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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can make a snowman out of marshmallows (and maybe we can eat some along the way!). Skills Addressed: Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness; Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; Children demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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This fun Yoga activity is an adventure through the cold! Join in with your child to do this yoga from the warmth and comfort of your own home! Skills Addressed: Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; Children develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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Joybob The Polar Bear | A Cosmic Kids Yoga Adventure!

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Last week Ms. Jeanine introduced the Kindness Bingo card.  This week Ms. Sharon shares what she has done to work on filling out her Kindness Bingo Card.  How are you all doing with your card? Skills Addressed: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; Children express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do;

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Ms. Jeanine and her helper Vincent try out some Slime recipes.  Sometimes a recipe doesn’t turn out like you hoped, but part of the fun is trying out something new! Skills Addressed: Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools

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Ms. Sharon has fun counting snowflakes with us.  Follow along and encourage your child to count with Ms. Sharon! Skills Addressed: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities;

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Encourage your child to recall information from the text in order to answer knowledge questions about animals and activities in the book. Skills addressed: Children describe familiar people, places, things, and events; Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Literacy: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

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Literacy: Walking in a Winter Wonderland

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Listen to the song and book “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.”  Did you know that some books are based on songs?  Lets follow along in the book while we hear the song. Skills Addressed: Children develop interest in books and motivation to read

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Ms. Jeanine and her special helper, Vincent, create an igloo out of a cup, frosting and marshmallows.  Can you do this too? Skills addressed: Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness; Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; Children demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Follow along as we go through some different winter movements.  You can print out your own cube and do this together as a family as well! Skills addressed: Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; Children develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can create a winter play scheme with animals and a really neat decorated box.  Take a look and see what you can create at home.  Skills Addressed: Children express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do;

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Ms. Jeanine does a science experiment to see what helps ice to melt the quickest.  What ways can you think of?  Skills addressed: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can count the items in our book.  How many do you see of each item? Can you count all the way to 12? Skills addressed: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities;

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Follow along in this PowerPoint to label actions that happen in our book for these weeks.  Skills addressed: Children describe familiar people, places, things, and events; Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Listen as Ms. Jeanine sings the book “On the First Day of Winter.”  What do you see on the pages as she reads?  Skills addressed: Children develop interest in books and motivation to read

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A little bit about the Pineapples Teachers and classroom!

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Check out the Bitmoji Classroom! You can click on different items to hear Circle time songs and listen to the book of the week. You may need to click on present to make it full screen.

Skills worked on: attentiveness and focus; developing interest in books; engaging in active play

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Look in your tool kit for a planting cup and soil.  Watch as Ms. Sharon and Ms. Jeanine plant the seeds they harvested from fruits, vegetables and flowers.  We will keep track of them to see how they grow!

Skills addressed: Show curiosity and express interest in the world; Develop small muscle control and hand eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools ; Children ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations

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shows us how to engage in pretend play with your pet!

Skills addressed: Engage in increasingly complex play; speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; respond to and use a growing vocabulary; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Join us as we do a sidewalk dance.  You can join us from inside your own house by imitating our actions or you can go outside and make your own.  Be sure to send a picture or video of your child (and you) participating in this and send it to Ms. Jeanine. Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Ms. Jeanine shows us how to care for you seeds that you have planted.  They need air, water, sunshine and dirt to live.  Do your plants have all these things? Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; actively seek to understand the world around them; develop independence in caring for themselves and their environment; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world

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Ms. Jeanine shows us how to use our Plant Growth Chart.  You can use your dry erase marker to mark how tall your plant is.  You can do this as often as you would like with your child to monitor the growth of your plants.  Take a picture to share with Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Sharon so we can see what you are growing at home! Skills addressed: show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; develop independence in caring for themselves and their environment; use writing and other symbols to record information and communicate for a variety of purposes; compare, sort, group, organize, and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment

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Ms. Jeanine shows how you can work on asking questions to your children from familiar or new books.  We can talk about what we see, the colors shown or for basic comprehension questions.  Encourage your child to talk about the books you read to them and explore their understanding of the content.  Skills Addressed: speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; describe familiar people, places, things, and events

