Hearing
Sing " Old MacDonald Had A Farm" and create a child's own "megaphone"
Instructions
- Listen to the song “Old MacDonald Had A Farm” and make the animal sounds or Watch/Listen here
Next:
- Use the empty paper towel roll from Month 8 Activity 21 - this will be the child's "megaphone" or use any empty toilet or paper towel roll
- Play an echo game. You say a letter name and child says letter name through the megaphone. Use all the letters you have introduced: A, E, O, U, B, F, C, R, D, M, G, S, V, H, and P.
- Next play echo game using letter sounds. You say a letter sound and the child says letter sound through the megaphone. Use short vowel sounds - A, E, O, U and B, F, C, R, D, M, G, S, V, H, and P
- Finally, try saying a letter name and let child respond with letter sound through the megaphone - A, E, O, U and B, F, C, R, D, M, G, S, V, H, and P
- Let the child repeat each phrase into the megaphone...
- This is my speaking voice. (child speaks normally)
- This is my quiet voice. (spoken in a whisper)
- This is my loud voice (spoken loud or as a yell)
- This is my singing voice (sung)
Simplify
When playing the echo game, the adult can make the echo with the child. For example, the adult will say the sound of short "a", and then the child and adult echo with the sound of short "a" together. Proceed with all the sounds. Next, echo all the names of the letters.
Extend
If the child can recite letter sounds and names, point silently to a letter on an alphabet chart (or just write a letter on a piece of paper) and ask the child to tell you the letter name and its sound. If you are following INYW? each month these are the sounds we have reviewed: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,m,o,p,r,s,u,v,y
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Would you like to live on a farm and can you tell me why?
What do you want for your birthday this year?
Materials
- "megaphone" from Month 8 Activity 21 or any empty paper towel or toilet paper roll
- song "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" by Countdown Kids album 100 All-Time Favorites or Watch/Listen here
Activity Resources
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Heart
- Color - Review
- Number - Six, 6
- Alphabet Letters - H, P
- Senses - Hearing
- Character Trait - Honesty
- Target Words - Good-by, Many, Match, Why
Monthly Proverb
If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
Did You Know?
"Children with below average language skills can make rapid improvements if their parents take simple steps to change the way they interact with them." University of Sydney
Books to Read
"Museum ABC"
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
"My Very First Book of Shapes"
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn"
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"My Very First Book of Shapes" VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 2)
"Big Red Barn" VIDEO
by Margaret Wise Brown (Activity 8)
"Museum ABC" VIDEO
by Metropolitan Museum of Art (Activity 11)
Music Playlist
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
by Countdown Kids Album 100 All Time Children’s Favorites (Activity 10)
"SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias"
Album Salve Regina Gregorian Chant by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice & Saint-Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You’ll Be In My Heart"
by Phil Collins Album Tarzan (Movie Soundtrack) (Activity 18)
"Old MacDonald Had a Farm" VIDEO
by Countdown Kids 100 Silly Songs (Activity 10)
'SalveRegina - Antiphona (tonus monasticus) in Honorem Beatae Mariae Virginias" VIDEO
by Benedictine Monks of the Abby of Saint-Maurice and Saint -Maur, Clervaux (Activity 21)
"You'll Be In My Heart" VIDEO
by Phil Collins Tarzan Movie Soundtrack (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Up Down Turn Around
(Activity 14 Month 8)
Up, down
Turn around.
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Wiggle fingers
Wiggle toes
Wiggle shoulders
And say "hello"
Up, down
Turn around
Touch the sky,
And touch the ground.
Pat your belly
Blink your eyes,
Blow a kiss,
And say “good-bye “
I Need To Be Honest
(Activity 13 Month 8)
I need to be honest
My mom and dad say
And telling the truth
Is just one way!
Why be honest
I ask mom and dad.
You will feel your best
When the truth is always said.