This
year I am doing the Core Knowledge “What Your Preschooler Needs to Know”
program at home with my near 3 and 4 year old. This is a great program to do
with your kiddos whether or not they are in formal preschool (many of the
activities do not take long and parents are GREAT teachers!). There are 2
activity books (one for 3-4 year olds, one for 4-5 year olds). The activity
books are much more than a workbook and have great early learning and
pre-reading ideas. We are doing the 3-4 year old book this year and will
continue to do the 4-5 year old one next year when my 4 year old goes to Pre-K.
For the blog I will include what we did that was included in the program and
what we added. Many of these ideas can be used whether you do the program or
not.
Enjoy this
Core Knowledge Preschool Week One for
(Seedlings ~ preschool age)...
Enjoy this
Core Knowledge Preschool Week One for
(Seedlings ~ preschool age)...
From the Program…
*(Activity Book Pages 1-5): Name, Comparing, Teapot Collage, Guess Which
One?
*Read Polly Put the Kettle On (Read-Aloud Book pg. 8)
What we Added…
*Sorted Socks (Comparing) ~ Dump a pile of socks on the
ground and find matches (older kids can learn how to fold socks together
*Played Memory (Comparing)
*Name ~ Use a glue bottle to write kid’s name. Kiddo puts on
googly eyes, pompoms, beans, tissue pieces, beads, sequins, …what else?
*We had a Tea Party and practiced manners!
*Practiced the letter A and the short a sound (made apple
print A’s and added a-words, read The Adventures of Abby Alligator {Alpha Tales
Book}.
Please BRAINSTORM your
ideas/suggestions in the COMMENTS below for the Core Knowledge Preschool Week One!
Happy Teaching!
~Sara
Happy Teaching!
~Sara
Great ideas Sara... I'm going to do these with A next week as we haven't yet moved on to week 2.
ReplyDeleteThe Alpha Tales books that I am using with the alphabet I just got at Costco for 20 bucks I think (I looked the set up online and it was closer to 40) so check out Costco! They are great for having a ton of words that start with each letter.
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