April Is National Occupational Therapy OT Month WEEK #4
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April is National Occupational Therapy OT Month WEEK #4 myRepublica-Nagarik Network April 2020 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 20 National 21 National 22 Nat’l Earth 23 National 24 National 25 National Look-alike Day Kindergarten Day World Poem in Arbor Day Sense of Smell Day your Pocket Day Day nationaldaycalendar.com yaleclimateconnections.org yaleclimateconnections.org 123rf.com 26 Kids and their 27 28 29 30 Pets Day (coming UP!) Hello from Miss Clare (Miss Erin’s daughter) and Lola the softest bunny in the world! This document is intended for educational use only and must comply with the Wareham Public School Acceptable Use Policy. Under Massachusetts Law, any email created or received by an employee of Wareham Public Schools is considered a public record. All email correspondence is subject to the requirements of M.G.L. Chapter 66. This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender and delete all copies. Welcome to April is National Occupational Therapy OT Month and fun National Days from Ms Welburn, Ms Erin and Ms Paula Week #4 AND Special guests! Each week ideas will be shared in hopes to provide all of you with OT support and continued development. Please refer to Weeks 1-3 for previous learning! April 20 - National Look alike Day TWINS! Sometimes they are identical and look alike and sometimes they just look similar. Twins are something very very special. Sometimes ‘siblings’ look-alike’ but are not twins. At J.W. Decas there are many friends who “look alike”. Thank you Hailey, Alexandria, Austin and Logan, Amiyah, and Markus! In making this day special for all of us, maybe you could share something unique about your relationship and friendship with your ‘twin’ and share it with your classroom teacher(s). Some of the ideas could be DRAWING a picture and writing about what your favorite things are to do together. You can also find several activities involving learning and matching. Memory is an easy game to play at home if you have a deck of cards. Simply use only 2 of every suit and try to find 2 cards that ‘look alike’. Here are some other samples below that you can find on various sites such as etsy, pinterest, and Etsy.com Busy Bags & Busy Books Printable for Toddlers & Preschoolers Find ‘look alikes’ from mrsthompsonstreasures.com.(above) Can you find 11 differences, things that are not alike? Here (above) is a learning ‘look alike’ from worksheets.emasscraft.org. https://eatingrichly.com Organizing the plastic container cupboard is an amazing task for children for several reasons: 1. It helps to develop visual-spatial symmetry (math). 2. Supports visual perceptual skills (reading/writing) while identifying similarities and differences. 2. Upper body strength is developed. 3. Using your right and left sides of your body enhances your bilateral coordination while attempting to push on the lids. Teaching all of these skills is important and can easily be done at home with a purpose. Finally which one of these is the same? Since we are ‘all in this together’ matching socks at home continues to be a fun, functional way for our Decas friends to find the ‘look alikes’. Please refer to April 2nd for more information on other sock ideas. Do you see any ‘look alikes’ (below) in the sock picture? How many can you find _____? Man, they have a lot of socks! LOL How many socks does your family have? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8153271/Mother-four-comes-GENIUS-parenting-hack-using-socks.html April 21 - National Kindergarten Day - In kindergarten, we learn about sharing, we learn about caring, and we learn about squares. We learn to be nice, we learn to roll dice, and learn how to draw mice. We learn to play, we learn what to say, and we learn to handle clay. We grow to be strong and we grow to be long, in a place we know we belong. Our Kindergarten Teachers help us with all of this for their ongoing surprises of endless bliss! Compliments of Mrs. McQuade and all her kindergarten students. J.W. Decas 2019-2020 Hello to all our Kindergarten families, students, and teachers! This day is for you. Historically Kindergarten stood for “garden for the children”. It was Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel who started the very first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837. Frobel was a German teacher who recognized that children learn through play and experience. The first classroom was to help students learn to be with others for social reasons and for transitioning them from home to school more easily. In 