1. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY Language Tell your family your teachers name Math Count the people in your family. How many boys are there? How many girls are there? How many people are there all together ? Pre-Reading Go to the public library to get a library card. Check out a book. Language Have someone read your library book to you. Remember the name of your book, so you can tell the class. Motor Skills Trace around the bottom of a drinking glass to make a circle. Cut out the circle. How many circles are there?? Math Find all the objects in the kitchen that are shaped like a circle. Can you name all of them? Pre-Reading Look around your house and find all the things that go together. For example, shoes and socks, cup, and saucer. Language Cut a picture out of an old magazine. Tell someone a story about it. Math Count the buttons on your clothing. How many are there? Do they all look alike? Pre-Reading Look in the basket of clean laundry. Find the socks that match. Put them together. Motor Skills Walk forward on a straight line, a zigzag line and a circle. Can you do it backwards? Language Tell someone your first and last name in a complete sentence. Math Look for things in your house that are shaped like a triangle. What color are they? Handwriting Have Mom write your first name. Trace over it 4 times. Pre-Reading Look at 2 cars in your neighborhood and tell how they are alike and how they are different. Tell what color they are. Language Draw a picture of what you did at school today. Tell about your picture while someone writes the words. Pre-Reading In a magazine find a cut out 3 things that are blue, 3 things that are yellow, and 3 things that are red. Motor Skills Count the number of times you can hop on one foot before losing your balance. Pre-Reading Look at the name of your favorite cereal. Which letters look the same and which ones look different? Math Count the doors in your house. How many are there in all?? SEPTEMBER Zula Bryant Library Card 1 + 2 = 3

2. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY Language Name all the things in your den or bedroom. Math Collect some buttons or bottle tops. Put the ones that are alike together. Motor Skills Collect 5 jars with lids. Unscrew all of the lids. Mix them up. Screw the lids back on the jars. Pre-Reading Have someone cut out one large letter of the alphabet. Find the same letter on signs, in the newspaper or in a book. Handwriting Have someone write your first name. Count it 3 times. Draw a picture of yourself on your paper. Pre-Reading Put 4 different color crayons on the table. Ask someone to remove one while your close your eyes. Which one is missing? Try it again. Language Tell someone what you did at school today in complete sentences. Math Count the chairs in your house. How many are there in all?? Motor Skills Draw 3 circles, 3 squares, and 3 triangles. Cut them out. What can you make using the shapes? Pre-Reading Look through the laundry basket and separate your clothes from the rest of the clothes. Math Find 4 things in your house that are shaped like squares. Can you name all of them?? Pre-Reading Have someone print your name on a card. Cut apart each letter. Paste them in order on paper. Motor Skills Cut out a circle and a triangle. Use them to make a witch. Use crayons to make the face. Language Find a picture you like in a magazine or newspaper. Tell someone about the picture. Math On a trip to the store with your mother, count all the stop signs you see. How many are there? Language Tell your mother the story of The Three Bears at bedtime. Motor Skills Decorate a grocery bag into a Halloween mask. Wear it on Halloween. Pre-Reading Find the letters in your name in books, on cereal boxes, on milk cartons, or in magazines. Math Write the numeral 3 on a piece of paper. Draw 3 black cats on paper. Language Have someone put 5 objects in a paper bag. Put your hand in and tell what you feel. Don’t look!! OCTOBER Students who complete homework will receive a weekly prize

3. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY Language Tell someone your favorite story. Math Write the numerals 0 to 5 on a separate sheet of paper. Draw the correct number of objects under each numeral. Motor Skills Have a race with your brothers, sisters, parents, or neighbors. Pre-Reading Name the parts of your body. Name the parts that come in twos. Motor Skills Draw these 4 Shapes. Cut them out and name each one. Pre-Reading Tell someone all the colors you have on today in complete sentences. Language Pop popcorn. Tell how it looks, smells, sounds, and tastes. Math Use toothpicks to make triangles, squares, and rectangles. How many did you make of each one? Motor Skills Take the shoelace out of one of your shoes. Practice lacing your own shoes. Pre-Reading Ask someone to read you a story. Retell the story in complete sentences after you hear it. Handwriting Write your first name. Math Take 5 canned foods from the kitchen cabinet. Choose 2 to eat for dinner. How many are left? Language Name all the vegetables you see at the grocery store. Name all the fruits. Pre-Reading Tell someone the letters in your first name. Motor Skills Trace around your hand. Make it into a turkey. Math Find one circle, one square, and one rectangle in your house. Name each item. Pre-Reading Say fish, farmer, and feather. Think of another word that begins with the same sound. What letter do they begin with?? Pre-Reading What letter comes first in your name? What comes last? What’s in the middle? Math Go for a walk and collect pine cones or rocks. Put them in order from largest to smallest. Language What is your favorite animal? Why? What is your favorite food? Why? November

4. MONDAYTUESDAYWEDNESDAYTHURSDAYFRIDAY Math Go for a walk with someone. Look for the numeral 5 on signs, auto tags, or house numbers. Pre-Reading Think of words that begin with the same sound as December. Handwriting Have someone write the name of the new month. Copy it 3 times. Pre-Reading Circle all the letters you know on the front page of the newspaper. Name the letters. Language Follow these directions. Get out the bread, put it on a plate on the table. Pre-Reading Cut out pictures of things you would like to have from a catalog. Tell about them in complete sentences. Language Have someone say action words and you act them out. Like: clap, jump, run, skip, blink, etc. Math Set the table for dinner. Give each member of your family a plate, a knife, a fork, and a spoon. Motor Skills Practice tying your shoes. Is it easy? Is it hard? Math Write the numerals on individual paper plates. Put out a small pile of beans, buttons, or raisins. On each plate, place the correct number of objects. Motor Skills Put some sand in a shoe box top. Write your name in the sand with your finger. Math Have someone put 5 pieces of silverware in a row. Make another row that looks just like it. Language Tell someone what you want to do during the holidays in complete sentences. Math Put the following items in the bathtub with you: sponge, penny, plastic lid, rubber band, toy, crayon, empty plastic bottle, and a button. Which ones float? Which ones sink? Pre-Reading Act out your favorite nursery rhyme. Tell someone the rhyming words. Language Find and cut 4 fruits out of a magazine. How are they alike and different? Motor Skills Stand in front of a trash can. Throw paper balls into it. How many balls went in the trash can? Pre-Reading Make peanut butter balls. ¼ cup of honey ¼ cup of peanut butter ½ cup of dry milk Mix and roll into small balls. Eat and Enjoy!! Math Draw 3 bells. Then draw 2 more. How many bells are there all together. Motor Skills Find something you can jump over. Jump over it 5 times. Try to jump over it backwards. December RUN 4