Age 4: Exploring Our Earth: Preschool Homeschool

Preschool
Homeschool
by Home CEO TM
Age 4: Exploring Our Earth

(Semester 2 Week 1)
Ocean
(Year Week 13)
Life
Chief Education Officers

Homeschool Preschool Curriculum by Home CEOTM
| A Complete Year for Children Aged 4 |
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30 Weeks, 3 Semesters!
Cohesive, educational, easy & fun!
This growing bundle includes 30 weekly thematic units (see 2016
delivery dates below) for preschool homeschool four-year olds. Also
suitable for high-flying 3’s and pre-K 5’s as well! Buy it here!
Home CEO Age 4 TM
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3

Exploring Exploring Exploring
Our World Our Earth Our Community
(Weeks 1-12) (Weeks 13-21) (Weeks 22-30)
USA Avail Now Ocean Life (Mar 30) Doctor (May 15)
Mexico Avail Now Safari Life (Mar 30) Dentist (May 15)
Brazil Avail Now Desert Life (Mar 30) Mail Carrier (May 15)
Japan Avail Now Forest Life (Apr 15) Firefighter (May 30)
Australia Avail Now Rainforest Life (Apr 15) Chef (May 30)
India Avail Now Farm Life (Apr 15) Veterinarian (May 30)
Egypt Avail Now Arctic Life (Apr 30) Grocer (Jun 15)
Ocean Life Avail Now River/Pond Life (Apr 30) Forest Ranger (Jun 15)
Israel Avail Now Solar System (Apr 30) Student (Jun 15)
Italy Avail Now
France Avail Now Bonus Xmas/Thanksgiving (Jun 30)
Norway Avail Now Bonus Bible (Jul 30)
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WHAT’S INSIDE
1. Introduction 4
2. Lesson Plan Weekly Overview 8
3. Circle Time & Theme Board Pieces 10
4. Wake Up! Warm Up! (Daily Language & Math Drills) 45
5. Additional Language Activities 80
6. Additional Math Activities 108
7. Art Activity 113
8. Science Activities 116
9. Social Studies Activities 124
10. Gross Motor Games 129
11. Encouragement Elves 135
12. BONUS: Bible Activities (Birth of Moses) Coming July 2016 141
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1. INTRODUCTION
Hi and thank you for downloading the Home CEOTM Age 4 Preschool Homeschool curriculum
(Week 13 - Ocean Life)! We are Maraya Pearson and Ashley Smotherman and we are home-
schooling preschoolers just like you!
This packet is the first of 30 weeks of material for preschool homeschool. It was made for our
own little ones for when they turn four but it will work for high flying three’s and pre-K fives as
well. There are three “semesters” in this curriculum:
|| Semester 1: Exploring Our World (12 weeks)

|| Semester 2: Exploring Our Earth (9 weeks)
|| Semester 3: Exploring Our Community (9 weeks)
To implement this homeschool, you will need some basic supplies, but we’ve kept it simple
and most items you will likely have on hand or can procure easily. We have three books we
recommend each week which are common and/or award-winning titles and most can be
found at your local library.
We recommend a 3-3-3 schedule. Three “blocks” of school-time a day, three days a week for
three weeks a month. The details are outlined later in this section.
For this curriculum, you will need three spaces set aside as bulletin board surfaces. The first
will house the Circle Time pieces, which cover “All About Today” with “How’s the Weather”
and “What is Today” board. pieces The second board or surface of your choosing will be a
themed board where each week we provide a bulletin board header piece with the name
of the weekly theme and daily pictorial vocabulary cards to learn more about the theme of
the week. You will add three vocab cards to your theme board each day of the three days of
“class”, so it is a growing board that is an interactive element of each school day. The third and
last bulletin board will be used for various language activities throughout the 30 weeks. More
details for all of these boards is included in the instructions for the various sections.
Your bulletin boards can be as simple as a cardboard science project board, mounted cork-
board, a floor flip chart, or a magnet board. For some inspiration, scroll through our Instagram
(@healthyhomeceo) to see various types of equipment we use in our own homeschool.

RECOMMENDED CLASS SCHEDULE

The great thing about homeschooling is the flexibility of the schedule. What has worked for us
is to have a routine but without strict timelines. This allows us to lengthen a particular section if
we notice a little one is particularly engaged and we don’t want to break her concentration. It also
helps to provide space for real life - snacks, potty breaks, etc. After waking up, morning cuddles,
dressing and eating, this is our general routine:
Block 1 (Generally at the “Circle Time” area, except for the first bullet)
|| Feed a Pet: Social and emotional learning - teach the mantra: “Pets need help!”
|| Circle Time: Days of the Week and How’s the Weather songs. Optional add’l songs & rhymes.
|| Wake Up! Warm Up! Short Language and Math drills.
|| Vocabulary: Update the theme board with vocab cards related to the theme.
|| Reading Time: Read aloud the daily book selection.
Block 2: (Generally, but not always, at a table)
|| Language: Daily supplemental language activity, typically done at the table.

|| Math: Daily math activity.
|| Other Subjects: Day 1 is Art, Day 2 is Science or Cooking, & Day 3 is Social Studies.
Block 3: (Physical activity or getting “out and about”)
|| Physical Development/Gross Motor: A physical game / activity.

|| Socializing / Outings: Playdate, park, etc.
|| Optional Bible: Evening activities - coming July 2016
HELPFUL HINTS
|| In some cases, we provide you with cutouts for use with bulletin boards and visual displays in
your classroom that coordinate with the lessons. We provide both color and black and white
versions and sometimes, if applicable, will provide small and larger versions to suit your per-
sonal tastes. In these cases, make note of the page numbers you want to print and only print
out the versions that you need. **Note: Some or all of the vocabulary cards for the theme
board are available in color only.

|| The curriculum overview sheet summarizes everything and includes your book selections
for the week.
BINS
In our homeschool preschool, one thing we’ve found helpful is to have small bins for each
of the weekly learning centers that we pre-fill before the start of each week (Sunday after-
noon is a good time). We also have a separate set of bins that we use for long-term storage
of basic supplies. At the end of this packet, we’ve included the bin labels we use in our own
homeschool classroom in case you find this useful for organizing your home education envi-
ronment.
For the weekly bins, we use simple open-top white bins with handles from Ikea (see Insta-
gram @healthyhomeceo for some pictures of our homeschool) and for the long-term storage
we use clear Sterilite locking closed-top bins. Before we had collected all our plastic bins,
I wrapped diaper boxes with a neutral matte silver wrapping paper for our bins and taped
labels to those. If you choose our labels, just print on cardstock, laminate if desired and at-
tach with tape or those removable sticky padded square tab “thingys” (not sure what they are
called).
You can put weekly rotating center bins on a low shelf in a row or on a countertop or other-
wise unreachable surface (sometimes its a good option to keep the art supplies hidden from
hands until you’re ready). When you are ready for that activity in the homeschool schedule
rotation, simply grab the bin and proceed.
PRACTICAL LIFE PRACTICE

One thing we really like to support in our homeschool is the Montessori-inspired “practical
life” activities. By having your child help with washing the table, washing dishes, sweeping,
dusting their school room environment, etc. we engender care and respect for the environ-
ment.
We recommend putting child-size cleaning equipment in a small child-size bucket within

close reach of the school room and use transition times to have your children “help” with the
clean up. Label their supplies with the “Practical Life” label or a more specific picture label.

