Fun foundations class: vegetables
May 7 - May 11, 2018
Vegetables!
We are spending so much time outside right now that Callum and I have been talking about bugs on an HOURLY basis! :)
The topic of bugs offers the opportunity to share, discuss and teach SO MUCH vocabulary, it's awesome! Keep in mind that the brain's of infants and toddlers are like little sponges when it comes to language: just keep pouring that language in and they WILL soak it up! Keep in mind: the quantity of words spoken to a child in the first 3 years of life are associated with language skills, vocabulary size and IQ
We are spending so much time outside right now that Callum and I have been talking about bugs on an HOURLY basis! :)
The topic of bugs offers the opportunity to share, discuss and teach SO MUCH vocabulary, it's awesome! Keep in mind that the brain's of infants and toddlers are like little sponges when it comes to language: just keep pouring that language in and they WILL soak it up! Keep in mind: the quantity of words spoken to a child in the first 3 years of life are associated with language skills, vocabulary size and IQ
- The words directly spoken to a child are responsible for vocabulary growth, not those passively heard like while watching TV or being around adults who talk to each other
- Another study showed toddlers 12-24 months benefit more from QUANTITY of words – children 24-36 months benefit from QUALITY of words (variety of more sophisticated words)
- When the goal is talking about something children are interested in, language growth occurs at a higher rate. Children as young as 18 months have higher vocabularies than peers if their parents talk about things they are interested in
skills + strategies discussed in class
sensory play
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We had lots of fun sensory bins out in this class! They included:
We also had a fine motor activity that is just a plastic basket with yarn woven through it. I placed plastic bugs in it for this class, but you could use a variety of different items inside! For older kiddos, this could be paired with large plastic tweezers, but younger kiddos will be challenged enough just getting their fingers through. Curious about the benefits of sensory play? Check this out. Wondering how to make dyed-rice sensory bins for home? Check this out. |
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vegetable signs
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CARROT
To sign CARROT close the fist of your dominant hand with thumb outside as if in holding a CARROT. Have your fist travel from the side all the way to your mouth. |
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POTATO
To sign POTATO, make your weak hand into a fist and put it out in front of you. Make your strong hand into a fist with your index finger and middle finger extended and bent at the knuckle, Now tap the fingers on top of the fist. The sign for POTATO looks like your sticking a fork into one. |
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SWEET POTATO
The sign for SWEET POTATO is a compound sign. To sign SWEET, use your dominant hand approaches your chin with a flat palm and lightly brushes it. Then continue with the sign for POTATO |
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AVOCADO
To sign AVOCADO make an “S” sign with your dominant hand and a “Curved Hand with your non-dominant. You use a mashing motion as you bring the “S” hand forward into the “curved” hand with a twist. Repeat. |
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PEAS
The sign for PEAS uses a "G" hand shape on the dominant hand. Touch the side of the index finger on the non-dominant hand twice. Move it a little bit forward the second time (as if showing two different PEAS in a pod). |
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GREEN BEANS
The sign for GREEN BEAN is a compound sign of GREEN and BEAN To sign GREEN make your hand into a fist with your index finger and thumb extended. With your fingers at shoulder level twist your hand back and forth. BEAN in ASL starts with the non-dominant hand made into a fist with the index finger extended as if it were a bean. The dominant hand pinches the bean with the index finger and the thumb and is then pulled back along the bean . The motion with the strong hand looks like you stinging a bean. |
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TOMATO
To sign TOMATO, use your non-dominant hand to make the sign for red and proceed to mimic a knife slicing that comes from your chin down to the “red” tomato. |
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CORN
Make the sign by holding an imaginary cob of CORN with both hands in front of your mouth, and nibbling along the CORN with your mouth. This sign looks like you are holding a cob of corn, and munching away |
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Songs from VEGETABLES class
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Veggie Soup!
(tune of Row, Row, Row Your Boat) Cook, cook veggie soup Cook it all day long. Add some ___________, Take a taste, (slurrrp!) Veggies make us strong! (flex arm) |
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5 Little Green Beans
How many green beans? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5… (count on fingers) 5 little green beans hanging on a vine (swing hand upside down) The juiciest green beans that you ever could find! (rub tummy) Along came the wind (move hands in air to show wind) and gave an angry frown (hands on hips + frown) And 1 little green bean (show 1 finger) came tumbling down (wiggle fingers down) Chomp! (take bite of green bean) How many green beans are left? 1, 2, 3, 4 Keep going… |
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Jump High
1. Go up, go down Move your body all around Go up, go down And jump high ---------------------------------- 2. Sway side to side Now aren’t you happy you’re alive Sway side to side And jump high CHORUS: And can you throw your hands up in the air And see how long you can keep them there. And hug yourself/baby like a teddy bear And jump high, so high As high as you can go 3. Can you clap your hands? That tells me that you understand Clap your hands And jump high ---------------------------------- 4. And can you do a crazy dance? Don’t be afraid to take a chance Do a crazy dance And jump high ---------------------------------- CHORUS ---------------------------------- Repeat Verse 1 |
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We All Fall Down!
1. Walk around the circle. Walk around the circle. Walking, walking. We all fall down. 2. Gallop 3. Tiptoe. 4. I'm so sleepy! 5. Hop 6. Twirl 6. Hop AND twirl! |
BOok FOR TALKING ABOUT VEGETABLES
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Rah, Rah, Radishes!
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