Preschool Day 7 - Monday, August 23, 2010

Day 7 – Monday, August 23, 2010

***It was birthday weekend at our house so beyond celebrating not much got accomplished! Sorry for the lack of posting the past few days.****

Our “introduction” time for My Father’s World curriculum is completed, so we will be moving on to focus on an individual letter each week for the next 26 weeks.

BIBLE
Since the lesson this week is S – Sun, review the Genesis account (1:14-19) of God creating the sun, moon and stars. Focus on John 8:12 – Again Jesus spoke to them saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of the life.” We will work toward at least partial memorization.

LANGUAGE
Introduce the letter sound /S/. Have the child trace the letter (preferably a textured letter) with his/her finger. Put the letter s and any two other letters in front of the student. Point to s and ask, “what is the sound for this letter?” Show the flashcard and tell the student that you will be studying the sun for a few days. The first sound in sun is /s/. Make sure to point out capital s and lowercase s on the flashcards. Say, “When we see this card, we will say ‘/s/-/s/-sun.’”
Sing this song to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. Remember that whenever a letter is in slash marks you must say the letter sound, not the letter name.

/a/-/a/-apple, /b/-/b/-butterfly, /k/-/k/-cow, and /d/-/d/-dinosaur,

/e/-/e/-elephant, /f/-/f/-frog, /g/-/g/-goat, and /h/-/h/-horse,

/i/-/i/-insect, /j/-/j/-jewel, /k/-/k/-kangaroo, and /l/-/l/-leaf,

/m/-/m/-moon, /n/-/n/-nest, /o/-/o/-octopus, and /p/-/p/-penguin,

/kw/-/kw/-quail, /r/-/r/-rock, /s/-/s/-sun, and /t/-/t/-turtle,

/u/-/u/-us, /v/-/v/-vegetables, /w/-/w/-water and /ks/-/ks/-fox,

/y/-/y/-yellow, and /z/-/z/-zebra, all are in my Father’s World.

After this time we will use our MFW workbook page – the student will color pictures of S words and then cut them apart. If you don't have the MFW workbook, you could easily just use picture cards from something else. After the cards are cut have the student trace the textured letter and say the picture card names. You can file the card away to be used again or use them to make an art project – yellow sun cut out & paste /s/ pictures all over.

You could also continue work on letter formation, with one of the following activities: draw letters in a tray of salt, form with cookie dough (bake & eat), draw letters in pudding on the table, look for ways to form letter with twigs or pebbles, draw “glue” letters and then place yarn or paper pieces on it.

CALENDAR TIME/MATH
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). Count the days of the month together.

Distribute linking cubes. “Count and snap 5 cubes with me.” “Is your tower the same as mine? How do you know? Hold your tower next to my tower. Is it the same? Let’s count our linking cubes as we snap them off.” Try several other numbers, allowing the child to choose the numbers.

Remind the child of the color pattern on the calendar. “Today you will learn how to make the same pattern using linking cubes.” Use the same colors as used on the calendar (green, blue). “Which color should you use first?” “Which comes next?” Continue until there are 5 cubes. Allow a few minutes of free play if time permits and then clean up. (Saxon K Math)

DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITY – Colorful Fish
Cut out two construction paper fish from each of the following colors: red, orange, yellow, blue, green, purple, brown and black. Show the child the fish and name each color as you place them on the table. Ask the child to pick up the red fish. Repeat with all fish. This activity is designed to reinforce the skill of visual recognition and memory recall. For more interest, put a small paper clip on the nostril of the fish. Tie a magnet to a string and shoe the child how to actually catch the fish with the magnet.  (Slow and Steady Get Me Ready)

THEME - Sun
We are going to read sun books this week and do some “sun activities.” Bear Shadow and The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch are two that we will read.

During our "theme" time we also are emphasizing circles, so we traced and cut out circles of all sizes.