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

This week's theme is the RAIN.  ~Rain Coloring Page~

The vocabulary word is downpour - during a downpour the rain is falling very fast and heavy.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Rain by Robert Kalan
Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray
Splosh! by Mick Inkpen
Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Rain by Manya Stojic
Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root

Poems that support the theme:

Downpour
by Katrina Lybbert

Down came the rain one wet stormy night,
It fell down so heavily it gave me a fright!

Were elephants dancing up there on my roof?
Or maybe wild horses banging each hoof?

Then suddenly it stopped, just as fast as it came,
And I snuggled back into my bed once again.

Songs that support the theme:

It's Raining, It's Pouring
Singing in the Rain
April Showers

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

If possible.... take a walk in the rain and splash in puddles.

Play in the sink with a strainer and watch your homemade downpour!

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

Glue a cotton ball cloud on a piece of construction paper.  Glue raindrop shaped cutouts, from foil, underneath the cotton ball cloud.
 

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the shape of an oval.

• Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a oval... ie: mirror, table, toys, trinket box, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
• Walk through your home looking for ovals. (Or look in a magazine.)
• Cut ovals out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
• Put a drawing of an oval on your learning poster.

The letter this week is the letter O.

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

The number this week is the number 15.

• Show your child 15 objects to count, or eat 15 mini crackers, 15 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 15 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 15 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 15 to your child.
• Draw 15 ovals on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting 15 of many different objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is Doctor Foster.  Recite often!

Doctor Foster went to Glo'ster,
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle, up to his middle,
And never went there again.