Category: Level 5: 4 – 5 years

  • Kitchen Comparisons

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use kitchen measuring tools to compare volume

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather four clear drinking glasses, measuring cups and spoons, and a larger container full of water (instead of water, you could also use
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  • Daily Routine Poster

    Your Child Will Learn

    Vocabulary to talk about different times of the day

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to give examples of things that happen every day. Make a list of their answers. (Examples: teeth brushing, getting dressed,
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  • Our Word Wall

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to learn new vocabulary words and sort these words into groups

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a place in your home where you can display a collection of words with your child or children; make
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  • Draw a Story

    Your Child Will Learn

    About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,
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  • Playground Hide and Seek

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using positional words to describe the location of an object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Bring a small toy to the playground.
    2. Ask your child to hide the toy somewhere on the playground. Cover your eyes while
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  • Kitchen Sorting

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to sort objects into different categories and describe characteristics of objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child for help putting away kitchen items like dishes, utensils, pots. (Before you begin, you can put away
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  • Shape Monsters

    Your Child Will Learn

    Drawing and combining shapes to make a new object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to choose and draw a large shape on a piece of paper, and then to cut it out. This will
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  • Shape Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    Drawing and recognizing complex shapes

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before you head outside, print out or draw a shape chart that looks like the example chart. Ask your child to practice drawing each of the shapes
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  • Counting Mix Up

    Your Child Will Learn

    Counting up to 10 with one-to-one correspondence, even when the items being counted look different

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather 10 small household objects to count (examples: hair clips, blocks, toothpicks). Place them on a surface
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  • Pattern Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to complete a complex pattern

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather around 15 small objects in 3 different colors or sizes  (like 3 colors of blocks, 3 sizes of paper clips, 3 types of coins)
    2. Arrange
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