Category: Learning in the Community

  • Find the Food Groups

    Your Child Will Learn

    An introduction to food groups

    Here’s What to Do

    1. At the grocery store, talk about healthy food groups as you pass through different parts of the grocery store. Some of the major healthy food groups:
      1. Carbohydrates
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  • Rainbow Food

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names and colors of fruits and vegetables

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Draw a rainbow (include red, yellow, orange, green, blue, and purple stripes). 
    2. Bring your rainbow drawing to the grocery store. Head to the produce section.
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  • Bubble Chase

    Your Child Will Learn

    To observe the effect wind has on bubbles

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with a bottle of blowing bubbles. Pick a starting point and put something there to mark it (a ball, a water bottle, etc.).
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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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  • Fast and Slow

    Your Child Will Learn

    Words to describe speed

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head to a playground or outdoor space where you can swing and move with your child.  You can do this activity with swings or infant scooters or even
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  • Playground Physics

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring the effect of different forces on a ball

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few different types of balls (like: soccer ball, kickball, baseball, bouncy ball) and head outside to a wide open space.
    2. Mark
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  • Mud Kitchen

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring the properties of water, sand, dirt, and rocks through play

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a backyard, park, or sandbox wearing clothes you can get dirty and wet in. Bring props for your
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  • Nature Observation Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe different characteristics of living things in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space.
    2. Ask your child to look for living things (like: plants, trees, grass,
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  • Nature Sensory Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe living things in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or anywhere in your neighborhood or community there are trees or plants.
    2. Direct your child’s attention to animals and
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