Month 8 Materials (vol.1)
Home Supplies
- calendar
- alphabet chart/placemat
- scissors
- glue
- markers
- dry erase board/chalkboard, dry erase marker/chalk
- 3 ring binder with alphabet dividers, paper
- deck of playing cards
- crayons
- watercolor paint
- red paper
- large sheet of paper (cut open brown grocery bag, etc.)
- 16 small envelopes/index cards
- egg carton
- pennies
- pebbles/shells/jelly beans/small candies/paper clips/etc.
- large bag and assorted colored clothing
- empty paper towel roll
- 1 yard of 1/2 to 1 inch wide ribbon
- whistle/kazoo
- old magazine
- tape
Kitchen Supplies
- 1 cup roasted in the shell peanuts
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- food processor/blender
- apple
- raisins
- cheddar cheese slices
- 1/4 cup peanut butter/almond butter/cashew butter etc...
- assortment of different sizes plastic bottles and lids
- timer
- playground slide, sticks and rocks/shells/pinecones/acorns/etc.
- 20 toothpicks
- 20 marshmallows (large & mini)
- 2 large paper plates
Additional Supplies
- sponge/foam
- clip clothespins
- paint
- paintbrush
- smock
- paint paper
- heart template
- internet access & printer (optional)
- basket (laundry etc...)
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)
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.