Dear Families,

We are entering Week 4 of remote learning.  This week we have two activities that pair directly with storybooks, so two of our remote learning sessions will include a live story time before we start our instruction.  Here's what our activities look like for the week.


Monday- Live storybook read, How Will We Get To The Beach
                What Couldn’t Go to the Beach?  worksheet

          Here's what you'll need:
                Child-sized pencil
                Child-sized scissors
                Glue stick
                Matching page and visuals

Tuesday- Hello Ocean on YouTube
                Watermelon seed counting

           Here's what you'll need:
                 Child-sized pencil
                 Child-sized scissors
                 Glue stick
                 Crayons
                 Watermelon page and number visuals

Wednesday- Live storybook read, I'm The Biggest Thing In The Ocean
                     BINGO game

             Here's what you'll need:
                      Bingo mat
                      Small toys/objects for marking squares
                                 (toy cars, cheerios, blocks, etc.)

Thursday- I Spy Under The Sea on YouTube
                  What Am I? Guessing page

             Here's what you'll need:
                   Child-sized pencil
                   Child-sized scissors
                   Glue stick
                   Crayons
                   Ocean page and animal visuals

Friday- Fish storybook on YouTube


-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,


Welcome to Week 3 of Remote Learning.  Here are the activities planned for the week and what you'll need.  Just a reminder, the Youtube Channel for the storybooks is conroybpsk12.  You can also access all of our previous activities, if you're looking for something to do with your child. 


Monday- Seahorse alphabet match
   
       Here's what you'll need:         
                Child-sized pencil
                Blue circle stickers
                Seahorse page

Tuesday- The Bravest Fish book on Youtube
                Sorting winter and summer things
         
         Here's what you'll need:   
                Child-sized pencil
                Child-sized scissors
                Glue stick
                Sorting page and summer/winter visuals

Wednesday- 10 Rubber Duckies book on Youtube
                     Flower garden shapes
               
          Here's what you'll need:
                Child-sized pencil
                Glue stick
                Green crayon
                Garden page and flower visuals

Thursday- Pout Pout Fish book on Youtube
                 Fishy Friends counting book

         Here's what you'll need:
                Child-sized pencil
                Child-sized scissors
                Glue stick
                Crayons
                Fish book and number visuals

Friday- Splish the Fish book on Youtube



-The Barnard Buddies

Dear Families,

Welcome to week 2 of Remote Summer Program.  Here's what you'll need for week 2. 

Monday- I See A Fish color book
      Child-sized pencil
      Crayons- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, brown, black
      Fish book

Tuesday- Same/Different work page
      Child-sized pencil
      Circle stickers
      Same and Different work page

Wednesday- Sequencing number ducks 1-9
      Child-sized pencil
      Child-sized scissors
      Glue stick
      Pond page and duck visuals

Thursday- Summer words book
      Child-sized pencil
      Child-sized scissors
      Glue stick
      Crayons
      Summer words book and letter visuals



-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

Here is everything you'll need for Week 1 of Remote Learning for our Summer Program.  Live instruction will take place Monday-Thursday at 9:00AM.  There will also be storybooks posted each day on YouTube.  If you can't make our live instruction, you're welcome to complete the activities at another time that works better for you. 

Monday- Matching colored flip flops
     1. Child-sized pencil
     2. Child-sized scissors
     3. Glue stick
     4. Flip-flop page and visuals

Tuesday- AB fish patterns
     1. Child-sized pencil
     2. Child-sized scissors
     3. Glue stick
     4. Crayons
     5. Pattern strip and fish/seashells visuals

Wednesday- Sorting big/small seashells
     1. Child-sized pencil
     2. Child-sized scissors
     3. Glue stick
     4. Crayons
     5. Big/small sorting page and seashell visuals

Thursday- Octopus activity
     1. Child-sized pencil
     2. Glue stick
     3. Crayons
     4. Octopus plate and crepe paper legs

-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

We are in week 11 of our remote learning.  I apologize for not posting videos yesterday, we had a couple issues and, unfortunately, the day's videos were accidentally deleted.  So, we will work off of a three day week for this week, and will go back to usual for next week.  Here are the week's activities.


Tuesday       Storytime- What Makes A Rainbow? with Sarah
                     Academics- Animal homes booklet

Wednesday   Storytime- A Green Green Garden
                     Academics- Summer Time Rhymes

Thursday      Storytime- Eddie's Garden with Caitlin
                     Academics- Sorting vegetables that grow above/under ground

Friday          Virtual Check-In 12:00


We only have two weeks left of school.  If you have any questions or concerns before the end of the year, please don't hesitate to contact me. 

