Thursday, April 30th> Activities

Good Morning my dear Toddlers!

Today is our last day of school! Next time you will come to school you will not a Toddler anymore! You will go to PreK like a big boy or big girl! Wow!!! I can't believe today is our last day. I will see you at 12:30 p.m. for our last Morning Greeting!

I will be sending an email later today with summer activities and helpful information!!!

I will miss you my dear Toddler B!

Small Group Activity: Paper plate decorating                                            Approximate Time: 15 minutes

Materials Needed: Paper plate or plain paper Markers Foil papers cut into small pieces Different colors of papers if available Glue stick or liquid glue

Vocabulary: different, colors, colorful shiny, white

How to start the activity: Put the materials on the table Tell your child that you are going to make your paper plate colorful

What to do in the middle:  Watch and see how your child will choose to use the materials.  Acknowledge what he/she is doing and offer help if needed.

Extension: You may ask your child to describe how the paper plate looks

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Clean up together

Small Group Activity: Pomegranate                                    Exploration                                         Approximate Time: 15 minutes

Materials Needed: Pomegranate fruit or a fruit that has many seeds Plastic knife White butcher paper to cover the table Paper towels Apron

Vocabulary: fruit, pull, red, many seeds,

How to start the activity: After preparing the table put the fruit on the table cut into two and wait for your child’s comment.  Tell your child that you need help to remove the seeds from the fruit.

What to do in the middle:  Watch what your child may do with the seeds.  Put them aside or eat

Extension: Encourage your child to line up the seeds and count.

How to finish the activity:  Give 5 minutes warning.  Clean up together and wash hands

Wednesday April 29th> Activities

Good Morning my dear Toddlers!

Today is Wacky Wednesday!!! I can't wait to see you all with you "Crazy Hat" at 1:30 p.m. in our weekly group meeting!

Small Group Activity: Number tunnels                                             Approximate Time: 10 minutes (There are Nos. written on the curve)

Materials Needed: ●      Small toy cars, or a small ball ●       Arched papers taped on the floor as shown in the picture ●      Write numbers on top of the arch

Vocabulary: under, 1, 2, 3,

How to start the activity: ●      Tell your child that you are going to push cars under tunnels. Demonstrate and say that you will pass your car under tunnel No. 1 and show your child No.1.  Show your child the other numbers.

What to do in the middle:  ●      Continue supporting your child to identify the numbers by mentioning the tunnel no. to pass the car under.

Extension: Have cut out numbers of 4 - 6 and ask your child what number comes after no.3.  Make the tunnels and continue with the game

How to finish the activity:  ●      Give the child a 5 minutes warning. ●      Tell your child you’ll have one more turn and it will be time to go to the next part of the day.

Small Group Activity: Sponge painting                                             Approximate Time: 15 minutes

Materials Needed: ●      Sponge ●      Paper ●      Tempera paint/food color

Vocabulary: print, press, pattern, design, sponge painting

How to start the activity: ●      Prepare the materials with your child ●      Ask your child what she/he thinks they will do with the materials

What to do in the middle:  ●      Watch your child use the materials and imitate what she/he is doing.  Use words like, “You are making prints by pressing the sponge on your paper.”  If they choose to use their hands, that is okay.

Extension: On a separate paper make a pattern using the different colors that you and your child may be using.

How to finish the activity:  ●      Give 5 minutes warning.   - Clean up together and wash hands

Tuesday April 28th> Activities

Good Morning my dear Toddlers!

I can't wait to see you at 12:30 p.m. during our Morning Greeting!

Small Group Activity: Vinegar and Baking Soda Science Experiment                                           Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: Vinegar Baking Soda Food Coloring (Optional) Dropper Plate

Vocabulary: Science, experiment, effervescent, bubbly, reaction

How to start the activity: On a plate, place small amounts of baking soda. Tell the child that today you will do a science experiment and check what will happen when you add some vinegar to the baking soda (you can add some drops of food coloring to the vinegar.)

What to do in the middle:  Observe what happens when the vinegar touches the baking soda. It has an effervescent reaction and it makes some bubbles. You can describe what is happening and add vocabulary to your child. Let the child explores more in different ways.

How you can extend the activity: You can make a volcano with playdough and add some baking soda in the bottom. Then let the child add vinegar and talk about what a volcano is and where can you find them.

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.

Small Group Activity: Memory Game with Bottle Caps                                                                 Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: A pair number of bottle caps (6, 8 or 10) Different color paint or small pieces of colored paper.

Vocabulary: Matching, same, pair, different, memory, remembering.