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Ms. Sharon shows us different ways we can say hello to the people we see each day.  Did you know there are many ways to do this?  How do YOU say hello to those you see each day? Let us know! Skills addressed: express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do; demonstrate the social and behavioral skills needed to successfully participate in groups; participate in conversations with peers and adults in one-on-one, small, and larger group interactions; recall information and use it for new situations and problems; explore concepts connected with their daily experiences in their community

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Language Group and Closing Circle (3:00-3:30) Daily

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Language Group and Closing Circle (3:00-3:30) Daily

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Language Group and Closing Circle (3:00-3:30) Daily

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Language Group and Closing Circle (3:00-3:30) Daily

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can use beads, buttons or even pasta to make necklaces, bracelets or even leashes for our pets! Take a picture of what you can create and send us a picture! Skills Addressed: persist at challenging activities; develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Literacy: Pete The Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons

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Literacy: Pete The Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons

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Ms. Sharon reads our book of the week.  In this book Pete keeps losing the buttons on his shirt.  How silly!  What do you have at your house that has buttons?  Can you count the buttons on you clothes?  Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine asks questions about the book of the week.  Make sure to give your child time to answer the questions.  Feel free to do one or two questions from the book each day! Skills addressed: ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; describe familiar people, places, things, and events; respond to and use a growing vocabulary; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Sharon show the different types of seeds you might find in your fruits and vegetables that are edible! What fruits and vegetables do you have in YOUR house that can be eaten? Take a picture or video and let us know! Skills addressed: show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; develop healthy eating habits; use their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them; observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can make noises with different body parts.  How else can you move and make noise?  Let us know what you discover.  Skills addressed: demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness; engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can use our pattern strip in our Toolkit to make patterns out of buttons.  You can use nature items too!  Show us the patterns that you can make by sending us a picture or video of what you have created.  Skills Addressed: Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; compare, sort, group, organize, and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment;

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Social Emotional: “How Do You Feel”: Emotional Labels

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Social Emotional: “How Do You Feel”: Emotional Labels

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In our book, Pete does not get upset when his buttons pop off.  Ms. Sharon helps show us some different emotions through pictures and a book.  How do you feel today? Skills addressed: actively seek to understand the world around them; demonstrate a positive sense of self-identity and self-awareness; identify, manage, and express their feelings; explore concepts connected with their daily experiences in their community

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Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Sharon painted rocks to brighten the path alongside the school.  Can you paint rocks in your yard to help make your yard brighter?  Skills addressed: Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness; Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; Children demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Ms. Jeanine and Ms. Sharon take a walk around our school to help pick up litter or trash.  Have your mom or dad or a big brother or sister walk with you to help clean up your neighborhood.  Skills addressed:  Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; Children develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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Follow along to answer questions based on information from the book.  Skills addressed: Children describe familiar people, places, things, and events; Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Social Emotional:  Acts of Kindness Bingo

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Social Emotional:  Acts of Kindness Bingo

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Ms. Jeanine shows how to use the Act of Kindness Bingo that was sent home this week.  Help spread kindness with those you know and love! Skills addressed: Children show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; Children express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do;

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Check out how we can make bird feeders out of simple materials.  Can you do this at your house? Skills addressed: Children develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools

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Listen to Ms. Jeanine singing the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you see?"  You can talk to your child about the colors and animals and use their communication board as well.

Skills worked on: describing familiar people, places and things; responding to and using a growing vocabulary; developing an interest in books and motivation to read

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Watch to see what you can do at home to find seeds from you favorite fruits, vegetables and flowers. After you find some, be sure to take a picture and send to Ms. Jeanine. Hold on to those seeds for an activity next week!

Skills worked on: engaging in conversations with peers and adults; asking and answering questions in order to get information; observing and describing characteristics of living things; attentiveness and focus

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Look in your toolkit for two markers and a paintbrush.  Ms. Sharon shares with us how to combine colors to see what new color you can make!

