May 3-7
Theme: Environment
Video Lessons
Circle
Remote Day 1 What Color is Nature?
Remote Day 2 A Tree Can Be
Hybrid Day 1 The Clean Up Surprise
Hybrid Day 2 The Lorax
Hybrid Day 3 Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
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Social Emotional
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Phonics/Literacy
Letter Z activity (I can recognize and name some letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Camping Fun Book (I can discuss book features)
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Find Camping Fun in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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Have a grown up help you read the words
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Use your crayons in your AT HOME KIT to color illustrations for your book
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Read your book to someone
Pete the Cat Goes Camping (I can respond to what I read)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Alphabet Trash Pick up (I can identify letters)
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Find the Alphabet Pick Up sheet and the letter trash can sheets in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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You will also need your scissors and a crayon from your AT HOME KIT
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Cut out each of the trashcans (hint: You don’t have to cut them exactly- just enough to separate them)
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Once they are all cut out, crumble them into paper balls and toss them around the room
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Get the Alphabet Pick up sheet and the crayon
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Pick up the first crumbled ball, unfold it and see what letter it is.
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Find that letter on your pick up sheet and color it in.
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Say the letter name and the letter sound
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Keep playing until all the paper is picked up and your sheet if all colored in
Letter Writing (I can identify and write the letter Z)
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Find your little Z book in your ANIMALS WK 1 LEARNING PACKET
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Practice writing the letter Z in your book and then color the Z words
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Find someone at home and read the book to them
Fine Motor
Suncatchers (I can demonstrate hand eye coordination)
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Find the cellophane sheets and the contact paper in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET and your scissors from your AT HOME LEARNING KIT
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Cut the cellophane into smaller pieces
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Pull the backing halfway off of the contact paper and place it on the table sticky side up
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Stick the cellophane onto the contact paper to make a design
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When your design is finished, pull the backing off the other half of the contact paper
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Stick it together trapping the cellophane between the two pieces of contact paper
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Cut into any shape you like and hang on a window
Coffee Filter Earth (I can use fine motor control)
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Find the coffee filters and the pipettes in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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You will also need the green and blue markers from your AT HOME KIT
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Color the coffee filter with the blue and green markers
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Carefully use the pipette to squirt a little pit of water onto the coffee filter
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Watch the colors spread out until you filter looks like the Earth
Tiny Dot Planet (I can use precise fine motor movements)
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Find the Earth picture with the dots on it in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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You will need a blue marker and a green marker from your AT HOME KIT
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Use the markers to color in the dots to finish your Earth.
Tree Bark Rubbing (I can demonstrate fine motor skills)
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You will need a piece of paper and the unwrapped crayon in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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Find a grown up and head outside.
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Look for a tree that you can walk up to safely
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Place the paper against the tree trunk and use you crayon sideways to rub the paper
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You would make an image of the tree bark
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Look at it closely and talk about what you see
Campfire Cutting Practice (I can demonstrate cutting skills)
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Find the cutting sheets in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET and your scissors from your AT HOME KIT
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Have your grown up cut the cutting samples apart so they are easier to hold
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Practice cutting by following the lines
Math
Nature Patterns (I can continue and create patterns)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Counting Nature (I can represent numbers different ways)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Math Talk: Camping (I talk about math)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Recycling Sort (I can sort objects based on one characteristic)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Which Has More (I can compare quantity)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Hodge Podge 1
Natural or Man Made (I can describe the world around me)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Recycle Game (I can understand what to recycle)
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Go to this website and play the sorting game
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Scaredy Squirrel Goes Damping (I can tell about how feelings change)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Can You Make a Tent (I can use familiar materials in new ways)
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Use things around the house to make a tent
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If your tent is big enough, have a grown up join you in the tent to read a book or watch a video
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Upload a picture of your tent to Seesaw and tell how you made it.
