Except of healthy walking up and down the stairs, caring
water each time to fill up our water supplies we were checking flooded areas in
the South Street Seaport, learning and expressing compassion, observing consequences
and looking for the solutions for the future.
We had a chance to complete many educational and engaging activities.
1. Learn
to understand feeling and emotions.
- Play with an interactive book “How Do I Feel?” by Greenhouse Publications http://www.greenhousepub.com/howdoifeel.html
- Make emotion prints.
- Make emotion masks.
2. Listen
to a story about a kerosene lamp invented in 1853 by a Polish pharmacist and
petroleum industry pioneer Ignacy Lukasiewicz. To learn more go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_%C5%81ukasiewicz
3. Write
letters.
- Letter to a friend.
- Letter to the grandparents.
- Letter to the Santa Claus.
4. Make
a “Puppet Theater”.
- Make tickets.
- Learn money.
- Set up the stage (curtains, decoration), instruments and sits for the audience.
- Create a story, prepare a transcript and puppets.
5. Listen
to audio books along with texts, for instance: Listen & Learn Series by
Berryland Books, http://www.berrylandbooks.com/,
e.g. “Little Red Riding Hood”, Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs”, etc.
- Follow text with a finger and turn pages on time.
- Retell a story.
6. Play
with fridge magnets.
- Practice simple math.
- Spell words.
- Create and tell stories.
7. Learn to count from 0 to 100 and practice writing the numbers.
8. Do
a math sticker book “Beginning Math Grade K-1” http://www.amazon.com/Beginning-Math-Sticker-Workbook-Series/dp/1562939599/ref=tmm_pap_title_0
10. Do a phonic
book to see patterns in words to unlock the code that letters carry. “My
Phonics Word Book” http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9781562938253
and “My Phonics Word Book II” http://www.abebooks.com/products/isbn/9781562938123
by McClanahan Book Co., Inc.
- Read phonogram.
- Match phonogram with a sticker.
- Read words with the same phonogram.
- Write a phonogram with words on a separate piece of paper to practice.
11. Play a “Beginning
Sound” activity by Smethport to practice phonemic awareness skill. A
child learns to identify initial word sounds and be able to distinguish between
them. http://edushop.edu4kids.com/beginning-sounds-pocket-chart-p-6121.html
12. Read
interactive books by Greenhouse Publication to exploit the power of visual
strategies to associate a picture with word, label, sequence and create
sentences. http://www.greenhousepub.com/index.html
13. Read
progressive phonics books by Miz Katz N. Ratz which I downloaded and printed a
while ago. http://progressivephonics.com/~suzettew/
14. Make science
experiments based on “ The Kingfisher First Science Encyclopedia” http://www.amazon.com/Kingfisher-First-Science-Encyclopedia-Reference/dp/0753450895
- Camera. Materials: small box, seizures, black marker, tracing paper, brown paper glue, pin.
- Color. Materials: paper, seizures, red, blue and green markers, pin.
- Energy. Materials: paper, seizures, string, hot air.
- Light. Materials: hands, flashlight.
- Gases. Materials: bottle, vinegar, soda, balloon.
- Telephone. Materials: 2 cups, string.
15. Make the Halloween
decorations.
- Masks
- A pompon spider family.
- Ghosts.
- Decorate pumpkins.
- Record Halloween massages.
16. Make a
foliage book out of leave prints - “Twirling Leaves”.
Directions:
- Place a leave on a table.
- Lay a sheet of white paper on the top of a leave.
- Then gently press and rub it with a flat side of a crayon.
- Cut it out and glue.
- Repeat the process several times using different color crayons.
17. Make a collage
“A Wonderful World With Happy Kids”. Materials: piece of paper to glue on, glue, seizures, any pictures and materials you wish to use.
18. Decorate
a doll house.
It's amazing what the creative things you found to do. I'm really enjoying your blog and picking up lots of useful ideas to try with my 5 year old!
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