February 2008
KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE AND MOVEMENT LESSON
By Miss Terry and Miss Sharon
This month's book is Guess
How Much I Love you by Sam McBratney. The Song is The Friendship
Song. (See attached). We
will be singing and acting out the song weekly. Practice the song with the
movements at home with your child In
addition to these activities, we will be decorating hearts and playing with a
parachute. Happy Valentine’s
Day!
Vocabulary/concepts:
Nouns
|
hare |
friend |
ears |
arms |
Tree trunk |
|
feet |
toes |
head |
river |
hills |
|
night |
sky |
moon |
smile |
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Actions
|
jump |
run |
clap |
walk |
turn |
|
sit |
stand |
held |
listen |
guess |
|
think |
stretch |
reach |
wish |
tumble |
|
love |
swinging |
hop |
laugh |
bounce |
|
kiss |
whisper |
|
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Other
|
little |
big |
tight |
long |
short |
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wide |
high |
Upside
down |
up |
down |
|
above |
across |
far |
Sleepy |
dark |
|
to |
back |
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Other Language and Motor
Planning Skills:
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auditory and visual
attention |
turn taking |
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auditory and visual
sequential memory |
Complete/complex sentences |
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story retelling |
predicting |
|
labeling |
comparisons |
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following simple motor
commands |
Question-asking |
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pronouns |
self-awareness |
|
articles (a, an, the) |
various verb tenses |
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pragmatic language |
Word associations |
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Temporal relationships |
phonological awareness
skills |
|
negation |
negation |
|
opposites |
comparisons |