Skills worked on: attentiveness and focus; demonstrating creativity, imagination and inventiveness; developing small muscle control and hand eye coordination to work with tools; appreciating different forms of artistic expression

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Watch as Ms. Sharon and Ms. Jeanine model how to use language to take turns in play activities.  Encourage your child to take turns with their siblings or with you!

Skills worked on: Forming relationships and interacting positively with other children; demonstrating social and behavioral skills needed to successfully participate in groups

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Watch Ms. Jeanine take a "Book Walk."  You can do this with your child and any book in your house.  Talk about what you see on each page.

Skills worked on: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings and ideas clearly; developing an interest in books and motivation to read

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Use the seeds you harvest at home and count what you have. Ms. Sharon shows you how!

Skills worked on: using their senses to construct knowledge about the world around them; showing an understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities.

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Join us for a dance party! Get up and MOVE!

Skills worked on: engaging in active physical play; developing large muscle control and abilities to more through and explore their environment.

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Literacy: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

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Literacy: The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse

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Listen as Ms. Sharon reads “The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse.” What colors are these animals usually?  Can you find these animals in another book?  Check out the Language activity to see what else you can do!

Skills addressed: Maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read;

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Watch and listen as Ms. Jeanine looks through a book to search for animals.  She is labeling different animals that she finds in the book and identifying their colors. Skills addressed: Try new and challenging tasks; describe familiar people, places, things, and events; Children recall information and use it for new situations and problems.

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Watch as Ms. Sharon and Ms. Jeanine do a Color Scavenger Hunt around the school.  What colors can you find around your house?  Print out the attachment or simply use colored objects (such as Legos or crayons) to help your child identify colors they see outside your home.
Skills addressed: Show Curiosity and express interest in the world around them; Develop the large muscle control and abilities to move through and explore the environment; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; compare, sort, group, organize, and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment; mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment

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Watch as Ms. Sharon demonstrates different ways you can play with a ball.  Encourage your child to get up and play with a ball inside or outside and try out these different moves.

Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment

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Ms. Sharon shows us how to create your own self portrait on a paper plate.  Encourage your child to look in a mirror and talk about what they see on their own faces.  Send a picture to Ms. Jeanine when they finish!

Skills addressed: Use a variety of strategies to solve problems; Demonstrate a positive sense of self identity and self awareness; develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; describe familiar people, places, things, and events; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance; observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world

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Ms. Jeanine reads the book “Eating the Alphabet.”  Do you eat any of these foods? What color foods do you eat?  See how many different colored fruits and vegetables are in your fridge or pantry and let us know how many colors you found! Skills addressed: develop healthy eating habits; develop interest in books and motivation to read; describe familiar people, places, things, and events

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Ms. Sharon shows us how you can make art with your food.  Did you know there are seeds that you can eat and seeds that you cannot?  What kinds of seeds are in the foods you eat?  Are they the same colors?  Take a picture of your child’s art and email it to us! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools;

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Ms. Sharon reads the book “Bear’s New Friend.”  What animals do you see in the book?  Feel free to pause the book as Ms. Sharon reads it in order to ask your child questions about what has been read. Skills Addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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In this activity we work on identifying letter sounds and connecting that to the letter.  This can be done with any toy you have at home.  Give it a try and let us know! Skills addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine shows how we can complete patterns when they are started for them.  Pause the video as needed for your child to work on completing the pattern at home.  They can use the bear counters that we sent home in their toolkits.  Skills Addressed: show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment; maintain attentiveness and focus

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Ms. Jeanine shows the different types of footprints that animals make.  We can look at their feet and see that they will make different prints.  Can you remember what the prints look like after the book has been read?  Skills addressed: observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations

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Ms. Jeanine shows how to use the counting activity that was sent home this week.  Check it out and then try for yourself! Skills Addressed: Children show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities;

