Preschool Day 5 – Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Day 5 – Wednesday, August 18, 2010 – 1:30-3:30

Pray together.

BIBLE
Read Gen 2:1-3 (rest) from a Bible. This passage covers Day 7. Create Day 7 page. For Day 7: Leave the page blank. (My Father’s World)

LANGUAGE
Using the ABC Chart, sing the ABCs at least 2 times. Introduce W, X, Y, Z. Feel free to play any games with the ABC Chart and button, as you have done the previous four days. This is also a great time to begin discussing uppercase and lowercase letters. We sometimes call them “Momma” letters and “baby” letters. Remember this is only an introductory time and no part of the lesson is done for mastery. (My Father’s World)

CALENDAR TIME/MATH – Linking Cubes
Remind students that we use the calendar to tell us the month, year, day of the week and the date. Ask, “What month is it?” “What year is it?” Say “Yesterday was ________.” “What day of the week is today?” “It is ____________________.” “Yesterday’s date was the ____th.” “What is today’s date?” “Today is (day), August (date), (year). Write the date in the correct box. Color today’s square, remembering to alternate colors (green, blue). (Saxon K Math)

“Today you will learn about a new math material called linking cubes. What do you think we will do with linking cubes?” Allow 3-5 minutes of free play with the cubes. Give a one minute warning and have the child stop working. Ask, “What did you find out about linking cubes?” “Now let’s try snapping five cubes together. When I say a number, you pick up a cube and snap it on. Watch me.” Demonstrate and then do it together. “Now we both have towers of 5 cubes. Are the towers the same size?” Have the child take apart the towers and put them away.

DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY – Animal Moves continued
Continue discussing how animals move. Remind the child of yesterday’s animals (snake and frog). Ask how a bird is different from a snake. Tell them a bird has two legs, two wings, two eyes, two ears and its body is covered with feathers. Birds eat mostly insects, worms and small plant seeds. Their mouths are made to help them get their food. They fly or hop to move forward.

Share the following rhyme:
                       Once I saw a little bird come hop, hop, hop,
                       So I said, “Little bird, will you stop, stop, stop?”
                       And I was going to the window to say, “How do you do?”
                       When he flipped his little tail and far away he flew.

Pretend to be a bird and follow the “directions” in the rhyme (hop, stop, fly away). If the child is enjoying animal pretend, extend the activity further to include other animals (fish, lions, etc…). (Slow and Steady Get Me Ready p 180)

THEME – Mrs. Wishy Washy continued
We didn’t have enough time to do all of our Mrs. Wishy Washy activities yesterday. For this lesson we will complete our lapbook activities found at Homeschool Share.

Reread Mrs. Wishy Washy and possibly read other Mrs. Wishy Washy books, if you have them available.

Use a light colored piece of construction paper and allow the child to “finger paint” with chocolate pudding. This will create a page of mud. When it dries (make sure to wipe of excess), paste on animals from the story.

With cutouts or puppets/stuffed animals have the child act out the story, with him/her playing the role of Mrs. Wishy Washy. Preschoolers enjoy pretend play and will do very well with this style learning.