We also did some very casual activities with the first set of letters in Jolly Phonics. One week we worked with magnetic letters: finding the letter as I called its name or made its sound and some simple sound blending. Then the following week I introduced her to a tabletop pocket chart and letter cards. I'd call a letter name and she got to put it in the pocket. Then I modeled some simple sound blending of 3 letter words. She quickly caught on and unfortunately for me ( I only made one set of alphabet cards) she wanted to name a word and have me build it ... doesn't work when we're playing "baby" all day and that was THE word she wanted!!
A great place to start looking for February ideas was at the 1+1+1=1 blog. I signed up for her free printables and she offers amazing resources. Oh to be younger and have that kind of energy once again! Another wonderful site I check regularly is Gift of Curiosity. Be sure to sign up for her printables as well. I'll need to cut out 5 red hearts and then we can use the following chant for our number practice:
Five little valentines, I bought at the store.
gave one to Mother, now I have _____.
gave one to Mother, now I have _____.
Four little valentines, pretty as can be.
I gave one to Daddy, now I have _____.
I gave one to Daddy, now I have _____.
Three little valentines, red, white and blue.
I gave one to brother, now I have _____.
I gave one to brother, now I have _____.
Two little valentines, enough for everyone.
I gave one to sister, now I have ______.
One little valentine, what should I do?I know what, I'll give this one to you! By Jean WarrenI gave one to sister, now I have ______.
Since she doesn't have a brother, I'll substitute with "Poppa" and use "Grandma Sharon" for sister. Then I could repeat using names for the many stuffed characters she has.
Woo Hoo!! I scored some craft foam hearts in the $1 bin at Target so we'll be able to make valentines for Mom and Dad. Add some sticker jewels and we'll be ready to go. Letter work could be this cute "heart" song:
Hmmmm ... maybe we'll focus on Abraham Lincoln and George Washington for the latter part of the month. I don't think I saved any of my classroom books on these two presidents, but I'll go through what I have stored just in case. If I don't find anything, there's a simple timeline at Abraham Lincoln for Young Readers that I will use as an introduction. TeacherVision has a short video and I like how they mention that he lived in a log cabin.
Momma Smiles has a simple log cabin craft and the only thing I'll need to get are the craft sticks. I like the idea of the penny in the window - I used to do a similar project when I taught first grade, but that one used pretzel sticks and the cabin took a LOT of pretzels. If I know Little H ...she would be more into eating those pretzels than glueing them! For number practice, we can count pennies and even make a penny person. Then we can count how many pennies in 1 leg or both ...you get the idea. For a movement activity I can sing the following song and we can march ... Little H just loves to march around the house:
Lincoln Was the President
Lincoln was the president
Who helped to free the slaves.
He was honest; he was brave
We call him Honest Abe! Sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle" & adapted from Jean Warren
Now on to George Washington ...
Creative Teaching has a cute Washington craft. Yes, I know this comes from a kindergarten post but I could have the pieces cut out and when you're working side-by-side giving directions, it really isn't a problem. We would just do the Washington portion and I would probably have Little H glue it to a red background. If I don't use that craft I found a a darling President's Day Craft Book! I'm a member of TPT and whoopee ... it's a free download. There's no way we could do this in one day but I could pick two of the pages or split it up into two weeks with a morning/afternoon session on both days.
I'm thinking we also need a little song:
My Hat
My hat it has 3 corners.(form triangle above head)
Three corners has my hat.
If it did not have 3 corners,(raise 3 fingers fingers)
It would not be my hat. (shake head sideways)
Just in case I decide we need to make a matching hat, there's a pattern at A to Z Teaching Stuff.
I don't know if she's familiar with the legend of George and the cherry tree so I might have to do a little background.
Then there's a fingerplay to go along with the legend:
George Washington(Sung to "Yankee Doodle")
I picked up some valentine themed paper at Hobby Lobby and I'll just have to pick one of the heart crafts from my valentine pinterest board to round off the day.
