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Animal Face Shapes
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing shapes and noticing how objects can be broken down into smaller shapes
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose an animal’s face to draw (some ideas: dog, cat, pig, rabbit, koala).
- Have your
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Counting Mix Up
Your Child Will Learn
Counting up to 10 with one-to-one correspondence, even when the items being counted look different
Here’s What to Do
- Gather 10 small household objects to count (examples: hair clips, blocks, toothpicks). Place them on a surface
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Pattern Play
Your Child Will Learn
How to complete a complex pattern
Here’s What to Do
- Gather around 15 small objects in 3 different colors or sizes (like 3 colors of blocks, 3 sizes of paper clips, 3 types of coins)
- Arrange
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Kitchen Patterns
Your Child Will Learn
How to extend a 3-object pattern
Here’s What to Do
- Gather a bunch of kitchen utensils (fork, spoon, butter knife). Ask your child to sort them.
- Place them in a simple pattern of 3 objects, repeating
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Snack Subtraction
Your Child Will Learn
Solving subtraction problems with 10 items or fewer.
Here’s What to Do
- Put 10 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a plate and ask your child to count them.
- Ask your child how many pieces
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Snack Subtraction
Your Child Will Learn
Introductory subtraction
Here’s What to Do
- Put 5 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a plate and count them for your child (point as you count).
- Ask your child to remove 1 piece. Count how
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Snack Addition
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Snack Addition with the Holloways
Your Child Will Learn
Solving addition problems that add up to 10
Here’s What to Do
- Put 5 small pieces
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Snack Addition
Check out Acelero Learning families trying this PEER activity at home!
Snack Addition with the Holloways
Your Child Will Learn
Introductory addition
Here’s What to Do
- Put 6 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a
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Characters in Books
Your Child Will Learn
Describe main characters and their actions in books
Here’s What to Do
- Staple a few sheets of paper together to create a journal for recording information about book characters
- Read a book that your child is
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Paint Your Letter
Your Child Will Learn
To write the first letter of their name.
Here’s What to Do
- Spread out newspaper or a tablecloth, and set up large pieces of paper to paint on. Put a small amount of non-toxic paint in