Homework For CHILDREN IN LOCK DOWN
(and parents)
Informal Learning With a Twist
These are activities designed to help your child grown by focusing on items that will engage them and in a patterned learning program, will enhance their abilities to make associations. We need children to associate various items with normal things while engaging their brain to creatively apply these items in other areas. I call this patterned learning. In that sense I am not focusing on repetition so much as the uniqueness of how one helps a child receive information that is delivered. In order to channel your child's thinking processing into productive and more expedient ways of learning, we can begin to provide them an edge that will create successful learning within parameters that they can successfully meet. I focus a lot on creativity and language. These two items set forth fundamental building blocks that ensure your child's future success. With these simple guides, I have attempted to create from items that you will have at home, even if you are not a home schooling mom or dad.
It is my hope that you will utilize these as a way to engage your child in creative and patterned learning.
Today's work includes the following:
For Kinder Care - Hand prints - Draw the child's hand by placing on paper and tracing around with a pencil or pen. Ask the child what color their hands are and ask them to pick the color closest from the crayon's you put on the table. Hold each crayon up and state the color. Pick the crayons up again one by one and repeat the color and how it is spelled. Today focus on white - w h i t e - w ... water, where, when, why, wing, whistle, write, wish. Write the focus items on a board or paper, ask the child to write or draw these (age appropriate use here); Let them associate w with why do I need to wash my hands? Where do I want to go. What has water? When do I wash my hands? What do I use to do this assignment with? HANDS and hands write, draw, paint, etc. Make a wish - .... Use your imagination here.
At the end of this session, you should have the following: A paper for each child that has their hands drawn on the paper, the words WHITE, Water, Where, When, Why, Wing, Whistle, Write, Wish.
Place this paper in their pocket folder, we will further expand on this tomorrow.
Remember, if your child is getting antsy, and not focusing, ask a question, ask them to raise their hand when they know the answer.
Note that we are going to use the above also for the lower class program. Instead of you drawing their hand around their hand, let the student do that themselves.
For first and second grades - let's focus on their numbers.
On a second piece of paper have them draw the following:
1 A 1 B 1 C
A B C
add the numbers 123
ABC 1 2 3
Have them fill in the alphabet
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
12345679 10
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Now their paper should look like the above example
Point out the letters A B C - Apple starts with ? A America starts with A Animal Starts with A, etc.
A- apple, America; animal
B - bug, banana, biscuit
C - cat, color, cap
Have your child write the above, if you are working one on one, this is a good time to stand by your child and point out the different letters in the words.
The next step is associating these items so that your child remembers.
A - Apple, America; Animal etc. So simply say the word and ask what letter does it start it.
The next step is actually associating the entire word with how it is actually spelled. We will start with
A little girl named Anna ate an apple, then went to school in American and took her stuffed animal.
Point out the words with the letter A.
Write the words Apple 5 times, America and Animal 5 times.
So now your paper should look like this.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
12345679 10a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
B - bug, banana, biscuit
C - cat, color, cap
apple America animal bug banana biscuit cat color cap
apple America animal bug banana biscuit cat color cap
apple America animal bug banana biscuit cat color cap
apple America animal bug banana biscuit cat color cap
Note: I prefer the words to be aligned in columns for patterned cognitive learning.
With the same paper that you have as shown above, have the child turn the paper over. Give them a pencil and ask them to write A B C 123456890
Then ask them to write Apple Bug Cat
Ask them to draw an apple bug Cat
Color the apple bug cat
Let them be creative.
The lesson for tomorrow you will repeat the above with a fresh piece of paper, except for the last part.
Focus on the words America Banana Color
Word association: America has a flag with what colors? Red White and Blue
Draw the flag, (pull up an american flag or draw one correctly for them to draw from.
Draw a banana, (take a banana that you have and let them draw around it); if you do not have one, draw or pull up a colored banana (YELLOW).
Draw a cap - that sits on the head, give them a cap that comes off of a soda or water bottle, let them draw around it. The cap may prove a bit difficult for them, so make sure you use a line drawing and help where necessary.
Color all of these items appropriately.
Here's the additional items you will need everyday for quite sometime.
A set of A-Z flash cards. Either make yourself with index cards or print out and attach to cardboard (optional buy).
The same with numbers 1-25 and in increments of 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Please try to make all of these with the same size and font for both letters and numbers.
They need to be visible and at least the size of a set of index cards.
Everyday at different times of the day, use these cards to create word associations. You can: use tv time is a great time to pick a commercial and ask them to choose the correct letter with whatever product is being offered. You can give them the cards and ask them to pick letters and put on items in a room.
Table, Bench, coffee, tea, cola, dog, cat, hat, cap, cape, coat, clock, kitchen, living room, dining room, counter, window, watch, chair, floor, animal, dog, cat, etc. This is a great activity to motivate and create associations. So here's where your part comes in, ... D Dog ... also put the A for animal if they do not do that. T table, associate with Table TOP .... hat ... head Cap .. color Cat Color of cat watch color of band watch hands ....
1) Sound that the chosen object makes Watch tick tock Dog woof woof bark Cat Meow
3) How many of that item in the entire house?
4) Put several forks and spoons in different areas of the house for the student to find. Give them 3 minutes to find all, but give them 5 letters that they have to put in the room where they found the forks and spoons. The letter has to match an item - C Couch Cat Christmas Tree etc.
5) Using the same spoons, add some wooden spoons or other cutlery that is non hazardous, place them all on the table or counter. Have your child count the number of items and write on their daily paper.
6) Note: They should already everyday write the alphabet on their daily paper and the numbers from at least 1-10 then add more each day.
7) Start focusing on the vocabulary list that I have provided, have them write at least five of those words every day and draw one of the items from those 5. Provide crayons or pencils to do this with.
8) We are going to incorporate an art project, and note that you can use cardboard instead of a painting canvas if you choose. You can also reuse the canvas by painting over with white paint and allowing to dry for reuse.
Art work the first project -
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