TEACHING GUIDE – WEEK TWO
THEME: Weather
MONDAY
- Introduce weekly theme & post the What's the Weather Chart?
- Daily Aspect – Rain & Clouds
- Episode: Sid the Science Kid – Rainy Play Date
- Read books on Rain.
- Music - “Rain, Rain Go Away”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”
- Art – Color rain, paste on cotton ball clouds, umbrella, etc.
- Review the calendar and Learning Board.
- Short review of color - yellow, shape - triangle, letter - B, number - 2.
- Activity – Puddle hopping in rain boots
TUESDAY
- Review weekly theme & post picture - Sunshine
- Episode – Sid the Science Kid – Special Sunny Dad's Day
- Read books on Sunshine.
- Review the calendar and Learning Board.
- Art – Color Page B, Sun Catchers
- Activities - ABC game online, Letter games, trip to the park
- Short review of color - yellow, shape - triangle, letter - B, number - 2.
- Music - “Alphabet Song”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”, “This Little Light of Mine”
- Review memory verse on the refrigerator.
WEDNESDAY
- Review weekly theme - weather
- Episode - None
- Activity – Dress baby &/or Grace in rain gear.
- Read & review body books with Dad while waiting on dinner.
- Music - “Alphabet Song”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”, “This Little Light of Mine”
- Short review of color - yellow, shape - triangle, letter - B, number - 2.
- Art - Free color/paint day.
THURSDAY
- Review weekly theme and aspect of the day - Rain
- Episode – Sesame Street – Episode 4229
- Read books on rain.
- Games -
- “Alphabet Song”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “All Things Bright and Beautiful”, “This Little Light of Mine”
- Art - Write/post #2 on Learning Board. Add two stickers to counting book. Draw 2 squares on piece of paper. Glue squares onto paper.
- Short review of color - yellow, shape - triangle, letter - B, number - 2.
- Review memory verse on the refrigerator.
FRIDAY
- Review the calendar and Learning Board.
- Episode – None.
- Read weather related books.
- Art - Sunshine mosiac
- Music - “Alphabet Song”, “You are my Sunshine”, “Itsy Bitsy Spider”, “Jesus wants me for a sunbeam”, “This Little Light of Mine”
- Short review of color - yellow, shape - triangle, letter - B, number - 2.
- Review Bible story with Dad.
- Review memory verse on the refrigerator.
BOOKS
- Red Rubber Boot Day by Mary Lyn Ray
- Soggy Saturday by Phyllis Root
- What’s the Weather by Scholastic
- I Love the Rain by Margaret Park Bridges
- One Rainy Day by M. Christina Butler
- All Things Bright and Beautiful by Cecil Frances Alexander
- One Rainy Day by Tammi Salzano
- Sunshine by Casie Mayer
- Sunshine by Gail Sunaders-Smith
- Rain Brings Frogs by Maryann Cocca-Leffler
- What’s the Weather (Fun Flap Book) by Scholastic
Resources: Week 15 – Rain
Week 8 – Sun
Letter B
More Weather Cards
Weather Songs
Rain
Pitter Pat, pitter pat (drum fingers on floor), the rain goes on for hours.
And though it keeps me in the house, it's very (hold hands palms up and closed into fists in front of you) good for (open fists) flowers (lift hands imitating flowers growing up).