Lesson for Monday, April 13 (page 1)

Clouds and Rain (Weather Unit)

Fill your jar/glass about three quarters full with water from the tap. Use the shaving foam to create a cloud on top of the water. Let the foam settle a bit. Now drop blue food coloring into the 'cloud'. Watch the blue food color move through the foam into the water to form 'rain'.Lesson for Monday, April 13 (page 2)

(Weather Unit)Matching Upper and Lower case letters

Supplies: Glue and Scissors

Lesson for Tuesday, April 14

Making a Rainbow with Skittles

(Weather Unit)

Arrange the Skittles in a single row colored pattern around the edge of the plate. Pour over enough warm water to cover all

the Skittles and the plate itself. Watch and wait as a rainbow appears on the plate, the colors will move towards the

middle and create a whirl of color. You can also arrange the Skittles in the shape of a rainbow.

(You can eat all the extra Skittles!! )

Lesson for Wednesday, April 15

Cloud Watching Binoculars(Weather Unit)

Supplies:*2 empty toilet paper tubes/or 1 empty paper towel tube cut in half*Markers/crayons/paint to paint 'binoculars'*cotton balls/pieces of tissue or paper towels to create the 'clouds'*glue stick for 'clouds'*glue or a stapler to secure to 'binoculars' together*yarn/string (if desired)*Large blanket to lay on an watch the clouds

**LOOK UP AND USE YOUR IMAGINATION**

Lesson for Thursday, April 16

What is Your Favorite Farm Animal?

(Farm Animals Unit)

Supplies:

*Paper plate(s)*Colored construction paper/or white paper*Crayons/markers/paint*Glue*Scissors*Feathers/felt/cotton (any art material you would like to add)

Lesson for Friday, April 17 (page 1)

Lets Take a Field Trip to the Farm

(Farm Animals Unit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgoYoc8oBFw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hg2ZX0PF-jI

Lesson for Friday, April 17 (page 2)

Sequencing (What comes next?)(Farm Animals Unit)

Weather Unit Read Aloud Books (YouTube)

Monday, April 13: The Rainy Day Written by/Author Anna Milbournel Illustrated by Sarah Gill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=av2FP2n2qrgTuesday, April 14:Stormy Weather Written/Author by Joe Fallon Illustrated by Mike Czunyosckahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Li59FFilYQWednesday, April 15:The Napping House Written by/ Author Audrey Wood Illustrated by Don Woodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ9yibGwUNA

**While your child watches the story, ask him/her to watch the 'window' to see how the weather/night/day is changing throughout the book**

Farm Animals Unit Read Aloud Books (YouTube)

Thursday, April 16: The Big Red Barn Written by /Author Margaret Wise Brown Illustrated by Felicia Bond https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpyDvECLLRM

**We have talked about Rhyming words in our classroom over the past several months. Ask your child to identify some of the rhyming words in this book**

Friday, April 17: The Three Billy Goats Gruff #Giggleboxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QzT1sq6kCY

**This was one of the children's favorite stories during our afternoon circle time **

**Ask your child what an author's job is, and what an illustrator's job is. I bet they know !!**

And… a very special Fun Friday Read Aloud YouTube Book…

Our Classroom's favorite book!!!!!

The Shark in the Dark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D7_DLgvq7k

Week of April 13 - 17Dear Busy Bee Families:

I had so much fun planning this week's lesson. Just thinking of the smiles the children will have doing the activities with their families this week, learning the new lessons, and

knowing that they will have those moments when they say, "Hey, I remember what a rhyming word is" or "I know what an author is" made me so happy. Finding special story

books for the children was especially fun for me. Books create the most wonderful way to build on a child's imagination. I, myself, never get tired of reading children's story book's. April is such a beautiful month. New life is all around us. God is really a wonderful artist!!

Our class has completed all of our alphabet letters, recognizing numbers 0-10, counting numbers 0-20, colors, and shapes. Please continue to review these with your child throughout the remainder of the school year. (The class was starting to count from 0 - 100, and the children really seemed to love doing this…especially when we got to 100!! ) We will also introduce simple sequencing. Our Units this week will be Weather and Farm Animals. Please let me know if you have any questions about this week's lessons. Happy Birthday: April 11 - Zuly This week's color songs are:

Blue for our Weather unit / Pink for our Farm Animal Unit

B-L-U-E spells BLUEB-L-U-E spells BLUEHi-Ho, oh did you know B-L-U-E spells BLUEThe big sky is BLUEThe ocean is tooHi-Ho, oh did you know B-L-U-E spells BLUE

Cotton candy, Fat PINK pigsGirls with socks and bowsP-I-N-K, P-I-N-K, that is how it goesBubble gum, valentines, these are all PINK tooPINK icing and PINK balloonsWe can spell, can you?