SUBJECT MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

LIFE SKILLS

Have a safe and happy

holiday

Start the day with a morning routine. Have your child: make the bed, brush teeth, wash up, get dressed, prepare breakfast (together), do dishes (together), get ready to learn!

Start the day with a morning routine. Have your child: make the bed, brush teeth, wash up, get dressed, prepare breakfast (together), do dishes, get ready to learn!

Start the day with a morning routine. Have your child: make the bed, brush teeth, wash up, get dressed, prepare breakfast (together), do dishes (together), get ready to learn!

Start the day with a morning routine. Have your child: make the bed, brush teeth, wash up, get dressed, prepare breakfast (together), do dishes (together), get ready to learn!

LITERACY/ LANGUAGE DEVELOPM

ENT

Continue with Circle Time routine if appropriate Read a book together - either in print or choose from one of the many online options (see websites listed below). See “Speech and Language Activities” Section for today’s suggestion At home Activity: Cookie Sheet Challenge – Many

different letter and word matching activities using cookie sheets and magnetic letters. There are many printable activities, but the ideas can be used without printing anything off. Online Activity: - 20 minutes on Lexia, Powerup, or Essential Skills. If not, choose an

Continue with Circle Time routine if appropriate Read a book together - either in print or choose from one of the many online options (see websites listed below). See “Speech and Language Activities” Section for today’s suggestion. At home Activity: Yes/No questions – A great activity to work on answering Yes/No questions. This activity can be completed without printing anything off. You can have your child sort items into yes/no piles and/or work on having your child say “yes” and “no”. The printable activities are available for free: Yes/No Level 1 Yes/No Level 2 The website where these activities can be found is here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Speech-Rocks Online Activity: - 20 minutes on Lexia, Powerup, or Essential Skills. If not, choose an

Continue with Circle Time routine if appropriate Read a book together - either in print or choose from one of the many online options (see websites listed below). See “Speech and Language Activities” Section for today’s suggestion. At home Activity: Sight Words/Spelling Words Building - Use a marker pen to write individual

letters (one per brick) onto the side of small Lego or Duplo bricks. You could also

put blank stickers on the Lego and print the letter on the stickers. Your child can then find the bricks needed for a word and assemble them in order. If you need a set of sight words to use, try these free, printable Dolch Sight Words Flashcards. Online Activity: - 20 minutes on Lexia, Powerup, or Essential Skills. If not, choose an

Continue with Circle Time routine if appropriate Read a book together - either in print or choose from one of the many online options (see websites listed below). See “Speech and Language Activities” Section for today’s suggestion. At home Activity: Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt – Go on a Nature Walk through your neighbourhood and use the checklist to find these items! Here are the links for the nature walk activities: Nature Scavenger Hunt Neighbourhood Scavenger Hunt Here is a visual to assist if necessary: I Find Online Activity: - 20 minutes on Lexia, Powerup, or Essential Skills. If not, choose an

activity from one of the LITERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

activity from one of the LITERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

activity from one of the LITERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

activity from one of the LITERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

SPEECH AND

LANGUAGE

I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer Play the YouTube video every day for 4 days and follow the daily instructions. Play - I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer (on Youtube) Comprehension: Ask your child these questions. Give your child the answers if he or she needs help. -Who are the characters in the story? (Little Critter, sister, mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, friends) -Where does the story take place? (home, outside) -What’s the problem? (Little Critter can’t do what he wants to do) -How does the problem get solved? (He goes out to play with his friends)

Play - I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer (on Youtube) Retelling: Ask your child these questions. Give your child the answers if he or she needs help. Don’t forget to read along if you have the book! What things made Little Critter mad? (He’s not allowed to…) What made Little Critter happy? (playing with his friends) What makes you made? What makes you happy? Tell me: When I am mad, I can…..

Play - I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer (on Youtube) Vocabulary: Ask your child what these words mean. Give your child the meanings. “angry” is another word for “mad”. What is another word for: “small” (little, tiny) “loud” (noisy)

Play - I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer (on Youtube) Early Reading: Ask your child the following. Give the answers if they need help. “mad, bad, glad” rhyme. Do these words rhyme? “dog-frog” (yes) “cat-soap” (no) “fan-ran” (yes)

MATH

At home activity: Calendar Routine – continue with calendar daily. See April 6 to April 10 for directions and ideas on how to use the calendar. Math fun – Spring Pattern Matching Game: This website has free printable games and activities.

Online activity: - 20 minutes on Zorbitz, mPower, IXL or another site listed in the NUMERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

At home activity: Calendar Routine Math fun – Hole Punch Math – Using small pieces of scrap paper, print a number and have your child punch that numbers of holes in the paper. Check for understanding.

