Friday, April 3!!

Calendar Change
Spring Recess will begin on Thursday, April 9th.  Online Learning will resume on Monday, April 20th.

Question for the Week:

What is darkness?

Weekly Foundational Read-Aloud: 

Can't You Sleep Little Bear? by Martin Waddell

The YouTube Link to the weekly Read-Aloud is located:HERE

Questions to ask your child in response to the read-aloud:

•   Big Bear takes Little Bear outside to see the moon and Little Bear falls asleep. What are some other things you could do to help someone who is scared of the dark fall asleep?

Learn at Home activity for today: 

Friday

• Sun, Moon and Stars:

Use a search engine to find satellite pictures of the sun, moon and various stars. Show your child how to find a few letters on the keyboard as you use them.

Open ended questions:

•   I notice that you ____. 
•   How did you figure that out?
• What will you do next? 
•  What if you try ____? 
• How could you ____?

Movement Activity:

YouTube: Cosmic Kids Yoga

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

 (This link brings you to introduction on the Cosmic Kids homepage.  From there you may choose one of countless yoga videos for your child.

Please choose a different video for each day of the week.)

For additional Music and Movement Activities, please look at Ms. Alma's Blog, located HERE!

I will be calling parents twice a week to check in.  If you would like to share any resources with other families, please let me know and I will add it to the blog!

Some resources that have been shared by parents:

     Apps: 
                  Marco Polo - children can send each other videos!
                  Khan Academy Kids

                  ABC Mouse

                  TinyBots (one time $2.99 fee)

Websites: 
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems
Miss Megan's Camp Kindergarten (facebook)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden (facebook)

FunBrain
StarFall
Time For Kids

Magic Spoon Experiment!

Other Useful Resources / Tips / Ideas

Animated Story About Social Distancing
Brain Pop Jr. - Math Games
Scholastic Learn at Home - The website offers multiple days of content including read-alouds, movement activities, STEM activities, drawing activities, building activities, etc.  

One of the parents suggested to set up a free Zoom account and have one family member or friend teach their child something new each day via a Zoom call!

If you have any questions or concerns that are not addressed during our weekly phone calls, please feel free to email me at MrsGonzalezCOVID19@gmail.com

As always, please make sure to read the OLQM school blog for additional updates and information located, HERE!