Gentle reminder to complete Daily Attendance and Parent Activity Review
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Scroll down for the Books of the Week. After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk or take your child to the window to look at plants outside. Talk about where you/ they see plants and flowers growing. Plants can grow anywhere
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on verbs, colors, quantity and all the types of plants and animals you can find).
Engage your child in an art activity (be creative: use paint, finger-paint, crayons, markers) to have them draw flowers/ plants using their favorite colors. Assist your learner to label parts of plants and what plants need to grow.
Create a sun by cutting a circle and strips for the rays. Roll a die and glue on the number of rays to the circle.
No paper? No problem! You can use play-dough!
No play-dough? No problem! You can make your own! Check out the "Resources" tab for a bunch of recipes!
(Check out the video below)
Have your child explore the parts of a plant (petals, leaves, stem, seeds, roots) and discuss the process of absorption and how plants use water to grow. Assist your child to fill a cup or jar with water and add different color food coloring to each cup. Assist your child to place flowers or celery in the cup and keep track of them change color. Explain that the water is traveling up the stem and feeding the plants.
Use this as an opportunity to build language! Have your child identify colors (by pointing or labeling), work on turn taking and waiting, or record their reactions (ie Wow, flower, pink, green, dirt)
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Scroll down for the Books of the Week. After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk or take your child to the window to look at plants outside. Talk about where you/ they see plants and flowers growing. Plants can grow anywhere
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on verbs, colors, quantity and all the types of plants and animals you can find).
Alphabet Activity: S is for Seed
With soil, black beans or sand create a sensory tray/bucket. Help your child make letters in the soil. You can connect this with the plant unit by also talking about how to plant a seed. S is for seed!
Flower Counting
Create counting mats using pom-poms, paper, and crayons/markers. Help your child count and match the quantity to the number by having them place the pom-poms on the flowers. Don't have pom-poms? Try cotton balls, buttons, play dough or help your child to count the flowers with a pointer finger!
Build a Tree!
Using materials in your home, help your child build a tree. You can use blocks, paper tower rolls other anything else that is brown in your home. Help your child label the tree trunk. Find something green to build the leaves. Help your child label it "leaves." Talk about how it grows! Find a measuring tape and measure how tall it is. Is it taller than you?
Use this as an opportunity to build language! Have your child identify colors (by pointing or labeling), work on turn taking and waiting, or record their reactions (ie Wow, flower, pink, green, dirt)
Labeling: Help your child to label these words. You may show pictures, toys, videos, or real life experiences.
Plant Flower Grow Leaf Stem Seed Dig
Listening: State these words and model the actions with your child. Help your child to do the actions on their own.
Put In Dig Wait Look All Done
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Scroll down for the Books of the Week. After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk or take your child to the window to look at plants outside. Talk about where you/ they see plants and flowers growing. Plants can grow anywhere
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on verbs, colors, quantity and all the types of plants and animals you can find).
Alphabet Practice: Seed Name Writing (you can also focus on first letter of your child's name)
If you'd like to offer some support, try writing your child's name or first letter using marker, crayon or paint OR use liquid glue or play-dough
Use seeds or beans to help your child learn to write their name.
Measuring Plants
Use blocks and rulers to measure plants in your home. Talk about which one is bigger. Which is smaller? Ask your child to make predictions- for example: Will this one grow bigger? How can it grow bigger?
Explore fine motor and senses!
Assist your child to cut, tear and crumple paper as well as explore colors and textures using paint; talk about how it feels (ie soft, cold, wet, slippery), what it looks like (ie red, yellow, bright, messy)
Use this as an opportunity to build language! Have your child identify colors (by pointing or labeling), work on turn taking and waiting, or record their reactions (ie Wow, flower, pink, green, dirt)
Labeling: Help your child to label these words. You may show pictures, toys, videos, or real life experiences.
Plant Flower Grow
Leaf Stem Seed Dig
Listening: State these words and model the actions with your child. Help your child to do the actions on their own.
Put In Dig Wait
Look All Done
Check out the links below for some movement activities! Try to have your child follow directions and imitations, get in on the action too families!
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Scroll down for the Books of the Week. After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk or take your child to the window to look at plants outside. Talk about where you/ they see plants and flowers growing. Plants can grow anywhere
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on verbs, colors, quantity and all the types of plants and animals you can find).
Assist your child to create their own plants using a variety of fruits and vegetables. After building your plant, guide your child through a sensory exploration activity of touch and taste.
Shape Flowers
Assist your child to cut various shapes from paper and construct a flower or plant. Model labels for parts of flower and shapes used. Assist your child to count the petals and leaves, count the sides of shapes and label colors
Explore how to create your own plants from cutoffs!
Check out the video below with Ms. Lule to re-grow vegetables!
Labeling: Help your child to label these words. You may show pictures, toys, videos, or real life experiences.
Plant Flower Grow
Leaf Stem Seed Dig
Listening: State these words and model the actions with your child. Help your child to do the actions on their own.
Put In Dig Wait
Look All Done
Check out the links below for some movement activities! Try to have your child follow directions and imitations, get in on the action too families!
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Scroll down for the Books of the Week. After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a nature walk or take your child to the window to look at plants outside. Talk about where you/ they see plants and flowers growing. Plants can grow anywhere
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
Alphabet: Nature Letters
Find natural materials on a walk or in your home and help your child to shape them into letters. Can they make the first letter of their name? You can also cut out paper in the shapes of the letters as a guide.
For more information and letter printables click here!
Raindrop Making
Assist your child to draw 10 clouds and number them 1-10. Assist your child to draw/ paint dropsOR use finger prints to correspond with the numeral in the cloud.
Science/ Technology/ Engineering/ Art/ MathScience
Review: What do plants need to grow?
Soil, Water and Sunlight! Create a chart with your child using paper, pencils/crayons, etc.
Talk to your child about what plants need to grow. Connect this with experiences at home. What do we need to grow? How is it same or different than plants? Where can we find these things in real life?
Labeling: Help your child to label these words. You may show pictures, toys, videos, or real life experiences.
Plant Flower Grow
Leaf Stem Seed Dig
Listening: State these words and model the actions with your child. Help your child to do the actions on their own.
Put In Dig Wait
Look All Done
Check out the links below for some movement activities! Try to have your child follow directions and imitations, get in on the action too families!
Once finished with the book, go through it again and PAUSE video to get a better look at pictures; assist your child to identify pictures (focus on verbs, colors, quantity and all the types of plants and animals you can find).
Use this as an opportunity to talk about different foods (fruits and vegetables), colors, textures and temperatures. If you have any of these items at home, assist your child to explore foods using their five senses. Afterwards, you can engage your child in an art activity to recreate the foods or plants OR have them identify by labeling or pointing
The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
The Enormous Potato by Aubrey Davis
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
When exploring these videos, use this as an opportunity to talk with your child about what plants need to grow and the parts of plants. See if your child can locate flowers, sun, plants, dirt, water in the house or while outside (you can have them point or label).
Afterwards, you can engage your child in an art activity to recreate the plants OR have them identify plants and their parts by labeling or pointing.
The goal here is to HAVE FUN! Messes are okay, it's all part of the learning process!
The Celery Experiment
Quick Celery Tutorial
What are plants video: Click Here
Peep plants a seed: Click Here
Dinosaur train: Planting a garden: Click Here
From Seed to Plant: Click Here