1856, here in the United States, the first kindergarten classroom opened in Watertown, Wisconsin. HOW TO OBSERVE: Please send thank you via email, video, special drawing, or any way you can to your Kindergarten teacher on April 21st for the care and genuine compassion that she (or he) has given you in honor of National Kindergarten Day. And FOR YOU, here is some fun stuff from our Kindergarten teachers ! Miss Fitzgerald Miss Fitzgerald used to love playing with friends outside and playing teacher when she was in kindergarten. She had her pile of crayons, pencils, and papers, read books to her friends, and created fun lessons in the neighborhood. Look at her now! Her GOAL of becoming a teacher came true! When she is not teaching, she loves taking her dog for long walks. Here they are after a LONG, HOT walk! She also sends you a fun “Moon Dough” recipe to enjoy. Compliments of Mrs. Wolcott! Ms. Medeiros When Ms. Medeiros was 5 years old and in kindergarten, she loved play centers. Her teacher could always find her at the easel painting a colorful picture. If she wasn’t painting, she was mixing it up in the sand, splashing in the water table, mushing play dough, or dressing up in the dramatic play area. This explains why she loves providing her students with ‘hands-on’ learning. What’s inside?!?? Ewww Sometimes we like to make messes while we learn! We’re making foundations with blocks and clay. We are painting houses for our construction unit. Cubes and blocks, bears, and caves! Who said you can’t make caves with graham crackers and frosting? Owl Moon painting, while Ben catches prey! … all different kinds of beaks with a different kind of beach! Mrs. Greene loved being outside in her safe neighborhood cul-de-sac with her brother and their friends when she was in kindergarten. She loved climbing trees, riding her bike, playing in the sandbox, and running in the field nearby. Her kindergarten teacher said she was a “wiggly” student. She always was moving, but kept learning! Now, she enjoys the beach and stand-up paddleboarding. She still loves to be outside. Mrs. Greene and her students are fans of Author Studies. She loves reading books to her students. She finds engaging books with lovable characters. Mo Willems is one of her favorite authors and illustrators. The Knuffle Bunny Books, (Don’t Let the) Pigeon books, and Gerald and Piggie Books are just a few to add to her list. All of her students enjoy doing an author-related story craft upon completion of the book and comprehension discussion. This helps provide meaning and connection for them. They enjoy acting out parts using reading and language-retell strategies. The children are often asking for extension activities that go beyond the books into greater literacy and learning opportunities including Mo Willems’s “Lunch Doodles”. Manipulating sounds & letters to make words paired with visual supports is fun for all. Mrs. Greene enjoys helping her students learn phonemic awareness, concepts of print and phonics so that they can read and write more independently. Mrs. McQuade - Hello from Mrs. McQuade who, when she was a little girl, filled her room with crayons, paints, and paper. She leaped right into First Grade when she was young. Her town did not have kindergarten classes at the time. When she was 5 years old she LOVED going to see her grandmother. Her mom always found her coloring pictures or making homemade, special things for her grandmother. Now - Mrs. McQuade still loves to draw, paint, and create stuff. If you have been lucky enough to be in her class, you surely made some special things. She also is a BIG FAN of Mr. Ryan Higgins and Bruce. She is never a grump like Mother Bruce. I wonder if she has ever nurtured any goslings… ? Here are 2 of her favorite books for you to enjoy. #1 https://youtu.be/7etbTBS8U90 and #2 https://youtu.be/Hw6JzpBRaJg #KidTimeStoryTime #kidsbooksreadaloud Mrs. Sampson - Mrs. Sampson remembers spending a lot of time outside when in kindergarten. She loved riding her bike (https://youtu.be/40n56DmQ7L4), jumping rope (https://youtu.be/vVctfW2OCyQ), and hula-hooping (https://youtu.be/sUKBPAw4Nz4). Here are some videos if you want to learn too ! She is staying active as you can see at her home. She even has a basketball hoop! Wow, how fun huh? I wonder how many times she can Hula Hoop around and around and around? Go Mrs. Sampson Go! She is having fun. She has a BIGGER bike now then when she was in kindergarten. I bet she can ride fast. Maybe she has a bike path near her home. Look she has a safety helmet. That is wonderful! Mrs. Pires - When she was in kindergarten, she loved to color with her crayons and markers.