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Ms. Sharon reads the book “Imogene’s Antlers.”  In this book, the main character, Imogene, wakes up with antlers on her head! How silly! This was one of Ms. Jeanine’s favorite books growing up! Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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Ms. Jeanine talks about different body parts that animals might have.  Can you find different body parts on toy animals or real ones at your house? Let us know! Skills addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine shows how we can sort animals based on the type of coverings they have on their bodies.  Some have fur, some have scales, some have smooth skin, some have feathers and some have shells.  How neat! Skills addressed: show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment; maintain attentiveness and focus

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Watch this interesting video about the differences in horns and antlers.  What animals do you know that have horns? What about antlers?  Let us know what you come up with! Skills addressed: observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations

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Social Emotional: It’s Okay to be different

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Social Emotional: It’s Okay to be different

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In our book this week, Imogene was looking quite different because of her antlers.  She was feeling so different and sad at times.  In this book read by Ms. Sharon, we are reminded that it is okay to be different than others.  Skills addressed: identify and demonstrate acceptance of similarities and differences between themselves and others;

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Ms. Jeanine shows how different animals move.  What other animals move in interesting ways?  Encourage your child to move like these animals and explore different ways to move.

Skills addressed: express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do; engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment;

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can decorate our own antlers, like the did with Imogene’s antlers in our book this week.  We will do this activity at school, but feel free to make more at home too! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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In school, we are making postcards to share kindness to send to a retirement community.  Do you have someone in your life that would appreciate a well wish along with card?  Let us know what you make and who you think needs a postcard! Skills addressed: identify and demonstrate acceptance of similarities and differences between themselves and others;

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Ms. Sharon shows how we can make different animals from our book.  Some of the animals have fur and some have feathers.  Can you make a set of friends with different covings? Show us what you can make! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Watch as your teachers “Walk the Line.” You can do this activity outside with chalk or inside with tape and whatever music your child likes.  Let us know what you do! Skills addressed: express positive feelings about themselves and confidence in what they can do; engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment;

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Ms. Sharon reads the book “Little Owl’s Night.”  Did you know there are animals that are awake at night and NOT during the day?  Listen as the Owl greets his friends and see what they are up to in the middle of the night. Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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In this activity, Ms. Jeanine leads the talk on whether different creatures are animals or bugs.  Feel free to pause the video in order to allow wait time for your child to answer the questions.  Skills addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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In our book this week, we see a few different bugs that are awake at night.  Help Ms. Jeanine sort three different animals into containers.  Can you sort three things at home? Let us know! Skills addressed: show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment; maintain attentiveness and focus

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Your child was sent home a laminated Fall Scavenger Hunt page that looks like this.  Take a walk around your home or neighborhood and see how many things you can find.  Let us know what you found when you are done! Skills addressed: observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations

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Ms. Sharon takes a walk around the school to greet the teachers and therapists in their rooms and see what they are doing.  This is just like Little Owl did in our book this week.  Can you do this at home or as you take a walk in your neighborhood?  Let us know how it goes! Skills addressed: identify and demonstrate acceptance of similarities and differences between themselves and others;

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Ms. Jeanine shows us how we can move like different animals in the woods.  Join your child in doing these movements to learn how animals get around.  Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment.

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Art:  Pine Cone Creatures (Hedgehogs/Owls)

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Art:  Pine Cone Creatures (Hedgehogs/Owls)

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Ms. Sharon creates different creatures out of pinecones.  What types of animals can you make out of a pinecone? Take a picture and let us see! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Listen as Ms. Sharon reads Hedgehugs.  Encourage your child to listen to to it more than once and then listen to the Language activity to answer questions about the book. Feel free to ask your own questions for comprehension.  Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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Ms. Jeanine leads us through the book of the week to ask questions about activities that are happening in the book.  Feel free to pause the video in order to allow wait time for your child to answer the questions.  Skills addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine reads another book this week! This one is about a hedgehog who wants more babies.  Encourage your child to count on each page and pause the video to allow for wait time. Skills addressed: show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment; maintain attentiveness and focus

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This video teaches all about hedgehog quills and what hedgehogs look like.  Enjoy learning about this really neat creature! Skills addressed: observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations

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Ms. Sharon shows how you can make a super special card to send to a relative or friend you are really missing and want to hug.  Skills addressed: identify and demonstrate acceptance of similarities and differences between themselves and others; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance

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Watch as the teacher tells a story through Yoga.  Encourage your child to join in with the poses and the story.  (You can too!) Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment.

