Muskogee Early Childhood Center
E-learning Parent Resource Guide
2020-2021
Teacher hours: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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Principal: Dr. Malinda Lindsey - malinda.lindsey@roughers.net
Tips for E-Learning
- Establish a daily schedule/routine
- Designate a space for school work
- Communication is key - Communication is essential
- Provide current contact information to your child’s teacher
- Provide your child’s teacher with your preferred mode of communication
- Contact the teacher during office hours with questions
9:00 am-12:00 pm
- Spend 45 minutes a day engaged with your pre-k student (the time can be broken in short sessions)
- Remember that young children learn about the world through play - provide plenty of time for indoor and outdoor play
- Be flexible
- Expect challenges or frustrations
- Remember that we are all doing this for the first time
- Give grace when the teacher isn’t perfect or when the children aren’t perfect
- Enjoy spending time with your child and your family
- Above all, stay safe and stay healthy
It all begins with a good book!
- Pete the Cat - I Love My White Shoes
- The Dot
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Grouchy Ladybug
- “Goodnight with Dolly” premiers April 2, 2020 - Dolly Parton imagination library
- Harry the Dirty Dog
- What do you do with a box
- I Wish you More
- The Little Red Hen
- I Know an old lady who swallowed a fly - the learning station
- Down by the bay - the learning station
- Big Al
- Corduroy
- Clifford the big red dog
- Chickens aren’t the only ones- reading rainbow
- Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Animated version
- Knuffle Bunny
- If You Give A Mouse a Cookie
- If you Give a pig a pancake
- Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons
- The kissing hand
- Brown bear brown bear what do you see
- Goldilocks has chicken pox
- Too pickley!
A Guide for letter and number writing practice
More Virtual Learning Information www.muskogeeps.org
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Programs and Apps
Ask your child’s teacher for access codes and login information
Some Teachers may also choose to use:
Happy Numbers
A singing child is a happy child
Tune into live concerts with Brian and Terri Kinder ~ Like their page on Facebook for notifications
Kinder Music with Brian and Terri Kinder
Aerobic A to Z with Greg and Steve
Apples and bananas - the learning station
Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons
Homemade Musical Instruments
https://redtri.com/homemade-instruments/slide/9
Recipes for homemade learning!
Homemade Playdough
What you need:
1 cup water
1 cup all-purpose four
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
⅓ cup salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
your choice of food coloring
Instructions:
Mix everything together in a 2 quart saucepan. Cook over low/medium heat, stirring. Continue stirring until the mixture thickens and begins to gather around the spoon. Remove the dough onto a plate or waxed paper to cool. Enjoy!
Homemade Puff Paint
What you need:
3 cups shaving cream
1 cup white glue
1 cup four
Food coloring
Sandwich sized Zippered bag
Instructions:
Put all ingredients into a large mixing bowl. Stir until mixed, keep the air bubbles in the mixture. Divide into smaller bowls to color as desired. Put a small amount into a zippered bag. Zip to close. Snip one corner. Squeeze onto heavy paper or cardboard. Have fun!
Homemade bubbles
Measure 6 cups of water into one container, then pour 1 cup of dish soap into the water and slowly stir it until the soap is mixed in. Try not to let foam or bubbles form while you stir. Measure 1/4 cup of corn syrup and add it to the container. Stir the solution until it is mixed together.
Click this link or search for your own ideas on making bubble wands at home: Homemade Bubble Wands
Colored sand
Purchase sand from your local pet store (I use the kind for reptiles; it is thin and soft) or hardware store. Place in ziploc bags and add gel food coloring or mix part water and a few drops of regular food coloring and pour into the bag. Zip the bag shut and massage the color through the sand.
Colored pasta and rice
How to dye pasta:
• 1/4 cup of alcohol
• 10 drops of food coloring
• Ziploc bags
Instructions:
• put alcohol and food coloring in a bag. Seal the bag. then add pasta and shake until all the pasta is covered.
• let sit overnight (the longer you leave it, the darker it will become)
• Pour pasta out on a cookie sheet and spread out to dry overnight.
Puffy Sidewalk Chalk Paint
What you need:
1 cup flour
1 cup water
1 tablespoon dish soap
5-10 drops food coloring or washable paint
Instructions:
In a large mixing bowl stir the flour and water until there are no lumps. Stir in the dish soap. Add food coloring of your choice to get the desired color. Pour the mixture into your squeeze bottle. Let the kids have fun!
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