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Module 1 At Home Learning Week 1 Write and draw in your home journal each day! Monday-What do we know about insects? Shared Discussion Letters & Sounds Math Read a book about insects. See Fold a paper into 4 sections. Make paper ladybugs. Sora app. What is an insect? Draw a bug that starts with B, C, Place dots on backs 1-10. Count What are 3 things most insects D, L. the dots on each bug. Line them have in common? Label with upper/lowercase up in order. Write in journal *see attached letters. Fine Motor Art or Sensory Gross Motor Click on the text to Use play dough to make bug Create a bug using many Sing and move to Head, Thorax, (see attached play dough different colors using colors or Abdomen song. *see attached directions). Add legs made from paint. twigs or spaghetti to your bug.

Tuesday Shared Discussion Letters & Sounds Math Which is bigger? (Show a picture Make rhymes for ‘bug.’ Cut out leaf shapes. Punch holes of an animal, such as a giraffe Did you think of: bug, dug, hug, along edge. 1 punch on one up and a picture of an insect, such mug, rug, tug,? to 10 on the last one as a ladybug). Write in journal. Draw & label the pictures. Place items on each leaf to represent that #. Fine Motor Art or Sensory Gross Motor Collect a box of things that your Create another colorful bug Wiggle like caterpillar. child can string on a ribbon or (different shades and tints of the March like an ant. thick piece of yarn. many hue/colors). Compare to yesterday’s art.

Wednesday

Shared Discussion Letters & Sounds Math Go on a walk. Take pictures of Go on a letter hop. Place letters Place playing cards Ace-10 on any bugs you see. Did you see an on floor in a line with spaces in the floor. Use a fly swatter from insect today? Write/draw in between. Say letter as you hop Dollar Store or hand to swat journal. over. (see attached alphabet) numbers called. *see photo

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POCKET OF PRESCHOOL

Hole punched leaves-Count holes and place correct numbered rock. Week 1 Day 2.

Replace words with playing cards -ace (1) through 10. Call out a number, child swats.

Week 1 Day 3

Place a letter card with the correct beginning sound as the insect name. Place B on Bbutterfly.

Jeweled Flower Mantis

Week 1 Day 3

Make a flower-count the petals Use it as your work mat for math game on Week 1 Day 4

Make a bug hotel Observation of bugs without capturing them! Week 1 Day 4

Insects have______.

My _ug My _at Family Family Rhyming Rhyming Book Book My _et My _old Family Family Rhyming Rhyming Book Book

INSECT’S BODYDr. Jean version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pe_p5FXE2g

Tune: “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”

Head (Point to head.)

Thorax (Point to chest)

Abdomen – abdomen! (Point to stomach) Head, thorax, abdomen – abdomen!

And eyes (Point to eyes)

And mouth (Point to mouth.)

And antennae… two! (Stick 2 fingers up)

Six legs (Wiggle 3 fingers on each hand) And there’s an insect for you! (Leave off a body part each time you sing and hum.)

The Insect SONG! It’s an insect. Not a spider. It has 6 legs, Instead of 8. Three on this side, Three on that side And It’s crawling on my plate! AHHHH!

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