Category: Creativity and Movement

  • School Family Quilt

    Your Child Will Learn

    About their family history and how their family fits into the school community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk with your child about your family story. You can talk about:
      • Who is in your family
      • Your ancestors-
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  • Pop Art Portrait

    Your Child Will Learn

    Create a portrait with bright colors, shapes, and patterns

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child’s teacher to take a picture of your child and print a large black and white copy of it for you.
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  • Accordion Paper Sculpture

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make art with folded paper

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut 10 long strips of colored paper for your child.
    2. Show your child how to fold the strips back and forth like an accordion. Help
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  • Natural Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    Music can be made from objects found in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip to a park, nature trail, open field, valley, or meadow
    2. Find natural objects that can be used to make different
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  • My Wind Chime

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to build a sculpture and use everyday objects to make music

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather 5-8 small hard pieces that will make sounds for a wind chime, like metal washers and gaskets, spoons and
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  • Tree Texture Collage

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe and compare trees

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head to an area with several trees (ideally different types of trees). Bring a few pieces of paper, tape, and something to make a rubbing (a
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  • Make Believe Jobs

    Your Child Will Learn

    About community jobs and money

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child if they’d like to play bus driver, restaurant, or store.
    2. Set up your props. Examples:
      • Bus: place chairs or pillows in a rectangle for
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  • Neighborhood Portrait

    Your Child Will Learn

    To notice features of the place where they live

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Take a walk or drive around your community with a piece of paper and drawing supplies.
    2. Ask your child to choose what part
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  • Piggy Bank

    Your Child Will Learn

    About coins and saving money

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find an empty container that can be repurposed as a “Piggy Bank.” It could be an empty tissue box, a clean food container, a jar, etc.. Together
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