Kinderpond Jr.: kinderpond

Sunday, April 22, 2018

It's Earth Day Everyday :)

Learning Board-

Words

Numbers 61-64

Name Practice- binder

This week is all about using things you already have. I don't want to be printing a zillion pages so this week I want you to just plug things in what you have :) .

Monday-

Story: Compost Stew

Poem: Theme Words

Word Study: After introducing the theme words, use magnetic letters to spell. Idea from HERE

Fine Motor: Garbage Can Ice Cube Sort Some of these are from Dollar Tree and some are from WalMart. Give different "ice cubes" to sort into the trash cans.

Science: Recycling Sort

Math: Earth Day Patterns

Art: Marble Painting

Writing: Journals

Theme/Life Skills: Spring Stew

Tuesday

Story: Biscuit's Earth Day Celebration

Poem: R-E-C-Y-C-L-E

Word Study: List plastic/paper/glass

Search your minds and homes/classrooms.
Just draw & write on chart paper in 3 columns

Fine Motor: Truffula Trees . Hot glue pipe cleaners to bigger pom poms. Children will slide pony beads to the top

Science: Go out and pick up trash in your neighborhood or yard :) . Use a grabber or rubber gloves. They have grabbers at Dollar Tree, they aren't as cute as the Target ones, but they still work- it's for garbage :)

Math: Trash Pick up

Crunch up scrap/junk mail paper into small wads, use a grabber to pick up paper. See how many you can pick up in a certain amount of time :)

Art: Coffee Filter
Draw on a coffee filter using washable blue and green markers.
Spray with spray bottle with water

Writing: Journals

Theme/Life Skills: RF Cafe

Thursday

Story: The Earth's Book

Poem: Vocab . They're free :)

Word Study: List ways to reduce/reuse/recycle

Fine Motor: Wooden Discs any toys that aren't plastic :)

Science: Nature Hunt use this one or just make your own

Math: Fill the cup
Using those green and blue glass beads and a dice.
Roll dice add that many beads to cup. First to fill the cup wins :)

Art: Handprint

Writing: Grid

Theme/Life Skills: Spring Stew

Friday

Story: Earth Day

Poem: Happy Earth Day

Word Study: Syllable Sort

Fine Motor: Cut paper scraps-
Grab your junk mail or any paper scraps and cut away :)

Science: Build a recycling plant. Bring out your garbage trucks and Rocky from PawPatrol

Math: Use these or any board game :)

Art: DD Earth

Writing: Trace and Write

Theme/Life Skills: RF Cafe

Past units

Lorax
Lorax Review

Shopping List:
Pipe cleaners
pony beads
pom-poms
hot glue
blue and green glass beads
paint

Stew ingredients

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Kinderpond learns about our Community

Learning Board

Words: on, in, to, go

Color yellow

Shape- your choice to review

Numbers 55-58

Name Practice- use your binder or these, they're free. There are also some paid ones that are super cute!!!!

Monday-

Story: Career Day

Poem:

Word Study: Clothespin clip

Fine Motor: Community Helper Puzzle (free version)

Science: Magnet Car Puzzle but any magnet puzzle will be perfect!

Math: Roll and Count

Use truck mini erasers and ice cube trays to fill.
Or use a 10 frame, 20 frame, 30 frame.. you get the idea. Heck race to 100 frame ;)

Art: Finger Paint Flames

Writing: Black sand writing.
I grabbed black sand from Dollar Tree. The box comes from Target, with toys I've removed.

Theme/Life Skills: Construction Stew

Tuesday

Story: Postman Pat

Poem: Farmer in the Dell either felt set would work

Word Study: Hammer Golf Tees use letters or words to fit your needs. Golf tees from Walmart.

I am going to use these from the Dollar Tree to write the words.

Fine Motor: Counting match

Science: Capsules (grabbed from Target)

Math: Community Helper Sort
Last time, I hid these in different sensory bins, this year, I plan to hide them around the room. I will use that blue putty stuff.