Granted the children’s “cleaning” isn’t generally perfect, but the act of assisting is a helpful practice
that engender care and respect for the environment and fosters a helping spirit, even if it’s not real-
ly “clean”. (The purpose is more for teaching a life practice of order and cleanliness as opposed to
truly bearing the responsibility for cleaning at this young age).
ART CREDITS
This packet includes images and fonts, used with permission, from the following graphic artists and
art providers. Click on the links to learn more about these amazing artists!
|| Whimsy Clips by Laura Strickland

|| Creative Clips by Krista Wallden
|| Dancing Crayon
|| Z is for Zebra
|| Graphics from the Pond (http://graphicsfromthepond.blogspot.com)
|| The Lost Teacher
|| Kimberly Geswein Fonts
|| Pablo Impallari Cabin font
|| Wiki Commons Photos
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2. LESSON PLAN OVERVIEW
| A Complete Year for Children Age 4 by Home CEOTM|
Ocean Semester 2:
Life Our
Exploring
Earth (Week 13)
All About Today Board: WUWU (MATH): Vocab Theme Board: Book Selections:
|| Days of the Week || Day 1: Counting 1-50 || Each day, read and || Day 1: The Little Mer-
|| How’s the Weather || Day 2: Numeration add 6-7 vocab cards maid Big Golden
|| Songs & Rhymes || Day 3: Number Fam- to theme board. Book by RH Disney
BLOCK 1
ilies || Day 2: Little Shark by

WUWU (Language): Anne Rockwell
|| Day 1: Ending Sounds (B) || Day 3: by Paul Gal-
|| Day 2: Beginning Sounds done
Review (A, B, C)
|| Day 3: Writing Practice
on the Marker Board
Activities (Bin 3): Activities (Bin 4): Art Project (Bin 5):
|| Day 1: Word Family Re- || Day 1: Encouragement || Day 1: Paper Plate Shark
union Intro & Hunt for Elves (Make)
BLOCK 2
AT, AN || Day 2: Encouragement World Trip Travel Journal (Bin 6-7):

|| Day 2: Build AT and AN Elves (Pack and Tally) || Day 2 (Science): Life Cycle of a Sea Turtle, Land/
Words, Puzzle Piece 1 || Day 3: :Pirate Hunt Game Air/Sea Classification Activity, Add science
|| Day 3: Gone Fishing and section divider into the Travel Notebook
Ocean ABC practice || Day 3 (Social Studies): Build an Ocean Scene,
worksheets. Where in the World is Ocean Life?
Physical Development: || Daily chore/pet care || Optional evening

BLOCK 3
|| Day 1: Numeration Rock Toss || 3-4 outside activi- Bible activity: Moses’
|| Day 2: Number Family Fishing ties/week (library, Birth (*Available July
|| Day 3: Ocean-themed Action Cards park, playdate, etc.) 2016)
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3. CIRCLE TIME
& Theme Board
In the Home CEO Age 4 curriculum, we have three “boards” up in the classroom at all
times: a theme board (changes weekly - this is simple, we promise), a circle time board
and a specialty board which changes each semester. For the boards, you can use three
corkboards, magnetic white boards or trifold science project boards or any combination
thereof. We recommend using removable “sticky tab squares” to reuse these boards
again and again. This section provides these pieces except where noted.
|| (1) Circle Time Board: Please see the supplemental Circle Time PDF includ-
ed in the zip file you downloaded with this packet for the How’s the Weather and
What is Today Circle Time Board pieces. Please supplement these pieces with a
monthly wall calendar of your choosing to practice months of the year (put a gold
star on each day and chant the 12 months). We recommend using Super Simple
Song’s Hows the Weather, Days of the Week and Months chant songs, which you
can download on iTunes, learn on YouTube or purchase their CD.
|| (2) Theme Board: Use the header pieces included in this section and the vo-
cab cards, included in the Language section to build your weekly theme boards. You
can also include the bonus earth environment circles however you wish.
|| (3) Specialty Board: This semester we’ll be adding pieces weekly to a Word
Family Reunion board and all these pieces are included in the Language Section.
Suggested Circle Time Sequence

|| What is Today song (Super Simple Songs)
|| How’s the Weather song (Super Simple Songs)
|| Months of the Year Chant & put gold star on today (Super Simple Songs)
|| 3 Songs or Rhymes - include “One, Two, Three, Four Five” this week
| Circle Time: Songs & Rhymes |
Baa Baa, Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy,
Who lives down the lane.
Skills Practice:
||Count the words that start with B.
||How many words are in the title?
||Count the
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Jack & Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and home did trot,

As fast as he could caper;
And went to bed and bound his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with Jill?
||How many syllables are in the first sentence?
||How many words start with “J” in this nursery rhyme?
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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with sat?
||How many words can you find that start with the letterH?
||How many words end with the letter L?
Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Skills Practice:
||How many words start with the letter S?
||How many characters are there in this nursery rhyme?
||What words rhyme with “ran”?
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with star?
||How many words start with the letter T?
||How many syllables are in the first line “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”?
Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed up the waterspout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed up the spout again.
Skills Practice:
||Which words end in the letter D? In the letter N?
||What words rhyme with sun?
||What is the opposite of wet? Sunny? Up?
Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
Skills Practice:
||How many letters are in Mary’s name?
||How many W’s can you find?
||How many words can you find that start with the letter L?
Hickory Dickory Dock

Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Skills Practice:
||What other words rhyme with dock and clock?
||Which arrow is the minutes hand and which hand is the hours hand?
||Sing the song up to 12.
Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Skills Practice:
||How many one syllable words are there in this rhyme?
||How many a’s can you find?.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Skills Practice:
One, Two, Three Four Five

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive,
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right..
Skills Practice:
||Which fish is on the right? The left?
||How many fingers do I have? Toes?
||Can you think of any other words that rhyme with bite?
Baa Baa, Black Sheep

Baa baa black sheep,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy,
Who lives down the lane.
Skills Practice:
||Count the words that start with B.
||How many words are in the title?
||Count the
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Jack & Jill

