Office of Early Childhood Education-School District of Philadelphia

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Calling all Readers, Mathematicians and Scientists! Let’s all count our way through and discover different animals along the way as Ms. Earley reads, We All Went on Safari, a Counting Journey through Tanzania.

Mrs. Weir reads Waiting Is Not Easy! Gerald the Elephant's friend has a surprise for him but he has to wait because it is not ready yet. Gerald tries to wait patiently but he finds out that waiting is not easy! Have you ever had to wait for something? Was it easy for you to wait?

Mrs. McHugh shows how to make Wind Spirals with your parent or guardian using materials you have in your home. This is Activity #22 in the Parent toolkit .

Sometimes bad things happen whch cause you to feel scared or nervous and wondering what can be done. Watch and listen as Ms. Earley reads The Breaking News, a book that shows how you can make the world a better place even when bad things are happening.

Mrs. Weir reads Where the Wild Things Are, a story about a wlld-acting boy named Max who visits where the wild thing live. The wild thngs seemed to be terrible and frightening. But were they really so terrible? See what you think.

Last week, Ms. Earley talked about living and non-living things. Some of the living things were Plants. This week, she will focus on What Plants Need to Survive. There are four very important things necessary for plants to survive. If you don't know what they are, watch and find out.

Ms. Earley reads a book called A Carrot Seed, which is about a boy who plants a carrot seed but cannot tell if it is growing because it is underground. What do you think? She also teaches about Living and Nonliving Things using items on her patio.

Ms. Earley reads Pirate Boy, a story about a boy who wants to sail away on a pirate ship but wonders what will happen when he wants to come home. Watch and listen as his Mother reassures him.

Mrs. Weir reads My House and discusses the different rooms in a house. Does your house have the same rooms as the book? Also. check and see if your rooms look anything like the rooms in the book.

Ms. Earley reads Llama Llama Red Pajama (and practices ID'ing parts of a book). The baby LLama feels alone and scared when his Mama is not in the room. What does she do to solve this problem?

Mrs. Jimenez reads Inch By Inch by Leo Lionni & Teaches Nonstandard Measurement using unusual items to measure instead of using a ruler or tape measure. Take a look, you may have some of these items in your house.