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One-on-One Reading: Roller Coaster #3
Read aloud Roller Coaster to individuals or small groups. Ask children to point out things in the illustrations that are important in the story (characters, setting, etc.).
One-on-One Reading: The Little Engine That Could #3
Read aloud to individuals or small groups and encourage active listening by allowing children to share things they see in the illustrations.
Our Ramp Stories
Have children dictate or write a ramp story about an observation they made while exploring ramps. Children illustrate their stories with magazine pictures.
Our Rolling and Sliding
Invite children to watch videos of themselves rolling and sliding objects down ramps with different surfaces.
Pass Through the Obstacles
Have children set up an obstacle course and construct a game in which players need to find a way to pass the obstacles to get through the course.
Pasta-Wheel Pictures
Invite children to draw something that has wheels and have them use wheel-shaped pasta to represent the wheels.
Play Together: “Quack’s Apples” #1 (PEEP game)
Join small groups of children at the Technology Center to have them take turns in helping Quack roll apples down the hill and into the pond.
Play Together: Roll, Roll, Slide!
Have children follow directions as they play the game “Roll, Roll, Slide!” using a block and a ramp.
Play Together: Samantha Says (“Hh”)
Play “Simon Says.” as children repeat an action only when they hear a word beginning with the letter /h/ sound.
Play Together: Train Time
Have groups act out different characters (trains) from The Little Engine That Could. Find a hill or a low ramp to use as the mountain.
“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 Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 5, Week 1
Reread a book from the week, watch “Roller Coaster,” or select a book from the recommended list. Focus on ramps and rolling and sliding movements.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 5, Week 3
Read aloud a favorite book about ramps or wheels.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 5, Week 4
Read aloud Samantha on a Roll, Ten on the Sled, or another book about rolling or sliding.
Read Together: Mama Zooms #1
Read the book Mama Zooms. Discuss with children how some people cannot walk and that a wheelchair helps them move around and go places.
Read Together: Mama Zooms #2
Reread Mama Zooms with lots of expression and have children act out the motions in the book.