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and home did trot,

As fast as he could caper;
And went to bed and bound his head,
With vinegar and brown paper.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with Jill?
||How many syllables are in the first sentence?
||How many words start with “J” in this nursery rhyme?
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with sat?
||How many words can you find that start with the letterH?
||How many words end with the letter L?
Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddle,
The cat and the fiddle,
The cow jumped over the moon.
The little dog laughed,
To see such sport,
And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Skills Practice:
||How many words start with the letter S?
||How many characters are there in this nursery rhyme?
||What words rhyme with “ran”?
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light,
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night.
As your bright and tiny spark
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Skills Practice:
||What words rhyme with star?
||How many words start with the letter T?
||How many syllables are in the first line “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”?
Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed up the waterspout.
Down came the rain,
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun,
And dried up all the rain,
And the itsy bitsy spider,
Climbed up the spout again.
Skills Practice:
||Which words end in the letter D? In the letter N?
||What words rhyme with sun?
||What is the opposite of wet? Sunny? Up?
Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary had a little lamb,
His fleece was white as snow,
And everywhere that Mary went,
The lamb was sure to go.
He followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule,
It made the children laugh and play
To see a lamb at school.
Skills Practice:
||How many letters are in Mary’s name?
||How many W’s can you find?
||How many words can you find that start with the letter L?
Hickory Dickory Dock

The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
The mouse ran down,
Skills Practice:
Little Miss Muffet

Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Skills Practice:
||How many one syllable words are there in this rhyme?
||How many a’s can you find?.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.
Skills Practice:
One, Two, Three Four Five

One, two, three, four, five,
Once I caught a fish alive,
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
Then I let it go again.
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so.
Which finger did it bite?
This little finger on the right..
Skills Practice:
||Which fish is on the right? The left?
||How many fingers do I have? Toes?
||Can you think of any other words that rhyme with bite?
Theme Board Bulleting Board Pieces (Option 1 - Small)
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Cut along the dotted line and use this piece as the header for your weekly themed
bulletin board. Each day you’ll be helping your child(ren) add themed vocabulary
cards to the board as they learn some preschool basics about the country. Available
in large and small sizes and color and black and white. (Choose one).

Theme Board Bulleting Board Pieces (Option 2 - Large)
Print on cardstock, cut along the dotted line and paste together. Note: I
made a little overlap to give you room to paste the two sides together).

Board Bulletin Board Pieces (Exploring Our Earth Icons)
Use these pieces on your specialty board (Word Family Reunion - see
Language section) or throughout your classroom to emphasize the
theme of this semester.
Semester 2 / Week 1 Semester 2 / Week 2

(Year Week 13) (Year Week 14)



(Year Week 19) (Program Week 20)
Semester 2 / Week 9
(Year Week 21)





(Year Week 19) (Program Week 20)
Semester 2 / Week 9
(Year Week 21)

BULLETIN BOARD HEADER
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Cut along the dotted line and use this piece as the header for your weekly themed
bulletin board. Each day you’ll be helping your child(ren) add themed vocabulary
cards to the board as they learn some preschool basics about the country. Available
in large and small sizes and color and black and white. (Choose one).

Theme Board Bulleting Board Pieces (Option 2 - Large)
Print on cardstock, cut along the dotted line and paste together. Note: I
made a little overlap to give you room to paste the two sides together).

4. Wake Up!
Warm Up!
Wake Up! Warm Up! is a series of quick daily drills, one for language and one for math,
done in the first block of the school day after the Circle Time for the three days a
week of homeschool preschool. Wake Up! Warm Up! Activities take a few minutes
each. Think punchy, fast, and upbeat. Once done, be ready to quickly move onto the
next activity.
In the pages that follow, you’ll have the items necessary for these activities.
In Semester 2, we’ll be reviewing ending sounds and reviewing beginning sounds in

the WUWUs while in the Language Arts time we’ll be focusing on building rhyme
words.
In this week, your child will practice listening for words that end in the letter B, review-
ing beginning sounds A, B and C and practice writing rhyme words on a marker board,
chalkboard or piece of paper with you.
In the math warmups, your child will work on counting fluency 1-50 and number
families.

Ocean Life: Wake Up! Warm Up!

At the start of the week, lay out all the materials for the Wake Up Warm Up! Activities
you’ll do in the first block of the morning (one quick interactive activity for both lan-
guage and math daily for each of the three days a week of our homeschool preschool).
As a reminder, here is the suggested schedule for our curriculum, which you may adapt
any way you’d like to meet your needs.
Block 1 (At the “Circle Time” area)

|| Feed a Pet: Social and emotional learning - teach the mantra: “Pets need help!”
|| Circle Time: Days of the Week & How’s the Weather song. Songs & rhymes.
|| Wake Up! Warm Up! Short Language and Math drills.
|| Vocabulary: Update the theme board with vocab cards related to the theme.
|| Reading Time: Read aloud the daily book selection.
Block 2: (Generally, but not always, at a table)

|| Language: Daily supplemental language activity, typically done at the table.
|| Math: Daily math activity.
|| Other Subjects: Day 1 is Art, Day 2 is Science or Cooking, & Day 3 is Social Studies.
Block 3: (Physical activity or getting “out and about”)

|| Physical Development/Gross Motor: A physical game / activity.
|| Socializing / Outings: Playdate, park, etc.
|| Optional Bible: Evening activities - coming July 2016

| Ocean Life: WAKE UP! WARM UP! (Language) |
Wake Up Warm Up! LANGUAGE / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: Letter B Flashcard
Day 1
Ending Sounds (B): Today your child will be listening for words that end with the letter B.
|| Script: Clap four times in rhythm and say: “Wake Up! Warm Up! Today we’re going to
practice listening for the letter B. What does B say? Buh! That’s right. Today is special
because today we’re going to listen for B at the end of a word. Can you hear the B at the
end of the word “web”? (sounding out slowly) Weh-Eh-Buh. Now, I’m going to say some
words. When you hear the B at the end of the word, point to the letter B. If you don’t hear
a B, stay still. Do you understand? (Verify understanding). Okay. Great. Let’s start.
Words: web, tree, dab, car, sat, tab, ten, crab, pat, cab, jab, peg, bib, no, bob, knob, fish.
Wake Up Warm Up! LANGUAGE / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: A, B, C Flashcards
Day 2
Beginning Sounds Review (A, B, C): Review and fluency for identifying A, B, & C sounds.
|| Script: “Wake Up! Warm Up! Today we’re practicing A, B and C. When I say a word that starts with the
letter A (agh or a [long a[ sound), point to A. When you hear B Buh at the start of a word, point to B.
When you hear the letter c cuh sound, point to C. Are you ready to try? Okay. Let’s practice. Apple. Yes!
That’s right apple is a word that starts with the letter A “Agh” sound. Let’s do some more.
Words: Apple, blueberry, car, bus, cab, acorn, astronaut, bread, cake, cry, best, animal,
ape, corn, cat, cot, barn, bun, ax.
Wake Up Warm Up! Materials:

LANGUAGE / Week 13: Ocean Life
Markerboard, Chalkboard or Paper
Day 3 and your AT and AN word cards
Writing AT words: Today we’ll reinforce the “at” and “an” words with writing. Write
“___AT” on the board (with a line in front of the at. Pick 2 AT and 2 AN word cards (see
Language section for the cards).
|| Script: “Wake Up! Warm Up! Today we’re going to write some of your AT words and AN words. Here is
the A and T. Here is a word card. What letter is missing? C! (with cat). That’s right. Now write the letter
C here. Great! Let’s try one more. (Repeat with two AN words).
If your child wants to do a few more, go ahead, but stop while she’s still having fun.

