Full Month of Pre-K- Kindergarten- Lessons, Activities, Printables (February)

 

February Focus- Letter Sounds and Recognition-  oo, oo long and short vowel pair, y, th, sh, ch digraphs. Predictions and sight words. Valentine's day and kindness.  In Math graphing, make 10, part, part, whole, venn diagrams (sorting and comparison).  Inquiry focus on rocks,  the solar system and dinosaurs.  STEAM includes shadow puppets, teamwork, dinosaur bling and constellations.

 

 February is a month where we consider our relationships to others and caring. We learn about friendship and kindness. We explore the solar system and deep dive into Dinosaurs and fossils!  

 

  

 

Literacy Lessons and Activities:

 

Week One

 

• Sh digraph and Shadow Activities
• Sharing a Shell Story
• Ch digraph and Lunch Activity
• Peter's Chair Story and Activity

 

 

 

Week Two

 

• Qu digraph and Questions activity
• The Kindness Quilt Activity
• Hearts Story and Activity
• Th/th word families
• Th/th activities

 

 

 

Week Three

 

• oo,oo and the Moon
• Short oo activity
• Moon Inquiry
• Wh and activities
• Wh and whistling Inquiry

 

 

 

Week Four

 

• Digraph Review and T-Rex Inquiry
• Stegosaurus Inquiry
• T-Rex Activities
• Digraph endings and Brachiosaurus Inquiry
• Dinosaur Review and Velociraptor Inquiry

 

 

 

Numeracy Lessons and Activities

 

 

 

Week One

 

• Yes/No Graphing
• Graphing Shapes
• Height Graph
• Ordering
• Long Hunt

 

 

 

Week Two

 

• Part, Part, Whole
• Domino Activities
• Part, Part, Whole Colours
• What comes after 10?

 

 

 

Week Three

 

• Longer and Shorter
• Tall/Medium/Small
• Moon Phases
• Intro to numbers 11-20

 

 

 

Week Four

 

• Graphing Dinosaurs
• Draw and Label Dinosaurs
• Dinosaur Venn Diagrams and sorting.

 

 

 

Arts/Science/Play Based/ STEAM Learning and Activities

 

 

 

Week One

 

• Groundhog Day
• Puppet Theatres
• Making Puppets
• STEAM- shadow puppets
• Movement Challenge

 

 

 

Week Two

 

 

 

• Friendship Game
• Bucket Filling
• Mail a HUG
• STEAM- Keep it in the air
• Book Battle

 

 

 

Week Three

 

 

 

• Aiken Drum
• Moon Sand
• Tin Foil Moon
• STEAM- Making Constellations
• Art Challenge

 

 

 

Week Four

 

 

 

• Loose Parts Dinosaurs
• Dinosaur Footprints
• Make your footprint
• STEAM- Dino BLING
• Play- Doh Challenge

 

 

 

Minds On Morning Activities

 

 

 

Week One

 

• Predictions
• Fun Facts
• All about Shadows
• Ch, Sh Digraphs
• Introduction to Graphing

 

 

 

Week Two

 

• Quick Think
• Interview Questions
• Which Animal has the Biggest Heart?
• Number Bonds

 

 

 

Week Three

 

• Planets and Stars
• oo hunt
• Bigger and Smaller
• What comes next?
• Living on the Moon

 

 

 

Week Four

 

• Fossils
• Dinosaur Mysteries

 

 

 

 

 

Students will:

 

• Read words based on Letter Sounds that were covered.
• Introduce digraphs
• Take part in discussions about animals and the tracks they leave.
• Create art to express themselves and their likes
• Respond to predicting and explaining WHY 
• Use a variety of materials to express Literacy and Numeracy behaviours
• Take part in 4 STEAM activities

 

 

 

Sweet Treats Include: (Printables)

 

Centre Ideas

 

Songs/ FingerPlays

 

Sensory

 

Writing Activities

 

Art Activities

 

Numeracy Activities

 

All Templates and printables that compliment the above activities and lessons.

 

 

 

Curriculum Checklists for US Common Core and Ontario Canada Kindergarten Curriculum.

 

Please click on the video tab for a tour of all of the lessons and printables we call Sweet Treats!