Category: Learning in the Community

  • Explore A Local Monument

    Your Child Will Learn

    Monuments are natural or manmade structures that celebrates a special person or historical moment 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Visit a local monument that your child can physically interact with through sight, sound, or touch 
    2. Explain who
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  • Explore A Local Landmark

    Your Child Will Learn

    Landmarks are large structures that represent ideas and tell stories about surrounding environments

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Visit a local landmark that your child can physically interact with through sight, sound, or touch 
    2. Explain what the
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  • Exploring Public Transportation

    Your Child Will Learn

    Public transportation moves people from one place to another

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip for your child to experience riding public transportation, like a bus, train, tram, light rail, or ferry
    2. Show your child
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  • Family Yard Sale

    Your Child Will Learn

    People earn money by selling goods 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Work together as a family to plan and gather household items to sell at a family yard sale
    2. Have your children create price tags and design
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  • Letters on the Road

    Your Child Will Learn

    To identify uppercase and lowercase letters

    Here’s What to Do

    1. While on a long drive or bus ride, ask your child to identify uppercase and lowercase letters on road and traffic signs throughout your journey. (Or,
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  • Seeing Sight Words

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to recognize, say, and spell sight words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a list of simple sight words that your child can learn to recognize without sounding them out and write them on poster paper. 
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  • Texture Time at the Playground

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use descriptive words to describe textures of objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. While on a trip to the playground, find different textures to do this activity. Some examples: slide, monkey bars, rubber ground covering, wood chips,
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  • Do You Hear What I Hear

    Your Child Will Learn

    To separate the beginning sounds of spoken words with help from adults

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Visit a public place where your child will hear different sounds of things in the surrounding environment; examples of places
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  • A Look in the Library

    Your Child Will Learn

    To find new books they like in a library.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Go to your local library with your child or children and explore the different sections, floors, or special areas; point out important areas,
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  • Let’s Go to the Library

    Your Child Will Learn

    That they can find some favorite books at the library and take them home!

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Go to your local library and find the infant and toddler part of the children’s section. Many libraries
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