Do you have an uncle?
Toys: Mini Puppet Theater, Large People Puppets
and Fairy Tale Puppets, Dress ups, and Doorbell/Key House, Rose Petal Cottages.
Circle Time:
Miss Jessica reviewed the Days of the Week Song (sung to Adam's Family), "There's Monday and there's Tuesday,
Letter "Uu"
What other words begin with U? Unicorn!, umbrella, "um," "Uh-oh!"
Little Pup wanted to go "Up" but no one was listening until his father heard his "Uh-u-up" and helps him. [Explaining who an "uncle" is can be confusing at this age.]
What is a Family? Who is an uncle? Who is an aunt (Pronounces "ant" or "Au-nt.")?
Who is your grandfather or grandpa? Your father's father. Most students had a grandpa and some even a Great Grandpa! We read a book called Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say-- a simple, beautiful picture book about a Grandpa's adventure leaving Japan and coming to live in America and then returning to Japan before the War. His daughter has a son, the author, who eventually returns to America but misses Japan and his Grandfather.
Raegan shared that she misses her Dad who is working in California and flys up to visit every few weeks. "I love my Dad. I miss him!"
I showed my family picture to the children .We discussed how families are different--My son has two bigger sisters and two younger sisters and more than anything in the world--wanted a brother! He even begged Santa for a brother (and nothing else!). Some kids do not have a brother or sister in their family but have close friends or a parent.
We read a book 5 People in my Family. This book outlined a family with two boys and a girl, a mom and a dad and another monster family. It emphasizes counting, 1-5 and 5-10.
We read a story, Baby Says by John Steptoe, in which the whole story is written using only seven words and two children's expressions (baby and brother).
"Uu" Story and Activity: We listened to the story and song about a Puppy named U that said "Uuu" to go Up and asked his uncle, and aunt, who wanted to stay under the umbrella. Finally, his father hears him and lifts him up under the umbrella where he is utterly happy. Children lift arms above their heads and say "U u u." (Uh, uh, uh).
What other words begin with U? Unicorn!, umbrella, "um," "Uh-oh!"
Little Pup wanted to go "Up" but no one was listening until his father heard his "Uh-u-up" and helps him. [Explaining who an "uncle" is can be confusing at this age.]
What is a Family? Who is an uncle? Who is an aunt (Pronounces "ant" or "Au-nt.")?
Who is your grandfather or grandpa? Your father's father. Most students had a grandpa and some even a Great Grandpa! We read a book called Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say-- a simple, beautiful picture book about a Grandpa's adventure leaving Japan and coming to live in America and then returning to Japan before the War. His daughter has a son, the author, who eventually returns to America but misses Japan and his Grandfather.
Raegan shared that she misses her Dad who is working in California and flys up to visit every few weeks. "I love my Dad. I miss him!"
I showed my family picture to the children .We discussed how families are different--My son has two bigger sisters and two younger sisters and more than anything in the world--wanted a brother! He even begged Santa for a brother (and nothing else!). Some kids do not have a brother or sister in their family but have close friends or a parent.
We read a book 5 People in my Family. This book outlined a family with two boys and a girl, a mom and a dad and another monster family. It emphasizes counting, 1-5 and 5-10.
We read a story, Baby Says by John Steptoe, in which the whole story is written using only seven words and two children's expressions (baby and brother).
"Uu" Story and Activity: We listened to the story and song about a Puppy named U that said "Uuu" to go Up and asked his uncle, and aunt, who wanted to stay under the umbrella. Finally, his father hears him and lifts him up under the umbrella where he is utterly happy. Children lift arms above their heads and say "U u u." (Uh, uh, uh).
We enjoyed coloring and cutting out our own Puppy Family and gluing them onto Popsicle sticks to preform a play for us!
Recess: we got to go down below and play today!
Books on Family:
Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say.
Baby Says by John Steptoe
5 People in My Family (Sesame Street)
I'll Love you Forever by Robert Munsch and Sheila McGraw
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
A Weekend with (Cousin) Wendell by Kevin Henkes
Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
The Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe (Nursery Rhyme)
My Great-Aunt Arizona by Gloria Houston, Ill. by Susan Condie Lamb
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