Week Four Learning Activities

Hang in ThereHello parents. Thank you for all the hard work you are doing at home with your children. We really appreciate your efforts and love receiving samples of your children’s work through videos, photos and notes.

 

 

 

Please continue to send their work by emailing their teacher directly. Listed below are Week Four activities. Choose activities that interest your child and you are able to do at home easily. You don’t have to complete all the activities. Do what works best for your family.

 

 

Please check in with your child regularly throughout the day by asking them what zone they are feeling (Zones of Regulation Week Two post). Our feelings shift throughout the day. It is good to notice that if you are feeling bad (blue zone) your mood can change quite quickly. See if you can notice what makes your child feel better (green zone). 

 

 

It’s Mothers Day this coming Sunday, May 10th. Remember to make your Mom feel appreciated. You can do this by helping with some things like doing chores around the house, making breakfast for your Mom, and telling her how much you love her. 

You could also make her a Happy Mother’s Day card. Decorate your card by drawing pictures of all the special things your Mom does for you throughout the year. Some examples might be your Mom cooking meals for you, helping with your school work, taking you for walks or activities like swimming lessons or skating. Remember to sign your names on your card for Mom. Have someone in your home help you with spelling words on your card. 

Some words you might use could be: 

    • love
    • thank you
    • Mom
    • to
    • helping
    • special

Make your Mother’s Day card special and put a lot of love into it because your Mom does the same for you.

Listed below are Week Four activities. Choose activities that interest your child and you are able to do at home easily. You don’t have to complete all the activities. Do what works best for your family.

  • The Magic FishListen to Mrs. Nero read the story The Magic Fish by Freya Littledale. While the story is being read listen for what the fisherman’s wife wishes for and what happens to her in the end. After you have heard the story think carefully about what you might wish for. Draw a picture and write a sentence about your wish. Remember to draw big bright detailed pictures. Colour your picture with at least 5 colours. Write your sentence using all of the sounds that you remember. Someone at home can help “sound out” your words with you. They can also scribe your words for you. Remember to send your individual teachers your pictures. We would love to know what you would wish for.

 

  • Draw a self portrait in the style of the famous artist Pablo Picasso. You’ll crack a smile at these funny faces! Try Pablo Picasso’s Cubist style of painting – jumble up your eyes, nose and mouth. It’s a great way to be introduced to a complicated art form. You won’t realize that you are also learning about geometry. Artists Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque are credited with inventing the Cubist painting movement around 1907. The artists liked to use geometric shapes in unrealistic ways to show several different views of one subject at the same time.
    1. If you haven’t seen Pablo Picasso’s portraits he painted people’s facial features in weird places. Sometimes he made them odd sizes. The Cubist style of painting uses shapes, such as squares and triangles, in a jumbled, unreal way. It’s like looking at someone from several different angles all at once.
    2. Try drawing a self portrait like Picasso. With crayons, coloured pencils or markers sketch your head and shoulders on white paper.
    3. Draw the eyes, nose and mouth so you see two views at once, the front and side. Draw them in unusual places. Your drawing should look weird!
    4. Colour your portrait with crayons, coloured pencils or markers.
    5. Hang you masterpiece. Enjoy looking at it from different angles. Please send a copy of your portrait to your individual teacher. 

 

 

  • Look closely at size. Can you place different objects in order of size from biggest to smallest. Try to order your toys or household items from big to small. Go outside and look for natural materials such as leaves, sticks, pine cones  or rocks that can be ordered from big to small. You can put objects in a line or try to stack them upwards. Don’t forget to use a baseline. The baseline is a very important part of measuring. Have a look at the examples below. 

 

Listen to the story Achoo! by Virgine Morgand. While you listen to the story pay attention to all the shapes you see. At the end of the story you will be asked to predict what happens next by creating a picture made up of shapes. 

 

 

Let’s try to learn about sequencing, measuring in volume and counting. This is a yummy lesson. Bake Grandma Nero’s White Muffins with an adult’s help. Remember to follow each step of the recipe in sequence from beginning to end. Help to measure the scoops and cupfuls. Notice the size of the different measuring tools and how much ingredients they hold. Help to clean up after you are finished. And don’t forget to share the muffins with anyone in your family who might be hungry!

 

 

 

  • Measuring area – how many napkins do you think will cover the surface of your kitchen table? Count how many napkins. Now try and cover the surface of the table with playing cards or magazines of the same size. Record how many of each object covers the surface of your table. What do you notice? Do the numbers change? Think about your observations and develop a theory. 
  • Found Art Self Portrait. Go for a walk outside and look for natural materials that you can use to make a self portrait. Use the sidewalk or a space in your backyard for the background of your “picture”. Examples of materials could be leaves, flowers, pine cones, rocks, sticks, grass or pieces of wood. To the right is an example of a found art self portrait.  Take a picture of your self portrait and send it to your individual teacher. It will be interesting for us to compare your Picasso style self portrait and your found art self portrait. 
  • How is your bean plant growing? Draw a picture of what it looks like now and send it to your individual teacher. We want to see what good gardeners you are. You just might make us hungry!

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Lee, Ms. Maratovic and Mrs. Nero

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