Balloon Car
Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years old, 11 years oldLearning Objective: In this activity, your child will explore how the stored energy in an inflated balloon can power a homemade toy car.
Blindfolded Tasting
Learning Area(s): Language and Communication; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years oldLearning Objective: This mindfulness activity encourages your child to experience their food by touch, smell, and taste.
Body Scan
Learning Area(s): Social and Emotional; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years oldLearning Objective: Family members build body awareness by taking turns describing how a part of their body feels.
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.
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 oldLearning 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 oldLearning 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 oldLearning 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.
Find Something New
Learning Area(s): Science; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 years old, 6 years old, 7 years old, 8 years old, 9 years old, 10 years oldLearning Objective: This mindfulness activity encourages your child to be more aware of their environment, and take turns with you finding something new in a familiar setting.
Fingerpainting Fun
Learning Area(s): Physical Development; Sensory and Art | Age Group: 24-36 months, 3 years old, 4 years oldLearning Objective: Your child will practice fine motor skills through a mess-free version of fingerpainting, using paint in a plastic bag.