E – Elephant

Sunshine House Preschool & Daycare

Weekly Activities: Elephant/Number 4 (Quatro)
October 24-28, 2022

Here are samples of activities that your child may be participating in this week.

Monday – Soft “E”

How you can participate: Play charades pretending to be animals you would see on the safari.

Books – ABC Safari
Body “E’s”
Art – Paper Plate Elephant
Fine Motor Skills – E is for Envelope
Music – Colors

Tuesday – Opposites: Soft/Hard

How you can participate: Explore things wherever you are to label them as soft or hard. Make a sensory box to explore.  Have your child their eyes reach in and tell you if the object is soft or hard.

Books – Soft and Hard: An Animal Opposites Book (Amazon)

Art – Spicy Necklaces
Phonics – “E says e,e,e,e, elephant… lift me up, I say you can’t!”
Critical Thinking – What’s hard/What’s soft?
Music – Animal Action

Wednesday – Ella the Elegant Elephant

How you can participate: Practice cutting fringe with scissors at home. For beginning cutters, it is easier to use stiff paper, like file cards.

Books – I dream of an Elephant
Action – Parachute
Art – Elephant Trunk Painting
Science – Elephant Toothpaste Experiment
Music – Listen and Move

Thursday – We all went on Safari

How you can participate: Discuss the types of animals you would see on the safari. Help your child to name as many as they can. 

Books – Elephant in the Dark
Phonics – “E says e,e,e,e, elephant… lift me up, I say you can’t!”
Art – Safari Stamps
Engineering – Safari Bridge
Music – Count and Bounce

Friday – Pete the Cat & his 4 Groovy Buttons

How you can Participate: When getting your child dressed help them count the buttons on their shirt/clothing. 

Books – Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
Action – Body 4’s
Art – Watercolor a shirt
Math – Button sorting, counting, & grouping
Music – Can’t sit still

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