Hello Everyone! After such a beautiful weekend the weather has gotten a little bit cooler but I hope you still make time to get out for a little while. The fresh air and sunshine are so good for you.

Letter of the Week

Write the Letter O. Write the names of the people that live in your house. Do any of their names have the letter O?

Plants

Yesterday we listened to Fran’s Flower. We learned that a plant needs rain, air and sunlight to grow. Today we are going to learn about the parts of a plant (or flower). Draw a picture of a flower. Can you name the parts?

Listen to this song and it will help you.

Now can you draw another picture of a plant with all of the parts on the same paper? Does it look the same or different? Haha, that is kind of tricky. When we draw a plant we don’t usually draw the roots because we don’t see them. The roots are under the ground in the dirt. So, the parts you should have drawn in the second picture should show…The flower, the stem, the leaves and the roots.

Gus Grows a Plant

This is one of the books that I brought to you on Friday. Get your book and you can read along.

Math

In that story Gus’s plant grew big, very big! I wonder how big you are. If you have a tape measure, see how big you are. I am 64 inches tall. How many inches tall are you. Draw a picture of yourself and write how many inches tall you are next to the picture of yourself. I can’t wait to see how tall everyone is now.

Work Time

Planning Time (5 minutes): Build your child’s ability to organize their time by having them make a “plan” with you about what they would like to play with.  Children do this everyday with us at school. It helps children learn to organize their thoughts. Adults make plans all the time to organize their thoughts (shopping lists are made before going to the grocery store, to do lists are made to help plan your day etc..).  

Kids will tell you what they are planning to do/want to play with/how they will use toys at home. 

Work Time (45-60 minutes): During work time kids play WITHOUT ELECTRONICS.  Kids can use toys to pretend play, build, and create.

Clean Up (about 15 minutes):  Kids clean up the mess they have made while playing.

Recall Time (5 minutes): Build your child’s memory of events by having your child tell you what they did while they played (ask “tell me how you did that” or “what did you do next?”)

Make sure to get outside and look at the changes happening in nature! If you see anything cool take a picture and send it to me.

Have fun and have a great day!