Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Tuesday, March 31st! 



Question for the Week:
What is darkness?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is locatedHERE

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:
·      Where does Little Bear sleep?
·      Why couldn't Little Bear sleep?
·      What did Big Bear do to help Little Bear sleep?
Learn at Home activity for today:

Breathe 
Place a light object (e.g. cotton ball, feather, piece of paper, round pencil, small ball, etc.) on one end of a table and see if you and your child can blow it to the other side. Repeat with other objects of differing weights.

                           Questions to ask your child:
·      What did you observe here/when ____? 
·      What did your sense of ____ tell you about ____? 
·      What will you try next? 
·      I wonder what would happen if ____? 
·      How do you know? 
·      How could we find out?

Movement Activity:

YouTube: Cosmic Kids Yoga


(This link brings you to introduction on the Cosmic Kids homepage.  From there you may choose one of countless yoga videos for your child.
Please choose a different video for each day of the week.)

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

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!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:

     Apps: 
                  
Khan Academy Kids
                  ABC Mouse
                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)



Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

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

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at msserbonescovid19@gmail.com



As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located, HERE!

Monday, March 30, 2020

Monday, March 30th!

Question for the Week:
What is darkness?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located: HERE

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

·      Where does Little Bear sleep?
·      Why couldn't Little Bear sleep?
·      What did Big Bear do to help Little Bear sleep?

Learn at Home activity for today:
      
Draw and Build
Look outside with your child at the area near where you live. Select a building or structure that looks interesting to both of you. Draw a picture of the building/structure together. Talk about what you see as you draw together. Hang the picture at your child’s eye level, or place it on the floor near where you will build, and then use materials you have available to build the building/structure together. For example, you might use blocks, connecting blocks (e.g. Duplos, Legos), cardboard boxes, pots and pans, cups, or other household items to build together.

Questions to ask your child:

Tell me about your work. I notice that you ____. 
What are some other things you could add? 
I wonder what would happen if ____. Why? How do you know? 
How could you build ____? 

Movement Activity:

YouTube: Cosmic Kids Yoga


(This link brings you to introduction on the Cosmic Kids homepage.  From there you may choose one of countless yoga videos for your child.
Please choose a different video for each day of the week.)

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


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!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:

     Apps: 
                  Khan Academy Kids
                  ABC Mouse
                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)


Make your own lava lamp!
 

  


Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas
Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-alouds, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc.  

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at msserbonescovid19@gmail.com



As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information locatedHERE!

Friday, March 27, 2020

Friday, March 27th!


Question for the Week:
What kind of lights are around us?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 
Round Trip by Ann Jonas

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located:HERE

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

·      What color does the illustrator use to show light?
·      What color does the illustrator use to show darkness? Why?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Fun Friday
 Using a toy/ toys of choice, create something special.  Have your child create a story about their creation.  Children are not limited to one toy.  Please use as many toys as necessary to create a meaningful story. 

Movement Activity:

YouTube: (Sing along) Fire Truck by Ivan Ulz


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

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!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:

     Apps:
                  
Khan Academy Kids
                  ABC Mouse
                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)


Make your own lava lamp!




Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

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

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at msserbonescovid19@gmail.com



As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information locatedHERE!

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