Week 2

Kindergarten

Week 2 Lessons

LITERACY

Heart Maps

For children to reflect on things, people, and memories that are special to them. 

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NUMERACY

getting to 10

Big Idea: Number represents and describes quantity.
Curricular Content: number concepts to 10
Curricular Competencies: visualizing and representing number; communicating number

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Activities by Topic

These activities may take a few days or a week to complete.  They can be varied or modified to suit your environment.

NUMERACY

In a notebook, write numbers 1 – 10 down the left side of the page.  Next to the number, draw objects that equal the number.  Or find real objects in your home that represent the number.   Challenge: go as high as you can. Can you count to 20, or 30, 50? If you have a computer, ABCYA has a counting activity that is good practice:   https://www.abcya.com/games/counting_fish  Can you figure out what is the same and what is different from these images: https://samedifferentimages.wordpress.com/2017/09/04/quantity-to-5/  

LEARNING THROUGH PLAY

Build a Story:  

  • Look in your toy box and find anything that you can build a structure.  
  • Create your structure.  
  • Who might live in this structure? What do they need to live there? What exciting things can they do?  
  • Rebuild your structure so that it is different from the first time.  
  • Who might live in this structure? What do they need to live there? What exciting things can they do?  

Chef in Training:  

Help your parents make cookies or other treat. 

  • Help measure the ingredients.  
  • Stir the mixture? This will help build muscles and gross motor coordination.  
  • Patience is a must while waiting for the cookies to be baked.  
  • Don’t forget to eat your creation.  

Fitness

If you need some movement, then hop on over to GoNoodle https://family.gonoodle.com/   
Try “Popping Bubbles” “Chicken Dance” “Twist and Shout”– this is sure to give you a workout.  

OR – use any music you have and make up a dance filled with hops, jumps and swinging arms.  

*Be careful of furniture – you need a bit of space for this. 

Extension Activity

Some of our school hallways have sensory paths for people to follow. These are basically different ways to move in some direction. (eg. walk 5 steps, jump forward 6 jumps…)

If you have access to sidewalk chalk and a sidewalk close by, this activity can lend itself to several things (outdoor fresh air, engaging thinking process, fun for yourself and anyone else who ends up walking along that sidewalk).

Create a path with a series of actions to engage. For example, write part of the alphabet or numbers on circles alternating left, right, left, right; stop and do 3 bunny jumps; draw some footprints (trace your shoes); draw curvy lines to balance.

  • Make your path as crazy as you wish (but not too far from your home).
  • Try out your sidewalk path – how does it work for you?