| Ocean Life: Language Wake Up! Warm Up! (Alphabet Flashcards) |
Letters A, B, C (Color)
Aa Bb
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Clipart Copyright Whimsy Clips
| Ocean Life: Language Wake Up! Warm Up! (Alphabet Flashcards) |
Letters A, B, C - Black and White
Aa Bb
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Clipart Copyright Whimsy Clips
| Ocean Life: WAKE UP! WARM UP! (Math) |
Wake Up Warm Up! MATH / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: Counting Poster Visual Aid
Day 1
Today we will be doing rote counting, 1-50.
|| Script: “Today we’ll move our bodies, while counting from 1 to 50. We’re going to do some
fun moves and count like crabs!” (Show child how to count while opening and closing
hands like crab pinching something, reaching to the right, left, right, left, right, cross-
ing the middle of the body) “Great!”
Option: You may also use the counting poster provided to practice counting up to 50.
Wake Up Warm Up! Materials:

MATH / Week 13: Ocean Life
1 copy Touch Point Posters 0-5,
Day 2 Touch Point Cards 0-5, Play-Doh
Today we will practice numeration (recognizing the amount represented by numbers)
0-5, using touch points. You’ll want to print and (if possible) laminate the Touch Point
Posters and Cards ahead of time for this introductory lesson.
|| Script: “Today we’re going to learn a new way to help us remember how many things to
count when we see a certain number. You have little cards and I have big ones. Together,
we’re going to look at each card, touch the points on the number, and then say the name
of the number. Then, we’ll fill our touch points with Play-Doh and do it again!”
Wake Up Warm Up! MATH / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: 1 copy Number Family Houses,
Day 3 Number Family Crab Cards
Today we will learn about number families (recognizing what numbers go together to
make other numbers). Remind your child of the touch points, using the posters. Explain
that today they’re going to put 2 numbers together to make another number.
|| Script: “Today we’re going to help some crab families find their homes! (Show them a
house card). There is a number on the mailbox. That’s how many crabs live at this house.
Let’s build some families!” For house number 2, put 1 and 1 crab together. Explore a
few additional sheets, working your way up to house number 5.
Visual Aid for Counting Activities (Color Only)
To help your child keep track of larger counting quantities, use this visual aid. Print,, laminate if desired and at-
tach to a bulletin board or use standalone.
Let’s Count!

1-100
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
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51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
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0 zero
1
one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
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Touch Point Cards
0 1 2
zero one two
3 4 5
three four five

| Ocean Life: Math Wake Up! Warm Up! (Number Families-Color) |
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Directions: Explore quantities and number family relationships by pairing groupings
of crabs to arrive at the number “address” on the house cards. For house number
5 for example, a 4 and 1 will work or a 2 and 3 together or a 5 and 0. Explore with
your child different combinations of numbers.
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
0

| Ocean Life: Math Wake Up! Warm Up! (Touch Point Posters-B&W) |
0 zero
1
one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
| Ocean Life: Math Wake Up! Warm Up! (Touch Point Cards-B&W) |
Touch Point Cards
0 1 2
zero one two
3 4 5
three four five

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Directions: Explore quantities and number family relationships by pairing groupings
of crabs to arrive at the number “address” on the house cards. For house number
5 for example, a 4 and 1 will work or a 2 and 3 together or a 5 and 0. Explore with
your child different combinations of numbers.
5
4
4
3
3
2
2
1
1
0

5. LANGUAGE
Activities Overview
In addition to the quick language practice done during the Wake Up, Warm Ups, we
have additional language practice during the week and that’s what’s in this section.
VOCABULARY CARDS FOR YOUR WEEKLY THEME BOARD

The first items you’ll see here are the vocabulary cards. Each day review 6-7 cards and
have your child(ren) add them to your growing weekly theme board.
WORD FAMILY REUNION & PRACTICE WORKSHEETS

Following the vocabulary cards, we have three activities to do, one for each day of the
3-day homeschool week.
Day 1 we will introduce the new semester’s specialty bulletin board - the Word Family
Reunion with a “Legend of the Lost Words” story. After reading the story, your child
will go on a hunt for AT and AN word cards.
(There is a lot more detail on this to follow but essentially you will be been building a
growing language skills bulletin board to practice rhyming word families during weeks
13-21, (Semester 2) of our 30-week Age 4 preschool homeschool curriculum.
Day 2 you’ll practice building AT and AN words and on Day 3 you’ll be doing themed
review practice worksheets.
Enjoy!

WEEKLY THEME BOARD Daily Vocab Cards (Week 13: Ocean Life)
Each day, review 6-7 cards with your little one(s) and have them post it to your bulletin board.
A baracuda can grow to 6 A clownfish lives around

feet long. They are aggresive anemones. Anemones sting, but
fish with long fang-like teeth. clownfish don’t feel it.
Crabs have ten legs (two are Dolphins breath air from a
claws). They walk sideways and hole on the top of their head.
if they lose a leg, it grows back! They live in groups called pods.

Jellyfish are beautiful but An octopus has eight legs.

their sting can be very They squirt out black ink when
dangerous. Jellyfish are very they are afraid. They live alone
old. They lived before dinosaurs! and like to eat crabs and shrimp.
An orca or killer whale Puffer fish or blow-

is a type of dolphin. They are fish can fill up their stomachs
skilled hunters and are often with water to get much bigger.
called “wolves of the deep” for Puffer fish are very poisonous
how they work together to hunt. so they shouldn’t be eaten.
Sea turtles hatch from eggs

buried on a beach. They return Seagulls are very intelligent
to the same beach to lay their birds. They have close families.
eggs! Sea turtles lived on earth A mommy and daddy gull stay
when disosaurs did! together for their whole life!
Seals canhold their breath

Seahorse dads hold their
babies in pouches on their for up to two hours. They can
tummies until they hatch from sleep underwater and a layer
eggs. of blubber under their skin
keeps them warm in cold water.
Sharks can’t stop swimming The Red Sea Star eats tiny
because if they do, they’ll stop plants called algae. Algae plants
breathing! are so small you can’t see them.
Bluespotted ribbon- Blue whales are the biggest

tail rays won’t eat in a fish
tank so they’re rarely seen at animals on earth. They weigh as
aquariums. much as 20 elephants!

By Bart Braun (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Lobsters can live up to 70 A beach is a landform

years and even stronger (and made of sand, loose gravel or
more fertile) with age!
*Teacher Fun Fact: This is believed to be due to their high levels of pebbles. You can find lots of
the enzyme telomerase which humans only in high amaounts as embry-
os! Naturally, it’s being studied for its anti-aging properties! shells there!
ARCTIC
ATLANTIC
PACIFIC
PACIFIC INDIAN
SOUTHERN
There are five oceans in the world.

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion - An Earth Expedition) |
Word Family Reunion!

