Virtual Classroom

Arrival (10 minutes)

When children arrive at school they put their coats and backpacks in their cubby, then head over to the job board to choose a job. At home, it might be fun to let them choose a job or chore for the day. This is also a great time to practice saying their first and last name and identifying it in a group of other names. Have them "sign in" by practicing writing their name.

Wake-Up Your BRAIN! (3-5 minutes)

Choose one of the songs below to get your body moving and brain thinking!

First Circle (10-12 minutes)

During this time we welcome everyone to school with a song, go over calendar, and say the pledge of allegiance.

Calendar

At school, the child that is the calendar help comes up and we complete calendar together on our large, classroom calendar. At home, complete calendar by using the worksheet down below. You can print the calendar to use daily, or you can laminate it with contact paper or self laminating sheets and use dry erase markers.

• Say the name of the month, clap the syllables in the month, sing the month song

• Say and circle the day of the week, sing days of week song,

• Color in the date, practice pointing and counting

• Practice writing the date

Playtime 1 (30 minutes)

Playtime is an important part of the preschool day. Children use their imaginations, exercise their gross motor muscles, and practice executive functioning skills such as sharing, turn taking, waiting their turn, problem solving, managing their feelings, and helping others. During clean-up from play they also work on organization, sorting, and working as a team. Set a timer for 30 minutes (the link below has various visual timers). Take some time to sit down and play with your child(ren). After the first play time, we transition to the circle rug without cleaning up, for story time. So, when the timer goes off, your child can go to wherever you want to snuggle in for story time.

Here are some cool visual timers to use: https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/

EXTRA! Music for FUN and Brain Breaks

Playtime 2 (25 minutes)

After this playtime, your child should clean up their mess. Practice putting things back where they belong. If you have more than one child, have them help each other, even if it wasn't something they played with.

Here are some cool visual timers to use: https://www.online-stopwatch.com/classroom-timers/

Third Circle (15 minutes)

This is our academic focus circle. At school, we have specific curriculum and groupings we use based on ability for the subject areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. In order to keep working on academic skills at home, I am going to list some resources for each area that you can use to enrich what we are already learning at school. We also have a Weekly Focus board of a letter, number, and color or shape we focus on each week. We do this daily. As for the other areas, we focus on one a day, so do not feel as if you have to complete an activity for each area during this time.

Small Group (15-20 minutes)

Students work together in order to complete an activity based on the other areas of development (fine motor, gross motor, social/emotional, and adaptive skills). Activities include art, games, and practicing life skills. I will post examples from each area below.

Language/Communication