Thursday, March 22, 2012
robins, nests, and clifford
book: The Little Blue Easter Egg by Sarah Fisch
activity: making a nest helper
A nest helper is a bag of things that birds could use to make their nests. We used a mesh bag from our clementines and added bits of string, thread, ribbon, and hair. We cut the string, ribbon, and thread into small pieces (3 or 4 inches in length) and then my daughter stuffed them in the bag. Then she hung it outside near her window where she could watch for birds.
snack: chocolate butterscotch nests with candy eggs
I found this idea on pintrest and they are super yummy!
supplies:
1 bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 bag butterscotch chips
1 pouch fiber one cereal
mini egg candies
wax paper
cookie sheets
scoop or spoon
Melt chocolate and butterscotch chips in microwave for 1 min. Stir. Repeat until melted. Gradually stir in cereal. Scoop cereal into balls and place on wax paper lined cookie sheets. Press the middle down to form nest. Refrigerate until firm. Place eggs in middle and enjoy!
5 components of reading suggestions:
{phonemic awareness}
Write _est and _ird on a chalk or white board. Have your early bird write the onset that begins each word and draw a picture.
{phonics}
have your early bird list short e words like nest
{fluency}
read and have your early bird repeat each sentence
{vocabulary}
help your early bird find things around the house for the words bright, scampered, lavender, cotton, whimpered
{reading comprehension}
have your early bird draw a timeline of the baby robin's growth
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
books for a sick day
Seems like a lot of little friends have been sick over spring break. I've got a stash of books that I save for my little one when she doesn't feel like doing much else, but cuddling on the couch with a book. Here's a few of our recommendations:
How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon
by Jane Yolen illustrated by Mark Teague
Bear Feels Sick by Karma Wilson illustrated by Jane Dyer
Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
LLama LLama Home with Mama by Anna Dewdney
first day of spring with bears
Book: Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson illustrated by Jane Dyer
Activity: building a bear den
We read Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson at the beginning of winter and discussed hibernation. For the first day of spring we read Bear Wants More and talked about what animals do when they come out of hibernation. (You could also read Bear Snores On first.)We built a bear den and my daughter took her nap in there like a bear.
Snack:
After her nap we ate berries (and some grapes that she insisted on) just like Bear in the story. Other snack ideas would be graham crackers like the honey cakes or honey Teddy Grahams.
Links to other activity ideas:
Karma Wilson's website
For a Bear Snores On and Bear Wants More event kit click here.
5 components of reading suggestions:
{phonemic awareness}
have your early bird tell you the individual sounds when you say "den"
{phonics}
have your early bird work on the r-controlled vowel "ea" by writing -ear and using replacing the consonant in front of the word to make new words
{fluency}
you and your early bird can read "the bear wants more" out loud together each time it appears in the story
{vocabulary}
have your early bird act out the words hibernate, waddle, nibble, scamper, tramp, shuffle, romp, sniff and snuffle, wail, gobble
{reading comprehension}
have your early bird draw pictures of the food bear eats and put them in order
Sunday, March 18, 2012
making rainbows
Book: The Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow by Joanna Cole
Activity: flashlight rainbows
This activity was inspired by the book. We used flashlights and colored plates to make rainbows and talk about how the white light goes through the colored plate to make colors on the walls. Cellophane would also work.
Snack: fruit rainbows
This is a popular activity on Pintrest, but a good one. I wrote the color words on the rainbow stripes to help practice recognition. We used fruit that I thought my daughter would eat, but there's a lot of choices.
This is my daughter's version.
5 components of reading suggestions:{phonemic awareness}
have your early bird replace the onsets {r} in rain and {l} in light to make new words with the rimes -ain and -ight
{phonics}
have your early bird identify words with long a and long i sounds
{fluency}
this book is pretty long and detailed so it would be a great one to read aloud to your early bird
{vocabulary}
have your early bird practice recognizing color words
{reading comprehension}
use rainbow colored sticky notes to mark pages with questions for your early bird
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About Me
- dshrock
- I am a wife, mom, teacher, and student. I love my husband, daughter, son, and pug! I'm currently finishing a doctorate in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis in reading from Baylor University, but also have degrees in elementary ed and school counseling from The University of Tulsa. I've taught in Memphis and Waco. We are now living in the dorms at a boarding school in Oklahoma for junior and senior high school students where my husband teaches.