During the nine weeks in our “Exploring Our Earth” semester from our Home CEOTM
Age 4 Complete Year Homeschool Preschool Curriculum, we’ll be going on an earth
expedition to nine different earth (and space) environments to find 18 missing word
families which were “lost long ago”.
For this activity, which crosses all nine weeks of the semester, you will need 18 1”
metal rings (the kinds that snap open and shut) OR ribbon to hold together 18 sets
of word family cards. (For this week, you only need two). You can get the metal rings
from an office supply store. If you don’t have a chance to get these, just use baggies.
You will be explorers who go on expeditions to new places to find new word families.
Each week your child will earn a puzzle piece for finding and building word families.
When they’ve collected all nine pieces they will be able to create one big “word family
picture” and successfully reunite all 18 word families that were separated long ago.
As a reminder, if you’re using our suggested schedule, you’ll do the additional

language activities in Block 2 of your day. Review the suggested schedule at
the start of this document, if needed).
On Day 1 during Language time in Block 2, you’ll start by reading the Legend of
the Lost Words. This introduces our language skills “quest” for this semester
(which is to basically practice 18 word families through various activities to naturally,
through the course of word exploration, imbue the concept that letters form words to
have your child eventually learn on his or her “own” that “aha! wow! these are words!”
which is a magical moment).
After reading the legend, have your child “find” this week’s _AM and _AT word cards
that you’ll place around the school room and house (you may want to set this up the
night before or have the child wait in their room for a few minutes to set it up) .

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion - An Earth Expedition) |
For the first day when the task is simply to find and discover these words, you don’t
need to delve too much (if at all, really) into the mechanics of sounding out the words
- we will get to that in Day 2 this week - but just read the word with your child brightly
and cheerfully (if they don’t surmise it from the pictures on the word cards already) as
they find the word. Once your child has found all the word cards, hook them together
via metal rings. (This can be a nice fine motor activity for them). These card sets will
be the “control cards” which you’ll use on Day 2 to build the words.
On Day 2, you’ll practice the mechanics of building the word families. You can use
a moveable alphabet to do this OR you can use our divided cards. If using our cards,
sit on the ground together or the table, whichever you prefer, and put out the ending
sound (_at, _am, etc) at the top of your child’s workspace with the individual letters at
the bottom. Pick a control card from your ringed word family sets and ask your child to
combine the sounds to make the words.
On Day 3 you’ll do practice review sheets (Gone Fishing and Ocean ABC’s).
Semester 2’s Specialty Bulletin Board (Word Family Reunion):

In the following pages, you’ll also get the pieces to make this semester’s specialty bul-
letin board, which you’ll add to each week with a new puzzle piece. For the board, use a
bulletin board, magnetic marker board, poster board or science board (your choice).
The Word Family Reunion board will consist of:
|| The blue “Word Family Reunion” lettering

|| A copy of the treasure map
|| A copy of the “Legend of the Lost Words” story
|| Earth Environment Icons (see the Circle Time and Theme Board section)
|| The BLANK WHITE COPY of the puzzle board
|| Each week of the 9 weeks in this semester, you’re child will paste ONE of the 9 col-
ored puzzle pieces on top of the blank puzzle template
Our Approach Here: What we’re trying to do is not so much teach reading
directly but to provide various playful activities that allow the child to almost discover
reading “themselves” because if they take the “credit” for that discovery, it tends to
lead to more interest in reading (at least this is our take on Maria Montessori’s philoso-
phy on teaching reading, which Home CEO is definitely inspired by). This semester’s
word family CVC (consonant vowel consonant) word activities are a natural progression
from the time we spent practicing letter sounds throughout semester one. Enjoy!

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Board Lettering - Color) |
Directions: Print and put on your Word Family Reunion specialty board to have up for the whole semester.

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LEGEND of the
Lost Words
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, 18 word families were
having a nice familiy reunion vacation aboard a lovely ship, in the wide
open sea. Suddenly a storm arose and the wind and rain sunk their

ship! All the word families were thrown overboard! Luckily
everyone escaped but all the words and their word families were
scattered across nine different places all over the earth!
Some swam ashore to a desert land. Some landed in the rainforest.

Others found themselves in the safari plains, some in the mountains,
some in ponds and rivers and some in a frozen arctic and antarctic
environment. One family wound up at Old Macdonald’s farm and some
words got so lost they wound up in outer space! Two word families
never reached shore and have been swimming in the ocean ever since!
But legend has it that [one more more] brave explorers can find all
the words and reunite the families! Are you that explorer?
You’ll find two new word
families each week as
we explore different
lands. Each week, you’ll
get a special puzzle
piece as you build words.
Collect all nine to reunite
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the word families!
| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Treasure Map - Color) |
Directions: Print, cut out the map and legend story and put on your Word Family Reunion specialty board
to have up for the whole semester. All of these nine places on this map correspond to the nine units in
Semester 2 “Exploring Our Earth”.

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Weekly Puzzle Pieces - Color)
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Directions: Print out, cut into pieces but DO NOT give to your child all at once!
Wk 1 Wk 2 Wk 3 Your child will earn one piece per week for the nine weeks of the semester, after
Day 2 when he or she will “build” the two sets of word family words that day.
Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 For this week, after your child completes the AT and AM word building activities
(see the Day 2 cards), give them one puzzle piece and have him or her paste it
onto the blank puzzle template on your Word Family Reunion bulletin board.
Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9
See the puzzle piece delivery schedule to the left.

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Blank Puzzle for Board)
Directions: Print, cut out around the perimenter (do NOT cut as individual pieces) and place onto your Word
Family Reunion Bulletin Board. It will serve as a placeholder for where your child will collect the pieces
they’ll earn each week. (Given these are young children this will be a valuable exercise in patience for me-
thodically sticking with it as an opportunity to learn how anything can be accomplished with perserverece).
_AM & _AT Words _AP & _An Words _AD & _IG Words
_ip & _iT Words _in & _op Words
_ot & _ox Words
_ug & _un Words _ut & _et Words
_en & _ed Words

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Board Lettering - B/W) |

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Reunion Treasure Map - B/W) |

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Letter Sounds Train) |
LEGEND of the
Lost Words
Once upon a time, in a land far far away, 18 word families were
having a nice familiy reunion vacation aboard a lovely ship, in the wide

open sea. Suddenly a storm arose and the wind and rain sunk their
ship! All the word families were thrown overboard! Luckily
everyone escaped but all the words and their word families were
scattered across nine different places all over the earth!
Some swam ashore to a desert land. Some landed in the rainforest.

Others found themselves in the safari plains, some in the mountains,
some in ponds and rivers and some in a frozen arctic and antarctic
environment. One family wound up at Old Macdonald’s farm and some
words got so lost they wound up in outer space! Two word families
never reached shore and have been swimming in the ocean ever since!
But legend has it that [one more more] brave explorers can find all
the words and reunite the families! Are you that explorer?
You’ll find two new word
families each week
as we explore differ-
ent lands. Each week,
you’ll get a special puz-
zle piece as you build
words. Collect all nine
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families!
| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Card Covers - Color) |
Directions: Note: We will only use _AM and _AT this week. Print, (on cardstock if desired). Punch a hole at the
top, attach via a a ring clip after your child has “found them” on Day 1 (see section overview) Set aside a small
to medium sized basket to contain all the word family sets, which you’ll collect over the next 9 weeks. We’ve
provided the whole semester’s title pages in here, in case you want to print those pages in color all at once.

