We are starting Before Five in a Row this week. I have played with it off and on over the last year, but Rachel is now to the point of needing some additional enrichment activities. Technically, we are starting with "The Little Bunny" because the week will about animals. However, she has read that one a lot already, so we are going to be reading through several of the books we have about animals, in addition to the supplemental ones from the library.
Her grandmother is going to Kenya for two weeks, so we will follow her trip online. She is going on safari. Also we are going to the Royal Winter Fair this coming week. There will be lots of opportunities to look at animals and talk about the difference between domesticated animals (specifically farm animals), and wild animals.
Books:
(books she has already read, but we will revisit again)
A Big Treasury of Little Animals by Phoebe Dunn (which includes The Little Bunny)
Play with Me by Marie Hall Ets
Animals, Animals All Around by Catherine and Laurenc Anholt
A to Z of Animals illustrated by Peter David Scott
Biscuit Visits the Farm by Alyssa Capucilli
(new books from the library...all but the last two are mainly just for the photos of the animals)
All About...Canadian Animals: Beavers by Barb McDermott and Gail McKeown
All About...Canadian Animals: Whitetailed Deer by Barb McDermott and Gail McKeown
Giraffes by Barbara Parker
Endangered Elephants by Bobbie Kalman
Otters by Emilie Lepthien
Grizzlies by Lynn Stone
Chipmunk Family by Lois Brunner Bastian
Discover Kenya by Chris Ward
Owen and Mzee: The Language of Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu
For You are a Kenyan Child by Kelly Cunnane
Art:
Sorting colors in crayon box in different ways
Matching crayon colors to colors of animals in books
Make finger print animals
Language Arts:
Game of "Which letter does animal name start with?
Encourage her to continue making up stories about her toys (specifically her stuffed animals) For the last three days she has been pretending she is Lenny from Wonder Pets and making up stories.
Fine Motor Skills:
Tracing games involving animals going to barn or jungle
Geography:
She is still too young to grasp globes and maps to any large degree, however we will talk every day about "where is Grandma today" and look it up online. Thankfully all the places she is going have websites.
Science:
Field trip to Royal Winter Fair
Music:
We continue to learn new songs on the way to playschool. (It keeps the car ride from getting too boring.)
In addition, she has play school three mornings a week, a 15 minute swimming lesson once a week, and gymnastics once a week for an hour.
Believe it or not, she still has several hours each day during which she simply plays. None of the planned activities takes more than a few minutes with the exception of going to the fair....which is just fun! We typically do the tracing games, which she calls puzzles, while I am cooking dinner. We do music both in the car and spontaneously around the house. Luckily, that comes easily. We sing and dance daily. She has also asked to watch her yoga cd some more and likes to try all the positions.
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