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Explore Together (indoors): Talking Through Tubes

Invite children to explore talking through tubes. Guide children to talk or sing without the tube first, then with the tube to compare the sounds.

Explore Together (indoors): Taste and Compare

Have children compare plant foods by having them taste, smell, feel, and look at fruits and vegetables.   

Explore Together (indoors): Using Building Materials

Allow children to freely explore the building materials. Invite them to make different structures they have learned about.  

Explore Together (indoors): Voice Volume

Have children focus on exploring volume and timbre with their voices, and then create patterns of sounds for others to repeat.

Explore Together (indoors): Walls and Roofs

Have children work in small groups to freely explore materials as they build different parts of a house.

Explore Together (outdoors): Measuring Up

Have children check and measure their sprouts. Then observe and measure the plants they repotted outside.

Explore Together (outdoors): Sort the Travelers

Have children sort seeds by how they travel.   

Greeting Song: “If Your Name Is in My Hand” #1

Hold up a name card and sing a greeting song to help each child recognize his or her name in print.

Letter Molds (“Rr”)

Have children press uppercase and lowercase “Rr” molds into sand.

Play Together: “ABCD Watermelon” (BTL game)

Play a game matching letters of the alphabet.

Play Together: Sound Detectives

Give children the opportunity to become “sound detectives” by having guess what object makes a sound they hear.

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: Alphabet Under Construction #1

Comment on the different tools used to construct the letters of the alphabet in the story.

Read Together: City Lullaby #1

Read a story full of sounds you hear in the city and ask children to repeat some of the city sounds they hear in the book.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 1, Week 2, #1

Choose a favorite book and read to the children.

Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 4, Week 3

Reread one of the books, watch the video “What Instrument Does Alvin Play?,” or select a book from the recommended list focusing on the various sounds.

Read Together: Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? #1

Have children match colors dots on a page to colors in a photograph.

Read Together: Kitchen Dance #1

Read Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning and focus on the various sound words as well as the movement words. Have children act out some of the movements.

Read Together: Kitchen Dance #2

Reread Kitchen Dance by Maurice Manning, playing tango music softly in the background to set the mood.  Act out the action words and have children join.

Read Together: Knuffle Bunny Too #2

Read a story about friends and the emotions they share.

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