Understanding Words
Thinking game using verbal skills
Instructions
- Make cards with names/pictures of rooms in the home or say the name of the room - kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, living room, gathering room, study, basement, laundry room, playroom, exercise room, etc.
- Ask the child what type of activity you would do in each of the rooms
- For example: What type of activities can you do in a "kitchen"? (I would eat in the kitchen; I would make food in the kitchen; etc.
- Ask the child what type of items you might find in each of the rooms
- For example: What is an object you would find in a "kitchen"? (I would find a stove in a kitchen; I would find a cupboard in the kitchen; etc.)
- Encourage the child to answer in a complete sentence
Extend
Share with a child an activity or an object and let the child tell you what room in a house that could be used or found. For example, Where would you wash your hands? Where could I read a book? Where would I find a washing machine? Where would I find a shirt to wear? Where would I watch television? Here is a bed, where would I find it in a house? Here is a rug, where would I find it in a house? etc.
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Where is a favorite place in your home and why?
If your home could tell you a secret, what would it share with you?
Materials
- index cards/paper (optional)
- picture of rooms in a home (optional)
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Rectangle
- Color - Orange
- Number - 1-4 Review
- Alphabet - O, U
- Senses - Sight
- Character Trait - Responsibility
- Target Words - Under, Up, Down, Tall
Monthly Proverb
Yiddish- If each person sweeps in front of his own door the whole street is clean
Did You Know?
"The brain builds itself in response to the child’s experiences. Brain circuits that the child uses in daily life are strengthened. Those that the child doesn’t use fade away. "
National Research Council From Neurons to Neighborhoods, 2000
Books to Read
"AlphaBugs: A Pop Up Alphabet Book"
by David Carter (Activity 1)
"Deep In The Swamp"
by Donna Bateman (Activity 22)
"Head to Toe"
by E. Carle (Activity 10)
"AlphaBugs: A Pop Up Alphabet Book". VIDEO
by David Carter (Activity 1)
"Head to Toe". VIDEO
by Eric Carle (Activity 10)
"Deep in The Swamp". VIDEO
by Donna Bateman (Activity 22)
Music Playlist
"When The Saints Go Marching In"
by Pete Fountain, Album: Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? (Jazz) (Activity 2)
"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry"
by Martin Kerr, Album: Favorite Songs from the Family Learning House (Children) (Activity 24)
"The Noble Duke of York"
by Susan McRae, Album: Barney’s Song Book - 16 Favourites for Kids (Children) (Activity 15)
"When The Saints Go Marching In" VIDEO
by Pete Fountain (Activity 2)
"The Noble Duke of York" VIDEO
by Barney's Magical Musical Adventure (Activity 15)
"Go, Flush, Wash, Dry" VIDEO
by Martin Kerr, Album: Favorite Songs from the Family Learning House (Children) (Activity 24)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Sing/Say The Alphabet
(Activity 26 Month 5)
ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRSTUV WXYZ
Now I’ve said my ABC’s, Next time won't you sing with me.