Monday, March 20th - Friday, March 24th
There’s nothing like seeing the first flowers of spring to perk up your spirits after a long, cold winter! If your little one has a soft spot for the bright, refreshing colors of the spring season, this week’s sensory art class is for you!
What To Expect In Class:
Discuss the flowers and insects that are seen as the season changes from Winter to Spring.
Observe the element ‘color’ through a variety of multi-sensory projects.
Create projects using fresh flowers, cloud dough, contact paper, gel and more.
What’s better than a fiesta, you ask? A FLORAL fiesta! From tulips and daffodils to roses and lilies, let’s dance around in our (imaginary) fields of flowers this week in music exploration!
If you and your little one love all things spring and need some bright colors and cheerful music in your life, join us for class this week – it’s one you don’t want to miss!
What To Expect In Class:
Focusing on steady beat, high and low pitch, vocal development, memory and patterns
Work on call and response, spatial awareness and spring animal movements
There is a lot of pressure on our kids when we send them to school for the first time. They’re expected to sit still, follow instructions, participate in group activities, communicate their wants and needs... all at the age of five or six. This can feel intimidating, especially to a child who hasn’t experienced a classroom setting before; and as their parent, we want to do everything we can to ease the feeling of overwhelm and make the transition into school as seamless as possible.
Keep scrolling to see what we’re up to in Little Learners this week!
See below for more information on what’s happening in week NINE of Little Learners!
Welcome To Week NINE Of Little Learners!
We are so happy you’re here!
This week in Little Learners, your child will cover the following lessons and objectives for each section of the schedule.
Daily Activites:
Circle Time
At Circle Time, your child will:
Orient themselves by establishing they are on their ninth lesson out of fifteen lessons. Identify the classroom jobs, choose a job and receive a special job badge for the day from the following: Schedule Checker, Marker Master, Line Leader, Paper Pusher, Tray Taker, Card Keeper.
Choose a job and receive a special job badge for the day from the following: Schedule Checker, Marker Master, Line Leader, Paper Pusher, Tray Taker, Card Keeper .
Review the class agreements as a group: “We are caring, we are peaceful, and we are respectful to ourselves and others.”
Lastly, practice an active listening and breathing exercise to get their body and minds ready to learn and do their best with their class agreements.
3. ABC’s
Through this lesson, your child will:
Practice handwriting - they will continue with letters from the combination-lined letter group for handwriting practice - letters J and S.
Practice building the letters with wax sticks, tracing the letters with Little Learners Letter Writing Cards, and tracing or copying the letters on Brightlines handwriting paper.
Complete a practical application activity for each letter:
Letter J- Your child will practice a 3-step J alliteration exercise for rhythm and timing, sequential memory, and gross motor endurance and coordination.
Letter S- Your child will practice a 3-step S alliteration exercise for rhythm and timing, sequential memory, and reflex integration.
Practice reading and phonetics: Your child will practice sounding out 3-letter CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words for each letter - next, they will explore sounds that relate to each letter.
J is for JET. “What does a jet say? ‘Jjjjoom!’ What does letter J say? J-, J-. J is for Jet.”
S is for SUN and Snake. “What does a snake say? ‘Sssssss!’ What does letter S say? S-, S-. S is for Snake.”
2. Emotional Elements
Through this lesson, your child will:
Learn how to use their personal posters to check in on their emotional elements.
Learn how to use their personal posters to understand what response is needed to balance their emotional elements.
4. Gym!
Your child will be invited to play team building or turn-taking activities to support executive processing development with: seek-and-find manipulatives, turn-taking with swings and slides, monkeys jumping on the bed on the bounce innertube, obstacle course building, stack and crash with blocks and mini-slides, building structures with large building blocks, or animal walks with phonetic practice
5. 123’s
Through this lesson, your child will:
Use Little Learners Number Counting and Writing Cards to practice reading, writing, and counting numbers 8 and 9. They will also use counting chips and flashcards to add 8+1=9.
Use , dry-erase markers, and pencils with Brightlines handwriting practice paper to complete high repetitions of tracing and/or copying the numbers without realizing all the work they have completed.
Practice number recognition and gross motor sequencing with Hopscotch Numbers. Children will draw a Number Reading card to identify before targeting the number on a hopscotch path. Children will practice jumping with feet together, apart, and on one foot as they count.
6. Gym, again!
Your child will conclude their class by adding a yellow circle sticker to their Name Cards to mark the ninth completed Little Learners class. Your child will finish their class in the gym, where parents can pick them up or stay to play!
Work Together At Home:
Practice identifying emotions and determining if the needed response is to speed up, slow down, or stay the same.
Practice synchronizing and listing words that start with J and/or S.
Practice tracing toy cars along a drawn racetrack in the shape of number 8.
Practice moving forward by alternating jumping apart and together. Practice hopping forward on one foot (try both sides!).
Reflection Questions:
If you are feeling angry, should you cool down or warm up?
What does a Jet say? Jjjoom! What does letter J say? J-, J-.
What can you make when you mix soil, water, and seeds?
What game did you play in the gym today?