Making Guesses

Reading 
Making Tracks: Park by Cocoretto (I love this book series so much! See extra images above for an inside look)
Can You Guess? Food by Eric Carle

Singing

Here is a Box

Little box, little box, what do you hide?

Can we all guess what you have inside?

For this one, I had a wooden box with random objects inside. I gave the children clues to guess each object before I pulled it out. A great song activity to work on adjectives and descriptor words, as well as making inferences.

This Week's Extension Activity (email for parents/caregivers)

This morning at storytime we talked all about making guesses. Together, we worked on developing your child's senses as we saw and heard clues, and then made our predictions about who made the tracks, what type of food was on the next page, and what was in the mystery box. 

To continue teaching this concept at home, try the Feely Bag Game! Your child will enjoy this game which challenges their memory of touch through tactile materials.

You will need:

• 3 different objects, such as a few toys, maybe an apple or pear, sock, or other household objects. Work your way up to 5 objects after your child has some time to master 3.
  
• Fabric bag, such as a drawstring laundry bag
• Container or basket for the objects
• Dish towel

Directions:

1) Show your child the objects you have in your container or basket one at a time, and name them.

2) Explain to your child that they will have to guess which object you have put into the bag, just by feeling it. Ask your child to turn away and to shut their eyes.

3) Select an object and put it in the bag. Cover up the other objects with the dish towel.

4) Ask your child to open his eyes and pass them the bag. Ask them if they can guess the object in the bag. Give them time to explore the object and if they don't seem sure, you could remind them of the objects for example, "Do you think it is the ball?" 

5) When they have guessed correctly, choose another object, and continue until all the objects have been guessed. As your child gains confidence in this activity, put 2 objects, then 3 into the bag at the same time.

This week's activity was adapted from the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic.