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Brightly Beaming Steps to ReadingProgram

Preparatory Curriculum

Adaptable for Ages 2 - 4

by Katrina Lybbert

Lesson 2

Weekly Theme

(Start Monday, continue with the theme all week)

This week's theme is

JUNGLE

.~Jungle Picture/Printout~

Thevocabulary wordis

vines

- vines are plants with long, thin bendable stems;they grow along the ground or climb up trees, etc.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

Who's in the Jungle?

by Dawn Bentley

Rumble in the Jungle

by Giles Andreae

The Tallest, Shortest, Longest, Greenest, Brownest Animal in the Jungle

byKeith Faulkner

(Eye Openers) Jungle Animals

by Angela Royston

Slowly, Slowly, Slowly, Said the Sloth

by Eric Carle

Hug

by Jez Alborough

The Loudest Roar

by Thomas Taylor

Jazzy in the Jungle

by Lucy Cousins

Guess Who's in the Jungle

by Naomi Russell

Splash!

by Flora McDonnell

The Monkey Who Wanted the Moon

by Anne Mangan

The Bird, The Monkey, and the Snake in the Jungle

by Kate Banks

Through the Heart of the Jungle

by Jonathan Emmett

Piece of Jungle

by Sarah Weeks

Poems that support the theme:

Jungle Adventure

by Katrina Lybbert

Creeping through the jungle, one hot summer day,

I saw a lot of animals pass by my way.

(Tiptoe around the room and pretend to look through binoculars.)

Monkeys swinging from vine to vine,

(pretend to swing on vines)

Parrots fluttering in colorful design,

(pretend to fly like a parrot)

Tigers, lions, and elephants too,

(stomp around the room)

A tall giraffe like I saw at the zoo.

(reach way up high)

Creeping through the jungle, one hot summer day,

I saw a lot of animals pass by my way.

(Tiptoe around the room and pretend to look through binoculars.)

Songs that support the theme:

Songs from Disney's Jungle Book such as:

The Bare Necessities

I Wanna Be Like You

That's What Friends Are For

The Lion Sleeps Tonight

Gross Motor Skills Activity:

(Monday)

Create a jungle obstacle course by using cushions, pillows, chairs, blankets etc.Put on some music... a great selection is Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns... and act out different jungle animals according to the sound of themusic. Loud music can be for elephants and tigers, and soft music can be for birds and monkeys.

Fine Motor Skills Activity:

(Friday)

Find a printout of your child's favorite jungle animal. Create thin strips of green construction paper to represent grass. Let your child glue the "grass"strips onto the printout to hide the animal in the grass.

Shape/Color

(Tuesday)

This week you will teach the color

green

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Introduce the color by coloring in the square (previous week's shape) onyour learning poster with a green crayon.

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Put on a green article of clothing.

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Point out objects around your home of the color green.

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Add the color to a meal by choosing a green food, or using a plate, cup,or utensil of the color green.

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Let your child color in a coloring book or on a printout using a greencrayon.

Letter

(Wednesday)

The letter this week is the

letter B

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Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter B to color.~Letter Printouts~

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Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter B using his finger. Youcan trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filledwith rice or beans, etc.

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Point out the letter B in signs, cereal boxes, etc.

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Post the letter B on your learning poster.

Number

(Thursday)

The number this week is the

number 2

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Show your child 2 objects to count, or eat 2 crackers, 2 cheerios, etc.

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Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 2 and put on your learning poster.