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

This week's theme is our EARS.  ~Ear Pictures/Printouts~

The vocabulary word is noise - any sounds that we can hear, some sounds may be soft and others loud.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

The Ear Book by Al Perkins (Bright and Early Books)
Bow Wow! Meow! A First Book of Sounds by Melanie Bellah
Eleanor's Enormous Ears by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
Animal Ears by Lisa Trumbauer
Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
Bunny's Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown

Poems that support the theme:

Sound of a Bell
by Katrina Lybbert

I hear the sound of a bell,
I hear the sound so well,
I like to dance and sing a lot,
Whenever I hear that bell.

I hear it ringing loudly,
I hear it ringing softly,
I clap my hands and jump and shout,
To hear that bell ring proudly.

Songs that support the theme:

Do Your Ears Hang Low

Let's Make Some Noise (Raffi)

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

Make some noise!  Use different rhythm instruments, maracas, drums, sticks, tamborine, bells and so on.  Be a band and march through your home.

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

Draw a variety of animals on different sheets of paper, only don't include their ears.  Draw and cut out the ears that will match the different animals you have drawn.  Let your child match the ears to the right animal and glue them on.  Color the pictures.
 

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the color pink.

• Introduce the color by coloring in the heart (previous week's shape) on your learning poster with a pink crayon.
• Put on a pink article of clothing.
• Point out objects around your home of the color pink.
• Add the color to a meal by choosing a pink food, or using a plate, cup, or utensil of the color pink.
• Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout using a pinkcrayon.

The letter this week is the letter R.

• Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter R to color.  ~Letter Printouts~
• Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter R 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 R in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
• Post the letter R on your learning poster.

The number this week is the number 18.

• Show your child 18 objects to count, or eat 18 raisins, 18 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 18 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 18 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 18 to your child.
• Draw 18 hearts on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting 18 of many different objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is Jack and Jill.  Recite often!

Jack and Jill went up a hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.