Our thirteenth picture challenge 4/3/2020 Hearts in the window - The newest neighborhood challenge is to hang hearts in your window to show thanks for those that are still working outside their homes during this difficult time. This includes many of our own moms ands dads. Lets see your best hearts!
Our twelfth picture challenge 4/2/2020 Alphabet Scavenger Hunt - Please find somehting that begins with each letter of the alphabet and take a picture with all 26 items.
Our eleventh picture challenge 4/1/2020 Backyard Scavenger Hunt - Please find the following items in your yard and then take a picture with them all. - Something round - Something green - A flower - Something white - Make the first letter of your name out of sticks - Something you can sit on - Something hard - Something soft - An outside toy - Something smaller than your thumb
Our tenth picture challenge 3/31/2020 Indoor Scavenger Hunt - Please find the following items in your home and then take a picture with them all. - Something shaped like a square - Something that is blue - A pair of matching socks - The letter A - An Orange crayon - Something with dots on it - Something that is three different colors - Something taller than you - Something smaller than you - Something that begins with the first letter of your first name HAPPY HUNTING!!
Our ninth picture challenge 3/30/2020 Show & Tell - Find something (or someone) that is very special to you and take a picture with it (them).
Our eighth picture challenge 3/27/2020 Four & Green - Find four things in your house that are the color green. Spencer is four today! Happy Birthday Spencer! The children love my color rhymes. Green, green; I'm the queen.
Our seventh picture challenge 3/26/2020 Little Chef - With help from mom or dad take a picture of you making something delicious. It can be something as simple as a sandwich. MANGIA!!
Our sixth picture challenge 3/25/2020 TRIANGLE - Find an object in your house that is the shape of a triangle
Our fifth picture challenge 3/24/2020 BEAR HUNT - One of our favorite songs to act out in the classroom is “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”. I saw on Facebook that some neighborhoods are putting teddy bears in their front windows so when people go on walks they can “bear hunt”. Your challenge is to join in the fun and send me a picture of you putting your bear in the front window.
Our fourth picture challenge 3/23/2020 LETTER Z - Leo loved seeing all your smiling faces with things that begin with Y. Lets see what you can find that begins with the letter Z.
Our third picture challenge 3/20/2020 BUILD IT- Use blocks, legos, cups, sticks. Anything you can think of to build me your best tower, castle, city or somehting special. Use your imagination and show me what you can do.
Our second picture challenge 3/19/2020 LETTER Y - Leo the Letter Lion is lonely at school. Let's take a picture with something that begins with the letter Y.
Our first picture challenge 3/18/2020 DANCE PARTY - Show me your best dance moves.
Facebook pages to check out:
Saint Kevin School Warwick RI - Mr. Irving will be going LIVE with our morning announcements Mon-Fri. at 9am
Artful Expressions RI - Virtual Paint & Yoga with our very own Mrs. Hines
The Cincinnati Zoo is posting live animals every weekday at 3pm. Check it out
Please check out Senora Phillip's and Mrs. Hopkins classroom pages
Suggested Daily Routine
- Breakfast - Morning Meeting (Pledge, Prayer, Morning Song, Calendar, Days of the Week Song, Leo the Letter Lion) - Read 10-20 minutes - Center /Play Time - Craft, Coloring, Painting - Snack time - Outside time - Utilize Academic Websites - Practice Letters in First Name - Lunch - Puzzles and or Read - Outside Time - Center/Play time - Dance Party - MORE Reading!!
Have your child do chores around the house and at least one good deed each day. This is a great time to learn responsibility.
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Morning Song Hello everybody, hello Hello everybody, hello We'll work and we'll play And we'll have a good day Hello evrybody, hello Good morning boys and girls
Morning Prayer Good morning dear Jesus This day is for you We offer our work All we think, say and do
Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the United States of America And to the republic, for which it stands One nation, under God, indivisible With liberty and justice for all
Every morning we review our classroom calendar.
Ask your child: - What month are we in? APRIL - Today is a "Friday" CAN I GET A WHOOP, WHOOP!? Is Friday a home day or a school day? I am going to be drawing hearts on "school days" now to let the children know although we are having school from home I am still thinking of them all the time and I miss them so much. - The date is April 3, 2020
Days of the week song (sang to The Addams Family tune)
Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week (clap, clap)
Days of the week, Days of the week, Days of the week (clap, clap)
There's Sunday and there's Monday.
There's Tuesday and there's Wednesday
There's Thursday and there's Friday
And then there's Saturday
Days of the week (clap, clap)
Meal Prayer Thank you for the world so sweet Thank you for the food we eat Thank you for the birds that sing Thank you God for everything
MANGIA!
LEO THE LETTER LION We have finished the alphabet. I'm so proud of you all! I don't want Leo to get lonely so this week we will be working on the letters in YOUR first name. Friday 4/3/2020- In your most beautiful singing voice, sing your ABCs for your family.
Scholastic is offering free learning resources please click on link below and explore. https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
Please use the IXL website. All students have a username and password through St. Kevin School. If you need your childs login information please email me.
Religious: We have been talking about the season of Lent. Lent is a great time to teach your children to learn a prayer by heart. Our Father and Hail Mary are two prayers I planned on reciting with your children.
BIRTHDAYS No April Birthdays
I understand that this is a difficult time for many. We will get through this together and come out stronger as a community. Stay Healthy!