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PS_PK_TK AT HOME LEARNING MODULE #7 Week 7 Write and draw in your home journal each day! Send photos/video to your teacher!
Monday-What are the characteristics of tubes and tunnels?
Shared Discussion
Provide different kinds of tubes
and tunnels (paper towel rolls,
toilet paper rolls, toothpaste tube,
pool noodle, any cylinder). Look
at pictures of tubes and tunnels
online or in books. Explore the
characteristics of tubes and
tunnels. Discuss how they are the
same or different? Write in your
journal!
Letters and Sounds
Have your child search through
newspapers, magazines, and
grocery ads for letters. Have
them cut out the letters and glue
them on another paper in order!
Math
Gather several cylinders from
around the house (cans, jars,
empty toilet paper/paper towel
rolls, straws, cups, markers, etc.)
Line them up in order from smallest
to biggest.
Fine Motor
Have your child string rigatoni,
penne, or macaroni onto a straw,
shoelace, or string. This will help
them develop better control of
their fingers and hands which will
help with their writing.
Sensory
Use a dish pan or plastic
container filled with rice, rocks,
dirt, dry beans, small toys, or
marbles. Provide tubes (empty
paper towel or toilet paper rolls,
turkey baster, funnels, etc.)
Allow your child to experiment
with the materials to explore how
things move through tubes.
Sing song- Tubes and Tunnels
*attached
Edible Art
At snack time, give your child
graham crackers, vegetables, and
fruits. Ask your child to design a
train. Talk about the train and how
it rolls down the track through the
tunnels.
Tuesday-Where can we find tubes and tunnels?
Shared Discussion
Discuss where tubes and tunnels
can be found. Research tubes
and tunnels online or in books.
You can talk about rain spouts,
tunnels that animals make, tubes
and tunnels you may see at pet
stores. Really big waves make
tubes and tunnels too! Write in
your journal!
Sing song- The Itsy Bitsy Spider
*attached
Letters and Sounds
Write capital letters in random
order all over an empty paper
towel tube. Write lowercase
letters on small pieces of paper
or use alphabet cards
*attached. Mix up the papers
with the lowercase letters. Have
your child pick a paper, read the
letter, then locate its capital
partner on the paper towel tube.
Math
Have your child make sets. You
can use small toys, rocks, beans,
crafting pom-poms (you can
count anything). Pick a number
card*attached and ask, “What
number is this?” Then have them
count out that many items.
Change the number and make a
new set!
Fine Motor
Have your child decorate a toilet
paper roll with a face. Cut the
top 1/3 of the roll to look like hair
Art
Binoculars! Tape two toilet
paper rolls together, side by side.
Punch a hole at the top of each
Discovery
Tape strips of paper to a table or
floor to make tunnels. Have fun
(see above). Have your child use
scissors to give their TP friend a
haircut.
tube and tie a string to make a
strap. Decorate and use on your
next adventure!
driving toy cars in and out, around,
and through the tunnels.
Wednesday- How do we use tubes and tunnels? How can we make them?
Shared Discussion
Discuss different ways we use
tubes. Ask: “What are some ways
people use tubes?” Tubes can be
used as slides, ramps, or marble
runs. Talk about how tubes and
tunnels can be used to redirect
things such as water or air. With
your child, brainstorm ways to
make tubes and tunnels. What
materials do we need? Write in
your journal!
Play tubes and tunnels matching
game with your child and discuss
tubes and tunnels on the pictures.
As you child if they’d like to try
and make some of the activities
*attached
Letters and Sounds
Play letter and sound “I Spy”.
Take turns choosing an item in
the room. Begin the game by
saying “I spy something that
begins with the /b/ sound.” The
“guesser” tries to find something
that starts with that sound. Take
turns being the “spy” and the
“guesser.”
Sing song- The Cars in the Tunnel
*attached
SEL: It is important for children to
understand that some actions
are simply accidents. This helps
children not jump to conclusions.
Go over the lesson on Accidents
and read with your child the
story *attached.
Math
Roll strips of paper into tubes and
tape them to a flat surface. Write
numbers 1-10 on the tubes. Have
your child weave a string through
the numbers in order. You can also
call out a number, your child finds
that number, and runs the string
through. Challenge: If you put the
tubes inside a small box or on the
floor, your child can roll a
ball/marble through the tubes.
