Eric Carle

Happy Wednesday!  The weather is supposed to be warmer today.   Are you keeping track of the weather this week?  On Monday, it was sunny and then turned cloudy.  Tuesday was sunny but cool.  Today is supposed to be sunny but as I look out my window, it's cloudy now.  I'm keeping track.  Before I get into today's activities, I want to let you know that Mrs. Smith and I will be doing special blogs tomorrow.  Your parents will be receiving an email about it today! 

Gross Motor/Movement:  Today, we are going to do a lot of movement.  We are going to start with the song Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.  We've done this at school before.  This video is a little different, but it's fun! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSdeIhmv6v0

Story:  The book that I'd like you to read or listen to today is Head to Toe by Eric Carle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIx72g0UdA  I'd like you to just watch and listen to this book first.  Then go back and listen to it again and do all of the motions that are in the book.  I know you can do them!  After you are finished with the book, I'd like you to get a piece of paper and print the letter Tt on it.  T is the first letter in the word toe.  Now, find something that you can use to collect things in such as a basket or box.  Now walk around your house and see how many things you can find that start with the letter T sound.  If you've forgotten the sound, your parents can help you.  When you are finished, line up the items on the table and count them.  How many things did you find?  Try another letter.

Art/Fine Motor:  Look at the gorilla that is on the front of the book Head to Toe.  How do you think Eric Carle made the paint look like fur?  Eric Carle used something to pull through the paint to make lines that would look like fur.  You can try this by putting paint on paper and find something to pull across the paint such as a comb or a fork or maybe your fingers.  If you don't have paint, try this.  Take a piece of paper outside along with a box of crayons.  Lay the paper on the sidewalk.  Rub the crayons on the paper.  You may have to take the wrapper off of the crayons and use the side of the crayon.  Try putting the paper on a tree and rub with crayons.  What does the paper look like?

Letter Learning:  Last week, we completed the alphabet for the third time.  That means that you have written the alphabet three times.  If we were still at school, we would be starting to learn to read a few words that we can make with the letters that we know.  One of the words that we would have learned is the word "me".  Your parent can print this word on paper and you can try to print it too.  Now, see if you can find this word in a book that you have at home.

Here's a few pictures that I received this week.  I've included my cloud picture as well.  What do you think it looks like? I think the curves at the top look like two birds that are touching beaks together.