I hope that everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Here are today's lessons:
Environment and Community Awareness
Numeracy
Outcomes:
-explores and investigates objects and events in the environment.
-shows awareness of similarities and differences in living things, objects and materials.
-counting
Materials
Magnifying glass if available There are apps available for cell phones that enable your cell phone to work as a magnifier.
Directions
-Explain that insects have a head, thorax and abdomen and six legs and antennae. You can sing the following song to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down to help them remember:
Head and thorax, abdomen. Abdomen, abdomen.
Head and thorax, abdomen. That's an insect.
Every insect has six legs, has six legs, has six legs.
Every insect has six legs, That's an insect.
Antennae to feel their way, feel their way, feel their way.
Antennae to feel their way, That's an insect.
-Explore outside and look for "insects". See if the creature qualifies as an insect or not.
- Once inside, draw a picture of the insect that they saw in their visual journal. If you didn't see any, draw one that perhaps you might see that would meet the criteria to be an insect.
Physical Skills and Well-Being
Literacy
Outcomes:
-experiences and develops locomotor skills through a variety of activities; e.g., walking, running, hopping, jumping, leaping, rolling, skipping, galloping, climbing, sliding
-reads own first name and recognizes the letters in one's own name
Directions
-Your child will spell out their full name and complete the activity listed for each letter. For a greater challenge include their middle name and do each one twice.
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| Michael |
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| Kian |
