Friday, May 15, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 15th


Friday, May 15th
Language Arts:  Read the book or watch the You Tube story of Dr. Suess’ “Oh the Places You’ll Go!”  Then use paper and crayons to draw a picture of a place you hope to visit this summer.
Complete the sheet by matching capital with lower case letters.

Art:  Choose an art activity on the Co-Teacher Bingo

Math:  Play a game that you love with your parent.  
Suggested games for Pre-K:
Sorry                         Memory
Trouble                      Candy Land
Hi! Ho! Cheerios!        Cootie
Chutes and Ladders    Hungry Hungry Hippos   


Thursday, May 14, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 14th


Thursday, May 14th                    

Language Arts:  Please review this list of books with your child to jog their memory about some of these books we’ve read and loved throughout this year.  Most of these are available on You Tube and can be ordered from Scholastic Books which authors our Big Day for Pre-K curriculum.  Have your child write down the names of their 3 favorite books on a piece of paper to add to their Memory Book.
                                 Below are some recommended Pre-K books.  Feel free to read anything of interest to your child.  Please enjoy reading together a minimum of 10-15 minutes daily.
***Jack’s Garden and Try a Little Kindness by Henry Cole, our visiting author for Fall 2020!***
Animal Nursery Tales by Scarry
Are You My Mother? by Eastman
Blueberries for Sal by McCloskey
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Martin
Clifford the Big Red Dog books by Bridwell
Corduroy by Freeman
Curious George books by Rey
Egermeier’s Bible Story Book by Egermeier
Elmer the Elephant by McKee
Ferdinand the Bull by Munro Leaf
Frog and Toad All Year by Lobel
Green Eggs and Ham and other Dr. Seuss books
Goodnight Gorilla by Rathman
Happy Birthday, Moon by Asch
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Johnson
Harry the Dirty Dog and other Harry books by Zion
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon? and others by Yolen
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and others by Numeroff
The Kissing Hand by Penn
Knuffle Bunny and others by Willems
The Little Engine That Could by Piper
Leo the Late Bloomer by Kraus
The Mitten and others by Brett
Mister Seahorse and others by Carle
Mother Goose and Nursery Rhymes by Reed
No, David! and others by Shannon
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Pete the Cat books by Litwin
Rainbow Fish books by Pfister
Splat the Cat by Scotton
Stellaluna by Cannon
The Story About Ping by Flack
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Potter
The Tub People by Conrad
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Taback
Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak


Math:  Print both pages for the story of “The Three Bears.”    Color and cut out the pieces.   Then tell the story in order using the pieces (review the story on You Tube if you need to).
Science:  Watch “Trail Talks” with Dr. Shealy.  All the videos and photos were taken on our FPD campus.







Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 13th


Wednesday, May 13th        

Language Arts:  Did you ever write down a list of what you plan to do today?  On You Tube watch “Frog and Toad Together.”   Then list and discuss how Toad had to learn to be flexible when his plan changes.

Math:  Use a pencil and paper to make a list of what you will do today.

HWT Handwriting:  Use a pencil or crayons and a sheet of paper to draw a picture of your pet (or the pet you’d like to have).  Save this page to put in your Memory Book.

Choose a music activity on the Co-Teacher Bingo. 









Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 12th


Tuesday, May 12th     
Language Arts: How many people are in your family?  On You Tube watch “Talking About Your Family.”  Name each person in your family and tell one thing you love about them.


HWT Handwriting:  Use a pencil or crayons and a sheet of paper to draw each person in your family.  Save this page to put in your Memory Book.

Science: On You Tube watch “All About Birds for Children.”  What is your favorite bird?   Sit very quietly outside and see how many different kinds of birds you can spot.
https://youtu.be/jF0Id-hH9y4


Math:  Print, color and cut out the pictures on the attached sequence sheet and glue the pictures in order on a piece of paper.


Choose the library activity on the Co-Teacher page.









Monday, May 11, 2020

Co-Curricular Bingo May 11-15

Daily Distance Learning for May 11th


Monday, May 11th               
Language Arts – On You Tube watch the story “I Like Me”

God made all of us unique – that means we all like and have different favorite things.
What are some of your favorite things? (favorite color, food, game or activity, place to go)

HWT Handwriting – Use a pencil or crayons and a sheet of paper to draw a picture of you (in May) that you can put in your Memory Book.

Math – How many inches tall are you?  How much do you weigh?  With your parent’s help, measure and weigh yourself to record in your Memory Book. 
Bible – In Psalms 139:14 God tells us that “we are fearfully and wonderfully made.”  On You Tube listen to Mr. Mike’s “God Made Me” and try to do the motions with them


Choose a computer activity on the Co-Teacher Bingo.


Friday, May 8, 2020

Great Work This Week

















Daily Distance Learning for May 8th


Friday, May 8th
Zoom Meeting – 10:00am  Our PreK year is almost over.  You have worked very hard and learned lots of new things.  Be prepared to share what you have liked best about PreK and something new you learned to do this year.

Math/Handwriting – Zz page - use a pencil or crayon to draw the picture with Mrs. Carol

Language Arts – Watch “The Night Before Kindergarten.”
Are you excited about next year?  What do you hope to learn next year?
Review letter flashcards A-Z.  Can you sing the ABC song and put the cards in order from A to Z?