How to start the activity: Get the bottle caps and in the inside part, paint two caps of the same color. You should have for example: Two red, two yellow, two blue and two green. Flip the bottle caps so the child can’t see the color that you paint inside. Tell the child that you will play a memory game. He or she should remember where the other pair of the same color is.

What to do in the middle:  Take turns with the child to flip the bottle cap. When you or the child finds the matching pair put it on the side. Encourage the child to remember where the matching pair was.

How you can extend the activity: Collect more water bottles and instead of colors, you can write letters, numbers or shapes inside and let the child find the matching pair.

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.

Monday, April 27th > Activities

Good Morning my dear Toddlers!

I can't wait to see you today at 12:30 p.m. for our Morning Greeting! 

Today we also have Small Group for:

Group #3 (2:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.): Elise, Vincent, Haya and Tamim.
Group #4 (2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.): Khalid, Mohammed T., Ayla and Jenna.

We will work with Shaving Foam (Shaving Cream). I recommend you have an apron available for your child and a clean surface to work on.

Thank you!

Small Group Activity: Marshmallow Playdough                                                              Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: ●      5 large marshmallows ●      3 tablespoon cornstarch ●      2 tablespoon coconut oil (you can use any oil) ●      Food coloring (optional)

Vocabulary: fluffy, soft, texture, mold, press, touch, sticky

How to start the activity: ●     Provide the child with the materials and tell him/her that today we will make different kinds, texture of playdough.

What to do in the middle:  ●      Ask your child to add all the ingredients together and microwave 30-40 seconds. Then ask your child to mix it all and stir the dough. While stirring, keep adding cornstarch at a time until it’s not sticky. Then ask questions like, how is the texture of this playdough? How it feels? Observe and acknowledge their work.

How you can extend the activity: Mold the playdough and make numbers, shapes, and letters out of it.

How to finish the activity:  ●      Give the child a 5 minutes warning. ●      Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.   ●      Keep the playdough in a zip bag, it won’t last long as the regular playdough.

Small Group Activity: Planning and Recalling                                       Approximate Time: 5 minutes

Materials Needed: No materials needed.

Vocabulary: Plan, recall, follow, remember,

How to start the activity: Take the child to his/her play area and sit down on the floor. Before playing, tell the child, “Before playing today, we will plan. What toys would you like to play today?” Listen to your child’s plans.

What to do in the middle:  Let the child go play and observe if he/she follows the plans that he/she said. Remind him/her what he/she said and help him/her follow the plans.

How you can extend the activity: Go where the child is playing and extend his/her play by imitating his/her game and participating without imposing or interrupting him/her.

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.  Sit down together again and ask him/her, “Now we are going to recall. Where did you play today? What did you do?” Listen to his/her answers. You can also mention something that you saw him/her doing and he/she didn’t mention.

Sunday, April 26th > Activities

Good Morning my dear Toddlers!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I will see you at 12:30 p.m. for our Morning Greeting.

At 2 p.m. we will have our Small Group #1: Ahmad, Saud, Leia and Basma.

At 2:30 p.m. we will have our Small Group #2: Reema, Sama, Mohammed A. and Jawaher. 

You will be an apron, shaving cream/foam and clean surface.

Small Group Activity: Sorting and Classifying                                                                Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: Two kinds of beans different size and color 2 cups

Vocabulary: sort, white beans, small, big, hard beans, count.

How to start the activity: ·      Provide the child with the materials and tell him/her that Today I will show you different kinds of beans, they are mixed, would you like to sort them!

What to do in the middle:  Observe how the child sort the beans and how they separated the beans into two different cups.  Ask open ended questions such as “I wonder how many brown beans you collected/sorted? how is the texture of the beans and the colors?

How you can extend the activity: Let the child draw tally’s on how many beans he/she collected or sorted.

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.

Small Group Activity: Does A kangaroo Have A Mother?                                                       Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTgq16pnP08

Vocabulary: lion, mother, giraffe, penguin, swan, dolphin, sheep, Kangaroo, yes.

How to start the activity: ·      Today we will read a book about animals and then ask this question, I wonder does A Kangaroo have a mother?

What to do in the middle:  Talk about other animals in the story and ask if they all have a mother? I wonder What is the name of a baby lion: Cub, Kangaroo: joey, Giraffe: calf, sheep: lamp

How you can extend the activity: Let the child draw his/her favorite animal and his mother or a family member with his/her mom.

How to finish the activity:  Give the child a 5 minutes warning. Tell the child that it is time to clean up.