6/15-6/19
Videos
- Metamorphosis
- Field Trip Friday
6/8-6/12
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Monday June 8 - Friday June 12 Suggested Activities
Reading
Read independently 15 minutes a day
Videos
ABC Book - letters N, O, P, Q, R
This week we are going to continue work on our alphabet book.
Each day, the kids will add one letter. Each page should have the upper and lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
Transformation Study
We are studying transformation, or how things change. This can encompass many things from butterflies and insects which is metamorphosis, to wax being transformed into crayons, to transforming a scrap of paper into a piece of beautiful artwork or the kids growing up and moving to kindergarten.
End of School Year
Art
Reading
Read independently 15 minutes a day
Videos
- All About Insects
- Inspect an insect
- School was different this year video
- Lines of symmetry
- Beautiful OOPS author Barney Saltzberg at school
- Beautiful OOPS read aloud
ABC Book - letters N, O, P, Q, R
This week we are going to continue work on our alphabet book.
Each day, the kids will add one letter. Each page should have the upper and lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
- Complete the tens frame activity on seesaw
- Complete the patterning activity on seesaw
- Watch the video about symmetry and complete the activity on seesaw
Transformation Study
We are studying transformation, or how things change. This can encompass many things from butterflies and insects which is metamorphosis, to wax being transformed into crayons, to transforming a scrap of paper into a piece of beautiful artwork or the kids growing up and moving to kindergarten.
End of School Year
- I Am Special
- Questions About Kindergarten
- School Was Different This Year Book
Art
- After watching the videos of insects, design your own insect. Remember, it has 3 body parts, 6 legs and 2 antennae.
- Watch the video of Barney Salztberg when he visited a school and then the read aloud of his book A Beautiful OOPS. Now you can create your own Beautiful OOPS. See how you can transform a mistake into something beautiful.
6/1-6/5
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Monday June 1 – Friday June 5 Suggested Activities
Reading
ABC Book - letters J,K,L,M
Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
Baby/Animal Study Research Project
- What does your animal look like? (Be as descriptive as you can)
- What is your animal called as a baby and as an adult?
- Where does your animal live? (Its habitat)
- What does your animal eat? Is it the same when they are a baby and an adult?
- How does your animal move?
- How are their babies born? Do they hatch from an egg or are they born alive?
You can draw pictures or print pictures. Ask a parent to write the words for you.
Art
Dramatic Play/Life Skills
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- All About Mammals
- All About Reptiles
- All About Birds
ABC Book - letters J,K,L,M
- This week we are going to continue work on our alphabet book.
Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
- Baby Picture Match- Fill in the number on the baby picture next to your friends’ name. The answers will be sent at the end of the week. You can look at this whenever you have time this week.
- Number/Shape Game
Baby/Animal Study Research Project
- Think of an animal that you would like to learn more about. Search on Epic for the name of the animal you chose, and read a book or two about that animal as research for your book. You can watch videos of your animal on https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ or other websites.
- What does your animal look like? (Be as descriptive as you can)
- What is your animal called as a baby and as an adult?
- Where does your animal live? (Its habitat)
- What does your animal eat? Is it the same when they are a baby and an adult?
- How does your animal move?
- How are their babies born? Do they hatch from an egg or are they born alive?
You can draw pictures or print pictures. Ask a parent to write the words for you.
- Who Am I Riddles on Seesaw
Art
- Using recycled materials, Legos, clay, or any materials you have available, create a sculpture of the animal you have chosen to study. Be creative.
Dramatic Play/Life Skills
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
- Baby Nursery
- Pediatrician or Veterinarian’s Office
- Baby Bath
5/25-5/29
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Monday May 25 - Friday May 29 Suggested Activities
Reading
Babies Can’t Eat Kimchee
Everywhere Babies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdXbUpj_L0
When I Was Little https://youtu.be/dUM_b3Pe8N4
Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KdJfqH4po
Writing
lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like. For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
Science
Art
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Epic Books suggestions
Babies Can’t Eat Kimchee
Everywhere Babies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdXbUpj_L0
When I Was Little https://youtu.be/dUM_b3Pe8N4
Videos
- Growing up video
- When I Grow Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7KdJfqH4po
Writing
- ABC Book - letters F, G, H, I
lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like. For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
- When I Was a Baby Book
Math
- Sequencing Human Life cycle All Living things follow a life cycle as they grow. Cut and paste the human life cycle that was sent in the email (choose the boy or girl) in order from birth until the elderly.
