What can you do at home to learn?

• As we wrap up the school year, we will be focusing on things that can and should be done daily at home.

• One of those things is read. It is good practice to read daily, whether or not in school.

• The next thing is getting outside. This is good for the mind, body, and soul (kids & adults!).

• The last thing I ask the kids to do is learn to do something around the house to help out. It is so important to instill responsibility and pride.

A little science!

• Hello! A large part of learning in early childhood is figuring out how the world works. This is science! Let's do a fun experiment today.

• You will need: clear container with lid, water, vinegar, dish soap.

• Optional: food coloring, glitter.

Flashlight fun!

• Hello! Let's do a fun project today with a flashlight! This is a fun project to break up any paper packet work.

• Most importantly - Have fun!

Reading when you can't read.

• What happens when you can't find someone to read a story to you? You make up your own story! You don't need to read the words to tell a story! I will tell you a story today using a book, but not the exact words. We will then practice retelling the story by focusing on the beginning, middle, and end.

• Today's focus goal: Retelling and Sequencing

Rhyme Time!

• Today we will review rhyming words. This is something we have been practicing for a long time. I have a fun way for you to practice today.

• Today's focus goal: Rhyming

Mother's Day Project

• I would love to give you details about this video, but quite frankly, I was kicked out! Eldon and Madeline will bring you today's video.

Letter U

• Today's video will review our last vowel, the letter U. We will do a silly project of a Unicorn in Underwear! This is a fun and goofy way to remember the two sounds the u makes.

• Today's skills are letter sounds, fine motor skills, and creativity.

Letter O

• Today's letter review is with the letter O. O makes two sounds and with those sounds we will create an octopus in an ocean.

• Today's skills are letter sounds, fine motor skills, reading left to right, and counting.

Letter I

• Hello! Let's talk about the letter I by making an insect island with play dough! We will also check in on our worm home from a few weeks ago. Make sure to stick around to the end for a picture of our worm and an extra fact about why worms dry up.

• Todays skills are science, letter sounds, fine motor, and creativity.

Letter E

• Happy May Day! Eldon gets to join me again for reviewing the letter E! We will work on both sounds of the letter E.

• Today's skills are letter sounds, patterning, and careful listening.

Letter A

• It is the last day of April! Let's review the sounds of vowels. We will work on A today and make a craft with the two sounds of A.

• Today's skills are letter sounds, science, shapes, and phonics.

Letter Z and Patterns

• Today I have a special guest help me with a patterned zebra project! We will continue working on letter sounds from the last few weeks.

• Today's skills are patterning, letter sounds, and reading left to right.

A Message from Mr. Hansen

Letter Sounds

• Let's take a walk down memory lane.

• Today's skill is letter sounds.

Dinosaurs!

• Today let's talk about dinosaurs! What an interesting idea, that something existed before we did. We will do two dino crafts and some rhyming.

• Today's skills are letter sound, fine motor, and rhyming.

Letter Y

• Let's talk about the fun letter Y! Did you know that ninjas depend on the letter y sound? Watch and I will show you why.

• Today's skills are letter Y me and sound, as well as giving and thinking of others.

Sharing

• It is hard being with the same people day after day, sharing, and taking turns. Let's talk about some ways to make that easier.

• Today's skills are social-emotional, science, and patterns.

Shapes

• Everywhere we look there are shapes! Let's identify eight 2D shapes and try drawing them.

• Today's skills include math and shapes, kindness, and fine motor skills.

Counting to 20

• Let's count to 20! We will also read a book about a special worm that knows how to measure!

• Today's skills are literacy, measuring, counting, rhyming and phonemic awareness.

Puppets

• Let's read! A fun thing to do is imagine a story while someone reads rather than looking at pictures. Maybe you could try making your own puppets to go with the story!?

• Today's skills are literacy, retelling, letter sounds, and listening.

Letter W & Worms!

• Welcome back from break! Let's learn about the letter W! What better way to do that than with worms! We will make a worm home and a worm craft today.

• Skills today are science, letter names and sounds, patience, and fine motor.

Bears

• Do you feel like a bear coming out of hibernation? When the winter thaws I always get a renewed energy.

• Today's video is all about bears. We will roar, sing, and play a game.

• Skills we will work on are counting, music, cooperation, letter sounds/names, and subitizing.

Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

• In April we often hear about ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Today we will plant some seeds using an old milk carton. We will also make a recycled kite.

• Today's skills include science, large motor muscles, and patience.

5 Senses & April Fool's

• Let's explore the 5 senses. We will make a keypad to practice our phone numbers, make a mustache straw to do some taste testing, and make a recipe for cornstarch putty.

• Today's skills include science, exploration, and number identification.

• Have any good April Fool's Day gags today? Please share!!

Unicorns!

• Let's review a letter we already know, the letter U. Is there a better way to do this than using unicorns?!

• Today's skills include hand-eye coordination, team work, letter sound and name, cutting, and following directions.

Letter X

• This week we learn about the letter X. Today we will make a letter X fox and create a map where X marks the spot.

• Our focus skills are fine motor, creativity, imagination, letter name and sounds.

• Materials for today: paper or something to cut & draw on (brown paper bag is what I use), crayons, scissors, glue

Patterns & Trains

• It is Friday!! That saying does not have the same effect it used to, but it can still be a fun day. Today my daughters help me show you some fun activities all around the theme of trains! Have fun and keep learning.

• Today's skills are large motor muscles, mathematic patterning, letter names and sounds, engineering (double meaning), and imagination.

Kindness and Teamwork

• It is so important to follow the Wildcat 4 wherever you are - Be responsible, respectful, safe, and kind. Today I will talk about kindness with a wonderful book and some ideas for you.

• Today's video focuses on social emotional skills, creativity, literacy, teamwork, and kindness.

Ribbit!

• Today we talk about spring, rain, and frogs. I will read you one of my favorites, Ribbit! Today's lesson includes literacy, counting, large motor skills, and letter sounds.

• In the Links For You page I posted a Bubble Snake video of my own children doing a fun science project with a tp tube, mismatched sock, and dish soap. It is SOOO fun!

The Moon

• Today's video is out of this world. We will talk about the moon, create some craters and moon rocks, and read! Today's skills include music, fine motor skills, engineering, numeracy, and letter sounds.

Letter V and Animals

• Welcome back! After watching this video check out the links by the baby animals heading. There are some great ones, and I am super excited to have you try the PebbleGo site!

• Today's video is about baby animals and the letter V. We will work on the skills of social emotional, literacy, and fine motor

Plants

• This video features a few of my children. The struggle of being home, working, teaching, and learning is real. Parents - please know I appreciate every effort you make to be a co-teacher in this unique situation.

• Today's video is about plants. It is officially Spring today and things will begin to start blooming soon. Today's video includes literacy, fine motor skills, science, and sensory activity suggestions.

• Towards the end we work on phonemic awareness. That is working on the sounds of our language.

Bunnies!

• Today we focus on bunnies! I will show you how to make a fun bouncing bunny project. We will also talk about feeling angry and how to help those feelings.

Letter M

• Learn about the letter M and the sound it makes. I will also read you Mr. Mingle's Mustache which has lots of M's in it!