Wednesday, April 1, 2020, EDS at HOME
You are welcome to wear something wacky for our Zoom meeting today! Perfect for April Fool's Day!
UPDATED NEWSLETTER AND CALENDAR
This calendar has been somewhat updated to reflect our current EDS at Home model. We will attempt to retain our scheduled presentations even it they visit virtually!
1. STORY OF THE WEEK
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
STORYLINE This is a great website that features virtual story times.
2. GODLY PLAY STORIES OF THE WEEK
3. LETTER OF THE WEEK: Vv
Write the letter V. We verbally say, "Start your letter at the top, make a long diagonal line down and then make a long diagonal line up and stop." Draw a picture of something that begins with Vv; or for tactile learning, shape the letter V in play dough or a small plate of salt or flour.
Please practice name writing (or reciting the letters of your name while touching each letter with your pointer finger) every day. Listed below in our bonus material is a fun name puzzle activity that is fun for prewriters.
Make a Bubble Letter V on paper. Use it as a placemat and fill it in with play food vegetables or other item that begins with V; OR make a V shaped car track and use a matchbox car to drive on the letter V track.
4. MATH
Our number of the month is 10. We need two full hands of fingers to count to 10! Practice writing or tracing a 1 and a 0 together to make a 10.
Count how many different kinds of snacks did the caterpillar eat in our story of the week. Do not forget to add the leaf! Practice writing or tracing that number.
Line 10 blocks or toys together.
Count how many different kinds of snacks did the caterpillar eat in our story of the week. Do not forget to add the leaf! Practice writing or tracing that number.
Line 10 blocks or toys together.
5. CREATIVE ART
Make a thumbprint caterpillar. If you do not have an ink pad, you can color your pointer finger or thumb with a washable marker! We wonder what color your caterpillar will be!
Make a thumbprint caterpillar. If you do not have an ink pad, you can color your pointer finger or thumb with a washable marker! We wonder what color your caterpillar will be!
Eric Carle was an artist as well as an author. His storybooks are filled with color and texture. He would paint with brushes and interesting objects, such as brooms, sponges and forks! What a fun artist to conclude our art study! To make an" Eric Carle-style" apple: color a white piece of paper with a red crayon or marker. Draw a circle on that colored piece of paper and cut it out. Make a stem and tape or glue it onto the red circle.
Take a piece of paper outside and, make a fun caterpillar house on the paper by using natural items you find in your back yard. You could make a grass house, or a stick bed for your caterpillar to sleep on!
Using recyclable materials, make a pretend violin. Cut a hole in the body and wrap 3 rubber bands around the whole to mimic strings. A pencil, stick or even a straw could be used for the bow to play your pretend violin!
6. MUSIC or MOTOR
Do the inchworm dance to your favorite song.
Make a V with your body, first with just your fingers, then just your legs, just your arms...try your whole body.
Below is a link to some fun Yoga!
Play Balloon Volleyball, batting a balloon in the air and not letting it drop! It is a challenge! Nerf balls are safe to use, too.
7. SCIENCE
Make a salt volcano. Use a jar, pour in one cup of room temperature water (you may add coloring to the water to make it exciting. Food coloring works well, but it does stain). Add a 1/4 cup of oil. Do not mix. Take notice of how the oil does not mix right into the water. Next add a teaspoon of salt at a time and watch what happens. Rock salt works best, but table salt is fine to use. Note that water and oil do not mix. When you sprinkle the salt into the water oil mixture, the salt sinks to the bottom. As it sinks, the oil clings to it. When the salt reaches the bottom, it will begin to dissolve and as it does so, the oil that was on the salt rises to the top, creating a volcano-like appearance.
Look for bugs while you are outside playing. Bugs become active in the spring.
8. EDS HOME SCHOOL PHOTO GALLERY
Apple Eric Carle Style.
BONUS MATERIAL
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Make your own NAME puzzle. Use cardboard, cardstock or regular paper. Block print your first name on the paper leaving cutting space between the letters. Cut the letters apart. Scramble the letters and then put them in order. For those just learning the letter order, it is fun to provide a key of their printed name to match the cut out letters to underneath. Once the first name is mastered, try the last name! Store in a ziplock bag for later use!
ADDITIONAL ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES
StarFall
ABC Mouse
PBS Kids
Cool Math
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic Learn at Home
ABC Ya!
Switch Zoo Animal Games
Seussville
Fun Brain Jr.
Highlights Kids
StarFall
ABC Mouse
PBS Kids
Cool Math
National Geographic Kids
Scholastic Learn at Home
ABC Ya!
Switch Zoo Animal Games
Seussville
Fun Brain Jr.
Highlights Kids
