Note: A very good morning to all of you! It is surely a very exciting day as we have the concert at 3:00 PM on Zoom today! Please make sure you wear a white top and blue jeans for it. It is highly recommended to have two sticks of any kind (chop sticks/pencils/cardboard rolls) by your side for the performing arts song. Please note that there will be no morning greeting session today.
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Activity 1: Mathematics: Patterning
Materials: 2 different colors of lego blocks (for eg; red & blue) or shape cutout (for eg; circle and triangle)
Vocabulary: patterning, sequencing, same over and over again, alternate, repeat
Beginning: Hand out the materials and tell your child that today we will be making patterns. You may start forming an alternation pattern (red lego – blue lego - red lego – blue lego …) or (circle – triangle - circle – triangle …)
Middle: You may ask your child to continue the pattern you made. You also may encourage him/her to make their own pattern.
End: Let him/her describe the pattern that he/she did it. Give 3 minutes warning.
Duration: 10 - 15 minutes
Extension: You may add another color or shape to make a complex pattern. For example: (red-blue-yellow- red-blue-yellow ...) or (circle-triangle-square- circle-triangle-square …) or (red-red-blue-red-red-blue …)
How many frog jumps can you do in ten seconds?
Activity 2: Science: Mixing paint
Materials: Paint (any three colors) or food color ( If you do not have paint), paint brush, bowl, paper
Vocabulary: mix, paint, experiment, observe, result, up, down, wavy
Beginning: Give two paint colors with a bowl and a paint brush to your child. Ask him/her to observe and describe his/her experiment.
Middle: Once two colors are mixed. You may ask, “I wonder what will happen if we add one more color.” Encourage their ideas.
End: Give 3 minutes warning. Let your child describe the change in the experiment. Give him/her paper to paint.
Duration: 15 minutes
Extension: Your child could experiment with different shades like light blue, dark blue, light green, dark green etc.
Materials required for Tomorrow's Activities:
Activity One:
Book Online ‘Good Night Gorilla’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kl8S61bCn4
Activity Two:
Different colored papers with lines drawn on them, have some pre-cut strips as a backup, ruler, scissors, glue, Optional: Stapler, pencil
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