Sharks, Week of April 13
🌺 Gardens 🌾
Monday April 13
Creative Exploration
· Sculpt Garden Creatures-use playdough to sculpt things you’d find in a garden
Playdough recipe here.
· Garden Houses—Use small boxes or containers and collect natural materials to create a Garden house, or other structure, that you can use to tell stories
Music Monday
· 5 Little Peas
· Snail and Mouse
· John the Rabbit
· The Garden Song—Listen and dance or play instruments
· Sammy – Just play the song (don’t watch the video) it guides you how to move
Numeracy
· Learn to play a card game together. Uno, Go Fish, Memory, Crazy 8s
Literacy
· Start your week off right with The Hug Book!
Tuesday April 14
Creative Exploration
· Found Objects Painting-Look around your house or outside for objects you can use to paint flowers or other garden objects
Recipe for homemade paint
· Garden Houses—collect natural materials to create a Garden house, or other structure, that you can use to tell stories
Literacy
· Read or Listen to This is the Way We Help at Home
· Watch Miss Caroline’s Chores
· Write a list of ways you can help your family.
Science
· Seed germination –“Plant” a seed in a clear container (a clear bag or plastic cup) with a damp paper towel. How many days do you think it will take to germinate?
Numeracy
· Counting and Sorting Seeds--Line a cupcake tin with paper liners and write numbers on the liners. Drop the correct number of beans/seeds into each cup. If you have a variety of different seeds try sorting them by type.
· Play the card game you’re learning
Wednesday April 15
Wacky Wednesday Cooking Project
· Granola Bars
When we make these as a class we double the recipe and use a rolling pin to press them into a rimmed sheet pan. Feel free to substitute whichever nuts, dried fruit, or chocolate you have on hand.
Community Adventure
· Observe a garden in your area, how is the garden plot being prepared? Draw/take a picture of what it looks like now. Make a plan to revisit in a few months to notice and document the changes.
Literacy
Read Aloud - Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni
Numeracy
· Measuring with Worms- Print the Measuring with Worms page and cut out the worms. Use the worms to measure items around your house.
If you don’t have a printer cut paper or yarn, or use small sticks, legos, or other item of same size and measure different items around your house. Record the measurements on a piece of paper. Example: My book is 3 Legos long.
· Play the card game you’re learning
Thursday April 16
Creative Exploration
· Garden Houses—Continued
Science
· Plant a Garden—if you think you don’t have space check below!
· Mini Garden--Plant seeds in sideways milk/juice cartons or small containers
Upcycled Planter Flower Garden for Children
Movement
· Print the Garden Yoga Poster. Try the poses. Make up your own garden-inspired yoga poses.
Literacy
· Read Aloud-Diary of a Worm
Friday April 17
Creative Exploration
· Continue Garden house building or revisit Garden sculpting, Found object painting, or Natural paints.
Literacy
· Read or Watch Growing Vegetable Soup Guest Reader Ms. Laurel!
· Build and Tell—Use you fairy house, or other structure and small animals or people toys to create a story.
Numeracy
· Estimation Jar-Collect multiples of the same type of garden items (rocks, seeds, flower buds, toy bugs, small sticks) Put items in a clear container and estimate how many there are? Check your answer by placing them on the 100s Chart.
· Play the card game you’re learning
Notes
We Miss the Sharks!
At the end of each day this Shark would run and hide when her Daddy came to pick her up. In honor of this Shark, play a game of Hide and Go Seek.
If you don’t have the space to hide yourself try this variation from Miss Caroline.
Choose a small toy or object. Miss Caroline’s family uses this small rabbit. One person in your family hides it somewhere in the house. When another person finds it, they move it to a new hiding spot without telling anyone. The next person to find it gets a good surprise and they get to move it to a new spot. This game can go on for as long as you like. Miss Caroline and her family have been playing for 9 years!
This Shark loves to run up and give me (Ms. Caroline)) a big hug. Do you remember a friend who LOVES giving hugs to others. Think about this Shark friend as you give someone a warm HUG?