- How Have I Grown? Parents, please share with your child how long they were, or approximately how long, when they were born. Measure out a piece of string or ribbon of this length. Then measure how tall your child is now, using a piece of string or ribbon. Compare the two lengths and talk about how much bigger your child is now than when s/he was born. Use words such as longer and shorter throughout the activity.
Science
- Baby vs. Child Look at pictures of yourself when you were a baby. How are you the same? How have you changed?
- Child vs. Grown-up Stand with a grown up and look in a mirror? How are kids and grown-ups the same and how are they different?
Art
- Baby Portraits
- Baby Rattles
- Design a front cover for your When I Was A Baby Book
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
- Baby Nursery
- Pediatrician
- Baby Bath
5/18-5/22
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Monday May 18 - Friday May 22 Suggested Activities
Reading
Writing
Each day, the kids will add one letter. Each page should have the upper and lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
Art
Leaf Rubbings
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Plant the Tiny Seed
- Life of a Seed
- Garden Giants
- The Curious Garden
Writing
- ABC Book
Each day, the kids will add one letter. Each page should have the upper and lowercase letter and at least one picture that starts with that letter. Your child can also write the word if they would like.
For example, the First page might have:
A a apple
Math
- Measuring flowers on Seesaw
- Measuring at home- find a material that you have many of, that are the same size (dominoes, markers, spoons, …….) Find 5 or more objects to measure (A table, a person, a book, a plant) and measure them using whatever non-standard unit of measure you have chosen. Please help your child understand that the unit of measure must be the same size (Legos are fine if they are all of the same size).
- How do plants grow from a seed? Sequencing from seed to flower
- Seed dispersal. Did you ever wonder how seeds get from one place to another so plants can grow in different places? Watch this video and learn how seeds can travel.
Art
Leaf Rubbings
- Create leaf or tree bark rubbings. Place a leaf under paper and rub the side of the crayon over the paper and watch for the shape of the leaf to emerge. Or, place a piece of paper on a tree and rub with the side of a crayon.
- Design a flower that no one has ever seen using found materials (paper, beads, paper towel rolls, blocks)
- Design a front cover for your ABC Book
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
- Using real, fake, or paper flowers, pretend to be at a flower shop
- Pretend to be in a garden taking care of plants, using items found around the house.
- Pretend to be in a market selling fruits and vegetables from the kitchen.
- Pretend to be a landscaper taking care of yards.
- Pretend to be a farmer harvesting crops.
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
- Build a garden.
- Build a bouquet of flowers.
- Build a farm.
- Build a park with landscaping around it.
5/11-5/15
Monday May 11 - Friday May 15 Suggested Activities
Reading
How Do Plants Grow
Videos
Math
Science
Art
file:///Users/teacher/Downloads/Mondays%20with%20MoMA%205_11.pdf
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
Blocks
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Epic Books– www.getepic.com/students Class Code puw7446
How Do Plants Grow
- Henry Plants a Seed
- The Carrot Seed
Videos
- What a Plant Needs
- Parts of a plant
- Replanting Vegetables
Math
- 1-5 Number Book
Science
- What a Plant Needs: Watch the video about what plants need to grow. What did you learn or what surprised you?
- Walking Field Trip: If you are able, go on a walk (field trip) to look for plants in your neighborhood. Talk about the similarities and differences you notice.
- Parts of a Plant: Watch the Parts of a plant video. What did you learn or what surprised you?
- Senses Observation: Find and observe one plant or use a plant that you have at home. Talk about what the plant looks like, how it smells, the way it feels etc. After observing the plant, write or draw about it.