-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,

Welcome to week 10 of remote learning.  I hope everyone continues to take advantage of the warm weather by spending lots of time outside!  We're in the home stretch of distance learning.  After this week, we will have two more weeks of remote learning in June, and the final week of school (the week of June 15th) will be fun activities shared through the BECC choice board.  I will be available that week to discuss any questions/concerns regarding summer, fall, or kindergarten transitions.  You will be able to reach me via email, or virtual check-in. 


Monday           Holiday-No School

Tuesday          Storytime- Whose Garden Is It?
                        Academics- Where's the Bug? positional book

Wednesday     Storytime- Growing Vegetable Soup
                        Academics- Venn diagram-what people and plants need
                                                to grow

Thursday        Storytime- The Carrot Seed
                       Academics- Sorting things that grow and don't grow

Friday           12:00 Virtual Check-In- Can the Wind Move It? experiment


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families

This week we are in week 9 of remote learning.  I hope everyone is getting the chance to go outside to enjoy the warm weather!  Here are our activities for the week.

Monday         Storytime- Mouse Count
                      Academics- HWOT letter M

Tuesday         Storytime- The Tiny Seed
                       Academics- Matching letters with picture sounds

Wednesday     Storytime- Reread Very Hungry Caterpillar and watch
                                          video with WH questions
                       Academics- Caterpillar patterns

Thursday        Storytime- The Wind Blew
                       Academics- What can the wind blow?  Experiment


As a reminder, this Friday at 12:00 is our virtual hangout.  This week we will be doing Show and Tell!  Your child can bring something special to our virtual hangout (toy, game, favorite shirt/bow, etc.), and we can all take turns showing it to our friends and talking about the colors, shapes, and uses for our objects.


-Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,


We are entering Week 8 of our remote learning.  This week we will be starting our Virtual Classroom Hangouts on Friday as well.  Details are in the weekly-check in email, and I will send a follow-up reminder on Thursday of this week.  Here are the activities we have planned for this week.


Monday         Storytime- Pete The Cat I Love My White Shoes
                      Academics- HWOT letter N

Tuesday         Storytime- Planting A Rainbow
                      Academics- Counting daisies

Wednesday    Storytime- Ten Little Ladybugs
                      Academics- Sorting bugs that crawl and bugs that fly

Thursday      Storytime- Tree with Caitlin
                     Academics- Matching opposites


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

Welcome to Week 7 of Remote Learning!  We are finishing up our 5 Senses activities this week.  Here's what we will be posting.  Also, keep an eye out for our assistant Caitlin's video story read this week!  Sarah is reading a book for us again this week too!  Here's what we have in store for this week.

Monday        Storytime- Time For Bed
                      Academics- HWOT letter R

Tuesday        Storytime- Green Eggs and Ham with Sarah
                      Academics- Sorting 5 Senses flowers

Wednesday    Storytime- Tree with Caitlin
                       Academics- 5 Senses graph

Thursday       Storytime- Mouse Paint
                      Academics- Color mixing experiment

As always, if you have any questions or concerns as we move into spring, please don't hesitate to reach out. 

-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

We are in Week 6 of Remote Learning.  As I'm sure you've heard, school will remain closed for the remainder of this school year.  As heartbreaking as this decision was, it was in the best interest of your children, the staff, and our community.  We will continue to provide remote learning opportunities until school ends in June.  If you have any questions or concerns about this, please reach out to me. 

Mondays videos were posted today, since we were experiencing some device issues this week!  All of the subsequent videos will be bumped forward by one day, and Thursday's videos will be posted on Friday.  We are still talking about our 5 senses, and this week Sarah, who is one of the Barnyard Buddies assistants, will be reading a surprise book on Wednesday, so keep an eye out for it!  Here's what's on our agenda. 

Tuesday      Storytime- Pete The Cat and his 4 Groovy Buttons
                    Academics- HWOT letter B

Wednesday   Storytime- Polar Bear, Polar Bear with SARAH!
                     Academics- Matching letters and exploring sounds to make a
                                         "bowl of popcorn"

Thursday      Storytime- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
                     Academics- Very Hungry Caterpillar counting book

Friday          Storytime- Mouse Paint
                     Academics- Mixing colors experiment


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

Given our status in the quarantine, we've cut our April Vacation short so that we can continue with remote learning.  This is week 5 of remote learning opportunities; videos will be posted on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  Here's our activities.


Wednesday      Storytime-Seven Blind Mice
                        Academics- AB patterns with bear counters

Thursday         Storytime- There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
                        Academics- Sorting big/medium/small fruits


Over the next couple weeks we will have some surprise book reads from our Barnyard Buddies assistants, Caitlin and Sarah, so keep an eye out!


