Kid’s Corner

{Week 5: Rhymes}

Theme: Thanksgiving           Color of the Month: Brown

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1. Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
2. Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
3. ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Activity : Thanksgiving Hat {Lesson created by Briana}

Description:  Children will learn words that rhyme with Hat.

Materials:

-Hat

-Construction Paper

-Sharpe

-Pictures or drawings of words {cat, mat, hat, bat, rat, nat}

Directions:


1. Place the words on the index/paper cards in the hat.

2. Spread out all the pictures or drawings of the six words on the table.  Make sure each picture/drawing can be  easily seen clear;y.

3. Have child pick a word out of the hat.

4.Have them say the word {Example "cat"}

5.Ask them to match up the word  {example "cat"} with the picture they see on the table. 

6.Have them place the card on-top or next to the picture.

7.Repeat until all six cards have been drawn out of the hat and placed on the correct picture.

Learning Opportunity: Rhyming 

-The child will learn what words rhyme with hat.

-The child will become familiar with the spelling of each word.

-The child will practice problem solving by figuring out how to match the word with the picture.

Read Aloud:

                        On Thanksgiving Day

                       Mother makes dinner.

                      Grandma brings the pies.

                      Father carves the turkey.

        And I will tell you why. Today is very special 

                     We're thankful, so we say,

                    "Peace and love to everyone"

                         It's Thanksgiving Day!

                          Poem by Jean Warren

                  http://www.preschoolexpress.com/

Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

Congratulations: You and your child finished the lesson for the day! What did you think about the lesson today, and what did your child learn?  We’d love to hear your thoughts!           

*Stallone Tested and Approved: {We are so lucky to have Stallone, Annie’s son, test out all of our lessons that we create for you.  We want the lessons to be enjoyable for children, so after each lesson we will post how Stallone did with the lesson in italics under the title, Stallone Tested and Approved}:

Today's activity was one of Stallone's favorite's so far. He loved matching the words to the pictures, and also going over the letters on the different words. Another success!!

Kid’s Corner

{Week 5: Cooking}

Theme: Thanksgiving           Color of the Month: Brown

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1. Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
2. Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
3. ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Activity : Turkey Sandwich {Lesson by Briana} 

 (Recipe by: http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2011/10/fun-food-friday-tommy-turkey.html)

Note: The Dubien's blog is a great family blog filled with creative ideas...check it out when you get a chance!

Description:  Children will create a turkey-shaped sandwich.

Materials:

Bread

1 Carrot

2 raisins

Apples {Red, yellowish, green}.

Your child’s favorite sandwich filling

{Makes one sandwich}

Directions:

1. Prep the ingredients for your child: Slice the apples with skin on.  Cut the bread and fillings into a circle.  Cut a small triangle out of a carrot for the turkey beak.  Cut the carrot into two vertical strips to make the turkey legs.
2. Lay out all ingredients for your child.  Count all of the ingredients.  Discuss each ingredient.
3. Have your child create a turkey sandwich by arranging the ingredients on the plate to make a turkey shaped:  Make the Turkey body with the sandwich, then add the apple slices above the circle to make the feathers.  Next, add the raisins to the sandwich to make the eyes.  Then, add the triangle carrot to the sandwich to make the turkey’s beak.  Add the carrot pieces to the bottom of the sandwich to make the turkey legs.  When your child is finished, dig-in and enjoy!

Learning Opportunity: Rhyming

1. Your child will learn the names of the ingredients, and can practice counting the ingredients.
2. Your child will learn how to be independent and confident thinkers while they create their turkey sandwich.

Read Aloud:

              Read Aloud:

       Turkey’s All Around         {By: Jean Warren from  http://www.preschoolexpress.com/ }                                    

Tune: “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”

Turkeys, turkeys all around,

On the fence, and on the ground,

On the Haystack, on the chair,

All around, everywhere,

Turkeys, turkeys all around,

Gobble, gobble what a sound!

Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

Congratulations: You and your child finished the lesson for the day! What did you thinkg about the lesson today, and what did your child learn?  We’d love to hear your thoughts!           

*Stallone Tested and Approved: {We are so lucky to have Stallone, Annie’s son, test out all of our lessons that we create for you.  We want the lessons to be enjoyable for children, so after each lesson we will post how Stallone did with the lesson in italics under the title, Stallone Tested and Approved}:

Stallone really enjoyed making his sandwich.  He had a lot of fun arranging the apples and counting them at the same time.  He said the turkey was "yummy!"

Kid’s Corner

{Week 5: Math}

Theme: Thanksgiving           Color of the Month: Brown

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1.  Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}

2.  Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.

3.   ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Title: -Hershey Fall Kisses Fun! {Lesson created by Annie}

Description:  Children will learn various numbers and their sequence using delicious Hershey Kisses.

Materials:

        

A bag of assorted Fall Hershey's Kisses.

Index Cards 

Marker (preferably brown)

Directions:

1. Using the index cards and marker, write the numbers 1-10 on the cards (one number per card). 

Note: You can go higher then 10, depending on your child's knowledge.

2. Lay all cards on the table in order, with the child count out ten kisses.

3. Place a chocolate next to the number after saying each number.

4. Repeat Step 2.

5. Clear away chocolates, start over placing the right amount of chocolates for each number (Example: the #4 card will have four chocolates next to it, and so on).

6. Give a child a certain amount of chocolates. have them count them, then pick the right "numbered card" for the amount of chocolate's shown. 

7. Reward the child with at least one yummy Hershey Kiss!!!

Learning Opportunity: Math

1. Addition and Subtraction can be introduced using the cards and chocolates.

Read Aloud:

Poem: The Tens Tree

There was a sign,

On a tree,

You must be 10,

To play with me!

To climb up high,

You must be ten,

To reach the sky!

(This poem is a lot longer, to view the rest of it, google the link below)

http://www.mathstory.com/

Kid’s Corner

{Week 4: Size/Sort}

Theme: Thanksgiving           Color of the Month: Brown

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1.  Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}

2.  Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.

3.   ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Activity : Leaves {Lesson created by Annie}

Description:  Children will size/sort through various leaves, learning the difference between them all.

Materials:

        

Collected assorted leaves of all shapes and sizes (or you can cut out leaves using construction paper).

Directions:

    
      1. Sort leaves by their sizes: smallest to biggest.

         Sort leaves by their colors: orange, brown, red, etc.

         Sort leaves by their make: walnut tree, olive tree, pine tree etc.

     2. With each above bullet, make signs to represent each activity (Example: BIGGEST, ORANGE, WALNUT     TREE).

     3. With each bullet, sort the leaves next to their visual signs.  Name each leaf and it's category.  Then mix up leaves, and one-by-one have child place leaf next to its proper sign.  Do this with sizes, colors, and make 

(Smallest to Biggest, have child line up leaves smallest to biggest).

    

Learning Opportunity: Science

1.  With a couple of leaves, have child name all three characteristics of each leaf. (Big, Orange, and it came from a walnut tree leaf).

2. Smallest to Biggest.  To end the lesson, have child line up leaves smallest to biggest. Take a piece of construction paper, using glue, show chid how to make small dots of glue on the backs of leaves, they can then glue to leaves onto the paper.

Read Aloud:

Poem: Falling Leaves

Leaves are falling 

Falling to the ground.

See them gently twirl around

Dancing 'til they touch the ground.

Leaves are falling 

Falling to the ground.

(Children can sing and dramatize to the poem).

Poem by: http://www.nellieedge.com/