April 21, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating How We Move Through the City

Question for the Week:

What are some ways we can move through the city?
How do families move through the city 

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:
Along A Long Road by Frank Viva

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

1. There is a man riding a bike in this book. What other vehicles do you see in this book?
2. The man went UP, around a town and then back DOWN. He went IN a tunnel and then _ (out) _. What else did he do?
3. The man in this book rides his bike on a road. Do you ever travel on roads? Where do you go? What vehicle(s) do you use?

Suggested Text 

Subway by Anastasia Suen

1. What are some of the ways the girl and her grandma moved on their subway trip?
2. Where do you think the girl and her grandma were going?
3. Do you ever ride the subway? Where do you go? Who do you ride with?

Activity
Collect different recycle items, boxes, cardboard, toilet paper roll, and more.. invite your child to use his or her imagination to create a vehicle, a form or transportation that is used in the city. 

Suggested questions during activity

• What do you notice about ____? • Why do you think ________?

• How do you know? • What else does ________?

• Look at what happens when you __________.

• How can you ______?

Learn at Home activity for today:

TUESDAY: 

“The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.”

Maria Montessori

Sensory Play: Invite children to play, set up a bowl with rice, water or flour. If you use water you can add glitter, food coloring or even paint to make it more fun. Ask the children to just play and feel how soothing it is. Also, allow children to use toy tools or kitchen tools so that they can play using the sensory materials. During this activity children will explore the properties of the pourable materials on the table as well as the materials for scooping and pouring such as cups, scoops and shovels. You can use it that a calming exercises or a way to keep children entertained. 

Open ended questions:

• How does the _____ feel?

• How can you fill _____ with ______?

• Why do you think ________ happens when you pour sand/water/four in it?

• What would happen if ______?

Movement Activity:

Pedro the Penguin Goes to the Fun Fair | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents ones a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

April 20, 2020

Spring Break is Over!

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating How We Move Through the City

Question for the Week:

What are some ways we can move through the city?
How do families move through the city 

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:
Along A Long Road by Frank Viva

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

1. There is a man riding a bike in this book. What other vehicles do you see in this book?
2. The man went UP, around a town and then back DOWN. He went IN a tunnel and then _ (out) _. What else did he do?
3. The man in this book rides his bike on a road. Do you ever travel on roads? Where do you go? What vehicle(s) do you use?

Suggested Text 

Subway by Anastasia Suen

1. What are some of the ways the girl and her grandma moved on their subway trip?
2. Where do you think the girl and her grandma were going?
3. Do you ever ride the subway? Where do you go? Who do you ride with?

Activity
Collect different recycle items, boxes, cardboard, toilet paper roll, and more.. invite your child to use his or her imagination to create a vehicle, a form or transportation that is used in the city. 

Suggested questions during activity

• What do you notice about ____? • Why do you think ________?

• How do you know? • What else does ________?

• Look at what happens when you __________.

• How can you ______?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Monday: 

“The senses, being explorers of the world, open the way to knowledge.”

Maria Montessori

Sensory Play: Invite children to play, set up a bowl with rice, water or flour. If you use water you can add glitter, food coloring or even paint to make it more fun. Ask the children to just play and feel how soothing it is. Also, allow children to use toy tools or kitchen tools so that they can play using the sensory materials. During this activity children will explore the properties of the pourable materials on the table as well as the materials for scooping and pouring such as cups, scoops and shovels. You can use it that a calming exercises or a way to keep children entertained. 

Open ended questions:

• How does the _____ feel?

• How can you fill _____ with ______?

• Why do you think ________ happens when you pour sand/water/four in it?

• What would happen if ______?

Movement Activity:

Pedro the Penguin Goes to the Fun Fair | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents ones a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

March 7, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating How Bodies Move  

Question for the Week:

Can you name the parts of our bodies ? How do they move?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:

Ten Tiny Babies By Karen Katz

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

1. The babies are moving in lots of ways. How do you like to move your body?
2. Can you wiggle the toes inside your shoes like the babies?
3. One of the babies fell. How do you think the baby felt when it fell? Why?

Suggested Text 

Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions  by Abrams Appleseed

Supply your child with writing materials, paper, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, etc. Let your child experiment with making marks on paper to express ideas as they are ready. 

Suggested questions during activity

• I see you are ________. • Tell me about your work.

• You are making (curvy, zigzag, straight, etc.) lines.

• I see other (curvy, zigzag, straight, etc.) in our home (indicate).

Learn at Home activity for today:

Tuesday: 

Shadow Play: Hang a white sheet, place a light source behind it, and invite your child to stand behind the sheet and act out stories. They can retell familiar stories or create new stories of their own. Parents and children can take turns being the performers and the audience.

Open ended questions:

•I wonder what would happen if ____. 

•What will you do next?

•What do you think about ____?

•How did you do ____? 

•What does that remind you of?

