Hands on letter and sound recognition.

 Create a sensory box or bag take magnetic letters paper cut out letters or foam shapes placing them into the sensory box. And let them dig around until they find all the lettersDuring the summer this can be done with water  balloons on the hopscotch board. You can feel the balloon with water and place the blending sound on one side while on the hopscotch board you placed the other parts of each word. When the end of the word is landed on and your child has the beginning blending sound he or she can say the word and it's entirety sounding it out completely and he or she can then smash the water balloon to the ground.

A scavenger hunt can also be done. The first round the child has to find all blending sounds that you're working on that week. The second round they have to find the endings of each word. If they find all the words they get a prize of you're choosing.

When the full word is found. Let your child tape them together and say them. Then write them and put them in a sentence.

 

Let your little one go fishing for the letters that you were teaching this week. As they find the letters. Place each letter in front of them along with some Play-Doh. Have them roll the Play-Doh out into a big rectangle shape . Then allow them to take Play-Doh and Trace their letters in the Play-Doh finger 

 

Also take newspaper and spread all across the table until it is thoroughly covered there it again with an extra layer of newspaper. Then get a baking pan top the metal one and spray it well with shaving cream until it coats the entire thing or enough of it and trace the letters into the shaving cream with their fingers. Same can be done with numbers

Try making letters out of pipe cleaners, paper squares, beans, heavy thread or even feathers

Materials needed one of the materials above or even several could be done if you're really the creative type. Let your children choose which one they would like to use.

 

White or construction paper.

If you wanted to make that activity more creative. Using paper lunch bags as your background instead of instead of white paper is doable.

Have them make a book was anywhere from 26 to 49 sheets of white paper. Looking decorate the book how they want to. However in this book they will be writing their letters they are working on each day.

Begin by placing flashcards of the alphabet you guys have been working on this week. Instruct them to open the book to a clean page. And allow them to try to copy the letter/s meaning uppercase and lowercase

If they needed guide them to the process of holding the pencil and drawing the letters until they get the hang of it.

Can also have your child do handwriting worksheets by googling dotted alphabet or alphabets with dotted lines

 

Numbers, Counting

Sing counting songs with movement

10 little indians, the ants go marching and this old man, no more monkeys jumping on the bed. Sesame Street song 1 through 10 audios or videos can also be used.

 

Do paper crafts each day making bubble number cutouts pasting them onto one side of the paper and drawing something equivalent to that number example ladybugs. They would draw and cut out the number two, paste it on the paper on one side and then on the other drawer two ladybugs.

They can also have a sensory bag with play ladybugs in it. Ask Mom to write the number you guys have been working on. On construction or white paper. Place the white paper with the number on it underneath the plastic bag with the ladybugs in it and then trace the number using the ladybugs while they're inside the bag.

If you want something with traditional you can get handouts that your kids have to trace with numbers on it. You can print them online or hand make them yourself or you can let them try to make their own dotted worksheet. Mommy staying nearby because they may need some help.

Number may be found by googling preschool and kindergarten  worksheets numbers

Google number  worksheets

Before they trace get some little cars or some little buttons and let them trace the number with one of those items

When they finish and let them trace it with a pencil, pen marker or even paint to daring LOL.

Bonus take a piece of construction paper that your child write the number that you're working on, on the paper. Then let them Trace the number outline with glue. After that's done give them some macaroni or some beans and let them trace the number again with the macaroni and the beans.

If the picture has been done correctly they should now have a number example two made with macaroni or beans.

Math Basics again the hopscott boy can be used if you're doing 6 + 3.

Put six in one square and plus in the other square three in the next and the equal sign and let your child write the answer in the next square.

This can be done for several kinds math problems. Play the game as you would play regular hopscotch just calling out the math problem

Take a piece of construction paper make one square plus another equals something put the answer and use nice to find out what plus what equals the answer that was already given the same method can be used for subtraction

A basic hanger can be used as well take a piece of paper cut it into a little square big enough to cover the mid part of the hanger write a plus or minus sign on it. Let's say you're doing 5 + 3 you put five clothes pins or scarves on one side and three on the other count them and problem solved.

