Click here to download: Agent Tissue has an Issue
Hi All,
It is that time of year! The cold weather settles in along with all the coughs, sneezes and sore throats. We are constantly reminding our kids to cover their mouths, cough or sneeze into their elbows, use a tissue to blow their noses, NOT to use their sleeves or the bottom of my shirt to wipe their runny noses, and to wash their hands!
Every child needs these constant reminders. One strategy that we’ve found helpful is to take pictures of the kids practicing these things, and then post them around the the house as quick visual reminders. We post a few pictures of the kids washing their hands by the bathroom sink, and we post other visuals, like a picture of one of them coughing into a sleeve, in a central location near eye level (like on the fridge) so we can point to them easily as a quick reminder.
We like to use them as the models, so they can take some ownership of the task at hand, which is keeping the house and themselves as healthy as possible. Feel free to grab those pictures, and use them in your own house as reminders. Here are some examples of our visuals we posted:
VORACIOUS VOCABULARY
What did you say? A word of the day! In our story there are many
juicy words that are fun to use and say.
device: a thing made for a particular purpose. dissolve: to separate into parts or elements. pursue: to follow in order to capture.
JUST ADD IMAGINATION!
Try these activities to keep your imagination glowing after hearing the story.
1. An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters or groups of letters of words in a set phrase or series of words. In the story ACHOO stands for "American Central Health Organization-Olfactory" division. ACHOO is an acronym. You can often make acronyms to help you remember your school work. For example, to remember all the Great Lakes, you can use the acronym HOMES. What other acronyms do you know or can you create?
2. Create your own visual reminders or print ours out and post them around your house in the appropriate areas.
COMPREHENSION CHALLENGE
After listening to the story, can you recall the details to answer these questions?
1. Who did Agent Tissue say he worked for?
2. What was Agent Tissue on a mission to find?
3. Where did the boys search for the "runner"?
BRIGHT BIRTHDAY WISHES
We want to send out bright birthday wishes to:
Paige U of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Wil E of Virginia
Erika E of Virginia
Chloe of West Virginia
Dominic of West Virginia
Kiara of West Virginia
Prescott of West Virginia
Maggie B of West Virginia
A special thanks to our good friends, Kim and Dawn, at the Musing Mommies podcast
for providing that bumper for us! You can download their
podcast "for moms, by moms" over at http://www.musingmommies.com/.
