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A few months back I posted about on-line resources for book reading. Here is an expansion based upon the books we have done this year in school. Your kids will be familiar with a lot of these. I hope you will enjoy them.
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Happy New Year!!!! Hope you enjoyed your holiday :) This post is both a shout out to our new preschool teacher, Ms. Corri (You are so dedicated and inspiring) and a review of a great series of YouTube videos. The videos are produced by "Have Fun Teaching." Ms. Corri has been showing these videos every day to our preschool class and she ties them into our Letter People curriculum. We are fortunate to have a projector, speakers, and screen, so its shown on a large screen in the classroom....so all the kiddos can see and not wrestle for a prime spot. This week we were learning about Mr. O and opposites. Below is the music video the children watched about the letter O. You may hear your kids singing it. Its a catchy tune and each letter has the same beat, lyrical structure, and letter-specific lyrics and photos. The videos also incorporate writing with the kids making a uppercase and lower case letter in the air. The kids really love this and I think you will too! Lyrics from Signing Times Vol 11 song "Watch Me Go" For audio of the song "Watch Me Go" from Signing Times Vol 11-My Neighborhood click here. Signing Times also has a younger children's version which also has a song/video related to transportation and transportation signs. Click here to be taken to amazon where you can rent Baby Signing Times Vol 2 Laurie Berkner is a children's song artist. She has a song "Drive My Car" Click on the link and you will hear the song and your child can see simple corresponding vocabulary. If you'd like to learn more about this artist, then click here. We did this in school on the floor with hand motions. While on the floor we shifted our hips to move forward and back--for "drive my car". Put out arms to the side like a chugging train--for wheels. I used a photo of the world (you could use a globe or better yet an earth beach ball) to show the "world go past." Pressed our foot straight out like stepping on the gas pedal for (you guessed it)--"step on the gas." Opened and closed our hands for "lights go flash." Clapped our hands loudly for "the engine blasts." Pretended to "drive" crazy then brake suddenly for "look out don't crash." Have fun...the kids loved it!!!!! In the toddler class, we got out big shallow bins and put water and soap in them to play "car wash." *** Incorporate lots of different vehicles, so you can introduce/review lots of transportation vocabulary. Have brushes ready (for scrubbing those dirty cars---consider actually making them dirty with your child before the car wash), spray bottles (for rinsing), towels (for drying), and possibly a blow dryer (pretend or real). In addition to using vehicle vocabulary use action vocabulary as well. Talk about dirty and clean--if your child learns well visually show them a dirty car and a clean car (objects are better than pictures because they can engage with items). If you didn't already know, the more senses you involve in an activity the easier and quicker it is to learn. This car wash activity engaged the kids sense of touch, sight, smell (soap), and hearing. Additional Play Ideas (Ideas below taken from http://handsonaswegrow.com/2012/05/activities-vehicles-cars-trucks-trains/)
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Kristin Meadows, M.S. CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist at Rockburn Elementary School in Elkridge, MD. In the past, she has taught at Ducketts Lane Elementary, Worthington Elementary, Gorman Crossing Elementary, and Elkridge Elementary. She is a certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) and obtained both a B.A. and M.S. from Loyola University in Maryland. Archives
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