 

Create an addition or subtraction Tower

 

Math with

Personal car lanes for each person who comes

Example there are already two car lanes because two people came.Suddenly five more people show up how many more Lanes have to be added. Five more have to be added  So 2 + 5 = how many cars were already there let them count because they were already there. Then ask how many cars were added and let them count. Then you say okay, two were already here right? And let them respond once they respond go on and five more we're added right? Be patient with them and let them respond. So _______how many do we have all together let's count and you guys can count them together or mommy

you can let them count them by themselves. It is highly recommended so that they can differentiate use different color cars. Also sometimes counting together is best at this age

You could also have your child do something like this. How many cars are there total. When you have 3 cars in each lane count all the cars in each lane or in all five lanes.

Let's do another one let's say the math problem is 6 + 3 and you're trying to find the answer. You can use popsicle sticks in specific colors one color would be used for six and another color will be used for three. Put 6 on one side and 3 on the other how many there are total. You can use the Popsicles to make a tower too but let's not forget they are adding, subtracting or doing some kind of math

You can use anything you have at home as a manipulative to do math and make it fun. Use dice, beads clothes pins blocks feathers beans coins etc.

 

Practice Holding The Pencil Correctly .

Get some white paper and let them make some curved lines, straight lines zig zag lines with a pencil or a marker

cutting them out and pasting them in a notebook.

Let them write their name both first and last each day

And paint each letter they can also use marker for this. When they finish they can design it as well.

They can do a tracing worksheet with all of the alphabets everyday give them practice at using the pencil.

 

Learning letter ,sounds and words be done by playing hopscotch. Indoors or out. Call out the name of the letter, sound or a word you want them to find or spell. And let them have to where it is or hop on the letters that spell the the very word they're looking for.

If you want to teach blending sounds or diphong this can be done.

By writing the blending sound on one balloon and the rest of them word another when your child puts them together they have to sound each part of the word out and when they bring it together sound the entire word out until it sounds like one word. This is a good way to practice blending sounds that is not boring and keeps the kids engaged.And eager to learn couples this activity with worksheets at least two or three each day.

Have your child sound of the words on the worksheets as well.

 

Beginning of Reading

Teach your kids that sounds, of letters and vowels. Once this is mastered teach the letter names teach the endings and blending sounds as well.

Teach sight words to your child here's a quick list for pre-k and I ,am, going, me, and the, funny, jump, yellow red ,help, in.

K am, are, at, ate, be, blue, purple, but, came, did, do, eat, four, get, good, have, he, into, like, must, new, no, now, on, our, out, please, ride , ran, who went,was . do ,as

To help them remember  play memory games, bingo create crossword puzzles play kids version of wheel of Fortune where they have to figure out what goes in the beginning middle of or finish a sentence use a game creator website to create scrabble using the site words you guys are learning for the week.

Also have your kids read stories everyday

Whether that means them reading or you Momma Then, journal about them. When I say journal for their age range.

I mean have them practice writing at least four sentences. About something they like or what they learned from the story. If your child is just learning how to write

Alternative ask them what they learned from the story. Write it down on the whiteboard or a piece of paper and have them copy it to their own sheet of paper and keep it

Mommy you and your child can come up with outdoor activities to do based around the book. Example of the book is about fish go to the aquarium, baking, go to bakery or bake something at home. If the book is about something pertaining to character like having good manners do something based around having good manners. It's about nature and going to nature hike.

Learning the calendar and the month of the year.

Have your child recite the days of the week and the months of the year everyday.

Song can be sung about the days of the week and the months of the year everyday.

 

Print out a blank  calendar and let your kids fill it in the days of the week and the months of the year. Let them use stickers to Mark important days and events and activities they will be doing.

As the time gets closer let them circle the sticker on that date. As a reminder to themselves. Remind them to look at it the calendar everyday until that day comes for the event. When the date arrives excitedly ask them what day it is? And what event is happening today and see if they can tell you. If they can't. Tell them to look on the calendar and when they tell you what day it is. Get excited for them.