Fine Motor
Punch holes in a toilet paper tube
using a hole puncher or
something sharp to poke through.
Give your child straws and ask
them the thread the straws
through the holes. This can also be
done with a colander.
Sensory
Have your child experiment how
things move through tubes by
pouring or putting things in
different sized tubes. You can
use water, rice, dirt, cars,
marbles, etc. Ask: Does the size
of the tube change based on
how things move through the
tube? What happens if you tilt
the tube up taller? What can
you do to make things move
through the tube faster or
slower?
STEM
Provide straws and toilet paper or
paper towel rolls with holes
punched in them. Have your child
build using those materials. Take a
picture and share with your child’s
teacher!
Thursday-Who works with tubes and tunnels?
Shared Discussion
Make a list of jobs/people that
use tubes and tunnels (doctors,
cooks, construction workers,
etc.) What tubes or tunnels can
you find in your house? (rain
gutter, pipes, hose, etc.) Make
a list or draw the tubes and
tunnels you find. Write in your
journal! Sing song- The Band
Begins to Play *attached
Letters and Sounds
Spell Your Name Scavenger Hunt!
Write the letters of your child’s
name on a card or paper that it is
big enough for them to see. Cut
apart the name and hide each
letter around a room. Have your
child search for the letters and bring
each letter up as they discover
them. Once all letters are found,
scrambled them and have your
Math
Using straws, sticks, pencils, or
string to make shapes. Ask: What
shape did you make? How many
sides does your shape have? How
many corners does your shape
have? What does your shape
remind you of? If you cut your
shape in half, what shape would it
be?
child build their name. Talk about
the sound each letter makes.
STEM
Give your child different kinds of
tubes, paper, scissors, and tape.
Challenge your child to design
a marble run to move a marble
or small ball from the top to the
bottom.
Art
Put droplets of watercolors onto a
piece of paper. Use a straw to
blow the droplets around the
paper. Add more colors, one at a
time. Once it’s dry, use markers or
crayons to add to the picture.
Discuss by saying, “Tell me about
your painting. How did you make
it?”
Gross Motor
Build an obstacle course! Use
whatever you can find in your
home or yard to make an
obstacle course for your child to
run through. Make sure to include
tunnels (chair/table so they can
crawl through the legs) and tubes
(such as a paper towel
tube/wrapping paper tube to run
toys through). Use your phone to
film them as they run the course.
View together and talk about
what they did using words like
over, under, around, and through.
Friday-How do we make sounds with tubes and tunnels?
Shared Discussion
Discuss ways tubes and tunnels
can be used to make sounds
(blowing in them, hitting them
on something, with something,
or against each other). Can you
think of something that is a tube
or tunnel that makes sounds?
(instruments, windchimes, etc.)
Write in your journal!
Letters and Sounds
Letter hunt in the living room! Hide
letters in the living room & have
children hunt for the letters. Have
children say the sounds as they
discover the letters. You can also
have children match uppercase
letters to lowercase letters.
Sing song- Windchimes *attached
Math
Sort a deck of playing cards by
color, number, or suit. To add fine
motor practice, cut a slit in the lid
of an oatmeal container or box.
Have your child put the playing
card through the cut as they sort.
Fine Motor
If it is a nice day, go outside
and practice writing! Use
sidewalk chalk or just plain
water with a paintbrush or a
sponge. Encourage your child
to draw pictures. They can label
their drawings with the first letter
and any other letter they hear
in that word.
Art and Sensory
Water bottle maracas!
Have your child decorate a clean
empty water bottle with markers,
stickers, ribbon, etc. Fill the water
bottle with popcorn kernels, beans,
rice, rocks, toothpicks, or anything
that makes noise.
Scavenger Hunt
Ask questions to encourage your
child to look for tubes and tunnels
around your home. Do you think
there are any tubes in the
kitchen? Can you find a tunnel in
the backyard? Talk about what
each tube and tunnel is used for
and about any special
characteristics it has such as the
material it is made of or its size.
Apps to Try SORA
Brings books to life.
https://tinyurl.com/SORA-LINK
Handwriting Without Tears
Handwriting Practice
https://tinyurl.com/HWTvideos
Starfall
Learn about letters and sounds
https://tinyurl.com/STAR-FALL
Websites to Get Kids Moving
GoNoodle!
