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Talk Together: High or Low? Loud or Soft?
Review the concepts of pitch and volume with children. Have them identify sounds as high, low, loud, or soft.
Talk Together: House Shapes
Identify the two-dimensional shapes found in parts of a house (roof, walls, etc.). Revisit the book Building a House.
Talk Together: Houses and Buildings
Tell children that they will be learning about different types of houses and buildings by using the “Houses and Buildings” display.
Talk Together: How Does It Feel?
Have children take turns feeling a variety of textures of different materials and compare the textures.
Talk Together: I Can Do It!
Review the story The Little Engine That Could. Have children share a time they were afraid to go down an inclined plane.
Talk Together: If I Could Have a Garden
Read the poem “If I Could Have a Garden.” Ask children which vegetables they would plant in their gardens.
Talk Together: In Order
Explore ordinal numbers. Have children pick a number card 1–5 and stand on the matching number on a number line.
Talk Together: Inside a Building
Have children name parts of the room (walls, floor, window). Have them describe the shapes of the different parts of the room and what materials were used to build them.
Talk Together: Introduce Color
Introduce color and encourage children to notice blue things around them.
Talk Together: Introduce Float and Sink
Introduce the concepts of float and sink, using rubber bands and pennies as examples.
Talk Together: Introduce Plants
Introduce plants and tell children they will learn about different types of plants. “Plant Wall” of pictures and children’s works.
Talk Together: Introduce Ramps
Introduce ramps by having children move a block without touching it. Demonstrate how things move down a slanted plane.
Talk Together: Introduce Sliding
Discuss how size, shape, and weight of an object can affect the way it moves down a ramp. Talk about how things slide and/or roll.
Talk Together: Introduce Water
Discuss water with children. Ask them what they know about water, and what happens as water is poured.
Talk Together: Loud and Quiet
Create a chart listing loud and quiet sounds and discuss reasons for using loud or quiet voices.
Talk Together: Loud and Soft Voices
Talk about changing voice volume with children and have children practice changing the volume of their own voices.
Talk Together: Loud, Louder, Loudest
Have children make sounds that are loud, louder, and loudest and soft, softer, softest.
Talk Together: Lullabies
Have children close their eyes as you play or sing a soothing lullaby and then talk about how it makes them feel.
Talk Together: Make It Move
Discuss how to make water move with various materials.
Talk Together: Make that Sound
Discuss all the sounds children have heard over the past weeks. Help them recall the sounds and demonstrate some of them.