Learning Centers
Rhyme Time
Children play a rhyme match card game by turning over cards and “reading” the illustration or text and finding a card that rhymes.
Letter Sort “Aa”
Have children sort and distinguish letter shapes to recognize the shape of the target letter, “Aa.”
Traveling Seeds
Have children explore how seeds travel by covering a sheet of paper with paint and glue and blowing the dandelion seeds onto their papers to see how seeds travel and spread out.
Fruit and Vegetable Stamping
Have children press a fruit or vegetable into paint and then press it on a piece of paper.
Aisles of Fruits and Vegetables
Have children use blocks to build fruit and vegetable aisles of a grocery store and then go shopping in the aisles.
Independent and Partner Reading, Unit 8, Week 3
Encourage children to select books that interest them and to look at the words and pictures on their own or with other children.
One-on-One Reading: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds
Read aloud A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds to individuals or small groups. Have children point out fruits or vegetables they like and identify how they travel.
Preparing Dinner
Invite children to make their own version of bee-bim-bop to serve for dinner. Instruct them on how to set a table to serve the meal.
Fruit and Vegetable Patterns
Have children make patterns with slices of fruits and vegetables.
Math Chefs
Have children measure and cut specified numbers of clay fruit pieces to make a clay fruit salad.
Letter Molds (“Aa”)
Have children press uppercase and lowercase “Aa” molds into the sand. Encourage them to make the letters with their fingers in the sand.
Play "Hide and Peep" #2 (PEEP game)
Have children continue to play PEEP and the Big Wide World “Hide and Peep” and work together to find the hidden characters.
Our Vegetable Soup
Brainstorm with children ingredients they would want in a vegetable soup. Gather to create a group recipe book.