_AM _AT
Words AM Family
Words AT Family
_AP _AN
AN
Words AP Family
Words AN Family
_AD _IG IG
Words AD Family
Words IG Family
_IP IP _IT
Words IP Family
Words IT Family
_IN IN _OP
Words IN Family Words OP Family

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(Word Family Cover Cards, continued)
_OT _OX
Words OT Family
Words OX Family
_UG _UN
Words UG Family
Words UN Family
_UT _ET
Words UT Family
Words ET Family
_EN _ED
Words EN Family
Words ED Family


| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Card Covers - B/W) |
Directions: Note: We will only use _AM and _AT this week. Print, on cardstock if desired. Punch a hole at the
top, attach via a a ring clip after your child has “found them” on Day 1 (see section overview) Set aside a small
to medium sized basket to contain all the word family sets, which you’ll collect over the next 9 weeks. We’ve
provided all the title pages in color here, in case you want to print those pages in color all at once.

_AM _AT
Words AM Family
Words AT Family
_AP _AN
AN
Words AP Family
Words AN Family
_AD _IG IG
Words AD Family
Words IG Family
_IP IP _IT
Words IP Family
Words IT Family
_IN IN _OP
Words IN Family Words OP Family

| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Card Covers - B/W) |
(Word Family Cover Cards, continued)
_OT _OX
Words OT Family
Words OX Family
_UG _UN
Words UG Family
Words UN Family
_UT _ET
Words UT Family
Words ET Family
_EN _ED
Words EN Family
Words ED Family


| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Control Cards (_at, _am) - Color) |
Directions: Print, hole punch. Hide on Day 1 and have your child find these and help put them into rings with their
cover cards. These full word cards will serve as control cards to help with constructing the words on Day 2.
HAM JAM
SAM PAM
RAM AM
CAT FAT
RAT HAT
| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Control Cards (_at, _am) - Color) |
AT SAT
BAT BAT
MAT PAT
AM AT

Pair these blank cards with the beginning sound cards
on the next page to make a “flippable” word builder on
your metal rings. When first building the words, do so
on a flat surface and manually pair the words. But use
this flippable version as a review on Day 3 and at other
times, as needed.

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Directions: Print, cut out. Using the control cards as reference, build the AM and AT words to earn a puzzle piece. These pieces can be
(_at, _am) - Color) |
placed on the rings as well to flip and build a word using the blank AM and AT cards on the previous page. Store these on the word family
rings when not in use.
R
P
Ocean Life: Language Day 2 (Word Building Cards
B
F
P
H
S
H
R
C
M

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| Ocean Life: Language Day 1 (Word Family Control Cards (_at, _am)- B/W) |
Directions: Print, hole punch. Hide on Day 1 and have your child find these and help put them into rings with
their cover cards. These full word cards will serve as control cards to help with constructing the words on Day 2.
HAM JAM
SAM PAM
RAM AM
CAT FAT
RAT HAT
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AT SAT
BAT BAT
MAT PAT
AM AT

Pair these blank cards with the beginning sound cards
on the next page to make a “flippable” word builder on
your metal rings. When first building the words, do so
on a flat surface and manually pair the words. But use
this flippable version as a review on Day 3 and at other
times, as needed.

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Directions: Print, cut out. Using the control cards as reference, build the AM and AT words to earn a puzzle piece. These pieces can be
|
placed on the rings as well to flip and build a word using the blank AM and AT cards on the previous page. Store these on the word family
- B/W)
rings when not in use.

S
B
R
P
(_at, _am)
Ocean Life: Language Day 2 (Word Building Cards
B
F
P
H
S
H
R
C
M

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| Ocean Life: Language Day 3 |
Name: ________________________
Gone Fishing
Directions: Draw a line to match the uppercase and lowercase letters.
A B C
c b a
Directions: Circle the words that start with A.

| Ocean Life: Language Day 3 |
Name: ________________________
Ocean ABC’s
Directions: Say or write in the missing letters. Find the pictures that do not belong in the ocean.
A B C D
F H J
L M O
P R S T
U V W Y
Z
| A Complete Year for Children Aged 4-5 |
6. MATH
Activities
Welcome to the Math activities for our Ocean Life unit! We’ll be focusing
on counting from 1-50 and recognizing numbers and number families (0-5)
during our morning quick drills time, as well as doing other engaging activities
to solidify these concepts taught during our preschool week!
Days 1 and 2 for math you’ll be doing Encouragement Elves, a service learn-
ing math tallyting activity (see section 11 for those activities). Encouragement
Elves is done every third week during the math time in our 30 week curricu-
lum.

| Ocean Life: Math Day 3 (Color) |
Touch Point Pirate Treasure Hunt

You U
h
Lo th got -oh!
i n
se e s stu
a t and ck
urn .
.
Begin Your
Journey Here! You reached the
top of the hill!
Move forward 2
more spaces.
Your swimming skills You found the palm

are not so great, so tree from the map!
you got stuck in the Move forward an
middle of the lake! extra 2 spaces.
Lose a turn.
Large boulders have

blocked the path. Go back 1
space and try to pass again.
You found
the
treasure!
You win a duel! Your parrot flies off

Move 3 spaces closer with the map! Follow
to the treasure! him back 2 spaces.
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| Ocean Life: Math Day 3 (Color) |
1
0 2
543
Game Directions
Set up:
Print game board, spinner, and game pieces on
card stock. Attach arrow to center of spinner
pie with a brad. Clip clothes pins to bottoms of
pirate game pieces, to make them stand up.
How to play:
Beginning with the youngest player and moving
to the next player to the left, spin the arrow,
count the touch points on the number, and
then move the number of spaces indicated.
If player lands on a space with an image on
it, player must follow directions located next
to that image. Winner is the first pirate who
reaches the treasure. X marks the spot!

| Ocean Life: Math Day 3 (B&W) |
Touch Point Pirate Treasure Hunt

You U
h
Lo th got -oh!
i n
se e s stu
a t and ck
urn .
.
Begin Your
Journey Here! You reached the
top of the hill!
Move forward 2
more spaces.
Your swimming skills You found the palm

are not so great, so tree from the map!
you got stuck in the Move forward an
middle of the lake! extra 2 spaces.
Lose a turn.
Large boulders have

blocked the path. Go back 1
space and try to pass again.
You found
the
treasure!
You win a duel! Your parrot flies off

Move 3 spaces closer with the map! Follow
to the treasure! him back 2 spaces.
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| Ocean Life: Math Day 3 (B&W) |
1
0 2
543
Game Directions
Set up:
Print game board, spinner, and game pieces on
card stock. Attach arrow to center of spinner
pie with a brad. Clip clothes pins to bottoms of
pirate game pieces, to make them stand up.
How to play:
Beginning with the youngest player and moving
to the next player to the left, spin the arrow,
count the touch points on the number, and
then move the number of spaces indicated.
If player lands on a space with an image on
it, player must follow directions located next
to that image. Winner is the first pirate who
reaches the treasure. X marks the spot!

