Friday, April 3

Finally, it's Friday!

We've made it through our first week.  I'm not sure what next week will hold, being told to stay at home now.

The teachers and I are very excited with the pictures you've been sending!  You can email them to the preschool email so that I can share them with your teacher.  (wardschapelpreschool@verizon.net)

Looks like it's going to be another good day to go outside, but you'll need a jacket I think.

EVERYONE

When you go outside today, see if you can find any daffodils in your neighborhood or your yard.  Here's a picture of one.

Daffodils always remind me of the sun.  Why do you think that is?  Take a good look and tell me why.

Can you draw a picture of a daffodil taking in some sunshine?  What color do you think you'll use the most of?

2s: It's Frog Friday!

1. Do you know the Five Speckled Frogs song?  Your child does.  Can you sing it with them?  The 2s usually only do 3 frogs and count backward to 0.  Use your fingers to show the frogs.  

Here are the lyrics:

Five little speckled frogs
Sitting on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are four green speckled frogs - glub, glub, glub, glub.

Four little speckled frogs
Sitting on a speckled log
Eating some most delicious bugs - yum, yum
One jumped into the pool
Where it was nice and cool
Now there are three green speckled frogs - glub, glub, glub.

Three little speckled frogs

Sitting on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious bugs - yum, yum

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are two green speckled frogs - glub, glub.

Two little speckled frogs

Sitting on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious grubs - yum, yum

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are one green speckled frogs- glub.

One little speckled frogs

Sitting on a speckled log

Eating some most delicious grubs - yum, yum

One jumped into the pool

Where it was nice and cool

Now there are no green speckled frogs - ribit.

2.  Make a paper plate frog.  You'll need glue (Elmer's or a glue stick), green and/or brown paper, a strip of red paper and a large paper plate.  A small plate works too!

Have your child tear the paper into small pieces.  With the plate on the table back side up, have your child glue the pieces of paper onto the back side of the plate, as much as they are willing to do.  

On one edge of the plate, add some BIG eyes to the frog.  Now fold the plate in half and glue the red strip into the 'mouth' of the frog.  Show your child how to hold the folded plate between their hands to make the mouth open and close.

What can you catch with the frog's mouth?  Use raisins or little paper balls as 'flies'.  How many can your child catch and put into a bowl?

3s: Frogs, Frogs, Frogs

1.  You'll need a paper towel roll, crayons or markers, scissors, glue, and a stapler.  Hopefully, paper towels are still available in your house!
Print 5 Speckled Frogs file from our website. http://hstrial-wardschapelpr.homestead.com/5_Speckled_Frogs.pdf

That's right - my frog is blue!

Color in your frogs.
Using the scissors, cut along the dotted line at the bottom of the page.  Now, cut the 5 frogs into strips.
Take one strip and wrap it around your paper towel tube.  Put a staple in near the tube - not too close or the strips won't spin!
Repeat this with all five frogs.

As you sing the Five Speckled Frogs song, you can spin down each frog to show them in the water! Each time you say 'glub' touch one of the frogs on the log, going from left to right.

2.  At a quick glance, you can tell a frog from a toad because frogs legs are so much longer and stronger.  That's how they jump so far!  Frogs can jump up to 6 feet!  And they need those strong legs for swimming in the water.

Measure 6 feet on the floor or sidewalk.  Can you jump that far?  How far can you jump?  How many blocks, stuffed animals or cereal boxes long is it?  You can use anything to measure!

4s: U or V Show & Tell and Fabulous Frogs

1.  You know the drill... Practice writing your name and your numbers.

2.  Today is Show & Tell with the Letter U or the Letter V.  What will you choose?  A violin?  An umbrella?  Your voice?  How about a utensil?
Have each person in your family find something in the house that begins with the letter U or V.  Show them how to take turns for Show & Tell.  Have Mom or Dad write each person's word on a piece of paper.  Remember to use an uppercase letter if it is a person's name!  Talk about how many Us or Vs are in the word.  If Vivienne was my show and tell today, her name starts with 'V', so it's uppercase.  (Shout-out to Viv!)

Show & Tell is a great way for your child to practice their vocabulary and public speaking skills!

3.  Let's talk some more about frogs and how they come to be.
You'll need glue, scissors and crayons/markers/colored pencils.

Do you remember watching the frog video yesterday?  Go ahead and watch it again if you need a refresher!  http://hstrial-wardschapelpr.homestead.com/Online-Preschool-Information.html?_=1585677315521

While you're there, print out the Frog Life Cycle Cards and the Frog Life Cycle page from the 4s section.

This tiny tree frog is about as big as
my thumb!

Frogs begin as an egg (or frog spawn), become a tadpole, then a froglet, and then an adult frog.

Cut out the page of photo cards and mix them up.  Can you put them back in the correct order?  What if Mom or Dad removes one when you're not looking.  Can you tell which one is missing?

Now color the drawings of the frog's life cycle.  You can make your frog any color!  In real life, frogs come in all colors and sizes, just like people!

Tape two pieces of paper together if you don't have a big piece.  Can you glue the pictures down in the correct order?
Go tell someone else about the frog life cycle!

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

XXOO,
Ms. Bridget