Category: Social Studies
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Public Transport Adventure
Your Child Will Learn
Vocabulary about transportation and their community
Here’s What to Do
- Plan a trip for your child to experience riding public transportation, like a bus, train, tram, light rail, or ferry.
- Describe all parts of the trip
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Indigenous Community Roots
Your Child Will Learn
About Indigenous cultures in your community
Here’s What to Do
- Identify an Indigenous cultural site or museum where you live. If you don’t know of any, try searching “Native American heritage sites + [your city]” on
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Geography Explorer
Your Child Will Learn
To notice geographical features in your community
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a natural landmark near your community to visit (like: rivers, ponds, mountains, valleys, oceans, caves, waterfalls, parks, forests, etc.). Bring snacks, clothes for outdoor
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Geography Adventure
Your Child Will Learn
About natural landmarks in your community
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a natural landmark near your community to visit (like: rivers, ponds, mountains, valleys, oceans, caves, waterfalls, parks, forests, etc.). Bring snacks and clothes for outdoor
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Community History Expert
Your Child Will Learn
More about where they live and how it has changed over time
Here’s What to Do
- Together with your child, brainstorm someone you know who has lived in your community for a long time. It could
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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