- Growing Seeds in a Plastic Bag: Dampen a paper towel and fold it into the bag. Place the seeds along one side of the bag, pressing them against the paper towel. Seal the bag tightly, and hang in a window using tape. Make sure the beans are visible on the side of the window where the kids will be observing their seeds sprout.
- Replanting Video: Watch the video about replanting plants. Pick one or more to try. Take pictures and post them when it begins to grow. I am going to try the red pepper, strawberries, and carrots.
Art
- Mondays at MOMA
file:///Users/teacher/Downloads/Mondays%20with%20MoMA%205_11.pdf
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
- This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
- Using real, fake, or paper flowers, pretend to be at a flower shop
- Pretend to be in a garden taking care of plants, using items found around the house.
- Pretend to be in a market selling fruits and vegetables from the kitchen.
- Pretend to be a landscaper taking care of yards.
- Pretend to be a farmer harvesting crops.
Blocks
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
- Build a garden.
- Build a bouquet of flowers.
- Build a farm.
- Build a park with landscaping around it.
5/4-5/8
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Monday May 4 - Friday May 8 Suggested Activities
Reading
Max Plants a Seed, The Ugly Vegetables, Fluffy Plants a Garden
Videos
Math
Use tally marks to keep track of all the fruit you eat this week, adding 1 tally mark each time you eat an apple, banana, grapes, or any other fruit. On Friday, count up all of your tallies.
Science
Art
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Epic Books– www.getepic.com/students Class Code puw7446
Max Plants a Seed, The Ugly Vegetables, Fluffy Plants a Garden
Videos
- Why do we need plants? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fF-WVv2hs
- Living or Non-living https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0fF-WVv2hs
- Peppa Pig Gardening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-4J_0vpszM
- For Parents: Tens Frames https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6RaMGDPfJg
Math
Use tally marks to keep track of all the fruit you eat this week, adding 1 tally mark each time you eat an apple, banana, grapes, or any other fruit. On Friday, count up all of your tallies.
- Spring Memory Game-print out two copies of the cards which will be sent in an email. (black and white is fine) Cut them out, mix them up and lay the cards out in a grid. Take turns turning over 2 at a time to try and find a match.
- Tens Frame Memory Game- print out cards 1-10 or 1-20, depending on your child’s level. (The cards will be sent in an email) Cut apart the digit from the tens frame and separate them into 2 piles. Try to match the digit to the corresponding tens frame. You can then turn the cards upside down and play as a memory game.
Science
- Why do we need plants? video
- Living and Non-living
Art
- Famous Artist Flower Paintings
- Famous Artist Flower Painting Inspiration
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing
This is the center where children “pretend” to do many things.
- Using real, fake, or paper flowers, pretend to be at a flower shop
- Pretend to be in a garden taking care of plants, using items found around the house.
- Pretend to be in a market selling fruits and vegetables from the kitchen.
- Pretend to be a landscaper taking care of yards.
- Pretend to be a farmer harvesting crops.
Using blocks at home if available to build or cardboard boxes, shoe boxes, Legos, pillows, couch cushions, etc.
- Build a garden.
- Build a bouquet of flowers.
- Build a farm.
- Build a park with landscaping around it.
Suggested Schedule
4/27-5/1
Suggested Activities
Reading
Floating or Sinking
Who’s in My Tub- Stop on each page and find the rhyming words
Floating and Sinking
Videos
First watch without talking. Then watch again and pause on each page to have your child narrate the story. Ask about the characters, setting, problem and solution. Look closely at the boys’ face throughout the story. How did his feelings change from the beginning to the middle and at the end?
Math
Science
For each experiment, post a photo, draw a picture or use your words to tell about the experiment on Seesaw.
Ask your child how they can get the water out of the bowl without tipping the container, pouring it out or adding more water.
Start putting objects in one by one and watch to see if the water level rises as you add more objects that have their own volume.
Keep adding objects until the water overflows.
How many objects were you able to add before the water overflowed?
Art
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing You can help your child think about how we use water in our everyday lives and in each of these scenarios. You can add labels, create a menu or add signs. You can help your child sound out the words and write the words. Have fun. We’d love to see photos!