Grand Canyon Habitats (I can describe the world around me)
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Watch this video to learn about all the habitats in the Grand Canyon
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Hodge Podge 2
Nature Walk (I can understand the natural world)
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Take a Walk outside
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Look at what changes have happened since your last nature walk
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Talk about what you are observing
Nature Yoga (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Watch the video and show your ideas of how to move
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Field Trip to the Recycling Center (I can learn about places around me)
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Click on the video to visit a recycling center.
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Belly Hike (I can use science tools)
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Find the magnifying glass in your AT HOME KIT
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Make sure you do this on a day that is dry
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Go outside and lie on your belly in the grass
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Use your magnifying glass to look at all the things you can see from that position
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Tell someone else about what you have discovered.
Beautiful Work (I can talk about things important to me)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
May 10-14
Theme: Bugs
Video Lessons
Circle
Remote Day 1 I Love Bugs
Remote Day 2 Waiting for Wings
Hybrid Day 1 A Butterfly is Born
Hybrid Day 2 Anansi the Spider
Hybrid Day 3 The Very Quiet Cricket
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Social Emotional
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Phonics/Literacy
Alphabet Review (I can recognize and name some letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Counting Bugs Book (I can discuss book features)
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Find Counting Bugs in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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Have a grown up help you read the words
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Use your crayons in your AT HOME KIT to color illustrations for your book
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Read your book to someone
Rhyming Caterpillars (I can identify words that rhyme)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Complete the Caterpillar (I can spell my name)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Letter Writing (I can identify and write the letters)
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Find your alphabet book in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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Practice writing the letter Z in your book and then color the Z words
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Find someone at home and read the book to them
Fine Motor
Bugs in Shapes (I can demonstrate cutting skills)
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Find the cutting sheets in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET and your scissors from your AT HOME LEARNING KIT
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Cut each bug out trying to stay on the lines.
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Create Buzzy Bugs (I can demonstrate fine motor skills)
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You will need the model magic in your ENVIRONMENT LEARNING PACKET
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Use you model magic to create a bug
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When it’s dry, use your markers to color it
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Give your bug a name and tell someone all about your bug
Bug Jar (I can use precise fine motor movements)
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Find the Jar picture and the round stickers in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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You will need a black marker from your AT HOME KIT
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Use the sticker to make bugs in your jar. Use your marker to add 6 legs to each one.
Spiders (I can work bi-laterally)
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Find the paper plate (cut into a smaller circle) black paper, black strips and wiggle eyes in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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You will also need glue from your AT HOME KIT
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Glue the black paper onto the paper plate
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Use your scissors to cut the paper the same size as the circle
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Accordion fold each of the black strips. You may need your grown up to help with this
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Glue each of the strips onto the edge of your spider to make the legs
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Finish by gluing the eyes onto your spider
Honeycomb Cutting Practice (I can demonstrate cutting skills)
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Find the honeycomb sheet, bee stickers and brown paper in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET and your scissors and glue stick from your AT HOME KIT
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Cut out all of the honey comb shapes from the honeycomb sheet
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Glue them onto the brown paper with a little bit of space between them to make a honeycomb
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Place you bee stickers onto the honeycomb
Math
Bug Count (I can match numeral to quantity)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Addition within 5 (I can complete basic equations)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Butterfly Symmetry (I can understand symmetry)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Bug Patterns (I can continue patterns)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Catching Bugs: Number or Letter (I can differentiate between symbols)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Hodge Podge 1
I Spy Bug Bingo (I can classify objects)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Spider Web Balance (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Use the tape in your AT HOME KIT to make a spider web on the floor
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Walk around the web trying to make sure your feet stay on the tape
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If that’s too easy, try to hop around the web
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All About Bugs (I can understand the natural world)
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Watch this video to learn all about insects
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Butterfly Dance (I can learn about life cycles)
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Click on the video to dance along to learn how caterpillars grow to butterflies
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Bug Catchers Game (I can play rule governed games)
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Find the Bug Catchers Game in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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Follow the directions to play the game
Hodge Podge 2
Fingerplays (I can participate in musical activities)
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Find the Songs and Fingerplays sheet in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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Find a grown up to help you learn the songs
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Practice singing them with your grown up
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Teach your favorite song to someone else.
