an easy one using a muffin liner that includes cutting! You can help your child write the labels for each part. Side note, BookFlix has a done of great interactive book options, including these: https://bookflix.digital.scholastic.com/pair/detail/bk0051pr/start?authCtx=U.794217314
Bible: This week, I am going to try to focus with Anna on how we can grow in God by continuing to learn more about him. It's also a great week to talk about the Fruits of the Spirit! I usually have my class learn this awesome "Fruit of the Spirit": . We are planning to also do the story of the vine and the branches... discussing how a branch that is chopped off cannot grow or have fruit anymore, and if we don't love God, we cannot do the things that He wants us to do.
Science: Last week, I did the colored water celery experiment with Anna. It's always a favorite. Just place the center stalks with leaves in different colors of water to watch the leaves change color... It is a great way for them to understand how water goes up the stem of a plant to its flowers/leaves.
Extra: The flower template below is something that I usually include in portfolios. I know it's silly, but I am sad we are getting to add these fun things to portfolios. I have included it in case you would want to have your child color it and write down the info yourself as a keepsake that you can add to their portfolio when we finally get them out to you! :)
Hope these give you some ideas! Now for the much more exciting part.... Some sweet pictures of our friends from this week!
Someone is helping raise chicks!
This girl learned about how Jesus washed
his disciples feet.
Wow! Great work!
Thought this was an awesome letter idea!
Eliminate whichever one you call with
a water blaster!! So fun!
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