MONDAY, April 13, 2020, EDS at HOME
Chick Project, Day 7
STORY TIME
Talking points: Did you like this story? Did you know that so many animals can use a cactus for a home? How many do you remember? Did the cactus in the story live a long life or a short life?
Do you have a special quilt in your house? Does it have a story?
STORYLINE This is a great website that features virtual story times.
LETTER of the WEEK : Qq
Write the letter Q. We verbally say, "Start your letter at the top, make a big curve down and keep going to make a big curve up and stop. Pick your marker or pencil up and leap down to make a short line that slides from the inside of the circle to the outside of the circle. Draw a picture of something that begins with Q; or for tactile learning, shape the letter Q in play dough or a small plate of salt or flour. For our pre-writers, if you have a chalk board and some chalk, draw the letter Q and have your child erase it with a small wet sponge, or they can wet their finger and erase it.
MATH
Fun with Jelly Beans, check out the shape of a jelly bean... looks a lot like our shape of the month!
Create and fill in an at home graph. Send along photos of our graphs for us to share on the Blog this week!
Create and fill in an at home graph. Send along photos of our graphs for us to share on the Blog this week!
The Shape of the Month is an Oval like an egg! Can you find something besides an egg in your house that is an oval?
Color in or put an X through the Numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 eggs on your Countdown to Hatch Day Calendar. Using your pointer finger, touch and count each egg on your calendar and count. See if you can count all the way to the end!
Using a deck of playing cards, find all of the cards with the Number 10 on them. How many were there?
Using a deck of playing cards, find all of the cards with the Number 10 on them. How many were there?
SCIENCE
Review the inside of an egg chart in our Chick Journal. The children often wonder if the chick eggs are the same as what we eat for breakfast. It is good to reassure them that the eggs we eat for breakfast are different because they have not been fertilized. A hen and a rooster need to be near each other in the same pen for the eggs to be fertilized. After looking at the chart, crack an egg open on a plate and compare it to the picture. See if you can find the parts outlined in the picture. No need to waste an egg for this project, you can wait until you need an egg for cooking.
Have an Egg taste test: scrambled, hard-boiled, and fried or soft-boiled. Which do you like best?
Sort Oviparous and Non Oviparous Animals:
CREATIVE ART
Make a bubble letter Q and paint the inside of it using a Q-tip, or paste Q-tips on the inside of the letter.
Draw a Cactus Hotel.
Review the inside of an egg chart in our Chick Journal. The children often wonder if the chick eggs are the same as what we eat for breakfast. It is good to reassure them that the eggs we eat for breakfast are different because they have not been fertilized. A hen and a rooster need to be near each other in the same pen for the eggs to be fertilized. After looking at the chart, crack an egg open on a plate and compare it to the picture. See if you can find the parts outlined in the picture. No need to waste an egg for this project, you can wait until you need an egg for cooking.
Have an Egg taste test: scrambled, hard-boiled, and fried or soft-boiled. Which do you like best?
Sort Oviparous and Non Oviparous Animals:
CREATIVE ART
Make a bubble letter Q and paint the inside of it using a Q-tip, or paste Q-tips on the inside of the letter.
Draw a Cactus Hotel.
MUSIC or MOTOR: I know a Chicken, By Laurie Berkner
Examining the parts of a chicken egg.
BONUS MATERIAL
Using a set of 5 plastic Easter Eggs, fill each with a different number of items 1 through 5. Hide the eggs and have your child hunt for the eggs. Open each, lining the items up on a piece of paper and then write or trace the number of each item in the eggs. Some ideas for stuffing: pennies, paper
clips, buttons, goldfish crackers, stickers, etc.
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
