Good-By, Many, Match, Why
Asking why?
Instructions
Together with a child come up with 6 questions that begin with "Why?"
Together answer the questions
Here are some examples of Why questions?
- Why do I have to go to bed every night?
- Why do I have to brush my teeth all the time?
- Why do you have to go to work every day?
- Why am I hungry?
- Why is it raining?
- Why do I feel sad sometimes?
Simplify
Introduce a child to their brain, an organ located inside their head. Every time we learn something our brain grows "bigger" by making new connections inside our heads. When we try to learn something that is difficult to learn, our brain even grows bigger yet. A skill that makes our brain bigger is to become a good teacher or explainer. When you teach someone a new skill, your brain expands. Think of a skill a child can teach: how to play the card game "War", or how to help a younger child learn how to dress themselves. Encourage a child to teach a skill to a family member, neighbor, or friend.
Read/Listen to the book "Rocket Writes A Story" by Tad Hills to encourage thinking.
Extend
Why do we ask questions? Help a child brainstorm to answer that question: to learn something new, to learn more about a subject, to understand what you heard or read, etc. Instead of using why perhaps ask a child to say "I wonder..." Asking thoughtful questions is an important lifeskill.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Do you think becoming a teacher would be a good job? Why?
What is something you would like to learn that no one has taught you about yet?
Materials
- pen and paper (optional)
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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.