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Transformation Unit

Week 1

Essential Question: What is transformation and how do things change?

Focus Question: What changes around me?

Story Time: Scroll down for the Books of the Week

Choose one book each day to focus on

Scroll down for the Books of the Week. Pause during the book reading to discuss what you see and ask your child to identify items either by labeling or pointing. Keep a list of what they were able to identify and share it with us!

After reading the books/watching the videos, go on a neighborhood walk (even if it's just around the block) and talk about the people and animals you see. Talk about the sounds you hear (ie children playing, dogs barking, baby crying). Create a list of your child's discoveries or take pictures (using camera, smart phone, tablet) so you can talk more about it when you get home.

Literacy Activity:

Choose an activity to work on over a couple of days or choose one activity per day

Vocabulary words to target this week: after, before, bigger, butterfly, cocoon, smaller, taller

EXAGGERATE the target letters below and pair those sounds with the vocabulary words

(Focus Letters: A, B, C, S, T)

*Feel free to add your own words, the key is consistency. KEEP LANGUAGE GOING ALL DAY*

CLICK HERE FOR NAME MATS

CLICK HERE FOR LETTER PRINTABLES

There are puzzles, tracing, painting, play-dough mats to choose from. The goal is to have your child engage with letters of the alphabet but also to be able to identify the letters in the vocabulary words. Experiment with what your child shows the most interest in. Target fine motor skills, following directions and communication. Allow your child to use glue, safety scissors, paint, markers, stickers, etc. For play-dough and paint recipes, click on the link below or check our "Resources" page.

NO PRINTER? NO PROBLEM! DRAW LETTERS FOR YOUR CHILD TO TRACE WITH THEIR FINGERS, MARKER, ETC

C91 Remote Learning - Resources

STEAM:

Science/ Technology/ Engineering/ Art/ Math/ Science

Choose an activity to work on over a couple of days or choose one activity per day

Examples of questions to ask:

What happens when ___? How do you think that works? How could you change that?

What does that remind you of? What would happen if ___? Tell me more.

Narrate play and ask questions, label objects, animals body parts, verbs, colors, sizes, quantity, be creative and HAVE FUN!

Paper Butterfly Craft: Follow directions in the video tutorial to tear and paste colored paper onto butterfly stencil. Talk about the transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, as well as colors, quantity and sizes of ripped paper and butterflies. Remember: when counting, assist your child to count each piece by touching and giving the piece a number (ie 1 red, 2 red, 3 red. Three red altogether).
Caterpillar Egg Carton Activity: Assist your child to use safety scissors to cut the egg carton or carefully tear the egg carton using finger tips and wrist (check out the video above to see what I mean). Use paint or markers to decorate the caterpillar. Talk about the body parts and transformation process. You can even use the caterpillar you make when reading the books below! Have your child pretend to have their caterpillar eat the foods in the book, remember to model labels of foods and sounds/ words associated with mealtimes (ie yummy, delicious). BE CREATIVE and HAVE FUN!
Noodle Caterpillar Life Cycle: Use paper plate or sheet of paper, markers/ paint to decorate dry pasta. Divide your paper plate into 4 sections. Label the sections OR draw a picture for your child to match OR print out and paste a picture of the transformation step in the the section. Have your child match the pasta to the section OR point to the sections once you label. Have your child imitate sounds or words related to the transformation process. *Use vocabulary words* Have your child count the sections with you, ask how many?
Transformation Science Challenge: Does it change?: Provide an assortment of materials for children to try to mix together such as oil and vinegar, flour and water, food coloring and water. Invite children to predict what will happen when they combine the materials. Once they mix materials, ask them to reflect on their predictions and what occurs. Do the materials change? How? Perhaps you can make your own sensory/ calm down bottle (check out the tutorial below).

1.CLICK HERE for Butterfly Craft Video

3.CLICK HERE for Noodle Caterpillar Life Cycle

2.CLICK HERE for Caterpillar Egg Carton Activity

4. CLICK HERE for sample Sensory Bottle Tutorial

Books of the Week

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 vocabulary words, body parts, verbs, colors, quantity).

Use this as an opportunity to continue to talk about the life cycle of animals and how people and animals they change. Look at baby pictures with your child and make connections to the books (ie What are some ways you and your child have grown? Compare similarities and differences).

Again, PAUSE the books at any time to answer questions, ASK questions, and point out important information. At the end of the book, talk about it some more. Ask WH questions (ie WHAT did we just read?/ WHERE did the caterpillar go?

The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Highlight how the butterfly changes. With crayons and paper, draw the sequence as you read the story.

Recall Questions: What food did the caterpillar eat? How did the caterpillar feel after he ate all week? After the caterpillar ate and grew into a big, fat caterpillar he built a small house called a cocoon. What happened to the caterpillar when he was inside the cocoon?

Extended Thinking: How are you like the caterpillar? How are you like the butterfly? What are some other things that change like the caterpillar? What are some other animals that change like the caterpillar?

The Crunching Munching Caterpillar

by Sheridan Cain and Jack Tickle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Read by Ms. Lule

The Butterfly

by Anna Milbourne and Cathy Stimmen

When I Grow Up

by Julie Chen

Videos of the Week/ Music and Movement

When exploring these videos, use this as an opportunity to talk with your child about baby humans and animals, how they change and grow. See if your child can identify the many animals in the videos, sequence the life cycle (ie egg to tadpole to frog), make animal sounds and perform animal actions (you can have them point or label to animals).

It's important to narrate these videos and PAUSE video if you need to. There are MANY steps in the life cycle, point out things your child may recognize and identify with. Write down any reactions or words and share with us!

I included Old MacDonald, a classroom favorite, engage your child in dance with the rattles they made (or other instruments) or perform some animal actions from last week!

The goal here is to HAVE FUN! Making noise is okay, it's all part of the learning process!

Fly, Fly, The Butterfly Song