Good Morning Pre K - A! It's Pattern day today!
Wear any pattern (stripes, dots, or checks) for our meeting at 3:00 PM). Kindly note there is no morning greeting session today.
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Note: Please check the Mandarin tab for the last lesson for this academic year 😊
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Activity 1: Mathematics: Balloon Number Hunt
Materials: Balloons or (Foil crumpled into balls), marker, paper
Vocabulary: number, count, more, less, hunt, order, under, beside, behind, front, top, bottom
Beginning: Start writing numbers (1 – 5) on the balloons. Let your child help you write numbers
or let him/her draw a different number of tally marks on each balloon. Then hide the balloons all
over the house.
or let him/her draw a different number of tally marks on each balloon. Then hide the balloons all
over the house.
Middle: Tell your child, “Today we are going on a balloon hunt.” Let him/her search and collect balloons.
End: Give 3 minutes warning. Your child may identify and name the numbers. He/she may count
the tally marks and say the total number.
the tally marks and say the total number.
Duration: 10 - 15 minutes
Extension: Your child could hunt up to 10 number balloons or he/she may compare tallies on the
balloons and state which balloon has more/fewer tallies.
balloons and state which balloon has more/fewer tallies.
Brain Break: How many of the following poses can you do?
Activity 2: Science & Fine Motor Skills: Ice Painting
Materials: Bowl, ice cubes, paint, paintbrush
Vocabulary: experiment, ice cube, cold, melting, round, back and forth, paint, temperature
Beginning: Place the materials on the table. Let your child explore, touch, feel, and describe. Then
say, “Today we will paint the ice cubes.”
say, “Today we will paint the ice cubes.”
Middle: Let him/her experiment. You may ask, “I wonder what will happen to the paint color once
you paint the ice.” Wait for the response. Say, “I can see the ice is melting.” or “The color of ice is changing.”
you paint the ice.” Wait for the response. Say, “I can see the ice is melting.” or “The color of ice is changing.”
End: Give 3 minutes warning. You may describe his/her actions and acknowledge your child's ideas.
Duration: 15 minutes
Extension: Next time your child could freeze the colored ice cubes by adding food color and water
in the ice tray. Put your popsicle sticks into the color water. Once frozen, he/she may paint it on the
paper.
in the ice tray. Put your popsicle sticks into the color water. Once frozen, he/she may paint it on the
paper.
Materials required for tomorrow's activities:
Activity One: Plastic/wooden letters or (any water-resistant objects with upper case letters written on it such as small wooden blocks/Lego), spoon/ tongs, water, large container, cookie tray, marker.
Activity Two: 6 Pairs of socks (you can add more later), basket/container for socks, colored tape or large white easel paper with graph lines drawn on it, ruler, marker, small square paper, pencil
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