Category: Mess Level

  • People Parts

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names of body parts

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child you’re going to play a game called People Parts!
    2. One at a time, ask your child to point to different body parts on their body.
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  • Bubble Chase

    Your Child Will Learn

    To observe the effect wind has on bubbles

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with a bottle of blowing bubbles. Pick a starting point and put something there to mark it (a ball, a water bottle, etc.).
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  • Build-A-Track

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to build a simple machine that changes the speed and direction of objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a bunch of materials to build a toy race track (examples: cardboard boxes, toilet paper/paper towel rolls,
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  • Three Little Pigs Building Challenge

    Your Child Will Learn

    Investigating characteristics of Earth’s materials

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Read or tell your child the story of the Three Little Pigs.
    2. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space. Bring a small figurine or
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  • Creature Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    Observing the characteristics of animals and considering how they are similar/different

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or other green space. Bring a camera or smartphone if possible.
    2. Search for these (hint:
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  • Plant Scavenger Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    About the features of plants and trees

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, trail or other green space.
    2. Search for these parts of trees and plants:
      1. Leaf
      2. Flower
      3. Trunk/Bark
      4. Seed/Nut
      5. Stem
      6. Fruit/Berry
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  • Silly Running

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fun ways to run and move their body

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space where you can run. Mark a ‘start’ and a ‘finish’ line. Before you begin, notice how you’re breathing. 
    2. Run a race
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  • Dance Your Heart Out

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to increase their heart rate and move their bodies in a fun way

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Help your child find their pulse (two fingers on the inside of their wrist) and notice how fast
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  • Simon Says Stretch

    Your Child Will Learn

    That stretching their muscles is a fun way to care for their body 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few family members or friends together and choose a family member to be the first leader (aka
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  • Move Like an Animal

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to move their body and build physical endurance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather everyone in the family who wants to play. Ask a child to choose an animal whose movement you could copy.
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