This week for Large Group we talked about the "m" sound or the monster sound. We practiced saying some words that begin with the "m" sound and we learned how to use our pointer finger as a visual cue for the "m" sound.
We read the book Go Away Big Green Monster By: Ed Emberley. When we were finished reading the book, Big Green Monster came to visit us. We didn't want him in our class, so we worked together to get him to go away. We thought hard about what we read in the book and tried to remember the order in which the parts of Big Green Monster's face went away. We used our words to say "go away purple hair" or "go away sharp teeth". As we said each one, Teacher Heidi would take that part of Big Green Monster's face off until he was COMPLETELY GONE! This activity helped us work on recalling events from the book, sequencing events, predicting events, answering "wh" questions, and using 2-3 words to make comments and give directions. This activity also helped us work on colors and using color words to describe things.
You can work on recalling and sequencing events from stories at home by reading stories together and then talking about what happened. You can ask your child to tell you what happened first, next and last. As you read together, you can also work on learning new words by asking your child to name or point to things they see in the pictures. Have them repeat the names of things they see or point to or have them point to things you name. You can also work on some higher level cognitive skills by asking them to make predictions about what they think might happen based on what they see in the pictures. Reading books together is a great language enriching activity.
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