Then ask them to say the months of the year and the days of the week all the way through. When they finish ask them what month is on the calendar this particular month

And  If they can tell you correctly reward them 

Motor skills

Jumping rope

Dancing aerobics

Create an obstacle course that involves climbing over under and through

Figure eight walking

Create the number eight on your back floor using painter's see if he or she can actually walk the figure 8 bear floor 

Walk the lines 

Create lines some straight and some curved or zigzag with painter's tape

Let your child walk the lines if they're not perfect at it it's fine remember that growing and still have time to develop muscle strength.

Go running

Hopping like a bunny

Playing Simon says with movement.

Parts of the body

Sings some games with movement Dem Bones

Head shoulders knees and toes

Have your child draw a stick picture of themselves and identify their body parts or you can print out a handout and have your children identifying themselves that way they would do so by circling the body parts that you call out to them.

 

History

Let your child pick up a cartoon historical video to watch. After watching let them tell you what they liked what they didn't like and what they learned. He or she can even reenact something from the video.

Talk about something in history. After you talk have your child draw something that they heard about and let them explain the picture to you.

 

Have talks with your children about events that happened in history. They could be current events or older events.

Let your children cut out pictures from old magazine of historical people or historical events that happened.

You guys can also do reenactments or place about something in history.

 

Geography

Look at a globe. Spin The globe is the globe spins let your child close their eyes and put their finger on it to stop it eyes still close. Here she shout out  the name of the place they think it might have stopped. This can also be done without stopping the globe, your child just close their eyes and whatever continent it stops on they have to guess. However, whatever continent the globe stops on. That will be the continent that will be studied each week. Study the land, it's people, it's region, it's weather pattern. It's religion, it's culture and it's food resources they were known for. Holidays they celebrate.

Study the lines of latitude and longitude and yes those things can be explained on a kindergarten Pre-K level

Study the oceans, which regions are the coldest the hottest and why. Which regions get more rainfall in which regions get more sunshine or hot weather

Talk about plateaus planes mountain elevations. Hills and rivers

Types of rocks go outside and collecting different kinds. Pull up pictures of some rocks online see if your child can find some of the same rocks they collected in any of the pictures.

Talk about the Earth show your little one either a video or pictures of the Earth, what's in the center of it and what is at the Earth's surface.

Have your child do a craft about the Earth and what's in it and is only your surface.

Talk about the plates in the Earth that move and why they move.

Study plants, crops and agriculture find pictures of plants and crops from whatever continent is being worked on. Make a collage of all the different crops and plants and the type of equipment they use

Cook a type of food from the continent you're working on

Types of occupation within each continent

Review of video that shows occupations on the continent you and your child are working on. Get some popsicle sticks some paper feathers and let your child create stick people create clothes that show they work in one of the occupations within the region you're working on. Put your little be as creative as they want when it comes to making the work clothes. Home sit down and you guys have a fashion conversation start off so where does he or she work and what kind of work clothes is he or she wearing ? What kinds of things do they have to use to do their job? ect

 

Types of buildings within each continent look at the pictures of some buildings from whatever continent you and your baby are working on let them pick out their two favorite ones from that country. Have them sit down and draw them on a piece of paper with a picture of themselves standing beside the building smiling. Tell me what type of building it is or let them tell you and let them label it.

Types of animals on each continent. Watching video about the type of animals that are on the continent you're studying. Mommy you interview your child about the type of animals live there?. What do they look like? What color was it do they have big eyes or small eyes, do they have a big nose or a little nose? Do they have a big mouth or a small mouth? what do they eat?

Do they eat grass or do they eat meat

Do they have teeth or do they have a snout?

Do they have hands? and fingers or do they have claws or paws?

They have fins or do they have a tail?

Do they have hair where do they go in the winter? where do they go in the summer?

Do you think they're friendly?

Do they go to sleep or do they stay awake?

Do they have a long coat or a short coat/long hair or short hair the hair can also be referred to as main

See if there any exotic animals showings at the zoo your local animal park or Safari

If you find that the animal you're looking for is at these places.

Take your child to see them in person