Month 8 Activities (vol.1)
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- Activity Title
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Topic or Theme
Identifying letters in a child's name and listen to ABC (The Alphabet Song)
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First Name
Brief description of activity or summary of tasks and/or materials used.
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- Name Activity
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First Name
Learning to recognize the different letters in the child's name
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First Name
Learning to recognize the different letters in the child's name
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- Shapes
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Heart
Read "My Very First Book of Shapes" and play a game with a deck of cards
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Heart
Read "My Very First Book of Shapes" and play a game with a deck of cards
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- Shapes
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Heart
Learning letters H & P
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Heart
Learning letters H & P
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- Letters
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Letters H and P
Writing the letters H and P; Learning about animal names that begin with H and P and watching a video about a harbor seal and a pika
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Letters H and P
Writing the letters H and P; Learning about animal names that begin with H and P and watching a video about a harbor seal and a pika
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- Letters
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Letters H and P
ABC mailman activity
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Letters H and P
ABC mailman activity
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- Numbers
- 6
Introducing #6
Egg Carton Math: Counting and matching 1 - 6
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Introducing #6
Egg Carton Math: Counting and matching 1 - 6
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- Numbers
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Reinforcing Number 6
Calendar activity
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Reinforcing Number 6
Calendar activity
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- Colors
- 8
Review of Colors
Read "Big Red Barn" and select clothing from closet
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Review of Colors
Read "Big Red Barn" and select clothing from closet
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- Colors
- 9
Review of Colors
Singing and finding the right color of clothing game
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Review of Colors
Singing and finding the right color of clothing game
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- Senses
- 10
Hearing
Sing " Old MacDonald Had A Farm" and create a child's own "megaphone"
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Hearing
Sing " Old MacDonald Had A Farm" and create a child's own "megaphone"
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- Senses
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Hearing
Read "Museum ABC" and play hide and seek with a whistle
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Hearing
Read "Museum ABC" and play hide and seek with a whistle
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- Character Traits
- 12
Honesty
Honesty and telling the truth
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Honesty
Honesty and telling the truth
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- Character Traits
- 13
Honesty
Finger play "I Need To Be Honest"
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Honesty
Finger play "I Need To Be Honest"
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- Target Words
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Target Words
Finger play "Up Down Turn Around"; use previous target words Up and Down and introduce Good-bye
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Target Words
Finger play "Up Down Turn Around"; use previous target words Up and Down and introduce Good-bye
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- Target Words
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Good-By, Many, Match, Why
Asking why?
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Good-By, Many, Match, Why
Asking why?
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- Cooking
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Making Peanut Butter
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Making Peanut Butter
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- Cooking
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Gorp Spread
Healthy child-made snack
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Gorp Spread
Healthy child-made snack
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- Art
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Heart Fun
Listen to song "You'll Be In My Heart" and make a collage of hearts
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Heart Fun
Listen to song "You'll Be In My Heart" and make a collage of hearts
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- Art
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Heart Fun
Watercolor painting of hearts
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Heart Fun
Watercolor painting of hearts
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- Physical Activity
- 20
Hand Muscles (Gross Motor)
Matching bottles to lids game to build gross and fine motor skills
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Hand Muscles (Gross Motor)
Matching bottles to lids game to build gross and fine motor skills
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- Physical Activity
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Making a Megaphone (Fine motor)
Listen to song "Salve Regina Gregorian Chant" and create a "megaphone"
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Making a Megaphone (Fine motor)
Listen to song "Salve Regina Gregorian Chant" and create a "megaphone"
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- Nature/Science
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Eating Healthy
Creating healthy meals
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Eating Healthy
Creating healthy meals
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- Nature/Science
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Building with Marshmallows
Using marshmallows to explore building skills
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Building with Marshmallows
Using marshmallows to explore building skills
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- Lifeskills
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Telephone Basics
Learning to use a phone
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Telephone Basics
Learning to use a phone
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- Lifeskills
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Telephone Basics
911 Emergency skills
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Telephone Basics
911 Emergency skills
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- Surprise
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Sponge Painting
Creative painting
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Sponge Painting
Creative painting
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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.