August Newsletter

Activities for Home

This Month’s Themes

Bubbles, Bubbles by Kathi AppeltClifford Counts Bubbles by Norman BridwellBubble Trouble by Joy N. HulmeOver in the Meadow by Ezra Jack KeatsGrasses by June LovesA Fawn in the Grass by Joanne Ryder

•With summer coming to an end, try to spend some extra time outdoors with your child. Visit a local park, eat a snack under a shade tree, or take a walk around the neighborhood. Take along a bottle of bubbles and have fun blowing and popping bubbles together!

•Splish, splash! It’s time for a bath! Partially fill a wading pool with water and let it warm in the sun. Add scented bubble bath to the pool. Agitate the water to create lots of bubbles. Add washcloths and bath toys and invite your child to spend time playing in this outdoor bubble bath! Be sure to supervise children around water at all times.

•Play some grassy games outdoors. Toss, catch, and roll a ball through the grass with your child, play Frisbee, or roll down a grassy hill together! Don’t forget to walk barefoot through a patch of soft, thick grass. Talk about how the grass feels.

Round and Round the Garden

Round and round the gardenLike a teddy bear.One step, two step,Tickle you under there!

Nursery Rhymes

Online

The best way to learn which books your child enjoys is to read children’s books-lots of them! Check out funshineextras.com for Book Lists corresponding to each month’s themes. Get to know your local librarians and ask for their recommendations as well.

Where We Walk: This theme provides opportunities for the children to focus on the ground beneath their feet. Different types of flooring, carpets, as well as outdoor surfaces – mud, sand, grass, pebbles, and more – will be explored. The children will have the chance to remove their socks and shoes and really dig into this theme!

Bubbles Everywhere: Bubbles in the sensory table, bubbles in the air, bubbles in the art area...bubbles everywhere! The children will have some good, clean fun while exploring bubbles. Prepare for lots of giggling and hidden science opportunities! The theme will also touch on heading back to school.

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Daisy

Buzz

Dottie

Iggy

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Dixie

Help Me Review!

In the summer months, we review all the letters of the alphabet, numbers 1-20, colors, and shapes. Read alphabet and number books to your child to reinforce this review. Practice counting items around the house and sing “The Alphabet Song” with your child as you go about your day. Name colors and shapes as you see them outdoors while enjoying summertime activities.

My Spanish Words

Sing Along with Me!

Ingredients: crackers cream cheese, softened alfalfa sprouts gummy worm

Invite your child to help you make green grassy treats. Give your child several crackers. Offer her a plastic knife and have her spread softened cream cheese on the crackers. Top each cracker with alfalfa sprouts as grass and add a gummy worm or bug. Serve a green juice drink to accompany the grassy treats. (Add green food coloring to apple juice!)

Find these songs on our 2016–2017 Music and Movement CD available at funshineexpress.com.

In the Cool Green GrassSung to “Ring Around the Rosie”

Snakes live in the grass,They wiggle and they squiggle.Slithering, sliding throughThe cool, green grass.

Crickets live in the grass,They cheep and they chirp.Hopping, crawling throughThe cool, green grass.

Ants live under the grass,They hurry and they scurry.Crawling, creeping throughThe cool, green grass.

Rainbow BubblesSung to “Up on the Housetop”

First came a bubble passing by,Shining a rainbow in my eye!Then came another and many more,Until they filled the bright blue sky!

Bubbles shine, all around!Bubbles float, up and down!All from the bubble passing by,Shining a rainbow in my eye!

Songs performed by Kristin Kitko

and Jeanette Herdman. All rights reserved.

©2016 FunShine Express, Inc.

2016-2017Music and MovementSongs to complement your curriculum!

13. Silly Sounds 14. A Sailor Went to Sea 15. Sky Shapes 16. I’m an Artist 17. Dandelion Puff18. I Can Read 19. Construction Zone 20. Food at the Fair21. Fireworks22. Going Fishing 23. In the Cool Green Grass24. Rainbow Bubbles

1. Welcome Friends 2. My Fastener 3. T-Rex Tromp 4. Capes and Wings 5. Build a Scarecrow 6. Mind Your Manners 7. If You’re Hungry and You Know It 8. Deck the Halls 9. My Mittens 10. Once Upon a Time 11. Hello Tooth 12. Deep in the Jungle

2016-2017Music and Movement

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