Week 1 - Day 2

Day 2

Subject: A is for Apple

Review:

Review from last lesson. Show the letter A, a. Talk about words that start with A, Alligators, Airplanes, Arms, Ants, and APPLES. Review the signs.

Lesson:

Talk about how Apple can be said in different languages. Apple, Manzana (Spanish), Mela (Italian), Pomme (French), Apfel (German). Apples come be in lots of different colors. Green, Red, Yellow, Pink, and mixed colors. They can be tart, bitter, or sweet.

Singing Time:

Five red apples hanging in a tree (Hold up five fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (lower one finger)

Four red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up four fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (lower one finger)

Three red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up three fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (lower one finger)

Two red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up two fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (lower one finger)

One red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up two fingers)
The juiciest apples you ever did see.
The wind came by and gave an angry frown (Fingers flutter downward)
And one little apple came tumbling down (lower one finger)
No red apples, hanging in a tree, (Hold up hand with all fingers down)

Art:

We will be creating a tree and putting red pom poms on for apples. Tutorial found HERE.

Story Time:

A Was Once an Apple Pie

A is for Apple

Depends on what is available at the library

Snack:

Make Mini Apple Pies. Use multiple kinds of apples so we can taste different ones as we bake.

Week 1 - Day 1

Day 1

Subject: Letter A

Introducing the Letter:

I'll start by showing her a picture of the letter A. We will talk about Upper and Lower Case A and I will draw them a few times and help her draw one. I will show her the ASL Sign for A.

Expanding on the Letter:

Then we will talk about different words that begin with the letter A, Apples, Ants, Alligators, Arms, Awake, and Airplane. I will show her pictures of all the A words and show her the Signs to all the words.

Singing Time:

We will be singing a song about an Alligator

(Softly) Alligator (Make alligator mouth with fingers)
Looking for some food in the morning

(Louder) Alligator (Make alligator mouth with hands)
Looking for some food in the morning

(Louder) Alligator (Make alligator mouth with arms)
Looking for some food in the morning

Story Time:

We will be reading There's An Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Meyer

Art Time:

I found some coloring pages called My A Book.

Treat:

Make the letter A with Twizzler's pull n peel

Mighty Mite Learners

Miss G has hit the stage where she is constantly wanting to explore. She is 22 months and absorbs everything like a sponge. So, we are going to start "School" a few times a week. Our lesson plans and some pictures of our adventures will be chronicled here. Can't wait to watch how she learns and grows through education. And hopefully this will keep her from driving me bananas. ;)