Friday, August 10, 2012

Our Toddler Nursery Rhyme activities matched up with MFW K

Toddler Nursery Rhyme Extensions for MFW K

Sun:
Rhyme: Itsy, Bitsy Spider (out came the SUN)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        Make play dough (black) spiders with pipe cleaners and google-y eyes…need black playdough
·        construction paper/cardstock, glue and popsicle stick or straw/ paint stick

Moon:
Rhyme: Hey Diddle Diddle (cow jumped over the MOON)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        2 paper plates, staples, big and small googly eyes, glue, colors, printables
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
·        Tape, straws/popsicle sticks, colors

Leaf:
Rhymes: Mary had a little lamb (lamb-L)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        Cotton balls, colors or markers, construction paper or glue
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
·        Tape, straws/popsicle sticks, colors
 

Apples:
Rhymes: A tisket A tasket
Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        construction paper, pocket template, envelope, paper to make letter
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets


Nests:
Rhymes: Jack Be Nimble (N-nimble)
Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        coffee filters, markers: orange, red, yellow, water bottle, tp roll, paper plate tape
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
·        put together craft and practice jumping over candlestick like Jack

Turtle:
Rhymes: I’m a little teapaot (T-teapot)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
·        Learn song and do motions, take pic and put in binder

 

Us:
Rhymes: Little Jack Horner (senses: tasting, touching, feeling)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
Make a playdough pie and take picture to put in folder
·        Purple playdough, yellow playdough
·        Make circles and learn to roll a ball for ‘plums’
·        Learn to roll yellow playdough flat as a sheet
·        Crimp like a pie

Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets

Dinosaur:
Rhymes: Hickory Dickory Dock (Dickory Dock –D)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets

Octopus:
Rhymes: One Two Buckle My Shoe (one –O)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        Garden gloves
·        Felt pieces (red, white or yellow or brown, black or brown)
·        Hot glue
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
Learn and do hand motions or use glove puppet

Water:
Rhymes: Jack and Jill (to fetch a pail of water)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        Dixie cup, hole punch, pipe cleaner, paint
·        Water tub items
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
 
Insects:
Rhymes: The Ants Go Marching (ants- insect)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        For thumbprint ants: stamp pad, pen
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
·        Sing song and march and make ant carton ‘puppets’

Goat:
Rhymes: Here we go ‘round the mulberry (go - G)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·        Wash tub outside with mini felt clothes and then line dry them
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets
Sing song and do motions
 

Cow
Rhymes: Little Boy Blue (cow in the corn)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets

Horses
Rhymes: Humpty Dumpty (all the King’s HORSES)

Read, Recite and Find the Letter:
Coloring Page:
Arts and Crafts:
·         
Actions/Activities: hand motions and puppets


 * The following will be updated after Christmas break*

Elephants:
Rhymes: Elsie Marley (Elsie – E)
Penguins:
Rhymes: Pease Porridge Hot (Pease – P)
Kangaroo:
Rhymes: Jack Be Nimble (jumping)
Zebra:
Rhymes: Baa Baa Black Sheep (black)
Rock:
Rhyme: Ride a cockhorse to banbury cross (Ride – R)
Jewel:
Rhyme: Hush Little Baby (diamond ring – jewel)
Butterfly:
Rhymes: Little Bo Peep (Bo- B)
Frog:
Rhymes: Make new friends (friends –F)
Fox:
Rhyme: X,Y and Tumbledown Z
Vegetables:
Rhymes: Vickery, Mintery Cutery Corn
Quail:
Rhyme: Queen of Hearts (Queen – Q)
Yellow:
Rhyme: Yankee Doodle


Thirty Days hath September
Mary had a little lamb

















Curriculum Plans 2012 - 2013


Our new school year starts on Monday. (Hip hip hooray!)  The following lists our carefully thought out, over researched, and much discussed curriculum plans for the new year:

Together
Circle Time
Family Time Fitness (Dad)
Classical Conversations
 


Toddler

Together:
With Mom:
With Pre-K’er: (He won’t HAVE to do these activities, but he will be included according to his attention span.)
o 
Pre-Kindergarten
o   
          Other:

First Grade

-        Reading: Memoria Press Storytime Treasures and More Storytime Treasures
-        Spelling: All About Spelling
o   Complete level 1 and begin on level 2
-        Handwriting: Memoria Press New American Cursive
-        Grammar, Poetry, Narration: First Language Lessons
-        Literature: Memoria Press
-        Copywork: Memoria Press
  • ClassicalConverations: Weekly Presentations, Science Experiments, Fine Arts, Memory Work: Timeline, History, English Grammar, Latin, Math, Scienc, Geography
-        CC online for review
o   History: using History Highlights from c3, hands on history group with friends, and book basket list
Other:
-         Ranger Kids
-        Co-op activities
-        Draw Write Now class
-        T-Ball (Fall)
-        Hands on History class
-        Junior Bible Quiz
-        Piano 


Linking up to: Preschool Corner and  Not Back to School Blog Hop

Circle Time Plans 2012

We have tried to start our school day with a 'Circle Time'.  For us, that means gathering together after breakfast, Bible time with Dad, and our morning 'chores' routine.  (Make bed, get dressed, etc.)  This year, I wanted to add a few more activities that we could all do together.  I'm looking forward to this time four days a week.

**2012-13 Curriculum Plans**


1.      Bible
      - Bible Reading with Activities: Rod and Staff Bible Reader and Coloring
-                     - Prayer: prayer with list
-                    - Devotional: Day by Day Devotions and Big Thoughts for Little People
-                    - Memory Verses: our own selections
-                    - Character: From Church virtues of the month and MFW K

2.      The Pledge
3.      Calendar: a compilation of online resources
4.      Recitations:
-                    - Memoria Press 1st Grade
-                     -  MFW K Words to Remember Pre-K
-                     - MFW K Words to Remember Preschool

5.      Safety Tip: Personal Saftey Fun to Know Cards (discuss, show, display, review)
6.      Life Skills/ Manners: Hands on Homeschooling list and Manners e-book http://www.currclick.com/product/36891/Manners?it=1
7.      Handwriting Drill:
-                    - Name
-                    -  Letter of the Week (Use formation rhyme)
-                    - Number of the Week (Use formation rhyme)
-                    - Then refer to ABC Jesus Loves Me info chart
8.      Handicraft Skill: Drawing of the Day
-                    - Various resources: Drawing with Children, Usborne, Ed Emberley,
-                    -  Practice Sheets: 1+1=1 calendar sheets 
9    9.  ASL Alphabet: cards from Homeschool Creations