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Epic Books– www.getepic.com/students Class Code puw7446
Floating or Sinking
Who’s in My Tub- Stop on each page and find the rhyming words
Floating and Sinking
Videos
- Float by Daniel Miyares
First watch without talking. Then watch again and pause on each page to have your child narrate the story. Ask about the characters, setting, problem and solution. Look closely at the boys’ face throughout the story. How did his feelings change from the beginning to the middle and at the end?
- Who Sank The Boat by Pamela Allen
- Mr. Archimedes’ Bath by Pamela Allen
Math
- Tens Frame Math – On Seesaw
- Family Name Math- On Seesaw
Science
For each experiment, post a photo, draw a picture or use your words to tell about the experiment on Seesaw.
- Sink and Float- Collect a number of objects (about 10) that you want to test. If possible, use objects made out of different materials (plastic, metal) and use some of the same objects, but in different sizes (large and small Magnatiles, penny and quarter).
- Foil Boats- Think about all you have learned about why a boat can float. Use foil to make a boat. Test it in the sink or bathtub to see if it floats and redesign it, if necessary. Use pennies or small toys to see how much your boat will hold without sinking.
- Mr. Archimedes’ Bathtub- Fill a clear tub or bowl halfway with water. Mark the level of water with tape.
Ask your child how they can get the water out of the bowl without tipping the container, pouring it out or adding more water.
Start putting objects in one by one and watch to see if the water level rises as you add more objects that have their own volume.
Keep adding objects until the water overflows.
How many objects were you able to add before the water overflowed?
Art
- Self-Portrait
- Paper Boats
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing You can help your child think about how we use water in our everyday lives and in each of these scenarios. You can add labels, create a menu or add signs. You can help your child sound out the words and write the words. Have fun. We’d love to see photos!
- Restaurant- pretend your kitchen is a restaurant. Choose roles for everyone- customer, chef, server, kitchen staff.
- Beach- Pretend to be on the beach, lay out towels, have a picnic lunch. What do you see? Hear? (ocean, drinking, cleaning off sand)
- Laundry- have your kids help you with the laundry. Help sort, put in the machine and dryer. Let the kids help sort and match socks.
- Bathroom- talk about ways water is used. (shower, bath, toilet, brushing teeth, washing hands, shaving, cleaning)
- Car Wash- Fill the sink with soapy water and wash toy cars
- Meteorologist- Invite your child to pretend to give the weather forecast. They can dress up, use a map, and pictures of various types of weather.
4/20-4/24
Monday April 20- April 25 Suggested Activities
Reading
Videos
Math
Science
For each experiment, post a photo, draw a picture or use your words to tell about the experiment on Seesaw.
Art
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing You can help your child think about how we use water in our everyday lives and in each of these scenarios. You can add labels, create a menu or add signs. You can help your child sound out the words and write the words. Have fun. We’d love to see photos!
Questions to ask while your child is engaged in play-based learning:
Reading
- Read independently 15 minutes a day
- Epic Books– www.getepic.com/students Class Code puw7446
Videos
- Dissolving Experiment Video and then you will perform your own experiment
- Absorption/ Repel Experiment
- Pepper Experiment https://youtu.be/ho0o7H6dXSU
- Rainbow Fish to the Rescue!
Math
- Use the Geoboard on Seesaw to make shapes and designs, just like we do at school.
- Play What’s Missing- Choose about 7 small objects and put them on a tray. Cover the objects with a cloth. When you aren’t looking, have a grown up remove 1 object. Take the cloth off and tell what object is missing. Take turns. Can you guess when 2 objects are removed? What about 3?
- Sort your stuffed animals, or maybe toy cars, by color. Then resort them by size. Can you sort them a third way and have someone guess your rule?
Science
For each experiment, post a photo, draw a picture or use your words to tell about the experiment on Seesaw.
- Will it dissolve? Part 1 After watching the video about dissolving, you can conduct your own experiment. Choose about six things to test. (salt, sugar, cereal, flour, pasta, coffee grounds, oatmeal are just some ideas). Predict whether each one will dissolve or not. Then test each one. Sort them when you are finished.
