Day 10.

Practice writing the number five in your Green Book.  Circle your best one.

Watch this video about number 5.

Today we will be talking about elephants!  With an adult go through this National Geographic page about African elephants.  Read the facts, look at the pictures, listen to the audio clips, and watch the video of the baby elephant.  Describe what you learned about elephants.  What is your favorite thing about them?

Listen to the story “Henry and the Sugarbugs“.  Summarize the story.

In your Green Book there is a color graphing activity.  Follow the directions carefully.

Day 9.

Practice writing the number four in your Green Book. Circle your best one.

Play the story game ABC Mommy and Me.

Here is a sheep counting game.  It’s kind of hard, but fun.  See how many sheep you can count.  Can you challenge other people to try and count the sheep?  Watch out for the sneaky wolves dressed up like sheep, you don’t count those!

Baby sheep are called lambs.  Watch this video about a little lamb that was just born on this farm.  Are baby lambs fast or slow?  When do they start walking?  What else did you learn about lambs?

Watch this video about a sheep and his very special friend.  You’ll probably be surprised!  Can you guess from this video what animal we will be talking about tomorrow?

Spell your name out loud.
Continue to practice writing your name.  There won’t be any more reminders, so practice until your name looks great!

Day 8.

Practice writing the number three in your Green Book.  Circle your best one.

Do you remember how to spell the word green?

It’s time for an art project.  Today you will be making skyscrapers and cars out of paper.  You will need; 1 big piece of paper, some small pieces of colored paper (these can be scraps), glue, scissors, and buttons (optional).  Go to this website to see pictures of skyscrapers and for a guide on how to do the art project.  Are there skyscrapers where you live?

Watch this video about some men that have a really scary job, cleaning the windows on the tallest building in the world!  How did they keep from falling?  Do you think you could do what they do?  What’s the tallest building you’ve ever seen?

Now it’s time to build your own neighborhood.  What kind of neighborhood did you build?  What was in it?  Play the Build a Neighborhood game.

Listen to the ABC song and sort the letters in the game.

Day 7.

Today you will learn to write the number 2.  Practice writing the number 2 in your Green Book.

We get to meet the kindergarten class pets today.  They are a family of giraffes that live at the Houston Zoo.  Have someone read to you about them here.  The great thing about the zoo that our class giraffes live at is that they have a webcam in the giraffe home.  This means that you can watch your giraffes live anytime you want!  They won’t always be in their pin (they have to sleep just like us) but when they are outside you will see them on this webcam.  Sometimes you will need to check on our class giraffes and describe what they’re doing.  Can you do that right now?  Are the giraffes out?  How many of them are out right now?  What are they doing?

A few years ago one of our class giraffes was born.  Watch this video of him when he was only one day old.  Isn’t it funny that he’s already taller than the zookeeper and he’s just a baby?  What was the giraffe acting like?  If it was your job to name the baby giraffe what would you name him?

Here is another video of one of our class giraffes at the Houston Zoo trying to reach some leaves.  Is his tongue short or long?  What color is his tongue?  What kind of food is he reaching for?  What does this tell us about what grown-up giraffes eat?

What do you think about our Kindergarten class pets?

Discuss community areas like zoos. Is there a zoo close by to you? Look up zoos close to your area on the internet. You can discuss with the student how far each zoo is from your home, and how each one is different. Check to see if they have giraffes.

Sing your ABC song.

Practice writing your name.

Day 6.

Practice writing the number 1 in your Green Book.

Watch the number 1 video.

Every country has a flag.  Do you know about the flag in your country?  Have an adult help you find the flag from your country (and state, if you live in the USA).  What do the colors on the flag mean?  Are there any pictures on your country’s flag?  When was your flag made?  Has your country had other flags? (Adults: this wiki page is a good point to start research.  Help your kindergartener by showing them how you found the information.  This is a good practice with safe research skills.  If you live in the US this could be a good time to go over the Pledge of Allegiance.)

