Tuesday, March, 31st 2020
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Activity 1 Science (20 minutes)
Parts of a plant
Materials needed: Yarn, a pipe cleaner (or green strip of paper), leaves from the garden, crepe paper, seeds (e.g. melon), paper and glue. Please note all these items may be substituted for materials available at home.
Beginning:
Spring is here!
There are birds chirping and butterflies fluttering around us.
It is also the time we see flowers around us in gardens and parks.
Today, we will discover the parts of a plant.
Middle:
-We will start with the stem. This holds the plant straight. (Pipe cleaner)
-We will add some roots on the bottom of the stem (Yarn). The roots make sure the plant does not fall.
Do you remember when we turned bean plants in class upside down- it didn't fall out!
-We will now add with glue some leaves onto the side of your plant (Real leaves). These make food for the plant.
-We will now stick the seeds inside your cupcake case. This case we will stick on top of the stem as a flower.
-In the end, we will draw out the petals of the flower using crayons. Make them any color and shape you want!
As they do this, you may:
- Acknowledge their work and comments
- Ask them to predict what would happen if there were no roots or stems holding the plant
End: Give your child a 5 minute notice to complete their activity. Ask them to clean up the materials they have used.
Activity 2 Literacy (10 minutes)
Paper chains letters
Materials needed: Two colored paper. Scissors, glue and colors.
Beginning:
You have made paper chains in class to count down to a special day. Today, we will make a letters paper chain!
I wonder what letters would you add to your paper chain?
Middle:
-Ask the child to cut strips from the colored paper. Allow them to cut as many strips as they want.
They do not need to be the same width. Discuss the number of strips they have cut.
Discuss which of the strips are wider or thinner.
-Ask them to write down any letter they want on to each strip.
-Ask them to connect the strips, one by one to each other by first passing the strip into the closed circle and then closing it with glue.
Continue, until all the strips are used up.
Discuss how the circle chains are like the letter O- they need to be closed to make this project work!
You may want to
- Acknowledge their cutting skills as they cut the strips
- Ask them if they want to connect the links in a color or letter pattern
Extension:
Ask your child to count how many links they have in their chain (Number counting and sense.) Encourage your child to make words out of the letter chains they made.
End:
Give them a 5 minute notice to end their activity.
Ask them if they want to send a picture of their paper chain to the teacher.
Ask them if they want to keep adding links to the chain on another day.
Activity 3 fine motor skills (5 minutes)
Circles in different sizes
Materials needed: Bright colors or paints (what you have available at home), white paper and pencil.
Circles are easy to make. Ask your child to use their crayons to practice making circles in different sizes. They may make large, medium and small circles. They may also want to make them inside each other. Comment on your child's work by stating what they are doing.
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Message from the counselor
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Have a wonderful day :)
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