Movement Activity:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE 

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

April 6th, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating How Bodies Move  

Question for the Week:

Can you name the parts of our bodies ? How do they move?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:

Ten Tiny Babies By Karen Katz

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

1. The babies are moving in lots of ways. How do you like to move your body?
2. Can you wiggle the toes inside your shoes like the babies?
3. One of the babies fell. How do you think the baby felt when it fell? Why?

Suggested Text 

Making Faces: A First Book of Emotions  by Abrams Appleseed

Supply your child with writing materials, paper, pens, pencils, markers, crayons, etc. Let your child experiment with making marks on paper to express ideas as they are ready. 

Suggested questions during activity

• I see you are ________. • Tell me about your work.

• You are making (curvy, zigzag, straight, etc.) lines.

• I see other (curvy, zigzag, straight, etc.) in our home (indicate).

Learn at Home activity for today:

Monday: 

Sun, Moon and Stars:

Use a search engine to find satellite pictures of the sun, moon and various stars. Show your child how to find a few letters on the keyboard as you use them.

Questions to ask your child:

I notice that you ____. 

How did you figure that out? 

What will you do next? 

What if you try ____? 

How could you ____?

Movement Activity:

Cracker The Dragon Of Wonder | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE 

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

April 3, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating Vehicle that Move  

Question for the Week:

What are different vehicles that you notice? How do they move?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:

Let’s Go for a Drive! By Mo Willems

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

What were some of the things that Gerald and Piggie needed for their drive?

What was the one thing that Gerald and Piggie needed but didn’t have?

Have you ever been on a drive in a car? Where did you go?

Suggested Text 

Float by Daniel Miyares 

click here for read aloud 

Fill any clear bin with water. Grab a couple of toys or items and name each item with your child. Explain to your child that when you place items in water sometimes they may sink and other time they may float. 

Suggested questions during activity

• How does the _____ feel?

• How can you fill _____ with ______?

• Why do you think ________ happens when you pour sand/water in it?

• What would happen if ______?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Friday: 

Sun, Moon and Stars:

Use a search engine to find satellite pictures of the sun, moon and various stars. Show your child how to find a few letters on the keyboard as you use them.

Questions to ask your child:

I notice that you ____. 

How did you figure that out? 

What will you do next? 

What if you try ____? 

How could you ____?

Movement Activity:

Pokemon | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE 

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

April 2, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating Vehicle that Move  

Question for the Week:

What are different vehicles that you notice? How do they move?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:

Let’s Go for a Drive! By Mo Willems

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

What were some of the things that Gerald and Piggie needed for their drive?

What was the one thing that Gerald and Piggie needed but didn’t have?

Have you ever been on a drive in a car? Where did you go?

Suggested Text 

Float by Daniel Miyares 

click here for read aloud 

Fill any clear bin with water. Grab a couple of toys or items and name each item with your child. Explain to your child that when you place items in water sometimes they may sink and other time they may float. 

Suggested questions during activity

• How does the _____ feel?

• How can you fill _____ with ______?

• Why do you think ________ happens when you pour sand/water in it?

• What would happen if ______?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Thursday: 

Read a Book. Read and re-read your child’s favorite books in any language your family speaks. If you do not have any books, you can create books together by writing down the words to stories you created together and working together to add illustrations.

Questions to ask your child:

•Tell me about this book. What do you like about it? 

•What is your favorite part of this book? Why? 

•What do you notice? 

•What do you think is happening? 

•What will happen next?

• Does that remind you of anything? 

•Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

Movement Activity:

Spider Power yoga compilation | Cosmic Kids Yoga

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE 

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

April 1, 2020

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by emails at: Ms.Sanchez.COVID19@gmail.com 

This is a video to best explain the crisis we are in to your children. 

Time to Come In, Bear: A Children's Story About Social Distancing

Monthly Focus: Moving 

Weekly Focus: Investigating Vehicle that Move  

Question for the Week:

What are different vehicles that you notice? How do they move?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud:

Let’s Go for a Drive! By Mo Willems

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read Aloud is located: Here


Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

What were some of the things that Gerald and Piggie needed for their drive?

What was the one thing that Gerald and Piggie needed but didn’t have?

Have you ever been on a drive in a car? Where did you go?

Suggested Text 

Float by Daniel Miyares 

click here for read aloud 

Fill any clear bin with water. Grab a couple of toys or items and name each item with your child. Explain to your child that when you place items in water sometimes they may sink and other time they may float. 

Suggested questions during activity

• How does the _____ feel?

• How can you fill _____ with ______?

• Why do you think ________ happens when you pour sand/water in it?

• What would happen if ______?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Wednesday: 

How Many Steps to the Door? Invite your child to guess how many steps they will need to take to get to a specific place such as a door. After they have made a prediction, invite them to walk to the specified place. Help count the steps as needed. Substitute another location such as a window or bathroom for the door.

Questions to ask your child:

•I notice that you ____. What do you notice? 

•What happened when you ____? 

•Why do you think that happened? 

•If I want to ____, what should I do? 

•Tell me about ____. 

•How do you know? 

•Tell me why ___.

Movement Activity:

Cosmic Kids Yoga DANCE PARTY!

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE 

Other Useful Resources

Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-aloud, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc. 

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!