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A Week of Educational Activities To do at Home--#1
Math:
Counting Activities: count up a pile (pennies, marbles, buttons, crayons, chips, dots,
Straws, rocks, cheerios, macaroni, anything in your home that can be counted).
Sorting activity: sort the counting piles into groups, by color, size, and utility.
Comparison Counting Activities: Split piles into two groups. On post-its (paper, cards), write
more, less, equal, most, least, fewest, fewer. Child matches the group with the
corresponding post-it. Discuss the word and group.
Comparison Height and Length: measure everyone in family, against the wall. Make a tic
mark with pencil. Use a measuring tape or ruler, figure out everyone’s measurement.
Determine who is the tallest and shortest. Use the math language of tall, big, bigger,
biggest, small, short, medium, middle, shorter, taller, smallest, tallest.
Do the same with everyone’s shoes. Use the language of long, longer, longest.
Make Lego or block towers. Use the math comparison language to compare and
describe them.
Calendar Math: Using a calendar (paper or on-line), talk about the days of the week, month,
year, season. Count up the days- how many days in a week, how many days in the month,
how many more days until… Ask them to point to a specific day and date. Find event
days and say the day name and date. Put stickers or a crayon circle onto specific dates.
www.starfall.com has a great and engaging calendar activity.
Money Activities: Have your child go around the house and collect coins. Then, they should
Count up how many coins they collected. Sort coins by denominations (put into paper
cups, bowls, containers). Count each denomination separately. Determine which is
more/less/fewer/most/least/fewest. Count up the single denominations (pennies by ones,
nickels by fives, dimes by 10s, quarters by 25s). Count up mixed coins (pennies/nickels,
nickels/dimes, etc.) Play sticker, toy, or snack store—assign a price (up to 99 cents) to
each item, in a small group of items. Give the child a pile of coins. The child picks what
he/she wants to buy then says the price. They then count out the coins, independently, or
with you saying “give me 2 dimes” and etc. They then get to keep/use the item they
bought.
Language Arts:
Read an easy story book to your child. Ask them to find the pre-primer words
(the , go, see, play, a, and, we, he, she, but). They read these words when they come up in the
Story. Put these words onto index cards and have them match to the story.
Make a Picture Story Book—Take 5+ sheets of paper. Child draws a picture or glues on a picture
(magazines, old greetings cards, advertisements, old calendars). Child writes 3- 5 sentences
about each picture. If child can’t write, you write words/phrases onto cards and let child find the
card to make a sentence. Glue the cards onto the paper. Staple the book together. Read book
with child. Have child read to family members, through internet or phone.
Alphabet/picture book—In large print, type out each letter in uppercase and lowercase. Space the
letters apart so that you can cut them out. Take 14 sheets of paper and cut them in half. One
half sheet will be the book cover. Each half sheet is dedicated to a single letter. First sheet, have
child find the uppercase A (from an array of 3 letters). Glue onto sheet. Then they glue on the
matching lowercase a (from array of 3). Do this for all letters. Staple book and read with child.
Picture Vocabulary—Find pictures from magazines, old calendars, ads, etc. Cut out and put in pile.
Sort pictures into categories, by color, item classification, item use, size, people, place, thing,
food, animals, etc. Play a “find me” game of asking for picture label, picture classification,
picture description.
Action Words—write the action words (play, throw, go, sit, walk, talk, hear, sleep, pick, point) onto
Index cards (or post-its, paper). Read action word card with child. You demonstrate the action
Then have your child do the action. Play a Simon Says game with these words. Find online
Or magazine pictures showing the actions. Label your actions, to child, throughout the day.
Life Skills:
Household chores—give your child the responsibility to do at least one chore (dust, clean table, vacuum,
Sweep, wash/dry dishes, set the table, help with laundry, fold towels, find socks for pairs, etc.)
Weather Person—Have your child tell the day’s weather (find on-line, newspapers) to all in family and
Tell everyone the type of clothes and accessories they will need that day (short sleeves, hats,
umbrella, etc.)
Hygiene Police—The child reminds everyone to wash their hands, keep hands away from face,
Stay 6 feet apart, cough/sneeze away from others, and to give an air high 5 (not touching)
Calendar Keeper—The child keeps the daily calendar and tells everyone the day, date, and events
Gardener—Child helps weed, rake, hoe, and water the garden
Family Chef—Your child can help you make any family meal. They can help pour, mix, use a beater,
Roll dough with a rolling pin, crack eggs (with your guidance) into a small bowl, measure
Ingredients, time the baking, open containers, and clean the mess.
Have Fun and Enjoy Your Children😊
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