Wednesday, April 1st !!!

                  Zoom Meeting Invitation!

Topic: PreK 3 Friends 

Time: Apr 2, 2020 11:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join URL:

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7931180987

Meeting ID: 793 118 0987

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 and Little Bear played outside in the bright sunlight. What do you like to do when it is sunny outside?

Learn at Home activity for today:

Wednesday: 

• How Many Steps to the Door? Invite your child to guess how many steps they will need to take to get to a specific place such as a door. After they have made a prediction, invite them to walk to the specified place. Help count the steps as needed. Substitute another location such as a window or bathroom for the door.

Open ended questions:

• I notice that you ____. What do you notice? 
• What happened when you ____? 
• Why do you think that happened? 
• If I want to ____, what should I do? 
• Tell me about ____. 
• How do you know? 
• Tell me why ___.

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:  

• 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

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!