Hmmmm ... maybe we'll focus on Abraham Lincoln and George Washington for the latter part of the month. I don't think I saved any of my classroom books on these two presidents, but I'll go through what I have stored just in case. If I don't find anything, there's a simple timeline at Abraham Lincoln for Young Readers that I will use as an introduction. TeacherVision has a short video and I like how they mention that he lived in a log cabin.
Momma Smiles has a simple log cabin craft and the only thing I'll need to get are the craft sticks. I like the idea of the penny in the window - I used to do a similar project when I taught first grade, but that one used pretzel sticks and the cabin took a LOT of pretzels. If I know Little H ...she would be more into eating those pretzels than glueing them! For number practice, we can count pennies and even make a penny person. Then we can count how many pennies in 1 leg or both ...you get the idea. For a movement activity I can sing the following song and we can march ... Little H just loves to march around the house:
Lincoln Was the President
Lincoln was the president
Who helped to free the slaves.
He was honest; he was brave
We call him Honest Abe! Sung to the tune of "Yankee Doodle" & adapted from Jean Warren
Creative Teaching has a cute Washington craft. Yes, I know this comes from a kindergarten post but I could have the pieces cut out and when you're working side-by-side giving directions, it really isn't a problem. We would just do the Washington portion and I would probably have Little H glue it to a red background. If I don't use that craft I found a a darling President's Day Craft Book! I'm a member of TPT and whoopee ... it's a free download. There's no way we could do this in one day but I could pick two of the pages or split it up into two weeks with a morning/afternoon session on both days.
I'm thinking we also need a little song:
My Hat
My hat it has 3 corners.(form triangle above head)
Three corners has my hat.
If it did not have 3 corners,(raise 3 fingers fingers)
It would not be my hat. (shake head sideways)
Just in case I decide we need to make a matching hat, there's a pattern at A to Z Teaching Stuff.
I don't know if she's familiar with the legend of George and the cherry tree so I might have to do a little background.
Then there's a fingerplay to go along with the legend:
George Washington(Sung to "Yankee Doodle")
One time there was a little boy
Who had a little hatchet (chop with hand on opposite wrist)
He looked and looked around to find (hands above your eye)
A little tree to catch it.
Who had a little hatchet (chop with hand on opposite wrist)
He looked and looked around to find (hands above your eye)
A little tree to catch it.
At last he spied a cherry tree (point away from you)
His father's pride and joy (raise arms in excitement)
He chopped it down, right to the ground. (chop hand)
My! What a naughty boy! (shake your finger back and forth)
His father's pride and joy (raise arms in excitement)
He chopped it down, right to the ground. (chop hand)
My! What a naughty boy! (shake your finger back and forth)
And then he heard an angry voice (hand raised by ear)
It sounded like a cymbal. (clap on the word cymbal)
George knew he was in trouble great (point to your head)
And he began to tremble (shake)
It sounded like a cymbal. (clap on the word cymbal)
George knew he was in trouble great (point to your head)
And he began to tremble (shake)
Who cut this tree, my son did you? (arms out in shrug)
His father asked the question.
Yes ... was I. I cannot lie. (nod head up and down)
I cut it with my hatchet! (chop with hand on opposite wrist)
Chorus:
Georgie, Georgie, no, no, no.
Be careful what you do.
Hatchets can be dangerous
And you might get hurt too!
Maybe we can sort a pile of coins. This would be good introduction to coin identification. After we make our groups we could put them in rows or columns and practice counting. At the end we might try some coin rubbings ... we did that in the fall with leaves. Fun-A-Day has a penny/quarter sorting mat I could print. Or ... I could get some star stickers and do some counting with those.
Georgie, Georgie, no, no, no.
Be careful what you do.
Hatchets can be dangerous
And you might get hurt too!
Maybe we can sort a pile of coins. This would be good introduction to coin identification. After we make our groups we could put them in rows or columns and practice counting. At the end we might try some coin rubbings ... we did that in the fall with leaves. Fun-A-Day has a penny/quarter sorting mat I could print. Or ... I could get some star stickers and do some counting with those.
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