Category: Learning for the Whole Family

  • Explore A Museum

    Your Child Will Learn

    Museums are spaces where people can learn about the things they see and experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip to a child-friendly museum
    2. While inside the museum, tell your child to point to things
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  • Music All Around Us

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to recognize music in the world around us

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Begin in a relatively quiet environment indoors or outside.
    2. Walk around and notice the sounds that you hear (birds chirping, horns honking, faucet
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  • Stop, Breathe, Focus, Hop

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to remember and follow a 4-step sequence

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child(ren) you’re going to pretend to be a choo-choo train. You’ll be the engine and they’ll be the caboose. 
    2. Practice the moves
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  • Neighborhood Walk and Talk

    Your Child Will Learn

    Different jobs people have in your community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Take your child on a walk around your neighborhood or a local shopping center. Stop in one or a few local establishments (post office, grocery
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  • 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)

    Your Child Will Learn

    People can reduce, reuse, and recycle certain items to prevent waste 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a chart on poster paper with 3 columns labeled reduce, reuse, and recycle 
    2. Explain the definitions of reduce, reuse, and
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  • Attend A Community Festival

    Your Child Will Learn

    Communities come together to celebrate many things, like culture and customs

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan to attend a local festival in your community that is family-friendly and appropriate for children
    2. Seek festivals with hands-on activities
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  • Family Treasures

    Your Child Will Learn

    Family histories are remembered by looking at heirlooms and special objects passed down from generation to generation 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Select a family heirloom or special object that was passed down to you from an
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  • Family Schedule

    Your Child Will Learn

    People remember what to do throughout the day by using a schedule

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a family schedule on large paper with the days of the week and times so your children understand when
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  • Family Recipes

    Your Child Will Learn

    Families pass down recipes for memories and special occasions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think of a family recipe that is connected to a memory or special occasion
    2. Share how you learned the recipe, who taught it
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