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One-on-One Reading: Mama Zooms #3

Read aloud Mama Zooms to individuals or small groups. Name some of the actions in the story and have children repeat and pantomime the actions.

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.

Pasta-Wheel Pictures

Invite children to draw something that has wheels and have them use wheel-shaped pasta to represent the wheels.

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.

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. 

Read Together: Roll, Slope, Slide: A Book About Ramps #1

Read the book and have children listen actively as they use hand and body motions to act out action words and phrases.

Read Together: Roll, Slope, Slide: A Book About Ramps #2

Read Roll, Slope, Slide: A Book About Ramps and have children point out how ramps make some things easier to do.

Read Together: Roller Coaster #1

Read a story about a girl who goes on her first roller coaster ride. Have children notice what happens when the roller coaster goes up and down the hills.

Read Together: Roller Coaster #2

Read the book Roller Coaster and encourage children to act out all the motion words.

Read Together: Samantha on a Roll #1

Read slowly and with expressions so children can enjoy the rhythm of the words as Samantha rolls in and out of different situations.

Read Together: Samantha on a Roll #2

Have children focus on the obstacles Samantha hits as she rolls down Hawthorn Hill.

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