Category: Some mess
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Where did the Water Go?
Your Child Will Learn
About states of water and evaporation
Here’s What to Do
- In the morning, fill a clear cup with water (it could be a glass, disposable cup, or measuring cup). Use a marker to draw a line
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Does it Float?
Your Child Will Learn
The scientific process: making a hypothesis, experimenting, and determining results
Here’s What to Do
- Gather objects from around the house. If possible, find a mix of things that you know will sink (coins, marbles, rocks), float
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Daily Routine Poster
Your Child Will Learn
Vocabulary to talk about different times of the day
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to give examples of things that happen every day. Make a list of their answers. (Examples: teeth brushing, getting dressed,
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Match and Model Letters
Your Child Will Learn
To notice how letters are written and re-create letters with clay.
Here’s What to Do
- Select a place with a flat surface. Set out modeling clay, play dough, or air-dry clay (see below for homemade play
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Draw a Memory
Your Child Will Learn
To communicate their ideas with pictures and words.
Here’s What to Do
- At the end of the week, ask your child to remember one fun thing that happened that week.
- Ask them to draw or paint
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Draw a Story
Your Child Will Learn
About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories
Here’s What to Do
- Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,
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Kitchen Sorting
Your Child Will Learn
How to sort objects into different categories and describe characteristics of objects
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child for help putting away kitchen items like dishes, utensils, pots. (Before you begin, you can put away
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Grocery Grouping
Your Child Will Learn
Sorting objects into two groups that have shared characteristics
Here’s What to Do
- When you are unpacking groceries (or other items from shopping bags), ask your child to help sort the items.
- Choose two categories and
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Toy Patterns
Your Child Will Learn
Introduction to patterns
Here’s What to Do
- With your child, gather two different types of small toys (like blocks and toy cars, or balls and stuffed animals). Sort them into 2 piles based on their types.
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Shape Monsters
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing and combining shapes to make a new object
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose and draw a large shape on a piece of paper, and then to cut it out. This will