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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.

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.

Material Box

Learning Area(s): Physical Development, Sensory and Art | Age Group: 9-12 months, 12-18 months

Learning Objective: In this activity, the baby will use exploration and fine motor skills to pull fabric squares out of a tissue box.

Mystery Bags!

Learning Area(s): Science, Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Objective: Children will use some of their senses to try to guess what item is inside some “mystery bags.”

Paint a Pie

Learning Area(s): Physical Development, Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Objective: Young children enjoy creating fun objects that can be played with in different ways. In this activity, children will create a scented paper plate pie using paint, glue, and spices. This activity will foster creativity and imagination and develop fine motor and oral language skills.

Playdough and Pasta

Learning Area(s): Physical Development, Sensory and Art | Age Group: 24-36 months, 3 years old

Learning Objective: This activity uses playdough and pasta as building materials to encourage a toddler’s creative thinking and build fine motor skills.