Day 38.

Field trip day 1- community safety.

Today we are talking about pedestrian safety.

This is a traffic light in the USA. Is this what the traffic lights look like in your community? If not, have an adult find you a picture of a traffic light from your community. This is what the colors of the traffic light mean.

Color this page with the correct colors for traffic lights. Be sure that the color matches the traffic instruction. Color the traffic light in your Yellow Book.

Play the stoplight game.

This is a stop sign. These are the rules of what a stop sign is and what the stop sign means.

Color the stop sign in your Yellow Book.

Count the sides on the shape of a stop sign. How many sides are there? This shape is called an octagon. There are also eight legs on an octopus. What is the sound that is in the words octagon, and octopus? Think through what you counted, what do you think “oct” means?

Watch this video about road safety.

Listen to this letter sound song.

Day 37.

Field trip day 1- community safety, firehouse tour.

Today we are talking about fire safety.

Have an adult read you this fire safety page. Pay close attention, this is very important.

Play this fire safety game to test what you remember about fire safety.

What is the fire safety plan in your home? Ask an adult to show you smoke detectors in your home. How many are there? Have a fire drill with the people in your home. It’s important to be prepared. You don’t have to be scared of emergencies if you are prepared and know what to do! Have an adult write your fire safety plan in your Yellow Book.

Watch this video about a Day in the Life of a Firefighter.

Have someone read you this article about the history of why Dalmatians are known as fire dogs.

Day 36.

Listen to the story, “The Little House”. Summarize the story.

Construct the tangram of the house. Look for the picture of the house in the top right of the game screen.

Build a house.

In your Yellow Book have an adult write down your home address and phone number. It’s important to know these things. Practice writing them. Work on memorizing them. If you are ever in an emergency situation and you have to call an emergency number, you will have to know this information so that community helpers can come and take care of the emergency. Ask an adult what the emergency number is to call in your area (example, 911) and when you should call this number. Watch this video about what to do during an emergency, and what an emergency is.

Watch this video about different types of homes from all around the world. What kind of home do you live in?

Watch this video about the building of a straw bale house.

Listen to this letter sound song.

Day 35.

Today we are talking about the things that make you special, and the things that make other people special too.

Listen to the story, “Chrysanthemum”. What was special and different about the little mouse? What hurt her feelings at school? How did she feel at the end of the book?

Practice writing the number 15 in your Yellow Book.

Color in the numbers to 15. Use your favorite color.

Make a face that looks like you! Describe what you look like out loud.

In your Yellow Book draw a picture of yourself doing one of your favorite things. What do you love about yourself? What makes you special?

Listen to this silly reading of, “The Story of Ferdinand”. Summarize the story. What made Ferdinand special?

Listen to this letter sound song.

Day 34.

How do you spell yellow?

Name all the things in this picture that are yellow.

Practice writing the number 14 in your Yellow Book.

Count the fish in the fish tank.

Do you have a pet? If you do, draw it in your Yellow Book. If you don’t draw what kind of pet your would like if you could have one.

Sort the animals in the animal shelter.

Have you ever heard of dog shows? They are a competition where people show off their dogs and compare them to other dogs. The dogs are trained to be very obedient and follow directions. They are judged on how they look and how they act. There are shows like this for all kinds of pets including guinea pigs! Watch this video about a show guinea pig. Summarize the video.

Day 33.

Practice your yellow song to learn to spell yellow.

Explore things that are the color yellow with these flash cards.

Practice writing the number 13 in your Yellow Book.

Connect the dots by counting to 10.

Today we are learning about community. Read what community means.

Listen to the song about the people in your neighborhood.

Draw a map of your neighborhood in your Yellow Book. (Example)

Build a neighborhood.

People have different jobs in communities. One person that you might see a lot is delivery men and women. They bring packages to your door and letters to your mail box. Here is a story book about the Speedy Delivery Man.

Listen to this letter sound song.

Day 32.

Listen to the YELLOW SONG. Can you spell yellow now?

Practice writing the number 12 in your Yellow Book.

Today we are learning about family. Listen to this Sesame Street song about different kinds of families. What are some types of families that the song talks about?

Draw a picture of your family in your Yellow Book.

Animals have families too. Here are some pictures of animal families. Count how many animals are in each picture.

Listen to the story, “I Was So Mad”. How was the little critter acting around his family? What should he do differently?

How many members are in this family?

Day 31.

Color to number 10 with the color yellow.

Write your name on the front cover of your Yellow Book, and draw a picture on the cover.

Practice writing the number 11 in your Yellow Book.

Our theme of the day is friendship. Watch this story about the The Lion and the Mouse. How are they friends? Friends do nice things for each other, what do the two friends in the story do to be nice to each other?

Read some things that other Kindergarteners came up with that a good friend does. Can you add anything to the list? What is something that a good friend has done for you? What have you done for a friend?

Watch this cute video about unlikely animal friends. There are some animals in this video that you will be surprised can be friends. Anyone can be friends if they try to be nice to one another!

Listen to the story, “The Rainbow Fish”. At the beginning of the story was the Rainbow Fish a good friend or a bad friend? Why? By the end of the story did the rainbow fish change?

In your Yellow Book draw something fun that you and one of your friends do together. Why is your friend a good friend?