Online activity: - 20 minutes on Zorbitz, mPower, IXL or another site listed in the NUMERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

At home activity: Calendar Routine Math fun – Bingo Dabber Math – Print numbers on paper and have your child place the appropriate number of dots using a bingo dabber (or marker). Variation - This could be used for number identification, amount, sums, differences, etc.

Online activity: - 20 minutes on Zorbitz, mPower, IXL or another site listed in the NUMERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

At home activity: Calendar Routine Math fun – Clothespin Number Match – Have your child place the appropriate number of clothespins on each section of a wheel. This activity is printable, or you can use scrap paper and print random numbers on the them. http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/math/ClothespinNumberMatch.pdf

Online activity: - 20 minutes on Zorbitz, mPower, IXL or another site listed in the NUMERACY WEBSITES listed at the bottom of this document.

LIFE SKILLS

Plan and cook lunch for today. Choose a recipe from a book, magazine, or online. Read the recipe with your child and assist them to gather all of the ingredients for the recipe. Be sure to practice diligent hand-washing procedures! Container Garden – Start a container garden and gets your children excited about spring! You could grow a sunflower, beans, grass seed, or any seeds you have from fruits or veggies you already have! A container garden makes a great first garden project. All you need is something that can hold soil with small holes in the bottom for excess water to drain. Here is a great site: Kids Gardening

Plan and cook lunch for today. Choose a recipe from a book, magazine, or online. Read the recipe with your child and assist them to gather all of the ingredients for the recipe. Be sure to practice diligent hand-washing procedures! Kitchen Scrap Garden - Kitchen scrap gardening is when you grow plants from items that would usually go in the compost. It is a great way to reinforce the sustainable living concepts of recycling and reusing.

Kitchen Scrap Garden Activity

Plan and cook lunch for today. Choose a recipe from a book, magazine, or online. Read the recipe with your child and assist them to gather all of the ingredients for the recipe. Be sure to practice diligent hand-washing procedures! Fruits vs Vegetables - Why are some fruits called vegetables? In this lesson, students will explore the difference between fruits and vegetables. Fruits vs Vegetables Lesson Plan This website has great lessons on garden fresh produce!

https://kidsgardening.org/lesson-plan-fruit-vs-vegetable/

Plan and cook lunch for today. Choose a recipe from a book, magazine, or online. Read the recipe with your child and assist them to gather all of the ingredients for the recipe. Be sure to practice diligent hand-washing procedures! FIELD TRIP! While Disney World & Disneyland Are Closed, Take Your Kids On Virtual Ride:

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SCIENCE/ SOCIAL

STUDIES

Go to Scholastic: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html Pick a grade level and complete the story and activities that correspond to that story. Complete section - Week 2, Day 9

Go to PebbleGo: https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/0 (User ID: greateressex Password: library) Click on: Social Studies/My World. Read/listen the module entitled “In my home”. There is an activity to complete if appropriate. Watch the video clip and ask questions: What are these people doing? Who are these people? Why are they together?

Go to Scholastic: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html Pick a grade level and complete the story and activities that correspond to that story. Complete section - Week 2, Day 10

Go to PebbleGo: https://site.pebblego.com/modules/5/categories/0 (User ID: greateressex Password: library) Click on: Social Studies/My World. Read/listen to the module on “In my neighbourhood”. Complete activity if appropriate. Watch the video clip and ask questions: Who is taking the video? How is that person getting around? What types of things will they see? There as so many questions for this video!

SOCIAL SKILLS

Please continue with any Social Story that is already working well. Feel free to continue using sites listed in the previous week. Social Story – Here is a simple Social Story done in Boardmaker to help with staying at home. Social Story CoVid Social Story - Worth sharing again

Taking Turns Play a board game or a card game that requires turn taking. Use vocabulary like ‘my turn,’ ‘your turn,’ ‘wait for your turn’ and praise all the players at the table when they wait for others to take a turn.

MAD and SAD Sorting Activity: Have your child sort the emotions pictures into either a MAD pile or a SAD pile. Click the picture or here for the printable PDF.

Please and Thank you - Watch the video of the Berenstain Bears and discuss why it is important to remember to say “please” and “thank you”.

FINE MOTOR/

ART ACTIVITY

Fine Motor Math – Needed - Pipecleaners and beads Add beads to pipe cleaner loops and have your child write down the addition problem. For example, in the photo, they’d write, 3+1=4 and 3+2=5.

Variation: Have your child count out a certain number of beads and place on pipecleaners. Example: Say or print the number 9 and have them string 9 beads on their pipe cleaner.