Look at the flags of some other countries.  Which ones do you like?

In your Green Book there is a blank flag for you to color.  Imagine that you have your own country and it’s your job to design the flag.  What would it look like?  Follow the instructions in your book.

Make a flag online.

Listen to the ABC song in the intro of this game.  You don’t have to play the game yet.

Day 5.

Hey there! Do you remember how to spell green?  Can you sing your green song to help you remember?

In your Green Book there is a count the shape activity.  The shapes make a flower in a pot with a little butterfly looking at it.  Shapes can make bigger pictures of things.  Count how many shapes it took to make the picture.  How many circles?  How many squares?  What other shapes do you see?

Watch this video about a Mouse and a Lion.  Notice that the animals and the forest are made out of shapes.  What shapes are the trees made out of?  What shapes is the lion made out of?  What shape is the mouse made out of?

Can your help the purple monster find shapes?  Play this game and match up the shapes!

One more activity in your Green Book today!  After the graph page, there is a page where you can practice drawing your shapes.  Follow the instructions, and use your pencil.  Take your time to practice drawing them well.  If you need more practice drawing the shapes an adult can help you to print copies of the page to practice with.

Practice writing your name.  Spell your name out loud.

Day 4.

Today we will be learning about shapes!

Learn about shapes with the Shapes Song.  Practice naming all of the shapes.

Now play the Curious George I Love Shapes Game.  What shapes were in the game?  How did you do?

There are many different ways to make triangles.  They are different sizes and have different lengths of lines, but they all have three sides.  Look at this picture to see the different kinds of triangles.

There are shapes everywhere!  Look around your house to find shapes.  If you have a camera to use, take a picture when you find a shape.  Can you find a square in your house?  Can you find a triangle?  Can you find a circle?  Can you find a rectangle?  Can you find an oval?  Can you find a diamond?  Ask an adult to help you if you’re taking pictures.

Spell your name out loud.
Use small items to write your name. (For example: noodles, beans, cotton balls.) You can also paste them to a piece of paper like this.

In your Green Book there is a shape drawing activity.  Practice drawing your shapes.  Circle the best one on each line.  Be careful and use a pencil.

In your Green Book there is a shape coloring activity.  Be sure to follow all of the directions to color the right shapes the right color.

Day 3.

Today we will start with your G-R-E-E-N song.  Can you spell green now? Keep practicing!

This is the last day that we will be learning about frogs.  Frogs start out in soft jelly-like eggs.  Baby frogs look like little fish, and they are called tadpoles.  These little tadpoles start to grow legs.  Then they grow up to be frogs.  Play this game about the life of a frog to see how they grow.

Listen to Kermit the Frog sing this silly song called “It’s Not Easy Being Green”.  In the beginning of the song how did Kermit feel about being green?  Did his feelings change by the end of the song?  How did he feel at the end?

The first number that you will learn to write this year is “zero”.  Zero is the number you write when there is nothing at all.  It is like an empty hole with nothing in it.  Practice writing “0” in your Green Book; be sure to circle your best “0”.  How many “0”s did you write?

Memorize this poem to help you remember how to write the number zero.

“Make an oval, tall and round.

The number zero has just been found!”

Practice writing your name.

Spell your name out loud.

Day 2.

Hello!  It’s time for your second day of Little House Kindergarten. Listen to the green song again.  Can you remember how to spell the word green?

Remember how you played a frog game yesterday?  Today we will be doing more learning with frogs.  Watch this video about frogs.  What do frogs do to say, “Don’t eat me!”?  What helps frogs climb up things well?  Do you remember the word for what frogs do to help them blend in to the things around them and hide?

Color the frogs in the frog pond in your Green Book. Be sure to follow the instructions carefully.

Count the fish. 

Practice writing your name.

Spell your name out loud.

Why do you think people and things have different names? What are the names of the members of your family? Do you have a first name, a middle name, and a last name?