Dear Parents. We have finished teaching all the letters and sounds of the alphabet.
For the remaining weeks we will include some letter/sound review activities as well as activities related to the word of the week.
SOUND SEARCH: Print the letters of the alphabet on stickies or paper. Search for something in your house that starts with the sound of each letter. You can search outside too. If you can't find something for a particular letter, draw something that begins with that sound.
Click on the video to learn about the word this week.
Let's learn a little bit about bugs using these books from Booklix. Click on the white buttons below the books to open the links. When prompted for a username and password please use: Username: toroncdsb / Password: toro5988
Dr. Jean's - "Insect's Body" song below is sung to the tune of "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes". As you sing the song, use the insect body parts print out to point to each body part when it is mentioned in the song.
Outside Practice: There are lots of bugs outside. What do you see when you're outside? How many do you see? Talk about it. Remember to say 's' at the end if you see lots of bugs (e.g., I see ants. I see a ladybug. I see bees.)
Now that you know about a bug's body parts, let's see if you can create a bug using material from around your home (e.g., egg cartons, toilet paper rolls, construction paper, bottle caps, playdough, buttons, yogurt containers, paint, rocks etc.) We'd love to see pictures of your bug creation. Email addresses can be found under the "Contact Us" tab.
Mrs. Rutherford found lots of bugs in her garden. Watch this video and listen to the clues to see if you can figure out which bugs she saw.
Bugs on the Rug
This catchy song has lots of rhyming words. Listen to the song with your child. Then play it a second time and see if your child can identify the two words that rhyme in each sentence.
"Bug" Rhyming Words
First cut out the letter strip at the bottom of the page. Then, cut two slits beside the letters "ug". (Note: Do not cut the slits all the way to the bottom of the page.) Slide the letter strip through the two slits so that the /b/ sound is showing. Help your child read the word (bug). Continue pulling each new sound through the slits to make new words that rhyme with "bug".