Lesson 1: The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry & The Big Hungry Bear

This week we had our first Parent-Child Language & Literacy Group! Our morning started with a heavy downpour of rain, and unfortunately a leak in our classroom! It made for an interesting morning when we had school personnel come in to fix the leak…in the middle of our lesson! It worked to our advantage and we were able to have a discussion with our students about why there were a few men on ladders, removing ceiling tiles in our room. This is a great example of how our routines can change without forewarning and how we can accept these changes and turn them into something positive for our children to experience! 

This week, our lesson centered around the book entitled The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry and The Big Hungry Bear. Our students each received a copy of the book and also a game called The Sneaky Snacky Squirrel. 

Concepts from the book:

-Vocabulary: all, bear, cut, disguised, eat, forest, guarding, half, hidden, hungry, love, mouse, pick, quick, red, ripe, save, share, smell, sniff, strawberry, tromp

-Part to Whole: body parts: nose, eyes, mouth, head, belly, arms, legs

-Half/Whole in relation to fruit

-Asking questions: What does the bear want? Who ate the strawberry? Where did the mouse hide the strawberry?

-Speech sound: /b/ (bear, big, berry, etc.)

Concepts from the game:

-colors

-turn taking

-fine motor skills

-/s/ blend words (sneaky, snacky, squirrel, squeezers, etc.)

Activities of the day:

1.      Parents + Preschoolers sorted and discussed half/whole fruits

2.      Parents + Preschoolers crafted a bear out of construction paper

3.      Parents + Preschoolers explored the Sneaky Snacky Squirrel Game

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