7. Art
Activity
(Paper Plate Shark)
Use these pages for the art project typically done in the second school block
of the day on the first day of your school week. (In Block 2, following the
language and math supplemental activities, you do art on day 1, science or
cooking on day 2 and social studies on day 3.)
Supply List Basics

|| Thin white paper plate || Pen or pencil
|| Blue construction paper or (optional) || Scissors
shark body template || Glue
|| Googly eyes || Crayons, markers, or paint
|| (optional) Gold Fish snack crackers

Accompanies the Homeschool Preschool Curriculum by Home CEOTM
ART - Project Reference Sheet
Example
Ocean Life
Paper Plate Shark
Project Credit: http://almostunschoolers.blogspot.com/2011/03/paper-plate-

shark-craft.html
Instructions
1. Fold paper plate in half, and cut triangles (for teeth) all along the edge.
2. Fold triangles down, toward inside of folded plate.
3. Use blue construction paper to cut basic fish shape and triangle (for dorsal
fin) or cut out template provided.
4. Color outsides of paper plate (with crayons, markers, or paint) gray-blue to

match your construciton paper.
5. Glue the googly eyes, paper plate jaw, and dorsal fin onto your fish body
and add some (optional) Gold Fish snack crackers inside your shark’s mouth!

ART - Project Reference Sheet

8. SCIENCE Activities
(Sea Turtle Life cycle & Land/Air/Sea Classifica-
tion)
In the next nine weeks you’ll be doing life science activities because life science
is such a fascinating area of study for little ones.
You’ll be doing your science activity in Block Two of the day after your language
and math activities. We recommend doing art, science and then social studies
as the third activity in Block 2 on days 1, 2, and 3 respectively.
For science this week you’ll be doing a sea turtle life cycle and a land-air-sea
classification activity.
Since we’ll be doing nine life cycles these next nine weeks, we’ve included a
cover page for you to either create a new ”My First Science” notebook OR sim-
ply add the section page break sheet to the next page in your child’s “My First
Travel Notebook”, (which you received the cover and pages for in Semester 1) to
give some structure around these new elements in the notebook. Personally,
in our homeschool, we are simply adding the section break page into our exist-
ing “My First Travel Notebook” as additional places we’ve visited (ocean, desert,
safari environments, etc) all over the world. But we leave that to you as both
options are available.
The land versus sea activity can be done as a separate activity or pasted into
your child’s notebook.

| Ocean Life: Science (My First Travel Notebook New Section Divider) |
Directions: Either add the science activities to your child’s existing “My First Travel
Notebook OR get a new lab notebook for the science activities this semester.
Exploring Our
Earth
9 environments
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| Ocean Life: Science (Optional New Notebook Cover) |
Directions: Either add the science activities to your child’s existing “My First Travel
Notebook OR get a new lab notebook for these science activities.
My First
Science
Notebook
Name:
Date / Age:

| Ocean Life: Science (Optional Science Notebook Table of Contents) |
Page Title
1 Life cycle of a Sea Turtle
2 Life Cycle of a Crocodile
3 Life Cycle of a Dung Beetle
4 Life Cycle of an Eagle
5 Life Cycle of a Plant
6 Life Cycle of a Chicken
7 Life Cycle of a Penguin
8 Life Cycle of a Frog
9 Moon Phases

| Ocean Life: Science (Life Cycle Journal Page) |
Directions: Cut on the dotted line and add to your child’s“Travel Journal” notebook.
Cutouts and steps are on the next page.
Life Cycle
of a Sea Turtle!
In the Ocean Life unit, I learned about creatures that live
in the ocean! This is a sea turtle is born and grows up!
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| Ocean Life: Science (Life Cycle Journal Page) |
Directions
Cut out the pieces and paste onto the life cycle. Read the life cycle explanation out
loud to your child as he or she starts the activity to help them understand how a turtle
is born.
The Sea TurtLe Life Cycle Explanation script
The life of a sea turtle starts when a mother turtle lays eggs on a beach. She digs a
hole and can lay about 100 eggs. The group of eggs is called a clutch. She will create
between 2-8 clutches each year. In about 6 weeks, the eggs hatch and baby turtles
emerge! They cut their way out with a sharp tooth. They then walk towards the ocean
and start their life. They will return to the very same beach about 10 years later to lay
their own eggs and the cycle of life continues! No one knows how turtles remember
and can find the beach where they were born, especially since they don’t return to that
beach for about 10 years!
CUT OUTS
1 2 3
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| Ocean Life: Science (Land Air Sea - Classification Activity) - Color |
Directions: Print, cut out. Put the three headers at the top of your child’s workspace and
place the cards face up randomly below the headers. Have your child move the cards
to line up them up vertically beneath the proper headers.
Land Air Sea
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| Ocean Life: Science (Land Air Sea - Classification Activity) - B/W |
Directions: Print, cut out. Put the three headers at the top of your child’s workspace and
place the cards face up randomly below the headers. Have your child move the cards
to line up them up vertically beneath the proper headers.
Land Air Sea
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9. SOCIAL STUDIES

Activities
(Ocean Life Scene & Map)
On Day 3 of the Ocean Life-themed homeschool preschool week, you will

be creating an Ocean Life habitat scene and learning about what parts of the
world have Ocean Life. As a reminder of the schedule, we recommend that
social studies time be done in the second block of the day, on the third day of
our three-days-a-week schedule. Of course, feel free to adapt the schedule
to fit your needs, too!
The habitat scene and map will be pasted into your child’s “Travel Journal”. As
previously mentioned, the Travel Journal is an interactve notebook that you
and your little ones will be “building” throughout our curriculum so that you
and your family will have a wonderful memories book to remember every-
thing they are learning this year. (In this document’s previous section on
science, you can find a section break page introducing the next nine units for
your Travel Notebook).
The habitat scene (you choose color or b&w, which your child can color) will
be pasted on the left side of a 2-page opening in the travel journal. The map
will be pasted onto the right side of the 2-page opening.

| Ocean Life: Social Studies Day 3 (Color) |
Directions: Cut on the dotted lines, then paste the animals into the Ocean Life scene,
and add to your child’s“Travel Journal” notebook. Talk about animal names and which
ones need to be closer to the surface of the water.
Ocean Life Scene

| Ocean Life: Social Studies Day 3 (Color) |
Directions: Cut on the dotted lines, then color all the oceans of the world blue, and add
to your child’s“Travel Journal” notebook. Remind your child that all the black objects
are land, and look back through the Travel Journal to see if they can identify the conti-
Where in the world is

Ocean Life?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean Pacific
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Southern Ocean

| Ocean Life: Social Studies Day 3 (B&W) |
Directions: Cut on the dotted lines, then color and paste the animals into the Ocean
Life scene, and add to your child’s“Travel Journal” notebook. Talk about animal names
and which ones need to be closer to the surface of the water.
Ocean Life Scene

| Ocean Life: Social Studies Day 3 (B&W) |
Directions: Cut on the dotted lines, then color all the oceans of the world blue, and add
to your child’s“Travel Journal” notebook. Remind your child that all the black objects
are land, and look back through the Travel Journal to see if they can identify the conti-
Where in the world is

Ocean Life?
Arctic Ocean
Atlantic
Ocean Pacific
Ocean
Indian
Ocean
Pacific
Ocean
Southern Ocean

10. GROSS MOTOR

Games
Little ones have bodies that need to move! Each week, your child will be
provided with some physical activities that help him or her with developing
gross (big movement) motor skills. These Ocean Life and number-themed
motor skills games should provide them with an opportunity to learn while
moving!
These activities can be done in any order and modified for weather, if neces-
sary. Whatever works for you, do it!

