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Kindergarten, week 30, day 4

Day 149 of 180 · Science: Life cycles · about 70 minutes

Reading20 min

Read: At the Farm

  1. Your child reads it, and you help with words they can't sound out yet. Look for the adding s words.
  2. When your child is stuck, say the first sound and let them finish the word, rather than saying the whole word.
  3. Afterward, ask: where did the story happen? How do you know?
Math20 min

Make a graph

  1. Sort a handful of snack pieces by color.
  2. Make a bar graph: color one box for each piece, then compare the bars.
Science15 min

Like their parents?

  1. A puppy looks like a little dog, but a tadpole doesn't look like a frog.
  2. Sort baby animals into ones that look like their parents and ones that don't.
Read-aloud15 min

Read-aloud: The Ugly Duckling

  1. Read “The Ugly Duckling” aloud, and let your child turn the pages.
  2. This is an old tale, told for a long time. Afterward, ask: what did someone in the story learn?
  3. On the read-along you can show the pages on a big screen, or let it read the words aloud while each one lights up.

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