Let’s talk about raccoons and introduce two new vocabulary words, Nocturnal and Diurnal. If you did the lesson plans on Day 2 for Owls then you may have already talked about Nocturnal animals and Di ...
Let’s talk about raccoons and introduce two new vocabulary words, Nocturnal and Diurnal. If you did the lesson plans on Day 2 for Owls then you may have already talked about Nocturnal animals and Diurnal animals so you can choose to do this again or not. However, children love repetition so they would probably love telling YOU what the two words mean. Talk about what the two words mean but keep it simple. Nocturnal: active at night or awake at night and asleep in the daytime. Diurnal: active in the daytime or awake in the day and asleep at night. Ask the children if they are Nocturnal or Diurnal making sure that you say what the meanings are again. Ask the children to tell you what the two mean.
Throughout your time learning about raccoon's talk about the two new vocabulary words. You can even pretend you don’t remember the meaning and have the children tell you. They love to feel important and they like the feeling that they remembered something that you “forgot.”
Have some pictures of raccoon's and the important information of each one of them. You can find some books at the library or print out some pictures with their information.
When I talk about raccoon's in the classroom I print out some pictures of raccoon's at night and some raccoon's being mischievous and getting into things when camping. Children may have stories to tell about experiences they have going camping and having to make sure their food is safe at night so the raccoon's don’t get into it. Have the children tell you about what they see in the pictures and elaborate on what they are talking about. Also you can show them where they live (you may want to have a map showing where you live and where raccoons live). Here is a great website for kids to learn about raccoons, National Geographic Kids.
Check the Games & Play tab above for a Nocturnal Activity Idea and then click here for the templates!
We are learning about the letter Ii this week and so I thought it would be fun to sing the song Five Little Ice Cream Cones.
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We are learning about the letter Ii this week and so I thought it would be fun to sing the song Five Little Ice Cream Cones.
Song
Father Abraham
The children will be standing and moving a bunch for this song Father Abraham. Make sure they have space to move around so they are not bumping into anyone.
Father Abraham ...
Song
Father Abraham
The children will be standing and moving a bunch for this song Father Abraham. Make sure they have space to move around so they are not bumping into anyone.
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm" and move right arm, as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm" and move both as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm, right leg" and move all as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg" and move all, as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, head nod" and move all, as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, head nod, turn around" and move all, as if marching.]
Father Abraham had many sons Many sons had Father Abraham I am one of them
And so are you
So let's all praise the Lord
[Yell "right arm, left arm, right leg, left leg, chin up, turn around, sit down" and move all, as if marching. Sit down at the end.]
Making raccoon masks are a fun way to reinforce learning about raccoon's and fun to pretend to be raccoon’s as well. Here is the link to the video about how to make raccoon masks. Here is the link t ...
Making raccoon masks are a fun way to reinforce learning about raccoon's and fun to pretend to be raccoon’s as well. Here is the link to the video about how to make raccoon masks. Here is the link to the pattern to make the masks. Make sure you watch the video to have a full understanding on how to make the mask with children.
