Title: Button Search Age: 4-5 Year old Subject Area: PreMath Knowledge Standard 1 Length of time for activity: 12-15 minutes The goal of this activity is to distinguish the different characteristics of the buttons in the container. Materials Needed: Misc. assortment of buttons Index Cards Markers What to do: Using several index cards, write different …
Title: Magnetic Movement Age: 5-6 Year old Subject Area: PreScience Length of time for activity: 15-18 minutes The goal of this activity is to give your child experience playing with a magnet. Magnets only attract items made of iron and steel. This provides an opportunity to talk about what things are made of. Materials Needed: …
Happy Tooth Age: 0-1 Years Pre-Social Studies Knowledge Standard: SE 1 In the State Early Learning Standards Developmental Domain: Infants can share the following: Smiles and shows pleasure when others talk to them Seeks attention and contact with people Expresses comfort or discomfort Vocalizes in response to sounds produced by others Objective: The goal of …
Title: Mixing Colors Math Knowledge Standard: 1 Objective: The goal of this activity is to let them find out through fun exposure what happens when you mix two primary colors together to get a secondary color. Materials needed: Six Dixie Cups Water Three Food Coloring Containers: Red, Blue, Yellow What to Do: Fill three Dixie …
Title: Felt LettersAge: 3-4 Years oldSubject Area: PreWriting (Knowledge Standard: PHD 3)Length of time for activity: 9-12 minutes BLOG Content The goal of this activity is to build on their prereading skills through fun play with felt letters. Material Needed: Letter patterns Felt (any color or colors) Scissors Pins What to do: Cut out the …
Title: Fishing for Letters Age: 4-5 Year old Subject Area: PreWriting (Knowledge Standard: PHD 3) Length of time for activity: 12-15 minutes BLOG Content The goal of this activity is to reinforce prereading skills while learning letter names. Material Needed: Green Construction Paper Fish Pattern Marker Magnet Yarn Dowel Rod or Stick Paper Clips What …
Length of time: 6-9 minutes Felt Stories Age: 2-3 Years Pre-Reading Knowledge Standard: S 3 Objective: The goal of this activity is to bring books alive by acting out the story using felt shaped characters. When you have finished reading, model for your child how to act it out. This helps the child recall what …
Title: Homemade books Age: 5-6 Year old Subject Area: PreWriting (Knowledge Standard: PHD 1) Length of time for activity: 15-18 minutes BLOG Content Objective: The goal of this activity is to encourage the development of pre-reading skills by providing materials for your child to create their own books. Materials needed: Old Wallpaper Books Stapler Construction …
Length of time: 30 seconds – 6 minutes Nursery Rhymes & Finger Plays Age: 0-1 & 1-2 Years Objective: The goal of this activity is to begin to memorize a series of finger plays and nursery rhymes. Materials needed: Nursery Rhymes Index Cards Pen Tape What to Do: Copy off the Nursery Rhymes onto individual …
Title: Surprise Snack Age: 1-2 Year old Subject Area: PreWriting (Knowledge Standard: PHD 1) Length of time for activity: 3-6 minutes BLOG Content The goal of this activity is to provide a fun way to provide exercise for your child’s small hand muscles by tearing open a package with a fun snack hidden inside. Material …
