Announcements

Hello and happy Thursday! We made it to the end of the learning week! Thank you all for your patience and cooperation as we continue the remote learning process. Before we start today’s activities, here are some announcements:

Phone Calls and Personal Activities for TODAY, May 14
Mrs. Askar and I will be calling all families who scheduled a Thursday call today from 12-3 PM. We will be calling from a blocked number, so please do not be alarmed. If you miss our call, we will leave a message. If you would like for us to call you back, please send me a message on Remind.
Personal activities will be sent on Remind later this morning.

4 Year Old Preschool Registration
If you have a child who is 4 years old OR you know someone who has a 4 year old child, and would like to enroll them in preschool, Dearborn Public Schools offers a Free Preschool Program. If you are interested in this program, please see the following links for more information:

• Cotter Early Childhood Blog: https://cotter.dearbornschools.org/great-start-readiness-program-recruitment-and-enrollment/
• Salina Elementary Blog: https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/salinaelementary/2020/04/30/4-year-old-preschool-registration-is-now-open/
• Dearborn Public Schools GSRP Interest form (NOTE: You are NOT required to upload any documents at this time, but you can if you would like): https://forms.gle/rBcaR3PkgcJ47TKS8

Literacy Activity

Today, we are going to continue learning the letters of the alphabet. Today’s letter is letter, “V, v.” First, encourage your child to watch my video about the letter, “V, v”: CLICK HERE

When the video is over, I encourage your child to do these three things:

1. Find three things in your house that start with the letter, “V, v.”
2. Write the letter, “V, v,” both capital and lower case three times (Please send me pictures of your child’s writing on Remind or email: thompsl@dearbornschools.org).
3. Practice saying the letter, “V, v,” sound.

For extra practice, watch Jack Hartmann’s video about the letter, “V, v”:

For even more practice, click here to play Starfall’s letter, “V, v,” activity.

Math Activity

For our math activity today, we are going to continue learning our teen numbers. The number we are going to learn about today is the number 14. 14 means ten and four more. Here is a model of the number 14:

First, encourage your child to watch this video of the number 14:

When the video is over, I encourage your child to do two things:

1. Count 14 items in your house (examples: 14 forks, 14 coins, 14 steps, etc.).
2. Write the number 14 three times (Please send me pictures of your child’s writing on Remind or email: thompsl@dearbornschools.org)

Work Time

I encourage your child to engage in imaginary play for at least 60 minutes a day. To keep the consistency with what we do at school, I encourage you to follow the Plan, Do, Review process. Here is the Work Time process:

• 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. 
  التخطيط لوقت العمل ( وقت اللعب): ساعد طفلك على بناء مهارة تنظيم الوقت بوضع خطة  معهم عن لعبهم. هذا ما كان يفعله كل الطلاب كل يوم في المدرسة. هذا يساعد الأولاد على تنظيم أفكارهم. الأهل أيضا يضعون خطط دائما لتنظيم أفكارهم مثل قائمة التسوق قبل الذهاب إلى المتجر, كتابة القوائم تساعد على تنظيم اليوم….. 
  الأولاد سوف يخبروكم ما هي خطتهم/ ماذا سيلعبون/ مع من سيلعبون/ ماذا سيستخدمون من أدوات في لعبهم.
• Work Time (45-60 minutes): Kids play WITHOUT ELECTRONICS  Kids can use toys to pretend play, build, and create.
  وقت العمل :  يجب أن لا يستعمل الأولاد الإلكترونيات . يستطيع الأولاد استخدام الألعاب التي تساعدهم في  التخيل و البناء و الإبداع  
• Clean Up: When Work Time is over, encourage your child to clean up the area(s) they played in.
• Recall (5-10 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?”)
  وقت التذكر: بناء ذاكرة الأولاد و مراجعة الأحداث عن طريق جعل طفلك يعيد سرد ما قام به خلال وقت اللعب( اسال طفلك: اخبرني كيف قمت بذلك؟ أو ماذا فعلت بعد ذلك؟)

Fun Work Time Activity: Egg/Cotton Ball Race
Here is a fun activity you and your child can do: Egg/Cotton Ball Race!

These are the materials you need:

• 1 egg OR cotton ball
• 2 spoons

Here is how the game works:

1. One person (either you or your child) puts the egg or cotton ball on the spoon.
2. The person with the egg or cotton ball on your spoon must walk to the other person and put the egg or cotton ball on their spoon.
3. Repeat steps 1-2 many times until you are done playing the game.

Outdoor Exploration

It looks like we will be seeing rain and thunderstorms today. Not fun at all! Although it will be raining, you and your child can still get exercise at home! Here are some ideas:

Cosmic Kids Yoga: Click here to access Cosmic Kids Yoga! There are many yoga activities you and your child can do to stretch and relax your mind.

Go Noodle Games: Click here to access Go Noodle Games! They have many ideas for games you and your child can do at home.

Koo Koo Kangaroo YouTube Channel: Click here to access Koo Koo Kangaroo’s YouTube Channel! Koo Koo Kangaroo is a favorite in Room 108! They have a lot of dance videos your child will enjoy!