1/27/26
Today you’ll notice some of yesterday’s heart theme incorporated into the literacy activity, along with ideas for bringing snow play into the comfort of your own home and opportunities to practice patterns to extend the math concepts we’ve been exploring in the classroom.
Snow Kitchen
Does your child want to play in the snow, but it’s too cold out? Why not bring the snow inside?
Materials Needed: tub of clean snow, towel or tablecloth to place underneath, various kitchen items (measuring cups, utensils, pans, fork, spoons, small bowls)
Description: Fill desired container with snow. Pack it down to make it last longer. Then let your child’s imagination flow! They can transfer it from different measuring tools, build with it, or even add some food coloring to make it extra vibrant!
Heart Sound Hunt
Materials Needed:
Paper
Marker
Tape (optional)
Description:
Repurpose the heart halves you made yesterday or create your own hearts with a letter written on it. Place the hearts around the room/house. Call out a letter sound (for example, /m/), and have your child walk/hop/skip around to find the heart with that letter and say the letter name and sound when they find it.
Variations to this:
focus on uppercase, lowercase, both, and/or just the letters in your child’s name
- When they retrieve the heart you could ask them to think of a word that starts with that letter sound
Call out a word (“heart,” “mom”) and have them find the beginning sound
Have your child trace the letter with their finger or practice writing it
Pattern Practice
Materials Needed:
Paper/marker or
Small household items (cereal, pasta, buttons, coins)
Description:
Draw a row of shapes or boxes across a paper or start a simple pattern using household items (AB or AAB). Have your child continue the pattern, saying the pattern out loud as they work.
Extensions:
Have your child create their own pattern for you to copy
Change the pattern type (ABC, AABB)
Count how many items are in the finished pattern
Compare two patterns: Which is longer? Which has more pieces?
Use movement patterns after (clap–stomp–clap)
Kevin Henkes Read-Aloud
This month we have been reading books by the author, Kevin Henkes. Today I have selected Owen for students to listen to.