Printing/Writing and Spacial Awareness – Great tools to assist students having difficulty with spacing their letters and words.

https://www.theottoolbox.com/fine-motor-skills/

Motivating Handwriting Activities for Reluctant Writers – Different

Activities that could assist parents with getting their children to write with more enthusiasm.https://www.theottoolbox.com/motivating-handwriting-activities-for/

Rescue at Sea Items Needed: large bowl with water; tongs; sponge and scissors. Cut the sponge into desired shapes and have the student grasp with the tongs and rescue the cut out items from the water bowl. Variation: add food colouring to the water; add a story to your rescue efforts.

GROSS MOTOR/

DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

BODY BREAKS to be taken as necessary throughout the day. Choose an activity that is enjoyable. Please see table below for different ideas. Yoga - A great website for managing emotions through Yoga https://childhood101.com/yoga-for-kids/ There is a poster to download as well as instructions for 58 yoga poses just for kids!

BODY BREAKS to be taken as necessary throughout the day. Choose an activity that is enjoyable. Please see table below for different ideas. Ball toss or ball bounce - practice throwing and catching or bouncing a ball. Set a timer and try to beat the previous high score. Can be done individually or make it a team effort.

BODY BREAKS to be taken as necessary throughout the day. Choose an activity that is enjoyable. Please see table below for different ideas. Keep it up - blow up a balloon and have a contest to see how long you can keep it in the air. Set a timer and try to beat the previous high score. Can be done individually or make it a team effort.

BODY BREAKS to be taken as necessary throughout the day. Choose an activity that is enjoyable. Please see table below for different ideas. Arm circles - Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, arms by your side. Extend arms straight out to the side at shoulder height. Start making small circles with the hands, keeping the arms straight. Gradually make the circles bigger and bigger, creating the movement from the shoulders. Repeat 20 times. Repeat in other direction.

LITERACY WEBSITES NUMERACY WEBSITES BODY BREAK WEBSITES ADDITIONAL WEBSITES VIRTUAL FIELD TRIPS TVO kids https://tvokids.com Capstone ebooks https://bit.ly/2R2BXSt (Login: linkearth Password: lovetoread) PebbleGo https://www.pebblego.com/ (User ID: greateressex Password: library) Study Ladder https://www.studyladder.ca/ Storyline Storytime https://www.storylineonline.net/

Study Ladder https://www.studyladder.ca/ Zorbits https://zorbitsmath.com/ Splash Learn Math splashlearn.com TVO kids https://mpower.tvo.org/ IXL Math https://ca.ixl.com/ Mathies https://www.mathies.ca/

*Go Noodle https://www.gonoodle.com/good-energy-at-home-kids-games-and-videos/ *Yoga and Mindfulness for kids https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga/?fbclid=IwAR16rA-xaRsrGcGmqmA_AdLgXzdLqDgyAJHoCAl51fCB3SQeog5AYrZZoIA *KIDZ BOP Daily Dance Break https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKE0Xnj818IDaHvIcRiq0Bg *P.E with Joe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v-a_dpwhro

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE April - Oral Language Activities OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY The following sites have practical activities for home OT. http://jmccentre.ca/services/occupational-therapy https://www.theottoolbox.com/fine-motor-skills/ https://otplan.com/activities/

Cincinnati Zoo Animal Up Close – http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/ Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada – Shark Cam https://bit.ly/3bEYeO7 Tennessee Aquarium – https://www.tnaqua.org/live-cams The National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. – https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour Nasa virtual tour –

CBC Kids https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/explore Starfall https://www.starfall.com/h/ Lexia https://www.lexialearning.com/ Vooks Books www.vooks.com Audible Books https://stories.audible.com/discovery Reading a-z https://www.readinga-z.com/

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/math

https://www.nasa.gov/glennvirtualtours 5 Canadian Virtual Tours

Ouwehand Park Polar Bear Cubs Rhenen, Netherland - https://explore.org/livecams/polar-bears/polar-bear-ouwehand-twin-cubs-cam-2

LDA-WE – TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT The staff at the LDAWE have been working to ensure that educators, students and their families have access to the tools they need to be successful. The LDAWE has assembled a list of FREE learning resources and FREE Assistive Technology programs for both the Windows environment on laptops and the iOS environment on iPads.

LDAWE E-Learning resources BOARDMAKER ONLINE Live Webinars, you will note the next one is April 14 https://goboardmaker.com/pages/webinars Boardmaker has a free 90 day trial that parents could take advantage of if they would like to create things from home https://goboardmaker.com/blogs/news/boardmaker-online-working-from-home Here are further instructions on how to log on to the: Boardmaker Student Centre The Autism Helper http://theautismhelper.com/emergency-home-school-kit/ *This resource is for students requiring a very solid schedule. They are asking for a donation of $0-$20 if you are able. There are 8 weeks of printable activities.