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Wet and Dry Clothes

Children wash doll clothes—some hang wet clothes on the clothesline and others place their doll clothes in plastic bags. Revisit the cloths to see which cloths are still wet and which ones are dry.

Wet and Dry Sand

Make sandcastles with dry sand and wet sand to demonstrate how water sticks to pieces of sand.

What’s That Sound? #1

Play recordings of children making sounds during the week and encourage them to paint the sources of the sound.

“What’s Your Name? (/u/)” #2 (BTL clip)

Encourage active viewing as children watch the video Between the Lions “What’s Your Name? (/u/).” Have children clap, sing, and repeat the names that have a /u/ sound.

"Where’s Quack?" #1 (PEEP game)

Model how to play the PEEP interactive online game “Where’s Quack?” As children play, ask questions that can further their exploration of sound-related concepts.

"Where’s Quack?" #2 (PEEP game)

Model how to play the game “Where’s Quack?” Ask children how the game is similar to when they went outdoors to find animal sounds.

“Which Fish?” (PEEP game)

Invite children to play the PEEP and the Big Wide World interactive game, “Which Fish?” Help children extend the patterns of fish.

Will It Fall Down?

Create structures out of different materials. Have children predict and record which houses they think will fall if they try to blow the house down.

Winter Scene

Invite children to use the materials to create their own winter scenes.

Word Play: “A Seed Is Planted” Rhyme

Recite the poem “A Seed Is Planted” and have children identify words that rhyme.

Word Play: Action Words

Introduce build as an action word. Have children name the action in illustrations.

Word Play: Alliteration (/b/)

Repeat the sentence “Benny Beaver’s beach ball bounced,” emphasizing the beginning sound of /b/. Challenge children to say the sentence faster and faster.