Tuesday, April 28

Today, April 28, is National Superhero Day!

EVERYONE

Who is your favorite superhero and why?

If I had to choose a movie superhero, I'd choose Star Lord from Guardians of the Galaxy.  Why?  I mean, come on, Chris Pratt.  Plus, he's funny, he can dance, he knows every 80's song and he's slightly nerdy.  He can save me any day of the week.

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2s: Old Mac Donald

1.  E-I-E-I-O

We often sing Old MacDonald in the classroom.  You're child will know it.  Can't remember it?  No worries - here's a refresher video to watch with your child: Old MacDonald Had a Farm

You can make a lift-the-flap game for your child with Old MacDonald's barn.

From our website, print out the Old MacDonald pages.  Cut out the animals and the barn door flap on page 2.   Glue the flap onto the barn on page 1, covering the loft.

You can do the first round, but your child will enjoy being in charge.

Choose an animal cut-out and hide it behind the flap.  When you get to the part of the song where you name the animal, reveal what's behind the flap and continue the song.

If you've run out of animals and still wish to sing, have your child think of animals that are not pictured and may live on a farm.

2.  Corn Fine Motor Skills

From our website, you'll need to print out the 2s Corn Stickers sheet.  You'll also need from your bag the strip of yellow circle stickers.

Don't have the stickers?  Use a yellow marker or have your child dip their finger in yellow paint or use a Qtip to paint the circle.

Point out the missing kernels on the corn cob.  You're child can fill those in.  Let your child peel the yellow circle stickers and apply them the cob until all the missing circles are filled in.

3s: Farm Animals and Corn

1.  Story Time

Listen to the funny story of the rebel animals at Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley: Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm

From our website, print out the Mrs. Wishy-Washy Questions page.  Ask your child each question and have them circle the correct answer in each block.

Have your child retell the story.

2.  Hidden Pictures

You'll need to print out the Farm Animal Hidden Pictures from our website.

Look at the top of the page with your child.  Help your child identify the animals that they will be looking for - a rabbit, a chicken, a mouse, a horse and a duck.

Can they find the animals in the picture?  Have them color the animals.

There is one more that is not shown.  Can they find it?  What is it?  Does it live on a farm?

3.  Corn Counting

You'll need the 3s Corn Counting page from our website.  You'll also need the yellow stickers from
your supplies bag and a six-sided die.

Look at the corn cob with your child.  Help them identify the numbers in the circles.

Have them roll the die and identify the number of dots on it.  What does that numeral look like?

Have your child find a circle with that numeral in it.  Let them peel a yellow circle sticker off the strip and cover the numeral.

If you roll and there are no numbers left, just roll again until all the circles are filled!

4s: Farms

1.  Story Time

Listen to the funny story of rebel animals at Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm by Joy Cowley: Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Farm

2.  Wishy-Washy Graphing

From our website, print out the Mrs. Wishy-Washy's Graphing.

Look at the pictures and the graph with your child.  Explain that they should count and then graph the proper number of each object.

There are two ways to do this.
     1)  Read left to right beginning with the first line.  As you see a picture, mark it on the graph.  Go to the next picture and mark that one on the graph.
If you do it this way, you should have marked one cow and one goose on your graph.
Go across each line until you have graphed each picture.
     2)  The first column on the graph is a cow.  Look at all four rows of pictures and count all the cows.  Mark the correct blocks for that column on the graph.
Move on to the next column - the goose.  Complete each column at a time.

3.  Hidden Picture Puzzle

From our website, print out the Hidden Eggs picture.

There are ten eggs in the picture.  Can your child find and circle all the eggs?

How many hens are hiding in the picture?

Have your child color the picture.

4.  Ordinal Numbers

Ordinal numbers are the words we use to describe an object's position in relation to others.

From our website, print out the Ordinal Numbers Farm Animals.  Your child will also need crayons or makers.

Look at the line of animals with your child.  Have them name all the animals.

Read the directions, one at a time, to your child.  You might explain it "The fifth animal is the one that is in the number five spot.  Let's count from the start of the line" if needed.

Have your child color the appropriate animals according to the directions.