Category: Creativity and Movement
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Daily Routine Poster
Your Child Will Learn
Vocabulary to talk about different times of the day
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to give examples of things that happen every day. Make a list of their answers. (Examples: teeth brushing, getting dressed,
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Match and Model Letters
Your Child Will Learn
To notice how letters are written and re-create letters with clay.
Here’s What to Do
- Select a place with a flat surface. Set out modeling clay, play dough, or air-dry clay (see below for homemade play
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Draw a Memory
Your Child Will Learn
To communicate their ideas with pictures and words.
Here’s What to Do
- At the end of the week, ask your child to remember one fun thing that happened that week.
- Ask them to draw or paint
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Draw a Story
Your Child Will Learn
About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories
Here’s What to Do
- Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,
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All the Parts of Books
Your Child Will Learn
Learn about the parts of books and where to find them
Here’s What to Do
- Use a book that your child is very familiar with as an example to explore. As you read, explain the parts
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Shape Monsters
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing and combining shapes to make a new object
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose and draw a large shape on a piece of paper, and then to cut it out. This will
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Animal Face Shapes
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing shapes and noticing how objects can be broken down into smaller shapes
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose an animal’s face to draw (some ideas: dog, cat, pig, rabbit, koala).
- Have your
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Characters in Books
Your Child Will Learn
Describe main characters and their actions in books
Here’s What to Do
- Staple a few sheets of paper together to create a journal for recording information about book characters
- Read a book that your child is
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Paint Your Letter
Your Child Will Learn
To write the first letter of their name.
Here’s What to Do
- Spread out newspaper or a tablecloth, and set up large pieces of paper to paint on. Put a small amount of non-toxic paint in
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Paint Play
Your Child Will Learn
To explore a sensory art experience
Here’s What to Do
- Pour small amounts of paint into clear plastic bags that can be sealed; make sure the bags don’t have holes
- Release the air out of the