This is one of my favorite themes, because one of my favorite things in life is travel! If you didn’t know I’ve been all around the world, and you can check the travel section of this website for some of my favorite places.
Whenever we do this theme, I like to introduce a few new cultural foods to my kids as well. That adds another hands on element to learning! Additionally, we will go through a lot of our own travel pictures and talk about where we’ve been.
| M | T | W | Th | F | |
| Religion | Read Jesus & the Children | Comprehension Questions* | Sing Jesus Loves the Little Children | Paint the Jesus and the Little Children worksheet with a mixture of corn syrup (very little needed), water, and food coloring | Make a collage of people by cutting out people from magazines |
| Language (2) | Magnet letters in a sensory bin for review (P,V,L,F focus but can do more) | Country letter identification* | Run for post it notes | Matching letter sound index cards to objects* (I’ll try to find travel related/ world items | Paper plate & clothespin review |
| Language (4) | Introduce sight words: Her, Him, His Intro CH – practice isolating it by practicing choo choo or ahh choo (like a sneeze) | Learn to say hi in a few different languages + Practice the ch sound in syllables – initial (cha, che, chi, cho, and chu), final (ach, ech, ich, och, and uch), Medial (acho, echi, icha, ochu, and uchee) | sight words + Listen for ch in words. Practice initial sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for CH sounds – initial words | sight words + Listen for ch in words. Practice medial sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for CH sounds – medial words | sight words + Listen for ch in words. Practice final sounds – You can find picture cards here – look for CH sounds –final words |
| Math (2) | Make a tower with 14 unifix cubes | Use math beads to make 14 in different ways | 14 mosaic art | Build the pyramids giza using 14 plastic cups | Find 14 different foods from the play kitchen |
| Math (4) | Word problems around the world – if you click preview you get a free sample of problems – we will only do subtraction ones | Toppling towers level 2 | Under the sea board game (Oceania) | Road trip math – we will just pick 2 cards and subtract one from the other | ‘shop’ at our play kitchen, subtract what you buy to see how much money is left |
| Art/Sensory | Create a passport book and use stickers/stamps to fill it as you learn about different places | Make a famous landmark (great wall out of blocks, toilet paper roll leaning tower) | Explore coins from around the world – make rubbings – find where the coin comes from on the map | Look up traditional clothing from around the world | Make a meal from another country |
| Science Geography History | 3 part world cards & look at world maps | Look over some world facts & landmarks – I have these but you could just look some facts up online like this | Puzzle maps (we have several of these, but could do any puzzle you want) | Pin maps & flags | There is A LOT in the previous days – use this day to continue with some things or do more of things (ex puzzles) |
Comprehension Questions:
Who wanted to see Jesus?
Who tried to stop the children from seeing Jesus?
Why do you think the men didn’t want the children to see Jesus?
Why did Jesus want to see the children?
Country letter identification – I have written a list of ~16 countries starting with the letters I want to review (for me P,V,L,F). I will then go through the list with her and ask if she can point to the countries that start with P, then V etc..