- Learning Areas: Reading and Writing
All By Myself
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing; Social and Emotional | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years oldLearning Objective: You will read a picture book with your child about doing things independently, and then make an “all by myself” train out of paper.
Backwards Day
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing | Age Group: 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will practice reading past tense words with -ed as they play a game.
Be a Book Critic
Learning Area(s): Language and Communication; Reading and Writing | Age Group: 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will read a book and write a review that includes a short summary, their thoughts on the book, and a rating.
Be a Storyteller
Learning Area(s): Language and Communication; Reading and Writing | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years oldLearning Objective: In this activity, your child will use pictures from a book to retell a story.
Beginning Sounds Picture Collage
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing; Physical Development | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will practice recognizing beginning sounds in words and create a collage of pictures that start with the same sound.
Building World Knowledge
Learning Area(s): Language and Communication; Reading and Writing; Math; Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: This video highlights the importance of building content knowledge around STEM concepts (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). We discuss different strategies to use with your child and provide examples of activities to do with your child to build content knowledge.
Buried Letters
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years oldLearning Objective: In this game, children will practice naming letters and their associated sounds through a game of finding buried letters. Working with letters helps children learn their names and sounds, which are important pre-reading skills.
Change a Letter
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing | Age Group: 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will move letters around to make words and read the words.
Chapter Book Selfies
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing; Social and Emotional | Age Group: 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will make facial expressions representing a character's emotions in a chapter book, take a selfie, label it, and talk about how the character was feeling.
Common Word Sentences
Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing | Age Group: 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will make sentences using common or high-frequency words.