Bug Action Cards (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Find the action cards in your BUGS LEARNING PACKET
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Try to move all the different ways
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Add some music for more fun
Feed the Hungry Caterpillar (I can use complete sentences)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Bug Hunt (I can observe nature)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
Beautiful Work (I can talk about things important to me)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
May 17-21
Theme: Dinosaurs
Video Lessons
Circle
Remote Day 1 Dinosaur Galore
Remote Day 2 Dinosaur Farm
Hybrid Day 1 If You Happen to Have a Dinosaur
Hybrid Day 2 Dinosaur Dinosaur
Hybrid Day 3 Bones Bones Dinosaur Bones
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Social Emotional
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Phonics/Literacy
Alphabet Review (I can recognize and name some letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Are You a Dinosaur Book
(I can discuss book features)
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Find Are You a Dinosaur in your DINOSAUR LEARNING PACKET
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Have a grown up help you read the words
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Use your crayons in your AT HOME KIT to color illustrations for your book
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Read your book to someone
Dinosaur Rhyme Time (I can identify words that rhyme)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Dinosaur Beginning Sound Match
(I can identify beginning sounds)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Letter Writing (I can identify and write the letters)
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Find your alphabet book in your DINOSAURS LEARNING PACKET
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Practice writing the letters in your book
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Find someone at home and read the book to them
Fine Motor
Slime Bags (I can use sensory materials)
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Find the “slime bag” in your DINOSAUR LEARNING PACKET
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KEEP THE BAG SEALED!!!
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Lay it flat on the table and use your fingers to push the gel around to make letters, numbers or pictures.
Dino Playdough Mats (I can demonstrate fine motor skills)
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You will need the Dino Playdough Mats in your DINOSAURS LEARNING PACKET and your Playdoh from your AT HOME KIT
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Use your playdoh to roll out pieces to make the different dinosaurs
Dinosaur Letters (I can write my letters)
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Find the Dinosaur Letter Trace sheet in your DINOSAURS LEARNING PACKET
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You will need a crayon, marker or pencil from your AT HOME KIT
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Trace each of the letters
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Say their names and sounds while you trace them .
Quicksand(I can explore sensory materials)
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Find the corn starch in your DINOSAURS LEARNING PACKET. You will also need a bowl or other container and a glass of water
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Put the corn starch in the container and slowly add a little bit of water until it is all wet, but there isn’t excess water on top.
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Play around and experiment.
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What happens if you squeeze it? Push it? Hold it in your hand?
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DO NOT WASH THE QUICKSAND DOWN THE DRAIN. When you are finished throw it away in the trash.
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It’s a Dinosuar (I can demonstrate creativity)
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Find the paper bag sheet in your DINOSAUR LEARNING PACKET and your scissors and glue stick from your AT HOME KIT. You will also need some additional craft materials that you chose.
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Using the materials in your AT HOME KIT, turn your paper bag into a dinosaur
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Take a photo and add your dinosaur to your Seesawjournal.
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Don’t forget to tell us about your dinosaur
Math
Measuring Dinosaurs (I can measure using non-standard units)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Adding Dinosaurs (I can complete basic equations)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
What’s the Equation? Subtraction ((I can complete basic equations)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Dinosaur Counting (I can match numeral to quantity)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Playing with Dinosaurs (I can understand math problems)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Hodge Podge 1
Get to Know a Dinosaur (I can understand the natural world)
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Watch this video to learn all about dinosaurs
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Dinosaur Stomp (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Watch the Dinosaur Stomp video and move the way dinosaurs might have moved.
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We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (I can tell my ideas)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Dinosuar Memory Game (I can play a game)
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Find the Dinosaur Memory Cards in your DINOSAURS LEARNING PACKET
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Follow the directions to prepare and play the game
I am a Paleontologist (I can learn about scientists)
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Watch this fun video song about Paleontology
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Hodge Podge 2
Dinosaur Movement Cards (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Find the movement cards in your DINOSAUR LEARNING PACKET
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Try to move all the different ways
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Add some music for more fun
Label the Dinosaur Parts (I can name part of the whole)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Dinosaur Yoga (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Stretch with this yoga video
How Do Dinosaurs Go to School (I can tell about good choices)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
Beautiful Work (I can talk about things important to me)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
May 24-28
Theme: End of the Year!
