Morning Zoom Meeting

Math:  Shapes” Circle, Square, Triangle, Rectangle. Preschoolers will be involved in locating an item that matches our Color of the Week. They will enjoy sharing their color find with their friends. 

Literacy/Language:  “Teeny Tiny Valentine”: Enhancing listening skills through voice, gestures, and props. “Rainbow” flannelboard:fingerplays, rhymes to build oral language, patterning, rhythm, rhyme. Stories to build listening skills/comprehension. “Little Mouse, Little Mouse”: games to promote memory, oral language development.

Social Studies:  Show & Share

**Show & Share:   My Favorite Color. Preschoolers will enjoy identifying/showing something that is their favorite color to their friends.  We look forward to sharing this weekly activity with the children.

Storytime with Mrs. Gillispie and Mrs. Truskowski: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FxaiGLP4YNG72C8oSZB3wRV7T-Oh-daq/view?usp=sharing

Math:  What is your favorite color? Find 10 things in your house that are that color. Practice writing your numbers 1-10.

Literacy/Language:  Draw 8 rhombus’. Color them and cut them out (with adult supervision). On a separate piece of paper, arrange them to look like a flower. Glue them to the paper. Add a stem, leaves, sun. Label each part of the plant.

Social Studies:  Scholastic: My BIG World with Clifford. Here Comes the Sunflower (April 2019). Science focus: plant life cycle. Movement: dramatizing. Vocabulary theme words: sunflower, seed, soil, sprouts, roots, stem, bud, flower. Science: plant part vocabulary.cience:  View a lesson about the five senses presented by the Chicago Catholic Schools.

https://youtu.be/lOJWM5T5euE

**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FxaiGLP4YNG72C8oSZB3wRV7T-Oh-daq/view?usp=sharing

Friday, Mary 15, 2020

Religion: 

8:30 Mass.  Please log on at 8:30AM to attend our all-school mass.

The link is: https://stjoseph-libertyville.org/live

Family Fun:  Here are some fun ideas to share with your family.

-Make a paper boat. See if it floats.

-Have a pajama party.

-Play dodge balls. 

-Try some sunny day painting!  Explore properties of water and watch evaporation happen by “painting” with water in the sun.  Presented by Kohl Children’s Museum.

https://youtu.be/f_Vs4fe9yZg

                                          Morning Zoom Meeting

Math:  “5 little Hot Dogs”  Building on concept of 1 less. Color Hunt. Preschoolers will be involved in locating an item that matches our Color of the Week. They will enjoy sharing their color find with their friends. 

Literacy/Language: “5 Green & Speckled Frogs” flannelboard/chant. Activities to promote critical thinking skills. “There Was a Little Turtle”: Enhancing listening skills through voice, gestures, and props. Songs, fingerplays, rhymes to build oral language, patterning, rhythm, rhyme. Stories to build listening skills/comprehension.

**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALYLv3xoSmnOMgqqHgwcvgSs0U2jsJaR/view?usp=sharing

Religion: Kindness Challenge: How can you walk in the footsteps of Jesus? Be kind to yourself. Give yourself a compliment. Name one thing you like about yourself.

Math:  Go outside and collect twigs. Form the Letter X with your twigs. Can you make 5 ‘X’s?  Take away 2 ‘X’s. How many do you have now? What other math sentences can you make? Using twigs, make a small, medium, and large ‘X’.

Literacy/Language: Letter X The letter ..X.looks like, sounds like.  What’s That Sound?: Letter Xx    Directed Draw: left to right orientation, listening & following directions, top to bottom progression, fine motor control. 

Science:  Inventor Scavenger Hunt. Find something that you can turn. Find something that is bumpy. Find something that is metal. Find something that you can put together. Find 3 things that are round. Find 3 things you twist. Find something shiny. Find something you can roll. Find a tube. Find 3 things that are squishy. Find something clear. Find something you can bounce. 

**Storytime with Mrs. Gillespie and Mrs. Truskowski

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ALYLv3xoSmnOMgqqHgwcvgSs0U2jsJaR/view?usp=sharing

Remote Learning Grid: Choose 1-2 activities on your Grid! Color the square when complete.

Religion:  You were a baby once, but you grew and you still are growing. Besides measuring, how else can you tell that you are growing? God the Father planned that living things grow. What other things grow besides you?

Math;  Count 1-10. Can you count higher?

Literacy/Language:  Have a grown-up print your name using a yellow marker.  With a pencil, trace your name. Make sure to form your letters from top toe bottom.  Can you write your name without tracing?

                                        Morning Zoom Meeting

Religion:  Seeds Lesson: We follow Jesus. The children will recognize that they are members of a group that follows Jesus and that Jesus is our leader. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xPNR4HquSbTj5fKpAQMPeTwaxgcgraD6/vie2

Math;  Counting 1-20, 20-1. Can you count higher? Create a pattern using 2 colors, 3 colors. Sequencing: beginning, middle, end.

Literacy/Language:  Rhyming. Letter recognition. Beginning/ending sound: seed, plant, root, leaf, flower. Syllables: clap out syllables.  

 Social Studies:  Scholastic: My BIG World with Clifford. I See Seeds (April 2018) This tiny mouse climbed a dandelion plant. It is playing with the seeds. Science focus: seeds and plants. Movement: acting out vocabulary words. Vocabulary theme words: dandelion, seeds, sprout, pod. Math: counting and graphing.

Science:  Life Cycle of a Plant: “How does a plant grow?” What does a plant need to grow? Go outside find 3 plants. Compare these plants. What is the same? What is different?

***If you love science and are free tonight at 6:00pm join Cook Memorial Library as it presents...Prepare to be amazed by Steve Belliveau, from "Getting Excited About Science," dazzles us with an interactive show full of incredible you-need-to-see-it-to-believe-it large scale experiments, as well as fun and entertaining activities you can recreate at home!

This program is being provided via Zoom.

REGISTERED PROGRAM Please register children only. Registration open now.

Please ensure that you have provided a valid email address when registering. You will receive an email confirmation 1 day prior to event with instructions on how to log into Zoom. An internet connection is required. 

If you have questions, please contact Diane Trinkleback- [email protected]

https://cooklib.libnet.info/event/4276623