The start of a new month brings the start of a new theme with
Mother Goose Time. This months theme is fables and folktales. Day 1's topic was The Lion and the Mouse.
We started by talking about ways to help others. Then the girls took turns acting like lions and mice and we sang "The Lion and the Mouse" to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell."
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| Elli acting like a lion |
We talked about ways to help animals, and reasons an animal might need help. Next I brought out the book of the month. Every month comes with a new book. This month the book also has a read along CD. While the girls listened to The Lion and the Mouse I wrapped up some animals they had picked out earlier with yarn. When the story was done the girls worked on rescuing their animals by using scissors to cut them free from the yarn. They LOVED this and had me rewrap the animals to do it all over again once they finished. After they were done we read The Lion and the Mouse one more time.
After all the animals were rescued we talked about things you can catch. Then the girls practiced tossing beanbags into bags. When they were done with that they wrote their names on their name tags. Using an idea from the
Little Goose book I taped yarn to each tag and the girls took turns running around trying to catch their name.
Something new that came with this months box was a baseline assessment kit. It's a way to record a child progress and see what they may need more help with. There are indicated activities everyday that you can use to evaluate. Today's was watching them practice their writing and seeing how they are able to recognize letters and write their name.
Every month comes with a look and find poster. The girls always love these. They found the items on the provided magnifying glasses and then followed the directions on the back.
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| crawl like a turtle to something brown |
We talked about how lions and mice look similar and different to one another. Then the girls made their own lion and mouse puppet. We used them to retell the story of The Lion and the Mouse.
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| Elli didn't want to let her puppets go |
Addie finished the day up working on her
more math and reading workbooks while Elli completed a tray play activity, using post-it strips to make a mane.
We started by talking about ways to help others. Then the girls took turns acting like lions and mice and we sang "The Lion and the Mouse" to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell."
After all the animals were rescued we talked about things you can catch. Then the girls practiced tossing beanbags into bags. When they were done with that they wrote their names on their name tags. Using an idea from the Little Goose book I taped yarn to each tag and the girls took turns running around trying to catch their name.
Something new that came with this months box was a baseline assessment kit. It's a way to record a child progress and see what they may need more help with. There are indicated activities everyday that you can use to evaluate. Today's was watching them practice their writing and seeing how they are able to recognize letters and write their name.
Every month comes with a look and find poster. The girls always love these. They found the items on the provided magnifying glasses and then followed the directions on the back.
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