- Will it dissolve? Part 2 Choose 2-3 of the substances you tried in part 1, but this time try cold, warm and hot water. Did the results change?
- Absorb/Repel After watching the video on surfaces that absorb and repel water, conduct your own experiment. You can choose any surfaces you want, including foil, paper, plastic, fabric, cotton and paper towel. Don’t worry if you don’t have food coloring. Discuss what happens when you drop water onto each surface. Sort the surfaces into those that absorb and those that repel.
- Pepper Experiment- You saw earlier in the week that pepper doesn’t dissolve in water. Now watch the pepper and water experiment, and try the experiment on your own. Do you think it will work if you try it with another substance?
- Sponge experiment- Give your child a sponge and ask: What does the sponge feel like when it’s dry? What do you think it will feel like when you put it in the water? Let’s try it! Then let children experiment. Ask: What happened to the sponge when you put it in water? Have your child demonstrate how a sponge absorbs or soaks up water. Ask your child to use sponge to move water from one bowl to another.
Art
- What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Last week, you told us what you wanted to be when you grew up. Now you can draw it on Seesaw. Don’t worry if you’ve changed your mind and pick something new that you want to be.
- 10 Sticks. Gather 10 sticks from your home. (You can use pencils, markers, or anything else that is long and thin. With these, build something, anything. Then build something new. What can you make with only 10 sticks? How can you change your work adding 3 new sticks? How can you change your work if you take away 3 sticks?
Dramatic Play/Life Skills/Writing You can help your child think about how we use water in our everyday lives and in each of these scenarios. You can add labels, create a menu or add signs. You can help your child sound out the words and write the words. Have fun. We’d love to see photos!
- Restaurant- pretend your kitchen is a restaurant. Choose roles for everyone- customer, chef, server, kitchen staff.
- Beach- Pretend to be on the beach, lay out towels, have a picnic lunch. What do you see? Hear? (ocean, drinking, cleaning off sand)
- Laundry- have your kids help you with the laundry. Help sort, put in the machine and dryer. Let the kids help sort and match socks.
- Bathroom- talk about ways water is used. (shower, bath, toilet, brushing teeth, washing hands, shaving, cleaning)
- Car Wash- Fill the sink with soapy water and wash toy cars
- Meteorologist- Invite your child to pretend to give the weather forecast. They can dress up, use a map, and pictures of various types of weather.
Questions to ask while your child is engaged in play-based learning:
- What do you notice?
- How did you do that?
- What will you try next?
- Tell me more about what you are doing
- I wonder what would happen if you______
- What did you observe?
- Why do you think that happened?
- What else can you add?
- What is your conclusion?
- What does this remind you of and why?
- How does this make you feel? Why?
- How can you change that?
4/13-4/17
Monday, April 13 Science
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Tall Tower. Work together to build the tallest tower that you can, using whatever materials you have on hand – blocks, cardboard boxes, etc. Talk as you build: What materials will be strongest? What will help the tower become stronger so you can build taller and taller? Take a picture when you’re finished and share with your teacher, if you would like.
● Ramps. If available, use a cardboard tube (e.g., paper towel tube) or a flat surface, such as a book, to create a ramp. Invite your child to tilt the tube/ramp to various angles. Roll a small toy car, ball, or other round object through the tube/down the ramp. Talk with your child about how the angle of the ramp affects how quickly or slowly the object rolls.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Tune in to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/?fbclid=IwAR3dByMW_FVIprSHbFpOQLicye4U02cYXYHDneZtvcDMQvKIeErzmBr4CBA at 3 pm daily to learn more about their amazing animals! If you miss the live stream, https://www.youtube.com/user/CincinnatiZooTube/featured all videos are posted on their YouTube channel shortly after the live stream ends.
● Take a Virtual Tour of the NASA Langley Research Center to see videos and pictures of space stations, rockets, and other space science in action. https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/
Tuesday, April 14 Computer Science (Cognition)
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Obstacle Course
Make an obstacle course with your family. This can be in the house, hallway, or outdoors, if you have a safe outdoor space. Before trying the course, talk together about the plan. Which objects are you going under? Over? Around? Are there any creative movements you want to incorporate? Take turns changing the obstacle course for each other.
