EARLY ON PARENT WORKSHOP LESSON PLAN

Sesame Street

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Participants will understand that children are learning when playing and that there are many opportunities throughout the childs day to introduce and practice early math concepts in fun ways. They will learn that repetition is key to retention and also that children learn best when the new skills and concepts are made concrete.

INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITIES 15 Minutes

Introduction  Welcome participants to the group. Thank them for their attendance.  Everyone completes a Sign-In Sheet.  Explain the Learning Objectives.  Distribute an Early ON bag, with all materials, to each adult. Description of the Early ON Program  The Early ON School Readiness Program has been funded through the City of San Antonio, Department of Community Initiatives, since Fall 2000.  Early ON is in all 10 City Council Districts of San Antonio. There are six other Delegate Agencies. KLRN acts as the lead agency in Council Districts 8, 9, and 10.  The goal is to provide parents and family, friends, and neighbors, with resources, activities, and information so that each child will be better prepared when they enter Kindergarten!  KLRN provides parent workshops, informal caregiver workshops, and play and learn groups in Council Districts 8, 9, and 10 through Early ON. KLRN also has the same programs in zip codes 78207, 78228, and 78237 with Grow With Me, a United Way grant.

For more information log onto earlyon-sa.org or call 270-9000.

Icebreaker: Flashlight Play Materials:Flashlight y Lead the group in this fun exercise and encourage the families to make learning fun for their children. y Explain that you each will take a turn after the previous person sets up the game. Turn off the lights and hand the flashlight to an adult and say, for example, My name is Sue and I see 2 books. Then the adult holding the flashlight will locate the 2 books and shine the flashlight on them. y You can ask for volunteers as you pass it along, or you can pass it to your right! y Inform the parents that we will be reading a book that is just great for bedtime and that this is a fun game to play at night to reinforce math concepts like numbers, colors, shapes, size, etc. y Ask, What can you use in your home to recreate this activity? Station and program information  Ask: how many of you watch TV? Can anyone tell me about how much time your child spends watching TV?  The average child watches four hours of television a day. It is so important for families to not only

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limit TV but also to co-view television programs with your child. Go over childrens programming handout. Each program is based on a curriculum and is age appropriate for certain age.

concepts like counting and identifying numbers, colors, and shapes. Also, if we can get our kids active while practicing these new concepts, we activate several areas of their brains simultaneously, which again increases the likelihood that they will retain the information.

CHILD DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT- 5 Min.

Many important early math skills can be easily integrated into your daily routines. Counting and identifying numbers are math skills that can and should be reinforced often to maximize your childs retention. If your children have these skills before they enter kindergarten, they will have an easier time learning the more challenging skills that will be required of them, such addition subtraction, and skip-counting. Think about some of your existing routines that you and your child go through every day. For example, does your child get him/herself dressed every morning? Or do you give him or her a bath every evening? Now think of some ways that you can bring in some math skills into the routine. Can you count each article of clothing with your child as he/she puts them on? Or blow bubbles in the bathtub and count the bubbles as they pop? If you can incorporate simple math like counting into your everyday routines, the repetition will increase retention. Who would like to share a daily routine in which they can incorporate some early math concepts like counting? It is important to make any learning at this age a fun, natural part of your childs day. Young toddlers and preschoolers are learning as they play, but we can certainly guide them when it comes to specific math

VIEW- 10 Min.
An Episode of Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game (0:00-9:35) Before the video: For the past 40 years, Sesame Street has maintained a mission to reach young children in powerful and responsible ways with a view that learning and fun are equally crucial elements of any young childs education. Within a community of playful and curious Muppets and monsters as well as nurturing adults, Sesame Street fosters a love of learning Each episode of Sesame Street is backed by a curriculum, which is founded in years of research and continuous work with educational experts. Through this work with teachers, researchers, parents like you, and information gained from preschoolers themselves, Sesame Street continues to evolve and grow with the needs of todays children and their caregivers. Model interactive viewing while watching the short clip. As they watch the video, ask them to look for some things they can do at home with their children to make learning fun. READ- 10 Min. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Before Reading the Story:

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Read the title of the story and discuss the picture on the book cover. What do you see? What do you think this book will be about? Talk to parents about the importance of reading daily to children. Model to parents how to conduct a book walk by explaining the cover of the book, back of the book, spine, title, author and illustrator. Introduce story: Have you ever jumped on your bed? What happened? Lets read and find out what happens to the monkeys in this story.

Jumping Circles
Today we are going to reinforce the concepts of sequencing and on-to-one correspondence by making and using Jumping Circles. When we can make learning these skills an active experience, our children will have an easier time learning the new concepts. You will use the construction paper from your bags and the markers and scissors to make the circles. Remind everyone to get the materials from their bags and begin working with their child to draw 5 large circles, one on each sheet of paper. Encourage the parents to ask their children to remember how many monkeys were in the story. The parents will then label each circle with a number from 15 as they discuss the written numerals with their child. The children can then put the appropriate number of dots on the circles using the Do-A-Dot Markers. Finally, the parents will assist the children in cutting out each of the five circles. 1. Ask, How many monkeys were there in the story? How many circles did you make? What is written on the circles? 2. Encourage the parents to place the circles on the floor next to each other. They will then call out the numbers in order as the children find the correct number and jump onto it! 3. When finished, the families can take them home and use them while they read the book and after reading for more sequencing and one-to-one correspondence. Ask, How can you use this as a teaching tool with your child?

DO- 20 Min.
A learning activity-Jumping Circles Throughout this workshop we hope that you will understand the read, view, and do model. So far we have covered the view and to read piece of the model. Studies show that when a child reads about a skill, watches a skill being utilized, and then participates in arelated activity where he is using this skill, there is a higher probability that the child will better understand the skill being taught to him or her. As you watch your child's favorite program or read their favorite book, look for simple activities that you can do in addition to reading the book or watching the program.

MATERIALS In Bag
  5 sheets of construction paper copy of Five Little Monkeys

Material for Trainer:

   markers scissors Do-A-Dot Markers

ACTIVITY-

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TAKE HOME ACTIVITY

Materials for Take Home Activity: y Bubbles At home, the caregivers can blow bubbles outside and encourage the children to jump on the bubbles as they land on the ground and before they pop, counting as they pop them!

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Bubbles School Readiness Guidelines Evaluation Tool Childrens Programming Information

MATERIALS LIST FOR FACILITATOR:

       Flashlight Crayons Childrens scissors Do-A-Dot Markers Sign in Sheets Evaluation Tools (EXTRAS) Childrens Programming Information

MATERIALS LIST FOR BAGS

y y Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed 5 sheets of construction paper