Week 9

Honoring those who served our country - Memorial Day

Memorial Day...

  • honors people who have died when helping our country

  • started in 1882

  • marks the beginning of summer

Joke of the Week

What does up and down but does not move?

stairs

What did the paper say to the pencil?

write on!

  • "right" on means "I agree"

  • to write means to make marks to make letters

Let's read!

See Story Time core board on Family Resources page

Memorial Day

Memorial Day Reading

Language to focus on:

  • verbs: do, wear, write, go

WH- Questions:

  • When is Memorial Day?

  • Who does it honor?

  • What can people do on Memorial Day?

F is for Flag

Wh- Questions:

  • What does the flag do?

  • Where can you see the flag?

  • What does the flag stand for?

  • When was the flag made

  • How many stars are on the flag?

  • What colors are on the flag?

Wh- Questions:

Lets make something

See Crafts core board on Family Resources page

Shaving Cream Fireworks

You will need:

  • shaving cream

  • red and blue paint or food coloring

  • toothpicks

  • paper

  • pan with low sides (cookie sheet)

  • stiff paper or cardboard (we used junk mail!)

Directions:

  1. fill the pan with shaving cream

  2. use stiff paper to smooth shaving cream

  3. add red and blue paint dots all over the shaving cream

  4. use toothpick and start in center drawing straight out like rays on a sun

  5. lay paper on shaving cream and pat gently to make a print

  6. let sit for a minute

  7. gently peel the paper off the shaving cream

  8. use clean side of your stiff paper or cardboard to scrape off extra shaving cream

  9. look at your beautiful fireworks painting!

Patriotic Marshmallow

You will need:

  • large marshmallows

  • red and blue sugar

  • bowl of water

  • kebob sticks

Directions:

  1. dip one end of marshmallow in small bowl of water then in the red sugar.

  2. Dip other end of marshmallow in water and then blue sugar.

  3. Put marshmallows on kebobs.

Draw a Flag

You will need:

  • paper

  • pencil

  • red and blue crayons, markers, or colored pencils

Directions:

  1. Pole - draw two vertical lines close together on left side of paper with circle on top

  2. Flag outline - draw rectangle from top of pole, ending 2/3 down pole. Draw smaller rectangle 1/3 of pole

  3. Start stripes - use red and draw horizontal line from bottom of small rectangle to right side of flag

  4. Stripes - use red to draw top, middle, and bottom stripes

  5. Stripes - use red to draw stripes in between

  6. Stars - Use blue to color in small rectangle

Hand Eagle

You will need:

  • paper

  • pencil

  • brown, orange, red, and blue paint

Directions:

  1. Paint both hands using brown paint

  2. Make sideways hand prints in the center of the construction paper with the palms either touching or overlapping. These will be the wings.

  3. Make 2 yellow thumbprints under the hand prints. These will be the legs and talons.

  4. After it dries, draw an eagle head outline. Add a yellow beak and an eye.

  5. Optional: draw the talons on the yellow thumbprints.

Movement Activities

Music

Sensory Project

Objects in Gelatin

You will need:

  • Jello or gelatin

  • small objects - - stars, pompoms, paperclips, small figurines, legos, small blocks

Directions:

  1. Make Jello or gelatin according to package

  2. Once gelatin is in fridge - add objects when slightly gelled

  3. Use fingers or tweezers to pull out all the items!