KINDERGARTEN LANGUAGE AND MOVEMENT LESSON
September 2007
By Miss Terry and Miss Sharon
This month’s book is Polar Bear, Polar Bear, and What do
you hear? By Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle. The hand rhyme is Do you have a Teddy Bear? Ask your child to do the hand rhyme
with you. Other language
activities will include acting out the book, making bear paper bag puppets and
a Teddy Graham scavenger hunt.
Vocabulary/concepts:
Nouns
Spider
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rain
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sun
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polar bear
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lion
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hippopotamus
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flamingo
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zebra
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snake
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Elephant
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leopard
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peacock
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walrus
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zookeeper
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cow
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pig
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horse
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sheep
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chickens
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rooster
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duck
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ear
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children
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Actions
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climb |
hear |
roar |
hiss |
snarl |
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whistle |
crawl |
balance |
gallop |
swing |
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scratch |
fan |
walk |
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Other
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white |
blue |
purple |
yellow |
orange |
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pink |
stripped |
spotted |
gray |
zoo |
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farm |
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Other Motor and Language Skills:
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auditory and visual attention |
turn taking |
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auditory and visual sequential memory |
simple & complex
sentences |
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story retelling |
categories |
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labeling |
function |
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Following simple motor commands |
Wh-questions |
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various verb tenses |
plurals (regular and irregular) |
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articles (a, an, the) |
Self awareness |
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Phonological awareness activities |
Simple sign language |