Weekly Theme  (Start Monday, continue with the theme all week)

This week's theme is DUCKS.  ~Duck Pictures/Printouts~

The vocabulary word is duckling - a duckling is a baby duck.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Ducks Disappearing by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck by Lisa Westberg Peters
Duck in the Truck by Jez Alborough
Angus and the Ducks by Marjorie Flack
Come Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons
Ducklings Love by Lisa McCue
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and Kurt Wiese

Poems that support the theme:

Little Lost Duckling
by Katrina Lybbert

A little duckling called his mother one day,
"Dear mother, where are you? I've lost my way!"

His mother waddled over till she was near,
And calmed her duckling and soothed his fear.

"Little duckling," she quacked, "follow me to the lake."
And together they waddled with papa, the drake.
 

Songs that support the theme:

There's a Little White Duck
Five Little Ducks
Six Little Ducks
Wee Ducky Doddles

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

Teach your child to waddle like a duck.  Bend down till you are almost sitting on the ground, flap your arms, and quack.  You may feel silly but your two year old will love it.

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

Find some feathers at a craft store.  Let your child glue feathers to a printout or drawing of a duck.
 

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the color white.

• Introduce the color by coloring in the crescent (previous week's shape) on your learning poster with a white crayon.  The crescent should have been made using a black sheet of paper, or any dark color that will show the white well.
• Put on a white article of clothing.
• Point out objects around your home of the color white.
• Add the color to a meal by choosing a white food, or using a plate, cup, or utensil of the color white.
• Let your child color on a black sheet of paper using a white crayon.

The letter this week is the letter L.

• Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter L to color.  ~Letter Printouts~
• Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter L using her finger.  You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.
• Point out the letter L in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
• Post the letter L on your learning poster.

The number this week is the number 12.

• Show your child 12 objects to count, or eat 12 mini crackers, 12 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 12 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 12 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 12 to your child.
• Draw 12 crescents on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting 12 of many different objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is Curly Locks.  Recite often!

Curly-locks, Curly-locks, wilt thou be mine?
Thou shalt not wash dishes, nor yet feed the swine;
But sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam
And feed upon strawberries, sugar, and cream.