GROSS MOTOR GAMES - Activity Reference Sheet
Numeration Rock Toss GROSS MOTOR / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: 5 rocks, sidewalk chalk, Touch-
Activity 1 Point Posters
Draw 6 circles on the sidewalk, and fill with Touch-Point Posters 0-5 (randomly). Draw
a line you want your child to stand behind in order to toss rocks into the circles. Instruct
your child to look at a number, say the name of the number, and toss that many rocks
into the circle.
Number Family Fishing GROSS MOTOR / Week 13: Ocean Life

Materials: Touch-Point Posters, 2 copies
Activity 2 number fish, blue blanket or paper, box
In this activity, your child will pretend to be fishing in the ocean and returning to shore
to make some Number Families with the fish caught! Make an “ocean” with a blue blan-
ket or blue paper and scatter your fish on it. Set up the Touch-Point Posters (randomly,
a good distance from the ocean). These will be the “shore”. Using a cardboard box as a
“boat”, your child will sit on their knees and push across the floor from the shore to the
ocean. They can reach into the water and choose 2 fish at a time that, together, make
one of the numbers (0-5) on the shore. Game is over when there is at least one pair for
each Touch-Point poster on the shore.
Ocean Life Action Cards GROSS MOTOR / Week 13: Ocean Life
Materials: 1 copy of Ocean Life Action Cards
Activity 3
Today we will have fun moving our bodies!

0 0 3
0 4
1 1 3
1
2 2 0
2 5

0 0 3
0 4
1 1 3
1
2 2 0
2 5

Ocean Life Action Cards

WALK SHUFFLE
like a crab like a sea
turtle
toward
the sea
SWIM WAVE
like a deep in the ocean
sea diver like sea weeds
Ocean Life
Have fun acting out these Ocean Life-themed action cards!


WALK SHUFFLE
like a crab like a sea
turtle
toward
the sea
SWIM WAVE
like a deep in the ocean
sea diver like sea weeds
Ocean Life
Have fun acting out these Ocean Life-themed action cards!

11. ENCOURAGEMENT
Elves
In the Home CEOTM Chief Education Officer Age 4 curriculum, the first week
of every month features a service learning math activity called Encourage-
ment Elves. This activity incorporates basic math while creating a craft, for
$10 or less, to be given to someone in the community as a form of encour-
agement and as a way to teach children to enjoy encouraging others.
This is done the first week of every month or as often as you desire.
The Encouragement Elves craft for this semester is clothespin magnets.

**Please email maraya@healthyhomeceo.com if you have any easy and inex-
pensive craft suggestions for this program**.
During the normal math period in Block 2, you would make this craft on Day 1
and on Day 2 you will package them, tally them and deliver them to the spe-
cial person. When delivering, collect the memories and take a photo of your
delivery and use #encouragementelves to document the moment!
You may either mail these items or deliver them in person.

| Encouragement Elves: Clothespin Magnets |
Directions: Cut out this craft card and fold over and tape at the bottom to make a front and
back card. Over the course of our 30 week homeschool preschool, 10 people will be “elved”
with your child’s preschool crafts, delivering 30-50 crafts in total.
Clothespin Magnets
SUPPLIES
|| 3-5 wooden clothespins

|| Thin ribbon
|| Craft glue
|| Paintbrush
|| Buttons or other embellishments
of your choosing
|| Strong magnets
|| Super glue (adults only)
Image and Project Idea Credit: http://www.home- || Small cellophane bags
made-gifts-made-easy.com || Ribbon (for wrapping)
ment the moment!

Be sure to take a photo of your delivery and use #encouragementelves to docu-
Package the gift in a small celophane bag tied with a ribbon and tag. 8.
(Adult only) Superglue a strong magnet on the back. 7.
Gently trim any excess ribbon. 6.
Let dry. 5.
Gently add a cute button at the bottom with a dot of glue. 4.
Affix the ribbon, press and hold for 30 seconds. 3.
Gently put the glue on the top of the clothespin with a paintbrush. 2.
Cut out small pieces of ribbon the length of the paperclip. 1.
INSTRUCTIONS

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Encouragement Elves: Gift Tags (SMALL)
Enjoy this Gift Enjoy this Gift

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| Encouragement Elves: Tallying Board |
Directions: Print, laminate if desired and keep a running tally of how many Encourage-
ment Elves treats you’ve made, given out or nominations you’ve received throughout
the course of the school year. Mark out with gold stars, marker or similar.
My Encouragement Elves Tally

10
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30
40
50
60
70
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90
100
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| Encouragement Elves: Tallying Board |
Directions: Print and write a list of people you want to encourage and the names of
those that have been “nominated” by others who’ve already been “elved”.
My Encouragement Elves List
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oming
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12. BIBLE 16!
Moses’ Birth
Coming July 2016 - optional evening Bible studies! The story of Moses’ birth
will be used and broken down between for the Ocean Life, Desert Life and
Safari Life units (weeks 13-15 of our curriculum).


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Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3

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RECOMMENDED CLASS SCHEDULE

Block 2: (Generally, but not always, at a table)

|| Language: Daily supplemental language activity, typically done at the table.

Block 3: (Physical activity or getting “out and about”)

|| Physical Development/Gross Motor: A physical game / activity.

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Suggested Circle Time Sequence

Baa Baa, Black Sheep

Jack & Jill

Up Jack got and home did trot,

Hey Diddle Diddle

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Hickory Dickory Dock

Little Miss Muffet

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

One, Two, Three Four Five

Baa Baa, Black Sheep

Jack & Jill

Up Jack got and home did trot,

Hey Diddle Diddle

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Itsy Bitsy Spider

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Hickory Dickory Dock

Little Miss Muffet

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

One, Two, Three Four Five

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Semester 2 / Week 1 Semester 2 / Week 2

Semester 2 / Week 3 Semester 2 / Week 4

Semester 2 / Week 5 Semester 2 / Week 6

Semester 2 / Week 7 Semester 2 / Week 8

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Semester 2 / Week 1 Semester 2 / Week 2

Semester 2 / Week 3 Semester 2 / Week 4

Semester 2 / Week 5 Semester 2 / Week 6

Semester 2 / Week 7 Semester 2 / Week 8

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