Sunday, April 26, 2020

Sunday, 26th April

                                               
                                   

Good Morning! 🌤

Note: Morning greeting time will be held at 11:30 AM today. Group A (Moudi, Noura, Basim, Muneera, Chenchen, Khaled) will do small group at 3:00 PM and Group B (Turki, Saud, Salman, Mishael, Leia and Filwa) will do it at 3:30 PM. See you there! 😊

Kindly check the PE and Arabic tabs for new lessons.

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Activity 1: Language & Literacy 

Materials: The Cat Secrets book Or


Vocabulary: Secret, title, author, whisper, attention, shame, purr, reveal, etc.

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 read the book. Encourage them to pretend to be a cat. Ask them to purr like a cat and make animal sounds (“Meow”). Ask your child to predict what may happen next in the story as you go through the book/video. (while pausing the video in between)

End: Recall at least three things that happened in the story. Encourage them to use words such as “first”, “then” and “next”. Ask him/her questions related to the book such as: “I wonder what the cat secrets may be.”

Duration: 10-15 min

Extension: Ask your child to pretend to make sounds like the animals mentioned in the book and to stretch like a cat, a dog, or tip toe like a mouse etc.

Brain Break:

Try balancing yourself on your right leg with the left leg up and then on the left leg with the right leg up. Count to see how long you can stand on each leg without losing your balance.





Activity 2: Creative Arts/Fine motor

Materials: any materials that you may have to make jewelry such as Pipe colored cleaners, ribbons, paper foil, twist ties, rubber bands, beads, paper clips, shoe laces, feathers, glue.

Vocabulary: Tiara, crown, palace, queen, reception party, gala, fancy, jewelry, etc.

Beginning: You can start by making up a story that you are invited to a reception party by the queen at her palace. Ask your child what she/he thinks the queen, the king, the princes, and the princesses will be wearing. Listen and acknowledge what your child is saying and mention the words “golden crown”, “silver tiara”, “diamond watch”, etc. Encourage your child to imagine what the guests at the party are wearing.

Middle: Show your child the materials and say, “I wonder what kinds of sparkly jewelry you’ll make for the reception party”. Describe what the child is making, how she/he is combining and attaching the materials. Ask your child questions about the texture, color, size, etc.

End: Give your child a five-minute warning. Ask him/her to describe his/her work and how he/she is going to wear it.

Duration: 15 minutes







Extension: Bring more jewelry-making materials in the art area. Use brochures or any pictures of jewelry for men and women. If you have extra clothes, you can bring and adjust them for your child’s pretend play to wear when they go to the party.

Materials needed for Tomorrow's Activities:

Activity One:

Paper, variety of collage materials with different textures (for example, cotton, sand paper, fabric pieces, feathers, aluminum foil) or any materials that you have at home

Activity Two:

3 jars or any containers, 10 x 1 SAR bills, 4 x 5 SAR bills, and 3 x 10 SAR bills (if you don’t have bills, you could find pictures and print the amount needed)

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