Category: No Mess

  • Seeing Sight Words

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to recognize, say, and spell sight words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a list of simple sight words that your child can learn to recognize without sounding them out and write them on poster paper. 
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  • Writing About My Things

    Your Child Will Learn

    Write simple words to describe my things 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Have your child gather 2-3 things that belong to them, like small toys and or things they take to school everyday
    2. Work with your child
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  • I Spy a Clean Floor

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to help clean up after mealtimes

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child for help cleaning up the floor after a meal. Give your child a dustpan and brush, a child-sized broom, or a small
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  • Calm Your Body

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to calm their body before falling asleep

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space where you can move. Invite your child to notice how their body feels.
    2. With your child, wiggle your arms and
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  • Mindful Breaths

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fun breathing techniques to help your child feel calm

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Practice a flower breath
      • Imagine smelling a beautiful flower: take a deep breath in
      • Imagine blowing away dandelion seeds: blow slowly out through
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  • Simon Says Clean Up

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to help clean up

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child that you’re going to play a game of “Simon Says.” You’re going to be Simon, and whatever you say to clean up, your child
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  • Say Goodnight

    Your Child Will Learn

    A routine to help them transition to bedtime

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to play “Say Goodnight” before they lay down for sleep.
    2. Ask your child to walk through their room and say goodnight
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  • Good Morning, World!

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to be responsible for some parts of their morning routine

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a ‘good morning’ song to sing every morning (if you don’t know one already, search “good morning song” on the
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  • I Wiggle

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to calm down their bodies before sleep

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space in your home where you can wiggle. Put down a towel, blanket, or mat and stand on it.
    2. Sing a
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  • Relax My Body

    Your Child Will Learn

    A relaxation technique to prepare for sleep

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before bed, ask your child to choose a magical creature (fairy, dragon, unicorn, etc.) and a color.
    2. Starting with their face, use your palm to
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