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  • Natural Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    Music can be made from objects found in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip to a park, nature trail, open field, valley, or meadow
    2. Find natural objects that can be used to make different
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  • Geography Explorer

    Your Child Will Learn

    To notice geographical features in your community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. 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

    1. 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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  • Make Believe Jobs

    Your Child Will Learn

    About community jobs and money

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child if they’d like to play bus driver, restaurant, or store.
    2. Set up your props. Examples:
      • Bus: place chairs or pillows in a rectangle for
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  • Piggy Bank

    Your Child Will Learn

    About coins and saving money

    Here’s What to Do

    1. 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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  • Map My Day

    Your Child Will Learn

    Map making and how to get places they need to go

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk with your child about their schedule for tomorrow. Mention the places they need to go, and in what order.
    2. Help
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  • Heritage Tree Leaf

    Your Child Will Learn

    About their family and their family’s culture and traditions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk about your family:
      • People in your family
      • Traditions in your family
      • Language(s) your family speaks
      • Culture(s) your family belongs to
      • Things your
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  • Hand Tracing

    Your Child Will Learn

    The shape of our hands can be used to make creative art

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use a pencil to trace your child’s hands on paper 
    2. Ask your child what shapes and figures can they create
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  • Natural Mosaic Moods

    Your Child Will Learn

    Mosaic art is an image made of smaller pieces

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Fold a piece of paper into 4 equal parts
    2. Give your child a pencil and ask them to draw a face that represents
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  • Paint to Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    The beats and rhythms heard in music can inspire how we paint

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play a lively song with lots of instrumentation and percussion
    2. Give your child paper, 2-3 non-toxic paint colors, and paintbrushes
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