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

This week's theme is DOGS.  Dog Coloring Page

The vocabulary word is leash - a leash is a strap, rope, or chain used to lead an animal, such as a dog.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
The Digging-est Dog by Al Perkins
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell
Biscuit by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Big Dog Little Dog by P.D. Eastman
Angus Lost by Marjorie Flack

Poems that support the theme:

"Little Puppy" by Betty Silkunas
"My Dog Buffy" by Marion Scofield
"Five Little Puppy Dogs"
"My Little Puppy"
"Call the Dog"
all the above poems from 1001 Rhymes & Fingerplays from Totline.

Songs that support the theme:

Oh Where, Oh Where Has my Little Dog Gone?
How Much is that Doggie in the Window?

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

~Take your dog for a walk, if you have one.
~Set up an obstacle course in your living room, or back yard, and pretend to be a dog as you move through it.

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

Drop the dog bone in the dog dish!  You can create little dog bones out of heavy white construction paper, or use hair barrettes, clothespins or similar items to represent bones.  Have your child drop the "bones" into a dish or jar that is set on the floor.  How many fall into the dish?  Have fun!

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the color tan.

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

The letter this week is the letter X.

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

The number this week is the number 24.

• Show your child 24 objects to count, or eat 24 raisins, 24 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 24 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 24 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 24 to your child.
• Draw 24 hexagons on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting 24 objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is Old Mother Hubbard.  Recite often!

Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard,
To get her poor dog a bone;
But when she got there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.