Curious George at the Aquarium

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled Curious Georger at the Aquarium. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a Ocean Animal Puzzles.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: aquarium, Beluga Whale, catch, clam, crowd, exhibit, diving, escape, octopus, penguin, piranha, save, seahorse, slide, urchin, tickets

-Feelings/Emotions: curious, excited, surprised, angry

-Expanding Utterances: red octopus, large crab

-Similes: waddle like a penguin, swim like a fish

Concepts from the ocean puzzles:

-Ocean animals

-fine motor skills

-early math concepts

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers created

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the ocean puzzles

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a Fruit Sorting Kit.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: butterfly, caterpillar, cocoon, leaf, moon, egg, orange, pear, plum, apple, strawberry

-Sequencing days of the week

-Compare small to big

-Discuss nutrition: healthy food vs. junk food

Concepts from the Fruit Sorting Kit:

-sorting food by color

-sorting fruits & vegetables

-pretend play

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the Fruit Sorting Kit

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.

Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a Mega Bloks Junior Pack.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: building, bulldozer, cement mixer, crane truck, digging, dreaming, dump truck, excavator, hauling, lifting, loading, pushing, reaching, resting, scooping, snoring, snuggling, spinning, stretching, twirling, yawning

-Asking Questions: WHO and WHAT

-Compare/Contrast: Compare your child's routines at night with the routine of the trucks

Concepts from the Mega Bloks Junior Pack:

-building/constructing

-imaginative play

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers created pasta construction sites

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the Mega Bloks Junior Packs

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a set of Magnetic Letters & Numbers.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: alphabet, catch, Coconut Tree, everybody, help, stooped, looped, tangled, twisted

-Descriptive Words: tag-along, skinned-knee, patched up

-Basic Math: More, whole, enough

-Family Labels: Mama, Papa, Uncle, Aunt

-Letter Awareness

Concepts from the Magnetic Letters:

-Matching letters

-Matching colors

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers created Coconut Trees with letters

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the Magnetic Letters

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.

Polar Bear Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled Polar Bear Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a Kitchen Play Set.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: hear, roaring, snorting, yelping, fluting, braying, hissing, trumpeting, snarling, bellowing, whistling, zookeeper

-Animal Sounds
-Rhyming Words
-Sequencing

 

Concepts from the Kitchen Play Set:

-Sharing

-Cooking

-Pretend Play

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers created a sequencing page with each animal from the story

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the Kitchen Play Set

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.

Little Blue Truck's Christmas

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled Little Blue Truck's Christmas. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a Transportation Reusable Sticker Book.

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: tree, big, short, fat, tall, December, delivery, job,

-Concepts: Counting 1-5

-Pragmatic skills: sharing, giving, friendship

Concepts from the sticker book:

-forms of transportation

-sharing

-fine motor skills

Activities of the day:

1. Parents + Preschoolers read the book

2. Parents + Preschoolers created reusable felt trees with decorations

3. Parents + Preschoolers explored the sticker book

4. SLPs + Parents discussed strategies to address their child’s speech & language goals in the home, and how to utilize the book and puzzle to enhance these strategies.