● Make a Pattern with Your Body.
Use your body to create a simple pattern (e.g. jump, clap, jump, clap, jump, clap). Ask your child to follow along. After doing the pattern together a few times, stop and ask your child to describe the pattern. Repeat with other patterns. When children can follow along and describe the pattern, move on to more difficult patterns (tap knee, tap knee, tap head, tap knee, tap knee, tap head, tap knee, tap knee, tap head). Consider inviting your child to create patterns for you to follow and describe, too.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Patterns are all around us! From nature to computer science, our world is built on patterns. Smithsonian Magazine’s Patterns in Nature slideshow shows some of these amazing patterns. Look through the pictures, talk about what patterns you see, and guess what is being shown. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-natures-patterns-180959033/
● Blast videos are made just for you about all the topics you have ever wondered about. Check out Discovery Mindblown https://www.discoverymindblown.com/mindblown-blast for quick and engaging videos.
Wednesday, April 15 Health and Wellness
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Feelings Check-In. Use or create pictures of people expressing various feelings (e.g., cut pictures from a magazine, draw some faces, or use emojis on a tech device) to check in on how everyone is feeling. Try doing morning and afternoon check-ins. Ask questions such as, “How are you feeling? Why do you think you feel that way?” If someone is experiencing a difficult emotion, consider asking, “What will help you right now?” If you like, you and/or your child could draw a picture of the mood.
● Community Agreements for the Home. How can we treat each other kindly at home? Come up with a list of ideas that you can all agree to. For example, “say please when you need something” or “clean up our messes when we are finished with something.” Write/draw out 3-5 simple Community Agreements and post them in a place that you and your child can easily see and access. Revisit your agreements throughout the day, noting when family members are following them well, or using them as a reminder when family members are having a hard time.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Help Sesame Street friends “grow their colors” as they grow healthy fruits and vegetables for their picnic. https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/eating/?activity=grow-your-colors-2
● Cosmic Kids Yoga: Try yoga, mindfulness, and relaxation exercises with your child through this unique story format! https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/
Thursday, April 16 World Languages
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● World Music Dance Party. Have a dance party together! Start your party with music that is familiar to your family/culture/heritage, then explore music in other genres, cultures, and languages.
● Connect and Share. Call or video chat with a family member, classmate or friend. Share one of your favorite family activities or traditions, and ask them to share one of theirs. If they speak a language that you are not familiar with, ask them to teach you a few special words in their language, and vice versa.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Move your body and learn how to say “hello!” in different languages with this song https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/hola-bonjour-hello . from GoNoodle. When the song ends, practice the call and response from the song with your little one, and hear their favorite way to say “hello!”
● Join the 92nd Street Y for a Cuban Dance party https://www.92y.org/archives/discover-music-pedrito-martinez to the music of Grammy-nominated Pedrito Martinez. Consider watching a portion of the video, and creating your own drums at home to play along!
Friday, April 17 Music and Visual Arts
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● DJ for a Birthday Party. Plan a virtual party together. Select a family member or friend with an upcoming birthday, then select a party theme. Create a Spotify or YouTube playlist around the party theme, and record yourselves singing and/or dancing to one of the songs. Share the video with the birthday honoree.
● Family Art Exhibition
Create a family art exhibition over the course of a day or several days. Start by thinking together about what types of art you might like to create and display. Will it be two-dimensional (drawings or paintings)? Will you include three-dimensional art (using glue, playdough, etc.)? How big or small will your art objects be? Be creative and celebrate all artistic efforts! Pick an area of your home where you will display your art. As art is created, add it to your gallery or exhibition.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Chrome Music Lab makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. Create your own beats or songs and share them with friends!
● Listen together to “Welcome My Baby,” https://academy.jazz.org/Video/Patrice+E+Turner+Swings+Welcome+My+Baby+for+WeBop/ sung by musician Patrice E. Turner, an educator in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s WeBop early-childhood jazz education program for young children. Feel free to sing, stomp, and swing with your little one to the joyous jazz rhythm of this song.