Dance-along, yoga, and more
https://tinyurl.com/GO-NOODLE
Jack Hartman
Sing & dance to children's songs
https://tinyrl.com/JACK-SONGS
Cosmic Yoga
Yoga & mindfulness for kids.
https://tinyurl.com/COSMIC-YOGA
Songs and Chants About Tubes and Tunnels
April 27- May 1
Tubes and Tunnels
Day 1
Tune: “Oh, My Darlin’ Clementine”
Tubes and tunnels are cylinders
That are used for many things
They move things from one place
To another in a wink!
The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Day 2
The Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Went up the waterspout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Up came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the Itsy-Bitsy Spider
Climbed up the spout again
The Cars in the Tunnel
Day 3
Tune: “Wheels on the Bus”
The cars in the tunnel go
Beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep
Beep, beep, beep
The cars in the tunnel go
Beep, beep, beep
As they drive through
The trucks in the tunnel go
Honk, honk, honk
Honk, honk, honk
Honk, honk, honk
The trucks in the tunnel go
Honk, honk, honk
As they drive through
The Band Begins to Play
Day 4
Tune: “Oh, When the Saints Go
Marching In”
Oh, when the band
Begins to play
When the band begins to play
They will play on a tuba
When the band begins to play
Oh, when the band
Begins to march
When the band begins to march
They will play a clarinet
When the band begins to march
(repeat with trumpet, saxophone, flute,
French horn, trombone, oboe)
Windchimes
Day 5
Tune: “I’m a Little Teapot”
See the pretty windchimes
Hanging down
They are made of tubes
Long and round
When it gets windy
They move around
They bump each other
And make a sound
Tubes and Tunnels Pictures
animal tunnels
burrows
rainspout
Gerbel cage
digestive system
circulatory system
tuba
trumpet
clarinet
saxaphone
flute
oboe
Trombone
wave
Guinea pig in a tunnel
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under
© 2011 Committee for Children Second Step: Social-Emotional Skills for Early Learning Page 65
Lesson Time
Your child is learning how to tell when something happens by accident. An accident is when we do something we didn’t mean to do.
When something happens by accident, your child can: •Say, “It was an accident. I didn’t mean to
. Are you okay?”•Do something to help
Understanding that sometimes things happen by accident helps your child get along with others.
Play Time
Play a pretend game with your child to practice responding to accidents.
Say: We’re going to play a pretend game. We’ll take turns pretending something happened by accident. Pretend I spilled milk on your drawing. Model what to say: It was an accident. I didn’t mean to. Say how you’ll help: I’ll wipe it up.
Take turns using other pretend accidents. Say:• You accidentally tore a page out of my book.• I accidentally dropped your toy and it broke.•You accidentally got mud on the floor
with your dirty shoes.
Story Time
This week’s story is about Adam and Miles. Adam accidentally runs into Miles’s bike. Ask your child about this story.• What do you see in this photo?• How do you think Miles feels about being run into? (Mad, surprised, sad.)• Did Adam mean to run into Miles? (No. It was an accident.)• How do you think Adam feels? (Sorry, surprised, sad.)
Let’s take turns practicing what Adam can say to Miles. (It was an accident. I didn’t mean to run into you. Are you okay?)
Home Link 11
Adam
Miles
Early Learning Unit 2Week 11: Accidents
Accidents
An accident is when we do something we didn’t mean to do.
When I have an accident I can say, “It was an accident. I didn't mean to do that. I’m sorry.” Then I do something to help.
That was an accident. I’m
sorry. I didn’t mean to knock
you down. Can I help you ?
When I accidently spill something, I say “That was an accident. I didn't mean to do that. I’m sorry. Let me clean it up.”
When I accidently break something, I say “That was an accident. I didn't mean to do that. I’m sorry. Can I clean it up?”
When I accidently get mud on the floor, I say “That was an accident. I didn't mean to do that. I’m sorry. Can I help clean the floor?”
Everybody has accidents. I know that when I have an accident, I will say, “I am sorry,” and do something to help. This makes my family and friends happy.
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Tubes and Tunnels Memory Match Game
Directions: Cut out the set of matching cards and then place face down on a flat surface. Take turns with your child finding
the match.
Directions: Cut out the set of matching cards and then place face down on a flat surface. Take turns with your child finding
the match.
Tubes and Tunnels Journal diario de Tubos y Túneles
Monday/lunes
Tuesday/MarTes
Wednesday/Miercoles
Thursday/Jueves
Friday/viernes