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

We are in week four of our remote learning.  I apologize for being a video short last week, I had some technical difficulties with YouTube.  I posted Thursday's video today to finish up our Transportation unit.  This week we will be starting our 5 Senses Unit, so our four activities for the week will be scheduled for Tuesday-Friday.  Here's a summary of our activities for the week and, as usual, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Monday        Our 4.10 book Wheels On The Bus
                      4.10 academic activity "Does It Roll?" science experiment

Tuesday        Book- The Cat And The Hat Comes Back
                      Academic activity- HWOT rainbow writing letter P

Wednesday    Starting our 5 Senses Unit with Our Senses book
                       Academic Activity- sorting 1 and 2 body parts

Thursday        Book- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
                       Academic Activity- Using vocab "same" and "different" to
                                        match colors of characters

Friday            Book- Go Away Big Green Monster
                      Academic Activity- Putting together Mr. Potato Head


-The Barnyard Buddies

Dear Families,


We're in our third week of online learning.  For this week we are going to reread (or, re-watch in this case) a few of the books that were posted last week.  Then we'll follow up with some WH- comprehension questions.  Attached to your weekly email is the virtual play dates contact list.  If you would like to include your information to the list, please contact me with the information you'd like to share.  Here is our optional activities for the week.

Monday     Storytime- Re-watch Taxi Dog
                                    WH- questions about Taxi Dog
                  Academics- Handwriting without Tears Letter D

Tuesday    Storytime- Airport
                  Academics- Vehicle patterns

Wednesday   Storytime- Re-watch How Will We Get To The Beach
                                        WH- questions about the story
                     Academics- Alphabet Train

Thursday     Storytime- Wheels On The Bus
                    Academics- Does It Roll? Experiment



-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

This week, Burlington started "remote learning".  All activities are optional to complete.  Since we were about 3 weeks in to our Transportation Unit when left school, I thought it would be best to continue with the stories and small group activities we would've done if we were at school.  Here's what we have planned for the week. 

Monday- Reading How Many Beeps
                Rainbow writing and finding objects with the letter E

Tuesday- Reading Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
               Matching letters and sounds on trucks

Wednesday- Reading Dragon In A Wagon
                     Graphing vehicles by number of wheels

Thursday- Reading The Little Engine That Could
                  Counting and matching numbers on a train

Friday- PRESCHOOL PARADE!  Come bring your kids and drive by the
             preschool at 10am on Friday and wave to your preschool teachers! 
             Please remember that everyone must stay INSIDE their cars.  Staff
             will be spaced out on the sidewalk to wave hello.


-The Barnyard Buddies

Hi Families,

Two more videos to watch on YouTube for some optional learning.  Our book for the day is How Will We Get To The Beach? and our activity is sorting land, air, and sea transportation.  Enjoy!

Shannon

Hi families,

I added two more videos for some optional learning opportunities.  We’re reading The Adventures of Taxi Dog and doing a sorting activity with street signs.  Have fun!

Our fish miss their Barnyard Buddy friends!!

Shannon

Hi Families,

Day 1 of our optional online learning is up and running on YouTube, just search for conroybpsk12.  Our story of the day is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and our academic activity is from our Handwriting Without Tears curriculum-“rainbow writing” with the letter F.  If you want your child to follow along with the activity, you’ll need a piece of paper with a dot on the top left corner and rainbow colored crayons.  Have fun, and if you have any feedback I’d be happy to hear it!

Shannon

Dear Families,

I apologize for the January hiatus!  In the month of February, we’ve been talking about

Community Helpers.  We learned that our community is Burlington, and that community

helpers are people who live or work in Burlington to help us.  Some community helpers

we’ve talked about are teachers, librarians, firefighters, police officers, mail carriers,

doctors/nurses, veterinarians, dentists, chefs, and farmers.  We’ve also talked about

places in our community where we can visit, such as Town Hall, the Library, the park,

school, the police station, the fire station, stores, restaurants, and the supermarket. 

This week we are learning about the kinds of tools and transportation our community

helpers need to do their jobs. Here are the books we will be reading this week.

Work Times

AM Discrete trial work 1- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and sorting colors on the

Colorpillar

Group Activity- Monday- Arts and Crafts-Making a mouth with marshmallows

                         Tuesday- Handwriting without Tears- Color Grey tracing and coloring

within a space

                         Wednesday- Game- Bingo and Memory

                         Thursday- OT- Button Snakes

                         Friday- Practice Play- Grocery Store

AM Discrete trial work 2- 1:1 instruction, workbooks, and Alphabet tubs

Small Groups

Monday- Matching initial letter/sound to community helpers

Tuesday- ID body parts in a band-aid book

Wednesday- Sorting tools/transportation community helpers need

Thursday- When I grow up...job writing activity

Choice Time

Red Table- Matching tools to community helpers

Blue Table- Practice brushing teeth

Green Table- Matching band-aids to shape bears

Yellow Table- Using blow straws and spray bottles to put out “fires”

Rug- Musical instruments

Block Area- Trains

Dramatic Play- Babies

Sensory Table- Recycling paper, plastic, compost, and aluminum

Easel- Painting

-The Barnyard Buddies