PRESCHOOL LANGUAGE WITH MOVEMENT LESSON
November 2007
By Miss Terry, Miss Sharon and Miss Katy
This
month’s book will be THE NAPPING HOUSE by Audrey Wood and the hand play
will be Turkey Tallies (see below).
We will be learning the signs for the main nouns in this story
and using them in the song version of the book.
Turkey
Tallies
One
baby turkey looking for some fun. (look around)
Two
baby turkeys say, "Come on, let's run." (run in place)
Three
baby turkeys jumping all around. ( jump)
Four
baby turkeys rolling on the ground. (roll your arms)
Five
baby turkeys dressed like clowns. (pretend to put a hat)
Six
baby turkeys wearing big frowns. (frown)
Seven
baby turkeys looking so fine. (look proud with hands on hips)
Eight
baby turkeys read to dine. (pretend to eat)
Nine
baby turkeys strutting their stuff. (strut in place)
Ten
baby turkeys say, "Enough is enough".("finish" sign and sit
down)
Vocabulary/concepts:
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Bed |
Cozy |
In |
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Granny |
Snoring |
On |
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Child |
Dreaming |
Over |
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Dog |
Dozing |
Under |
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Cat |
Snoozing |
around |
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Mouse |
Slumbering |
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Flea |
wakeful |
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House |
Napping |
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Sleeping |
Bites |
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Walking |
Breaks |
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Fell |
Scares |
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Other: everyone, no one, there,
where, that, who
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Past
and present tense verb forms |
Yes/no
questions |
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Pronouns |
Articles
(a, an, the) |
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Prepositions |
Present
progressive verb |
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Auditory
and visual attention |
Turn
taking |
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Auditory
and visual sequential memory |
Simple
and complex sentences |
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Story
retelling |
categorization |
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Labeling |
Following
simple motor commands |
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comparisons |
Articles
(a, an, the) |
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Negation |
Phonemic
awareness |
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Word
associations |
Question
asking |
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Problem
solving |
Various
verb tenses |
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Self-awareness |
rhyming |