Choose an Art Activity on Co-Teacher Bingo





Thursday, May 7, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 7th


Thursday, May 7th     
Math/Handwriting – Yy page - use a pencil or crayon to draw the picture with Mrs. Carol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7KLQwRWEg4
Language Arts – On the Starfall Website listen and read along with Backpack Bear’s ABC rhymes.  This is a great review of all of our letters and sounds.
On YouTube watch some of your favorite ABC Mouse letter songs.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Gross Motor Skills – Go outside and have some fun!  Here are a few ideas:
Outdoor Obstacle Course = a fun way for preschoolers to work on their gross motor skills! Ball Transfer Water Game for Toddlers - Gross and Fine Motor skills #toddler #toddleractivities #ideasfortoddlers #planningplaytime #ad #summerfun #watergames Such a fun outdoor game and great for building gross motor skills! #outdoorgames #kindergarten #preschoolRoll a Gross Motor Movement Brain Break by CreativeCOTA | Teachers Pay Teachers



Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 6th


Wednesday, May 6th  
Handwriting – Xx page - use a pencil or crayon to draw the picture with Mrs. Carol.

Language Arts – On YouTube watch the story of “The Little Engine that Could.”
The Little Blue Engine was not the biggest or the strongest engine in the story.  The Little Blue Engine made it over the hill because she kept trying and trying, and she never gave up.  Think of a time when you did not give up on something you tried to do.    Illustrate your experience and write “I THINK I CAN.”
Use your letter flash cards to review letter A-Z and letter sounds.

Social Studies – Think about what kind of job you would like to do when you grow up.  Our community is full of lots of helpers.  These helpers need to have PERSISTENCE when their job becomes hard.  Talk with an adult you know about his/her job.  What are some other characteristics they need to do their job well. 
Watch “Community Helpers for Kids” and play along.
Draw a picture of what you would like to be when you grow up and save it to put in your Memory Book next week.

Choose a Music Activity on Co-Teacher Bingo




Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Practice Makes Perfect











Daily Distance Learning for May 5th


Tuesday, May 5th       
Language Arts – On You Tube watch “If You Take a Mouse to School.”
Writing:  If you give a mouse your lunchbox, _____________.  Finish the sentence by making up another action, such as he will want to eat my carrots.  Illustrate your sentence.

Science:  Go outside and collect materials to build a mouse house.


Handwriting  - We need your help with a special project.  By now, you’ve heard that Mrs. Putnal will be retiring at the end of this year.  We would love for your child to have an opportunity to make a card for her.  Here are a few options for how to do that:
1.    Have your child draw a picture or write a note for Mrs. Putnal and mail them to me. 
2.    You can take a photo of your child’s drawing/note and email or text it to me.

We don’t want this to be a hardship for you, but we felt like this would be a sweet way for you to communicate your goodbyes and well wishes for her.
Our target date for collecting these is Friday, May 8th.
Thank you so much for your help with this special project for Mrs. Putnal.









Math – Create a monster squeeze (guess my number) game like we have at school.  If you want a challenge include numbers 0-20. 
If you have forgotten how to play, watch the demonstration below to refresh your memory.
Play several times.

Choose the Library Activity on Co-Teacher Bingo. 



Monday, May 4, 2020

Distance Learning Outline for May 4-8


Dear Pre-K Parents and Students,
    It was so nice to see and talk to everyone last week at our Zoom meeting.  We’ll have another Zoom meeting this Friday, May 8th at 10:00 am. We would also like to encourage parents to set up Zoom meetings for the children.  That would give them an opportunity to just chit-chat freely
Please keep sending us lots of pictures of all your
schoolwork.  We’ll have another Drive Through Carpool on Wednesday, May 6th from 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.  We hope all of you can drive through and wave to us 😊
                     
Outline for May 4th-May 8th  

Monday – Bible, Language Arts, Handwriting, Math, Computer Bingo
Tuesday – Science, Language Arts, Handwriting, Math, Library Bingo
Wednesday – Social Studies, Language Arts, Handwriting, Music Bingo
Thursday – Language Arts, Gross Motor Skills, Math
Friday – Zoom Meeting 10:00am, Language Arts, Math, Art Bingo


                                                            Have a great week!

                                                            Mrs. Carol and Mrs. Tabitha 😊 

Drawing and Numbers











Co-Curricular Bingo May 4 - May 8


Daily Distance Learning for May 4th


Monday, May 4th        
Bible – On YouTube, watch “God’s Story: The Good Samaritan.”
What are stories Jesus told to teach a lesson called?
When we show love we are obeying God.  How can you show love?

Language Arts – Make a set of letter flashcards – Review letters A-Z
Can you name all of the capital letters?  Can you say each letter sound?
Review any letters you don’t know on Starfall.
On You Tube watch “Mrs. Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten.”

Math – Print and complete the graph

Handwriting – Write the alphabet letters A-Z in capital letters.
Choose a computer activity on Co-Teacher Bingo.


Friday, May 1, 2020

Daily Distance Learning for May 1st


Friday, May 1st          
Handwriting – on a sheet of paper with no lines write your name 3 times with only the first letter as a capital and all the others lowercase.  Remember – this is just for practice!  Practice writing letters that are difficult for you.  Then write your name 2 more times again.
Language Arts – Being diligent means to keep practicing and working hard to do something.  Name something you’ve had to diligently work on (riding a bike, tying your shoe, writing your name).  On You Tube listen to the story of “Leo the Late Bloomer.”   Then print and complete the Alphabet dot-to-dot.
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Math – Say the days of the week.  Then say the months of the year.  Review these by watching the You Tube video “Days of the Week” and “Macarena Months”
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Choose an Art activity on the Co-Teacher Bingo.
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