Category: Creative Expression
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Dramatic Play with Dolls
Your Child Will Learn
To act out my own feelings and practice conversations with dolls
Here’s What to Do
- Gather dolls, action figures, puppets, and stuffed animals to play with. Help me find simple pretend or real props to use
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Create A Board Game
Your Child Will Learn
The logic involved in making a board game, counting
Here’s What to Do
- Have several simple board games set up around the room (like Candyland, Chutes and Ladders). Invite families to play the games for 10
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School Family Quilt
Your Child Will Learn
About their family history and how their family fits into the school community
Here’s What to Do
- Talk with your child about your family story. You can talk about:
- Who is in your family
- Your ancestors-
- Talk with your child about your family story. You can talk about:
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Make Believe Jobs
Your Child Will Learn
About community jobs and money
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child if they’d like to play bus driver, restaurant, or store.
- Set up your props. Examples:
- Bus: place chairs or pillows in a rectangle for
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Neighborhood Portrait
Your Child Will Learn
To notice features of the place where they live
Here’s What to Do
- Take a walk or drive around your community with a piece of paper and drawing supplies.
- Ask your child to choose what part
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Piggy Bank
Your Child Will Learn
About coins and saving money
Here’s What to Do
- Find an empty container that can be repurposed as a “Piggy Bank.” It could be an empty tissue box, a clean food container, a jar, etc.. Together
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Guess My Job
Your Child Will Learn
About jobs in the community and dramatic play
Here’s What to Do
- Tell your child you’re going to play a game called ‘Guess my Job.’ Explain how it works: you’ll take turns pretending to do a
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Map Our House
Your Child Will Learn
How to make a map and visual-spatial skills
Here’s What to Do
- Draw the shape of your home’s perimeter on a piece of paper (if your home has more than one level, pick one floor to
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Map My Day
Your Child Will Learn
Map making and how to get places they need to go
Here’s What to Do
- Talk with your child about their schedule for tomorrow. Mention the places they need to go, and in what order.
- Help
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My Favorite Place
Your Child Will Learn
How to explore their environment and learn about a place in their community.
Here’s What to Do
- Take your child to a favorite place in your community. Bring snacks and drawing materials.
- Give them a tour