Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 1: Rhymes Lesson}

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: -all Tree {Lesson created by Briana}

Description:  Draw a Tree.  Use leaves with –all words written on them to add to the tree to teach rhyming.

Materials:

            One piece of construction paper

            Markers {Brown, green, orange}

            Green, brown, and orange construction paper {for leaves}

            Sharpe or black marker

Directions:

1. Using a large piece of construction paper & markers, draw a trunk and branches to create a tree.  Draw a few leaves on some of the branches. Place on the table or wall.
2. Cut-out leaf shapes with the colored construction paper.
3. Write the word _all on the 8 leaves {leaving a space in the front of the word _all to write the first letter of the words you will create.
4. Write the letter F on a leaf to make the word Fall.  Put tape on the back of the leaf and have child add the leaf to the tree {Repeat this step and make as many words as you can that rhyme with –all. The words include: Fall / Ball / Hall / Tall / Small /l Call / Mall / Wall. Make sure to put tape on the back of each leaf, and have the child add it to their tree.
5. When you finish making the tree, say all the rhyming words together with your child.  Have them listen for the rhyming –all sound.
6. Put the finished –all tree somewhere in the home so the child can see their work and praise them for a job well done.

Learning Opportunity: Rhyming

1. While you are creating the words that rhyme with –all, show the child that when you add a letter to the front of the word –all, it rhymes.
2. Show the child how all the words have the same ending sound –all.
3. Have the child say the words out loud and spell the words with you out loud.

Read Aloud:

Fall Tree   

          {By Briana}

There once was a tall tree

Who was as tall as tall could be

This tree had so many leaves

As many as the eye could see

But when fall came around

The leaves changed from green to brown

And as the fall breeze came passing by

All of the tall trees leaves came falling down

The tall tree gave a big sigh

And told all of the leaves good bye.

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 loved the tree theme. He kept saying "tree" and "leaf" as we did the lesson.  He loved taping the leaves on the tree. We did not tape it to the wall, we just did the activity at the table.  After we were finished we reviewed all the words again, and hung his tree on his "art wall!" He has already gone to it twice today to talk about it! Fun Activity!!