Weekly Theme  (Start Monday, continue with the theme all week.)

This week's theme is RABBITS.  ~Rabbit Coloring Page~

The vocabulary word is whiskers - the long hairs growing near the mouth of a rabbit.

Rabbit Theme Ideas

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Home for a Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
One More Bunny by Rick Walton
An Adventure with Billy Bunny by Maurice Pledger
Snuggle Bunnies by Lisa McCue

Poems that support the theme:

I Have a Little Bunny Rabbit
by Katrina Lybbert

I have a little bunny rabbit,
Hop, hop, hop!

With whiskers so long and fine,
Hop, hop, hop!

My bunny has two tall ears,
reaching up to the sky;
And a furry little tail,
I saw with mine own eye.

What a precious little bunny rabbit,
Hop, hop, hop!

(This poem can be acted out.)
 

Songs that support the theme:

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Little Bunny Rabbit
 

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

~Hopping like a bunny rabbit can be fun.  Make a hopscotch and hop through it like a rabbit.

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

~Make a bunny rabbit puppet.  Use a brown paper bag.  Make sure to add whiskers out of yarn and tall bunny ears.  Put a cotton ball tail on the back!
 

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the shape of a parallelogram.

• Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a parallelogram... this may be more difficult so you can make a few out of paper, felt, wood, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
• Cut parallelogram out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
• Put a drawing of a parallelogram on your learning poster.

The letter this week is the letter Y.

• Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter Y to color.  ~Letter Printouts~
• Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter Y using his finger.  You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.
• Point out the letter Y in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
• Post the letter Y on your learning poster.

The number this week is the number 25.

• Show your child 25 objects to count, or eat 25 raisins, 25 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 25 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 25 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 25 to your child.
• Draw 25 parallelograms on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting up to 25 objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is Jack Be Nimble.  Recite often!

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candlestick.