Showing posts with label Body Parts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Body Parts. Show all posts

Friday, September 7, 2012

All About Me- Preschool Week 1

This week my oldest started 1st grade.  My middle son is 4 and will be 5 in a couple of weeks.  He is reading really well.  We spend 15 minutes a day having him read some of his favorite books to me.  This year I want him to start learning to cut and write better so we will take a little time each morning working on those skills.  He is doing pretty well at writing his name so we are working on every letter of the alphabet.  I was hesitant to give him worksheets since preschool age children learn through play, but he absolutely loves doing them so I am happy with that decision.
 On top of those things we also spent the week doing an "All About Me" theme because what kid doesn't like to hear about themselves?  We looked at pictures of him and talked about some of his favorite things.  We sang "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and talk a little about different body parts.

Will.i.am does a fun song on Sesame Street called "What I Am" my boys love that song and so we danced to it.  It is a catchy, fun song worth listening too.

I found this fun idea.  My son drew pictures of everything and I used squares instead of circles.  My son had a lot of fun doing this and it was a great way to go over the name of the city, state, and country we live in.
 We used this Emotions Face printable to talk about different emotions.  We read each one, talked about what it meant, and then he made a face to match the emotion.

We did this "I'm Special" book that had a lot of fun pages to color and fill out.

That pretty much wraps up our week.  I had my son help me think of themes he would like to do throughout the year.  He came up with some interesting things.  I should share it some time.  Anyway, should be a fun year.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Hands

Gathering Time:

Read
Count how many fingers we have on each hand
Talk about why we wash our hands
Sing “The Itsy, Bitsy Spider” using the hand actions
"I Have Ten Little Fingers" by Annie Kubler (do actions)
Sing “Fun with Hands  Tune of Row, Row, Row your Boat

Focus Activities:
Make a heart shape out of our hands- finger paint
Practice washing our hands
 Play with play doh
Do somersaults, barrel crawl and other gross motor activities using our hands

Other Possibilities:
Trace our hand
RESOURCES:
"I'm a Little Teapot!" complied by Jane Cobb Illustrated by Magda Lazicka

abc button

Friday, October 22, 2010

Eyes

Gathering Time:

Read “I Can Read with my eyes Shut” by Dr. Seuss
Focus Activities:
Go on a nature walk and name things we see
Play “I Spy” with our “I Spy Bags”
My mother-in-law made these cute I Spy Bags
Cut out eyes from magazines and glue them onto a piece of paper
Other Possibilities:
RESOURCES:

Friday, October 8, 2010

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Ears

I didn't get a lot of pictures today, but it was a fun day nonetheless.  My boys loved going on a walk and listening to the different sounds around them and they loved playing with the dog ears we made!


Gathering Time:

Play telephone

Listen to different types of music

Sing “Are You Listening” tune of Frere Jacques

“Are you listening?

Are you listening?

Yes I am.

Yes I am.

We can listen with our ears.

We can listen with our ears.

Yes we can.

Yes we can.”

Play follow the Leader (practice listening)

Focus Activities:

Make dog ear head band

Go for a walk outside and talk about the different sounds we hear


Magic School Bus listening game online

Start/Stop Game

Other Possible Activities:

Simon Says

RESOURCES:

http://www.twigglemagazine.com/

http://www.universalpreschool.com/

http://www.scholastic.com/

http://www.preschoolexpress.com/