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Balloon Car

Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old, 11 years old
Learning Objective: In this activity, your child will explore how the stored energy in an inflated balloon can power a homemade toy car.

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 old
Learning 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 old
Learning 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.

Constellation Projectors

Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old, 11 years old
Learning Objective: You and your child will make a simple projector to view models of constellations.

Creating Art with Shapes

Learning Area(s): Math; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old
Learning Objective: In this activity, the child has the opportunity to be creative by using a variety of shapes to create art.

Feeling Faces Masks

Learning Area(s): Social and Emotional; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old
Learning Objective: You and your child will discuss and describe situations in which both of you have experienced different emotions. Together, you will make “feeling face” masks to show these emotions. This activity will help your child understand and relate to his or her own feelings and those of others.

Fingerpainting Fun

Learning Area(s): Physical Development; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 24-36 months, 3 years old, 4 years old
Learning Objective: Your child will practice fine motor skills through a mess-free version of fingerpainting, using paint in a plastic bag.

Fingerprint Patterns

Learning Area(s): Math; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old
Learning Objective: Your child will create patterns with their fingerprints.

Head in the Clouds

Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old
Learning Objective: Children will observe clouds, and then draw or paint what they see.

Magnetic Art

Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old
Learning Objective: Your child will create a painting as they investigate and describe how magnets work.

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