Video Lessons
Circle
This is a review week where we go back and re-visit some of our favorite activities. All of our circle videos are linked on the monthly pages. Find some of your favorite stories and enjoy them again!!!
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Social Emotional
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Phonics/Literacy
FUNdation Review 1 (I can recognize and name some letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Alphabet Order
(I can put the letters in order)
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Complete this Aztivity inSeesaw
FUNdation Review 2 (I can recognize and name some letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Act Out the Alphabet (I can name all the letters)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Literacy Ideas (I can practice literacy skills)
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Go to the literacy section of our preK website
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Choose 1 activity to do
*Remember the website will be available all summer
Fine Motor
Stickers (I can demonstrate fine motor control )
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Find the stickers in your END OF YEAR LEARNING PACKET and a piece of paper in your AT HOME KIT
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Create art ideas with the stickers
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Remember stickers only go on paper
Sidewalk Chalk (I can demonstrate fine motor skills)
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Head outside with your sidewalk chalk from your AT HOME KIT
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Draw and write on the sidewalk.
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If you find a little puddle, dip you chalk in the puddle and see if it changes how it works.
Fine Motor Ideas (I can practice fine motor skills)
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Go to the motor section of our preK website
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Choose 1 activity to do
*Remember the website will be available all summer
Squirt Paint (I can demonstrate fine motor skills)
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You will need your watercolors, pipette and some paper from your AT HOME KIT
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Add enough water to the paint to be able to “suck” up the point into the pipette
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Lay the paper on the ground then squeeze the pipette to squirt the paint onto the paper
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Continue until your art is just how you want it
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Another way to do this is to just use the pipette and plain water and squirt onto the sidewalk.to make sidewalk art that evaporates in the sun
Paint with Water (I can demonstrate creativity)
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Find the paint brush in your END OF YEAR LEARNING PACKET
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Take your brush and a bucket or cup of water outside
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Use the water as your paint
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See what you can create with water
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If it is a hot day, you can even paint on yourself or other people if they tell you it’s okay
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Once you are done, wait a few minutes and your art will disappear and you can create a whole new picture
Math
Math Ideas (I can practice math skills)
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Go to the math section of our preK website
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Choose 1 activity to do
*Remember the website will be available all summer
Complete the Patterns (I can complete patterns)
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Counting Review (I can count sets)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Numerals 1-20 (I can order numerals)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Summer Graphing (I can represent data)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Hodge Podge 1
Nature Walk (I can understand the natural world)
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Head outside with a grown up
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What changes have you seen since your last nature walk
Water Relay (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Head outside with 2 large cotainers (like buckets or bowls) and two small containers (like cups)
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One of the large containers should be full of water
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Place one of the large containers on the ground and place the other one 10-12 yards away on the ground
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Use the small cup to carry water from the big container to the other big container.
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Time how long it takes you to fill the container.
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Find a friend and make it a race
What Should my teachers do this Summer (I can tell my ideas)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Movement Videos (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Go to the movement section of our preK website
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Choose 2 videos and dance along with them
*Remember the website will be available all summer
End of Year Memory Book (I can tell about myself)
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Complete this assignment in Seesaw
Hodge Podge 2
Summer or Winter (I can state my opinion)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw
Summer Bucket List (I can tell about something I am hoping for)
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Complete this activity inSeesaw
Leak Proof Bag (I can experiment with science)
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You will need the Ziploc bad from your END OF YEAR LEARNING PACKET and the pencils from your AT HOME KIT
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Make sure the pencils have been sharpened
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Follow the directions that were in your packet
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Make sure you do this outside or in the bathtub
Have Fun this Summer (I can demonstrate locomotor skills)
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Dance along to the video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YE-BI2WRnBU
Beautiful Work (I can talk about things important to me)
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Complete this activity in Seesaw