Kinderpond Goes to Space

Learning Board

Letter U

Color  Gray

Shape- Oval

Numeral- 21


Name Practice- Binder

Monday-

Story: Where in Space

Poem: Carpet Games

Alphabet Study: Discovery Toys ABC  

I used ESGI to assess and we are definitely lacking in our letter sounds :(

To use this, we say apple apple /a/ /a/ /a/ (sounds)

This made a HUGE difference when I taught kindergarten.  We did this one every day!  On Friday's we start at Z and go backwards.  One of the reasons they can all say the alphabet backwards!  

apple

baby

cookie

dolly

elbow

flower 

garden

hammer
igloo
jelly
kitten
lion
monkey
necklace 
ostrich
pumpkin
quarter
rabbit
scissors
tiger
underwear (we whisper.each.and.every.time. lol)
vacuum 
window
x-ray
yoyo
zebra

 Letters from the Alphabet

Fine Motor: Letters Punch Sheet

Science: Space Video

Math: Astronaut Ten Frame Match

Art: White crayons on black paper
We rarely use white crayons or pencils, so today is the day!!

Writing: Tracing Cards

Theme/Life Skills: Space Toys
I got a Space Toob and these toys

Tuesday

Story: Space Flannel Set From Target to make our own story

Poem: Letter formation poem

Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Make a constellation on a Lite Brite
Add a black piece of paper to your Lite Brite and create your own Milky Way!

Science:  $T "Space" Crystals 

Math: Space Kids

Art: Draw/paint a rocket ship  
I am going to print out a very simple rocket ship and leave it by the easel. 

Writing: Writing  Flight Plan

Theme/Life Skills: Space Shaker 
I have a bigger nut container filled with rice.  I added these into it and the kids shake it around to find everything on the gameboard.

Thursday

Story: Counting Space People

Poem: Number Formation Poem  So we do the 2 and the 1 and say 2,1 to make 21. 

Alphabet Study:  Star Sensory Bin

Fine Motor:  Scissor Skills

Science:  Moon Rock Drop
Find different rocks from the moon.  
In a shallow bin add flour/powdered sugar/cornstarch as the moon's surface.  From at 2 or less feet, drop rock into moon's surface.  See how big a hole it made.  Shake bin to flat again, try with a different "space rock"

Math: TaraWest

Art: Space Dough from Life Over C's

Writing: Star Mini Erasers to fill the letter

Theme/Life Skills: Pouring Water into containers
I got this pitcher from Dollar Tree.  We will be working on pouring into cups today.

Friday

Story: Aliens

Poem:  5 Little Astronauts

Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Shape Clip Cards

Science: $T Science check experiment.

Math: TaraWest

Art: Mad Matter Sand

Writing: Tara West Letter Tracing

Theme/Life Skills: Straw Rockets

Shopping List:
Space Toys
White Crayons
Black Construction Paper
Lite Brite
Colored Rice/Pasta ect
Shaker bottle
Star erasers
Straws and Milkshake straws (WalMart soda aisle)
Black Play-doh!

Mad Matter- Amazon (link above)


Dollar Tree
Crystals
Pitcher- kitchen section
Black Sand
Black Rocks
Glow in the Dark Stars
Flour/cornstarch/powdered sugar

Space Rocks of different sizes

Seuss-Kinderpond Style

Learning Board-

Letter U

Color  RED

Shape- Cone

Numeral- 17


Name Practice-

Monday-  

Story- Cat in the Hat

Poem Hide the Cat  

I grabbed my mini pocket chart at Target.

Art~ Color a Hat

Do your child's favorite color. Have them color every other one that color.

Math/Science   Stack the Cups

I found these cups at Dollar Tree by the wraps and bags. Cut index cards in half or use scrap paper.

Life Skills- Matching Cards

Snack- Cat in the Hat 
banana/ strawberry

Tuesday-

Story- 1 Fish 2 Fish

Fingerplay Cat in the Hat Song

Art- Tissue Paper Red and Blue Fish

Math/Science- Gold Fish Roll and Count

Life Skills- Sensory Bin

I used Cavatini (yep no idea how to spell that lol)
It's a loose corkscrew pasta.
I added letter magnets from Target.

Snack- Goldfish and Pink  Ink

We make regular lemonade. Add strawberry syrup. Stir. Drink!
Use math fish for snack :)

Thursday-

Story  Green Eggs and Ham

Fingerplays- Dr Seuss-Y

Music-  Seuss Band iPad

Math/Science- Green Eggs  
Now to find just green eggs lol Guess what I will be doing this weekend??

Life Skills- Shakers

 Shakers

Snack-Green Eggs or Horton Nest
Froglet doesn't like eggs- so making cool green eggs is out for us.  I plan to make Horton Nests instead.  I will show him the book before we make the snack.

Friday-

Story Hop on Pop

Fingerplays- Dr Seuss is on the Loose

Art- Fox in Socks  
I will just draw an outline of a sock and let Froglet color it.

Math/Science Oobleck

Life Skills- Sensory Bin

Snack- Popcorn

Shopping List:
Cornstarch
Food Coloring
Green Plastic Eggs
Yellow Pom poms
Red Cups
Index Cards
Tissue Paper- red blue
Construction Paper- red and white
Skewers


Rice
Pasta
Lemonade
Strawberry Syrup
Popcorn
Butterscotch Chips
Peanut Butter
Chow mein noodles (hard crunchy)
Goldfish- colors
Strawberries
Bananas