Category: Learning for the Whole Family

  • Rose, Thorn, Bud

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to tell an adult about their emotions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a time when you can do your Rose, Thorn, Bud reflections at the end of every day (like: commute home from school, dinner
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  • Bath Time Story Time

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to make bath time more fun 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child that tonight’s bath time is going to be a story time. Ask what character they’d like the story to be about.
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  • Bath Time Book

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to make bath time more fun

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a book to be your “bath time book.” Bring it into the bathroom during bath time. 
    2. Read a page or two, and then
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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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  • Inside Our Bodies

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names of internal body parts and how they function

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut out the body part pictures (optional: your child can color them first). 
    2. Put a piece of tape on each of the pictures.
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  • Build-A-Track

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to build a simple machine that changes the speed and direction of objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a bunch of materials to build a toy race track (examples: cardboard boxes, toilet paper/paper towel rolls,
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  • Creature Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    Observing the characteristics of animals and considering how they are similar/different

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space. Bring a camera or smartphone if possible.
    2. Search for these (hint:
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  • Plant Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    About the features of plants and trees

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, trail or other green space.
    2. Search for these parts of trees and plants:
      1. Leaf
      2. Flower
      3. Trunk/Bark
      4. Seed/Nut
      5. Stem
      6. Fruit/Berry
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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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