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Ms. Sharon shows us how we can make paper hedgehogs with paper scraps and paper plates.  Feel free to try at home! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Listen to Ms. Sharon Read “Let It Fall” to hear about different activities that you usually do in the fall.  After you have heard Ms. Sharon read the book, make sure to listen to the Book Questions that Ms. Jeanine asks in the Language activity. Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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Ms. Jeanine asks questions about the book of the week.  Feel free to pause the video in order to give your child wait time to answer the questions.  Help them make connections to actual items you see outside or that you have in your house.  Skills Addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Jeanine sings the song “5 Little Leaves.”  Encourage your child to count the leaves, sign and sing with the song as she sings it.  Pause the video between numbers and allow them to do their own counting to practice! Skills addressed: show understanding of numbers and quantities during play and other activities; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment; maintain attentiveness and focus

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Ms. Jeanine tries out two different recipes to make bubbles.  Feel free to do this same experiment at home to see which works better for you! The bubbles can be used in two more activities this week, so make sure to save them! Skills addressed: show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.

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Ms. Sharon shows ways that you can feel safe at home or in the classroom.  Help your child to practice these skills so that they can feel safe and secure in their environments and seek help when they need to. Skills addressed: form relationships and interact positively with familiar adults who are consistent and responsive to their needs; demonstrate a positive sense of self-identity and self-awareness; develop awareness of their needs and the ability to communicate their needs

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Ms. Jeanine shows how you can make art with your bubbles that you made and food coloring.  Make sure to show us your art after you make it! Skills addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; describe familiar people, places, things, and events; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance.

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Ms. Jeanine tries different tools to blow bubbles.  What types of bubble tools do you have at home? Make a video of your child playing with bubbles and their tools and send it in! Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment.

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Ms. Sharon reads the book “Mouse’s First Fall.” Listen as Mouse explores things like leaves and trees during this beautiful season of the year.  Skills addressed: maintain attentiveness and focus; develop interest in books and motivation to read

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Ms. Jeanine shows how we can use prepositions to show where a mouse can go in relation to its home.  Can you show these prepositions?  Skills Addressed: willing to try new and challenging experiences; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; recall information and use it for new situations and problems

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Ms. Sharon shows how you can make tree art.  Follow her directions and try to make your own tree at home.  What season will your tree belong to?  Take a picture and send it to us.  Skills Addressed: develop small muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools; describe familiar people, places, things, and events; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance.; observe and describe characteristics of living things and the physical world

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Ms. Jeanine shows how you can use leaves outside of your own home to compare sizes.  What kinds of leaves do you have outside your home?  Can you compare their sizes?  Skills addressed: show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; compare, sort, group, organize, and measure objects and create patterns in their everyday environment; use mathematical thinking to solve problems in their everyday environment

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Ms. Jeanine shows how to talk about the different types of leaves.  Did you know that leaves come in different shapes and layouts?  What types of leaves can you identify in your area? How are they laid out on the branches?  Skills addressed: show curiosity and express interest in the world around them; develop independence in caring for themselves and their environ; ask and answer questions in order to seek help, get information, or clarify something that is not understood; demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions; explore the natural world by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing

generalizations.

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Join Ms. Jeanine outside for some yoga inspired by fall ideas.  Parents you can join in too! Skills addressed: engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors; develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to move through and explore their environment.

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Ms. Sharon uses a puppet show to demonstrate turn taking, how to initiate play with friend and appropriate ways to play.  Skills addressed:   engage in increasingly complex play; speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly; respond to and use a growing vocabulary; demonstrate self-expression and creativity in a variety of forms and contexts, including play, visual arts, music, drama, and dance.