Last week, during our shared reading/writing activity, we chanted the words on this poster together and the students changed the letter "going up the coconut tree". Now they will get to do this activity with you!
On Tuesday I will be sending home a coconut tree with your child, along with four little envelopes including: numbers tiles, upper case letter tiles, lower case letter tiles, and tiles with letters specific to their names. On the back of tree will be the words to the chant - although feel free to use any words you'd like. There are many possibilities to this activity, here are a few suggestions to get you started!
(Just remember to tailor these activities to your child's ability level to ensure an enjoyable experience. You'll want to keep these visuals around, since you can change the activities as your child learns more advanced concepts throughout the year)
Help them spell out their name going up the tree.
Once they have mastered their name, help them spell other words going up the tree - mom, dad, a siblings name, etc.
Mix the letter tiles up, have them sort into piles of upper case and lower case letters.
Put a letter on the trunk and have them tell you a word starting with the sound that letter makes.
Have them find the letter the word "mouse" starts with, etc.
Put a number on the trunk and have them place that many coconuts on the tree.
Or, put some coconuts on the tree and have them count how many there are. Then have them choose the correct number tile and place it on the trunk.
Put the number tiles together to create double digit numbers.
Do simple subtraction and addition problems. Have five coconuts on the tree and tell your child, "There were five coconuts on the tree, but three fell down, how many are left?", etc.
These are just some ideas . . . once you get started, it will be hard to stop thinking of all the possibilities! Don't loose these visuals, as they will be very useful throughout the year!
Hope you guys have fun with them!
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