What is remote learning?
Remote learning will take place whenever the district decides it is unsafe to attend in person due to weather, a delayed start, or an early dismissal that changes the normal routine of the learning day/week.
What does remote learning look like for my preschooler?
Remote learning will look different for a preschooler than it will for older students. It will also look different than being in the classroom, but we know they learn best through activities where play is utilized. We will not send home packets of papers to complete or force them to be on technology for activities. The activities will consist of things you can do at home to help students build on their current skills. We ask that you send us a couple of pictures of your child doing activities through Class Dojo.
New Vocabulary
Water: a clear liquid that is found in many places that we know.
liquid: a wet flowing substance
clear: see through
What do we use what for?
How do you use water at home?
How do you use water at school?
Where else might you use water?
Have students create a picture of the ways they use water.
Exploring with our Senses
How does water feel?
What does water look like?
Does water have a scent?
Does water make sounds?
What does water taste like?
Discuss with your child their responses and if things could be different-example cold vs. hot water.
Exploring volume with water
Provide different measuring cups, bowls, and other containers for them to fill, pour, and dump water.
Which one holds the most water?
Which one holds the least?
How many of this one will it take to fill another?
Writing with Water
Using a Q-tip or paint brush, practicing writing numbers and letters with water.
Can be done on paper. Can add food coloring to make colored water or watch the water disappear after writing.
Music and Movement Break
Shape Fish
Help your child make different shapes: triangle, circle, square, rectangle, etc.
Can you add to them to make the shapes into a fish?
What do fish have that we would need to add? (fins, eyes, etc.)
Snack and Story Time
Here are the activities to complete for the day. We hope everyone has a great time and can't wait to see the pictures you send.
New Vocabulary:
Freeze: when something gets very cold
Solid: water becomes hard when it is frozen
Ice cube tray: a kitchen item that is used to freeze water into the shape of a cube.
Exploring Ice
Give your child an ice cube to explore.
What does the ice feel like?
What does it look like?
Is ice a liquid?
Introduce the new vocabulary to them.
How do you think we can make Ice?
Making Ice
How can you make ice?
Use an ice cube tray (or small plastic dish) to make ice at home.
How long does it take to become solid? (Check your ice every 30 minutes and talk about what is happening)
Make it fun and add some food coloring to it for an art activity.
Painting with Ice
Once your ice with food coloring freezes, use it to paint a picture.
Did it work right away?
Did you have to wait for it to start melting?
Tell your grown-up about your picture.
Ice Words
You have just been exploring with ice, what words can you add to ice to make a new words?
*ice cube
*ice cream
* ice skate
etc.
Ice counting and stacking
Can you stack your ice cubes?
How tall can you stack them?
Music and Movement
Here are the activities for PM Class due to the district early dismissal.
New Vocabulary
Freezer: the coldest part of a fridge because it freezes things like ice and ice cream.
Melts: when ice warms up and changes from a solid back to a liquid.
How does ice melt? What are things that would make ice melt?
Can you put it in the refridgerator?
What happens if you leave it out on the counter (in a cup of course)?
Will cold and warm water melt ice?
Will anything else melt ice?
Melting Ice
Have fun experimenting to find out what melts ice?
sugar?
Salt?
flour?
cold water?
warm water?
What else can you try?
Make a prediction on what you think will and won't melt the ice.
Ice Cube Tray Math
Use an ice cube tray to work on solving problems that make 10.
example: 4 white beads and 6 blue beads-which is more the white or blue.
What items will you use to make 10?
What is your favorite winter activity?
Create a picture to show us what your favorite thing is to do when it's cold outside?
Indoor Ice Skating
Pretend to ice skate at home.
Place two paper plates on the ground and scoot around, try to keep your feet down-pretend they are glued to the ground as you move.
Music and Movement
Snack and Story