Animals Frog Street Week 2: Zoo Animals Day 4...Zebra Patterns - Read Welcome to Zippity Zoo....
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For Young Learners Frog Street Animals Week 2: Zoo Animals Day 4 Literacy Reading with your child: Welcome to Zippity Zoo (Available in Early Literacy Digital Library Books) 1. Open the book and follow: Before you Read on the inside front cover of the book. 2. Read the book with your child. 3. Talk with your child about the story. eStories LIteracy Collection: Hippo Hop Read and sing the online story with your child. Listen and Write: Zebra begins with Z. 1. Say the sentence and have your child repeat with you. 2. Write the sentence. 3. Write Z under the sentence. 4. Have your child look for the letter Z in the sentence. 5. Have your child write the letter Z. 6. Ask him to circle and name any other letters he knows in the sentence. Math Zebra Patterns - Read Welcome to Zippity Zoo. (Available in Early Literacy Digital Library Books) Review pages 6 and 7 that display the giraffes and ze- bras. Discuss the black and white stripes on the zebra. Tell your child that this is a pattern. Encourage him to recreate the zebra using two colors to make a pattern like the one he sees in the book. Invite him to choose any colors he prefers to make the pattern. Moving and Learning Zoo Animal Shadows - Place plastic or wooden zoo animals on the sidewalk next to a piece of white paper positioned so the sun casts a shadow on the paper. Show your child how to trace the shadow of the animal. Help your child label the picture with the zoo animal’s name. If you don’t have animal shapes, draw the outline of your child’s shadow directly on the concrete with chalk. Then let her color in the figure. This activity will help your child gain control and strength of small and large muscles. © 2013 Frog Street Press, LLC Frog Street Pre-K Curriculum Theme 8: Animals Social and Emotional Skills Can of Worms - Connecting with your child helps wire the brain for impulse control and increases her attention span. Try this silly greeting to connect with a smile! Sit facing one another with one palm up and the fist (representing a can of worms) of your other hand resting on top of your palm. Count to 3 and let your can of worms spill onto your child’s fingers as you make the “blah” sound. Be silly! Click the link to learn more about meaningful connections. I Love You Rituals Content Connections Let’s Go to The Zoo There are many places around the country offering “live” virtual zoo visits. Check out the San Diego Zoo, one of the top rated in the country. San Diego Zoo Live Cam FSPKD000940
Transcript of Animals Frog Street Week 2: Zoo Animals Day 4...Zebra Patterns - Read Welcome to Zippity Zoo....
For Young Learners
Frog StreetAnimalsWeek 2: Zoo Animals
Day 4
Literacy
Reading with your child: Welcome to Zippity Zoo(Available in Early Literacy Digital Library Books)
1. Open the book and follow: Before you Read on the inside front cover of the book.2. Read the book with your child.3. Talk with your child about the story.
eStories LIteracy Collection: Hippo HopRead and sing the online story with your child.
Listen and Write: Zebra begins with Z.1. Say the sentence and have your child repeat with you.2. Write the sentence.3. Write Z under the sentence.4. Have your child look for the letter Z in the sentence.5. Have your child write the letter Z.6. Ask him to circle and name any other letters he knows in the sentence.
Math
Zebra Patterns - Read Welcome to Zippity Zoo. (Available in Early Literacy Digital Library Books) Review pages 6 and 7 that display the giraffes and ze-bras. Discuss the black and white stripes on the zebra. Tell your child that this is a pattern. Encourage him to recreate the zebra using two colors to make a pattern like the one he sees in the book. Invite him to choose any colors he prefers to make the pattern.
Moving and Learning
Zoo Animal Shadows - Place plastic or wooden zoo animals on the sidewalk next to a piece of white paper positioned so the sun casts a shadow on the paper. Show your child how to trace the shadow of the animal. Help your child label the picture with the zoo animal’s name. If you don’t have animal shapes, draw the outline of your child’s shadow directly on the concrete with chalk. Then let her color in the figure. This activity will help your child gain control and strength of small and large muscles.
© 2013 Frog Street Press, LLCFrog Street Pre-K Curriculum Theme 8: Animals
Social and Emotional Skills
Can of Worms - Connecting with your child helps wire the brain for impulse control and increases her attention span. Try this silly greeting to connect with a smile! Sit facing one another with one palm up and the fist (representing a can of worms) of your other hand resting on top of your palm. Count to 3 and let your can of worms spill onto your child’s fingers as you make the “blah” sound. Be silly! Click the link to learn more about meaningful connections.
I Love You Rituals
Content Connections
Let’s Go to The ZooThere are many places around the country offering “live” virtual zoo visits. Check out the San Diego Zoo, one of the top rated in the country.
San Diego Zoo Live Cam
FSPKD000940
