January Week 4

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

***Note that both of the Day 3 activities are for outdoors, in the snow. Look ahead at the weather and move this lesson up in the week if you have a good snow covering.****

Day 1:

Supply List:

3 pieces of construction paper

small piece of orange construction paper

scissors

googly eyes

glue

paint

ice cube tray

food coloring

bowls

tubs for water

measuring cup(s) or scoop

Prep:

Go here to see the instructions for the Peacock P.

You can either do the water freezing during your typical learning time and play with the cubes later or do the freezing the day before.

Day 2:

Supply List:

Several winter clothing items (hat, mitten, scarf, boot, sweater, sock, snowpants)

flashlight

Prep:

No prep for today.

Day 3:

Supply List:

several pairs of shoes

4 spray bottles

food coloring

Prep:

Make the spray bottles before you go outside. You can let your child help squeeze the food coloring in and shake the bottles.

Hope you have all had a wonderful January of learning! Let me know if you have any questions on this week's lessons.

January Week 3

Here are the lesson plans for week 3:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 1

Supply List:

3 different colors of construction paper

1 sheet of white paper

brown paint

1 pair of googly eyes

glue

scissors

3 or more small, plastic spice jars

construction paper - black and orange

googly eyes

3 or more small buttons, can be different colors

glue

scissors

cotton balls

Prep:

Go here for instructions on making the owl "O". You may choose to cut out the shapes for the face before beginning with your child, or you can do it while he/she paints.

Go here for the instructions on the snowman blocks. You'll want to clean off the labels on your spice jars before beginning the activity with your child.

Day 2:

Supply List:

Your storm bottle from last week

2 edged cookie sheets or 9x13 pans

flour

Prep:

You may want to read through the peacemaker scenarios before beginning with your child and practice presenting it at his/her level.

Day 3:

Supply List:

blue construction paper

cotton balls

glue

popsicle stick

markers

white paint

wax paper

waltz music or any other classical or dramatic music

Prep:

Go here to print pictures of winter activities to show your child and if you choose to show youtube videos of skiing and sledding, then prescreen those (I always turn the sound off!).

Find appropriate music for the ice skating activity.

January Week 2

Here are the lesson plans:

Day 1

Day 2
Day 3

Day 1:

Supply List

cardboard

colored paper

scissors

paint

markers

glue

cotton balls

white paper

Prep

The instructions for the Number N are here. You can cut out a piece of cardboard and draw an "N" on it. You can prepare the rest of the "N" craft while your child works on decorating the "N".

Day 2:

Supply List

container for your "storm" -bottle, jar or tupperware

food coloring

water

vegetable oil

glitter

masking tape or painter's tape

balled up socks, bean bag or crumpled paper for "snowball"

Prep

You may choose to either prepare your storm bottle before or during the activity. Tape some shapes on the floor. We have a rug on the playroom floor that the tape works well on, but you may want to test out a small strip first to make sure it doesn't leave a mark! If tape won't work for your home, you can also draw large shapes on construction paper and lay them on the floor for your child to throw the "snowball" at.

Day 3:

Supply List

Ingredients for the snowball cookies - butter, sugar, egg, vanilla, salt, flour, m&ms or chocolate chips, powdered sugar

Fuzzballs of different colors

Bowls/containers lined with colors that correspond to your fuzzball colors

spoon, tweezers, chopsticks if you want your child to use them

Prep

Prepare the cooking activity depending on what your child can handle. I usually get all of the ingredients out and have them pre-measured and then Nathan adds each thing to the bowl. I do like to have him count out cups or teaspoons of things to practice his counting and attention to a task. For the sorting activity, line your bowls or containers with colored paper.

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