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Play Together: “X” Marks the Spot
Have children play the letter card game to get to the “X” spot.
Pop-Up Plants
Invite children to make a pop-up flower. Encourage children to tell a story about their plant as it “grows.”
Preparing Dinner
Invite children to make their own version of bee-bim-bop to serve for dinner. Instruct them on how to set a table to serve the meal.
Puppet Play, Unit 2, Week 3
Have children act out the story of Mouse Paint as you introduce concepts such as character and dialogue.
Puppet Talk
Help children make puppets of the characters from Who Sank the Boat
“Quack’s Apples” #2 (PEEP game)
For this game, guide children in helping Quack slant the sticks so apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
“Quack’s Apples” #3 (PEEP game)
Help children slant the sticks with Quack so that the apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
Ramp Drawings
Have children draw a picture of a slide or ramp that they have seen. Then have them identify and include pictures of objects they would like to move down ramps.
Ramp Paintings
Children dip marbles in paint and roll them down ramps to make ramp paintings. Use vocabulary such as roll, slant, and slide to discuss ramps.
Ramp Races!
Have children work with partners to build a ramp, and then “race” objects down it. Encourage cooperation to develop children’s social skills.
Read About Feelings
Read books to toddlers that capture feelings and worries. Use the stories as opportunities to talk with toddlers about their own experiences and feelings.
Read Together: A Cool Drink of Water #1
Review how all living things need water and then read the book with children.
Read Together: A Cool Drink of Water #2
Reread the book and have children look for the different objects people use to make water move.
Read Together: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds #1
Read the book, comparing a fruit to a suitcase. Have children notice all “fruit suitcases.”
Read Together: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds #2
Reread the story and focus children on different ways a seed can travel from one place to another.
Read Together: Abiyoyo #1
Read a folktale about a giant named Abiyoyo. Invite children to act out gestures and sound effects throughout the story.
Read Together: Abiyoyo #2
Reread Abiyoyo by Pete Seeger and have children make connections to their own lives.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #1
Comment on the different tools used to construct the letters of the alphabet in the story.
Read Together: Alphabet Under Construction #2
Reread the book and have children create their own alphabet charts with letters they cut from magazines.
Read Together: Bee-bim Bop!
Discuss how different countries and families have their own special recipes. Read the story and have children notice all the foods in the bee-bim bop.