April 2008
PRESCHOOL LANGUAGE AND MOVEMENT LESSON
By Miss Terry and Miss Sharon
This
month's book is Sunflower House by Eve Bunting. The hand rhyme is Rain. We will do the hand rhyme and act out
the story weekly. In addition to these
activities, we will be painting flower pots and planting sunflower seeds. Ask your child to do the hand rhyme with you and tell you about
the story. Happy Spring!
Rain
Rain on the green grass, (hands out to the right,
wiggle fingers forward)
Rain on the tree, (repeat, moving to the opposite
side)
Rain on the rooftop, (repeat, moving to the front
position)
But not on me. (point to self, shake head
"no")
Rain on the school, (hands out to right, wiggle
fingers forward)
Rain on the bus, (repeat, moving to the opposite
side)
Rain on the playground, (repeat, moving to the front
position)
But not on us. (point in a circular motion away from
self and shake head "no")
Vocabulary/concepts:
Nouns
|
weeds |
sunflowers |
line |
water |
birds |
|
berries |
tree |
friend |
package |
stems |
|
circle |
ground |
petals |
roof |
head |
|
house |
room |
cookies |
tea |
summer |
|
hours |
castle |
cage |
moon shadow |
heat |
|
rain |
secret |
stars |
leaves |
string |
|
glue |
spring |
walls |
|
|
Actions
|
pull |
draw |
sow |
give |
eat |
|
shoo |
grows |
say |
Reach
up |
wait |
|
poke |
Lie
down |
open |
spread |
rush |
|
bring |
fit |
roar |
play |
sleep |
|
bundle |
snuggle |
shiver |
whisper |
wish |
|
roll |
bend |
freeze |
wait |
pick |
|
fly |
bulge |
share |
|
|
Other
|
all |
round, around |
guaranteed |
fine |
mammoth |
|
pesky |
each |
around |
pale |
primary colors |
|
in |
tall |
fast |
frilly |
middle |
|
big |
bright |
wide |
golden |
inside |
|
everywhere |
roll |
not, nothing |
tie |
impossible |
Other
Language and Motor Planning Skills:
|
auditory
and visual attention |
turn
taking |
|
auditory
and visual sequential memory |
complete
compound/complex sentences |
|
story
retelling |
predicting |
|
labeling |
cause
and effect |
|
following
directions |
Wh-questions |
|
sequencing |
self-awareness |
|
articles
(a, an, the) |
various
verb tenses |
|
pragmatic
language |
Word
associations |
|
Temporal
relationships |
phonological
awareness skills |
|
Pronouns(I,
me, them, you, my, they, their, etc.) |
rhyming |