Category: Creativity and Movement

  • Calm Corner

    Your Child Will Learn

    Strategies to help calm big emotions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. With your child(ren), brainstorm some actions that help them calm down when they’re upset. Some ideas:
      1. Rainbow breath (arms up on the inhale, down on the
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  • Clean Up Claps

    Your Child Will Learn

    To put away their things where they belong

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Show your child where their things should go when they come home from school.
    2. Together, decide on a clapping rhythm that can be a
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  • Family Challenge Races

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to move their body and build physical endurance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose which races you want to try. Gather your supplies. Find a long space to be your race course, and mark
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  • Silly Running

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fun ways to run and move their body

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space where you can run. Mark a ‘start’ and a ‘finish’ line. Before you begin, notice how you’re breathing. 
    2. Run a race
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  • Dance Your Heart Out

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to increase their heart rate and move their bodies in a fun way

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Help your child find their pulse (two fingers on the inside of their wrist) and notice how fast
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  • Simon Says Stretch

    Your Child Will Learn

    That stretching their muscles is a fun way to care for their body 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few family members or friends together and choose a family member to be the first leader (aka
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  • Move Like an Animal

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to move their body and build physical endurance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather everyone in the family who wants to play. Ask a child to choose an animal whose movement you could copy.
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  • Freeze Dance

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to engage in physical activity

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play this game with as many children and adults as you’d like! Choose who is going to be the DJ (the music controller) to
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  • Water Journal

    Your Child Will Learn

    How water plays a role in everyday life

    Here’s What to Do

    1. For a whole day, ask your child to notice each time water is used.
    2. Make a list: write down each time your child notices
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  • Night Sky Journal

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make and record scientific observations by drawing

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before bedtime, head to a window with a view of the night sky (or head outside). Direct your child’s attention to the sky.
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