Bedroom Planetarium! Create your own planetarium in your bedroom! Cut holes into a toilet paper roll or aluminum can. Place a flashlight in the cylinder, turn off the lights, and look up to the ceiling! Have your child observe how many “stars” there are in their room and look for constellations! Planetario en el cuarto […]
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Motor Activities
Backyard Soccer! Set up a backyard soccer game! Use sticks as goalposts and use any ball to play with! This is an easy and fun activity to keep children active! Estimated Time: 30 minutes Materials: Soccer ball (or a similar ball) and sticks Subject: Physical Development Fútbol en el patio Jueguen al fútbol en el […]
Math Activities
Block Sorting! Use Legos or building blocks to encourage your child’s sorting skills! Ask them to observe the color, shape, and size of each block and sort them into groups. How many green blocks are there? How many small blocks are there? Estimated Time: 20 minutes Materials: Legos or building blocks Subject: Math Sorteo de […]
Literacy and Communication Activities
ABC Day Have your child choose a letter of the day! For example, if the letter was “s” you can eat sausage for breakfast and have strawberries as a snack! You can play softball, watch Sesame Street, and skip to the park to go on a slide! Estimated Time: 15-20 minutes spread throughout the day […]
Household Fun Activities
Box Fort Use old boxes around your house to build a fort! Push and tape boxes together to create tunnels to get from one room of the fort to another. Add blankets, lights, pillows, and books for more fun! Estimated Time: 30 minutes Materials: Cardboard boxes Optional blankets, lights, pillows, and books Subject: Imagination Activity […]
English Language Learner Home Language Development Slides
Tips for Raising Bilingual Children (slide 1) Use your home language. Your child can learn your home language and English. Share your culture and family practices with your child’s teachers Make language learning fun and natural Provide many different language experiences in each language, including music, drama, and other activities Consejos para educar a hijos […]
Physical Development and Health Slides
Tips for Developing Good Health and Safety Practices Sing the alphabet song together while your child washes his hands. It takes 25-30 seconds for soap to kill germs, about the same amount of time the song takes. Wash hands before eating, after toileting, and very often when anyone in the family is ill. Consejos para […]
Social/Emotional Development Slides
Social/Emotional Development Activities: Puppet Play What your child will learn: Self-expression; listening skills Materials: Hand puppets. To make your own at home, use a variety of scrap art materials such as socks, aluminum foil, paper bags, mittens, plastic spoons, yarn, markers, buttons. Instructions: Make puppets with one or more of the above materials! Put on a puppet […]
Social Studies Slides
Tips for Helping Your Child Learn About Social Studies (slide 1) Develop a concept of history by discussing events in your child’s recent past (“Remember when we went to Grandma’s house?”) Encourage children to negotiate and compromise when they play together (“OK, I’ll let you play with my doll if I can use your book”) Play […]
Science Slides
Tips for Helping Your Child Learn Science Outdoors (slide 1) Discuss the effects of the elements (“What did the wind do to our leaf pile?”) Trace your child’s shadow on the sidewalk with chalk, then do it again a few hours later. Why is it different? Notice shadows of other objects. Let your child have […]
Mathematics Slides
Tips for Teaching Children About Patterning and Sequencing (slide 1) Provide open-ended materials, such as blocks, Legos, beads, or dry macaroni to encourage your child to explore and create patterns Play rhythm games with claps, snaps, and pats Consejos para jugar con patrones y secuencias (panfleto 1) Proporcione materiales con los que se puede jugar […]
The Arts Slides
Tips for Exploring Drama With Children (slide 1) Listen to tapes that combine music and stories Make puppets out of socks or other household items and put on a play. Some libraries have puppets available to use while you are there. Consejos para explorar la representación dramática (panfleto 1) Escuchen grabaciones que combinan música y […]
Language Arts Slides
Tips for Helping Children Develop Language Skills (slide 1) Talk about things your child likes and ask questions Give directions in small parts Help them make up words that rhyme, such as “dog, fog, hog, log” Consejos para el desarrollo de habilidades lingüísticas (panfleto 1) Hable sobre cosas que le gustan a su hijo y hágale […]
Art Activities
Body Tracing Ask your child to lay on their back on a large sheet of paper. Trace around their body and have them stand up. Give them some markers and ask them to create a self portrait on top of the tracing. Have them observe their own characteristics. What color is their hair? What color […]