Category: Level 5: 4 – 5 years

  • Cut Paper Collage

    Your Child Will Learn

    Cut paper with scissors to create an artistic collage

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Give your child 5-6 strips of colored paper
    2. Discuss and model the safe use of scissors
    3. Demonstrate using the scissors to cut the
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  • Paper Mache Bowl

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use paper mache sculpture to create a bowl

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Mix 1 part water, 1 part flour, and 2 tablespoons of liquid white glue in a bowl until the consistency is similar to pancake
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  • Straw Bubble Painting

    Your Child Will Learn

    Mix colors to create art in fun and playful ways

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Mix 3-4 watercolor paints with extra water and small drops of soap; keep each color mixture in a separate container
    2. Dip a
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  • Dot Painting

    Your Child Will Learn

    A big picture can be created from smaller parts

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Pour some paint into separate containers
    2. Give your child some q-tips and paper
    3. Model dipping the q-tips into the paint and onto paper
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  • Photo Puzzle

    Your Child Will Learn

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Print a photo of your child in as a 5×7 or 8x 10
    2. Cut the photo into strips or geometric shapes to create a puzzle of no more than 10 pieces
    3. Work
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  • Map A Nature Trail

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use basic geographic knowledge and tools to create a map 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Visit a closeby nature trail where your child can navigate pathways and experience sightings of different animals, plants, flowers, trees, insects, bodies
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  • My Cultural Traditions

    Your Child Will Learn

    A cultural group is a set of people who do similar things called customs and traditions 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Identify the cultural groups that your child belongs to 
    2. Explain to your child that a cultural
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