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Listen to stories about Colorful Bugs and Colorful Spring.
Listen to stories about Colorful Bugs and Colorful Spring.
Listen to Katie read
Listen to Katie read
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
by Bob Barner
by Bob Barner
Listen to Molly read
Listen to Molly read
Planting A Rainbow
Planting A Rainbow
by Lois Ehlert
by Lois Ehlert
Listen to more stories about insects and spiders.
Listen to more stories about insects and spiders.
Look in your package for The Very Hungry Caterpillar sequencing activity. Use the pictures to re-tell the story.
Listen to Songs about Colorful Bugs and Colorful Spring.
Listen to Songs about Colorful Bugs and Colorful Spring.
Listen to Katie sing:
Listen to Katie sing:
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Herman the Worm and
Herman the Worm and
Bringing Home My Baby Bumblebee
Bringing Home My Baby Bumblebee
Listen to Maggie sing the Rainbow Song.
Listen to Maggie sing the Rainbow Song.
More fun songs!
More fun songs!
Outdoor Activities.
Outdoor Activities.
COVID-19 Safety Reminder
Teach your child:
Stay safe outside.
Stay close to your grown up.
Stay away from other people.
We’re Going on A Bug Hunt
We’re Going on A Bug Hunt
To the tune of: We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Sing and act out this fun song!
Refrain: We’re going on a bug hunt! (echo)
We’re going to catch some big ones. (echo)
What a sunny day. (echo)
Are you ready? OK! (echo)
Oh my! A bee! A black and yellow bee. Flying over flowers, BUZZZZ
Refrain
Oh my! A ladybug! A red, spotted ladybug, Crawling through the grass, SHHHHH
Refrain
Oh my! A grasshopper! A big, green grasshopper Hopping around the tree, BOING BOING
Refrain
Oh my! A butterfly! A pretty, orange butterfly, Floating in the sky, WHOOSH, WHOOSH
Refrain
Oh my! A spider! A big black spider, Creeping on ME! CREEP…CREEP… SCREAM
Join Katie, Maura, Claire, and Olivia as they
Join Katie, Maura, Claire, and Olivia as they
Go On A Bug Hunt
Go On A Bug Hunt
Go on a Color Scavenger Hunt with Molly and the Dragonfly team.
Go on a Color Scavenger Hunt with Molly and the Dragonfly team.
Early Academic Learning
Early Academic Learning
Caterpillars and Butterflies!
Caterpillars and Butterflies!
Watch Katie make a "Katie" caterpillar.
Watch Katie make a "Katie" caterpillar.
Now you make a caterpillar with your name.
Learn about butterflies, symmetry, and patterns with Bonnie.
Learn about butterflies, symmetry, and patterns with Bonnie.
Look in your package for your own butterfly template to do this project at home.
Spiders and Bugs!
Spiders and Bugs!
Watch Katie teach how to draw a spider.
Watch Katie teach how to draw a spider.
Now you try !
Watch Molly make bug patterns.
Watch Molly make bug patterns.
Look in your package to find the sheets to make your own bug patterns.
A Ladybug Counting Rhyme
A Ladybug Counting Rhyme
Jillian teaches 5 Little Ladybugs
Jillian teaches 5 Little Ladybugs
Look in your package for your own ladybugs to color and cut out. Then use your ladybugs to help you count while you say the rhyme.
5 Little Ladybugs
5 Little Ladybugs
Five little ladybugs climbing up a door.
One flew away and then there were four.
Four little ladybugs sitting on a tree.
One flew away and then there were three.
Three little ladybugs landed on a shoe.
One flew away and then there were two.
Two little ladybugs looking for some fun.
One flew away and then there was one.
One little ladybug sitting in the sun.
She flew away and then there were none.
Interactive Opportunities.
Interactive Opportunities.
Fly Like a Bumblebee!
Fly Like a Bumblebee!
Move Like a Bug!
Move Like a Bug!
Watch Maura and Olivia fly like bumblebees!
Watch Maura and Olivia fly like bumblebees!
Now you try!
Now you try!
Here is a link to the song, Flight of the Bumblebee by Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Rachmaninoff) Play the song and encourage your child to listen to the music. Pretend to be a Bumblebee and fly around the living room buzzing like a bee.
Look in your package to find the template to make your own bug die. Then watch Molly teach how to use the die to play a fun game.
Adaptive Skills.
Adaptive Skills.
Adaptive skills and behaviors are the skills needed to do everyday tasks such as getting dressed, washing, preparing food, and eating meals.
Be a Helper!
Be a Helper!
Watch Katie and Maura show how to be a helper.
Watch Katie and Maura show how to be a helper.
At preschool children help with jobs in the classroom. In the Shooting Star classroom we call it the “Helper of the Day”. Children enjoy showing independence and helping. Consider giving your child a job around the house and encourage them to be your special helper! Some examples could be putting away silverware (early sorting skills!), folding laundry, watering plants, washing dishes or sweeping the floor.
How Are You Feeling?
How Are You Feeling?
Watch Molly and Dog show how to use the feelings chart.
Watch Molly and Dog show how to use the feelings chart.
Listen to this song about colors and feelings.
Listen to this song about colors and feelings.
Do you feel red today? Or maybe green? Or maybe you feel like a rainbow?
At school we often check-in with our feelings and we practice naming them too. Use this feelings wheel with your child to ask them how they are feeling. When they are upset it can help to point to the picture of “mad” or “sad” and to label it for them. “It looks like you are feeling sad”. If you know what’s wrong you can say “it looks like you are feeling sad because your brother took your toy.” Acknowledging and saying their feelings can help shorten periods of upset and help them feel more understood.
Wash Your Hands!
Wash Your Hands!
Teach your child to wash and dry their hands independently when they come in from outside. Help them to wash thoroughly by reminding them to keep scrubbing their hands while:
Counting to 20 or
Singing the Happy Birthday song twice or
Singing the ABC song
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