Listen to the following morning greeting from Ms. Nazish:
Click here for the song
Activity One:
Language & Literacy:
Reading
Duration: 15 Minutes
Materials: Book - The Cat in The Hat
Link to the book in case you don’t have a hard copy of the book:
Beginning: Go through the pictures in the book without reading the words. (Mute the video if you do not have a hard copy of the book and are watching the video. The link to the video is provided above).
Middle: Turn the volume on or read the words in the book if you have a hard copy. Acknowledge children’s ideas as you go. Make them predict what may happen next
in the story, as you go through the book/video.
End: Recall the story. Ask them questions related to the book.
Extension: You could give your child a piece of paper and pencil and ask them to draw what they remembered from the story. You could also play the video of the story ‘The Cat and the Hat’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jK6l1WJKUU
Brain Break:
- How many frog jumps can you do in 10 seconds?
- How many times can you hop on one leg?
Activity Two:
Math (Geometry)
Duration: 10-15 minutes
Materials: paper and pencil to keep a record
Beginning: Ask your child to go around the house to look for shapes: circles, rectangles,
squares, triangles.
squares, triangles.
Middle: encourage your child to describe the shapes, naming their attributes. For example,
a triangle has three sides; a circle has one curved line, a square has four equal sides.
Encourage them to compare their attributes. ( the rectangle has two short sides and two
longer sides, whereas, the square has four equal sides.)
a triangle has three sides; a circle has one curved line, a square has four equal sides.
Encourage them to compare their attributes. ( the rectangle has two short sides and two
longer sides, whereas, the square has four equal sides.)
End: Ask him/her to count how many objects he/she found
Extension: Ask the child to draw all the shapes that he/she found on paper with a pencil and then tell which shape did he/she find the most of around the house (Compare the numbers...For example, squares were the most)
Materials needed for Tomorrow's Activities:
Activity One:
Different containers with their lids, different sizes of juice/water bottles, two large baskets/bins.
Activity Two:
Plastic knives, two kinds of fruits (apple and oranges, banana, kiwi, grapes, etc)
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