{Week 4: Opposites}
Theme: Valentines Day Color: Pink
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:
- Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
- Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
- ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.
Activity: Memory Game: Opposites {Lesson by Annie}
Description: Children will practice memorizing cards while learning basic “opposite” methods.
Materials:
- Construction paper
- Sharpe or pen
- Markers/crayons
- Scissors
Directions:
1. Cut out ten small cards, using construction paper, use all the same color.
* Plain white computer paper or index cards would work too.
- Write the following “opposites,” one word per card: HOT, COLD, TALL, SHORT, HAPPY, SAD, BIG, SMALL, WALK, and RUN.
- Draw a simple picture to represent each word next to the site word.
- Go over the cards with the child, pairing each opposite together.
- Turn cards over and spread them out on a surface, keeping them close together.
- With your child, play the game, “Memory.” As your child turns over a card say the word, and its opposite. Allow your child to try to find its “opposite. If the card is not found, turn both cards over, and allow the next player to play the game.
- When a pair is found, set them aside. When the game is over, play again. At the end of the activity, go over all opposites with child once more.
- Enjoy your handmade Memory game!!
Learning Opportunity :
-Your child will learn the meaning of the word, opposite.
-Your child will learn various opposite words, while learning the game of Memory.
-Your child will practice concentrating, listening and following directions while playing the game.
-Your child will gain confidence while taking part in the fun Memory game.
Read Aloud:
Love is a Circle
Love is a circle,
Round and round,
Love goes up,
And love comes down,
Love is on the inside,
Trying to get out,
Love is whirling and twirling about!
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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}:
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