● Explore the Met with #MetKids, a digital feature made for, with, and by kids. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/videos/channel/all
Thursday, April 9 College and Career
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Pretend to be a Community Helper
Talk with your child about community helpers (e.g. fire fighters, letter carriers, etc.). Share that community helpers are people who have special jobs that help keep us safe and healthy and make our neighborhood better. Encourage your child to choose a community helper and act out that role. Feel free to gather props around the house to enhance their dramatic play. Encourage use of imagination!
● Thank you, Community Helpers! Write or draw a thank you card for a community helper who your family knows or another helper in your community. This can include tracing your child’s hand to show that we appreciate the “helping hand” that community helpers give. After you are finished, deliver the card, post it in your window, or take a picture and send it to your teacher. Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Meet some of the people who keep NYC moving. These MTA elevator and escalator operators make sure New Yorkers can get to where they need to go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfMxYwbkVw
● Meet the Crew Behind Your Local NYC Bodega. Step into an NYC bodega, meet the staff, and learn about each of their roles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmwOHa97Qw
Friday, April 10 Dance and Theater
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Put On a Show. Choose an area of your home that can be a stage, and help your child decide what kind of show they might like to perform. Will you act out a story? Sing a song? Take turns being the audience and performer, and have fun!
● Create a Family Dance. Put on your favorite music and explore different body movements. Will you move quickly? Slowly? Stretch high in the air or move low to the ground? What shapes will you make with your body? Have fun exploring movements and talking about your dance.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Create an interactive dance together! https://www.92y.org/dance/at-home-with-the-harkness-dance-center#interactiveTaryn Kaschock Russell, director of the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, walks you through fun, new ways to move your body.
● Learn more about theater! In this PBS Learning Media video, https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/20d7ea1d-cf9a-44ec-8351-1661eab9b7df/what-is-theater-kids-clubhouse-adventures/#.XpOTdFNKjfYyou’ll take a virtual trip to a theater, and learn about the roles needed to stage a production, including the cast, crew, and audience, as well as the interesting things that happen backstage.
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Tall Tower. Work together to build the tallest tower that you can, using whatever materials you have on hand – blocks, cardboard boxes, etc. Talk as you build: What materials will be strongest? What will help the tower become stronger so you can build taller and taller? Take a picture when you’re finished and share with your teacher, if you would like.
● Ramps. If available, use a cardboard tube (e.g., paper towel tube) or a flat surface, such as a book, to create a ramp. Invite your child to tilt the tube/ramp to various angles. Roll a small toy car, ball, or other round object through the tube/down the ramp. Talk with your child about how the angle of the ramp affects how quickly or slowly the object rolls.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Tune in to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens http://cincinnatizoo.org/home-safari-resources/?fbclid=IwAR3dByMW_FVIprSHbFpOQLicye4U02cYXYHDneZtvcDMQvKIeErzmBr4CBA at 3 pm daily to learn more about their amazing animals! If you miss the live stream, https://www.youtube.com/user/CincinnatiZooTube/featured all videos are posted on their YouTube channel shortly after the live stream ends.
● Take a Virtual Tour of the NASA Langley Research Center to see videos and pictures of space stations, rockets, and other space science in action. https://oh.larc.nasa.gov/oh/
Tuesday, April 14 Computer Science (Cognition)
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Obstacle Course
Make an obstacle course with your family. This can be in the house, hallway, or outdoors, if you have a safe outdoor space. Before trying the course, talk together about the plan. Which objects are you going under? Over? Around? Are there any creative movements you want to incorporate? Take turns changing the obstacle course for each other.
● Make a Pattern with Your Body.
Use your body to create a simple pattern (e.g. jump, clap, jump, clap, jump, clap). Ask your child to follow along. After doing the pattern together a few times, stop and ask your child to describe the pattern. Repeat with other patterns. When children can follow along and describe the pattern, move on to more difficult patterns (tap knee, tap knee, tap head, tap knee, tap knee, tap head, tap knee, tap knee, tap head). Consider inviting your child to create patterns for you to follow and describe, too.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Patterns are all around us! From nature to computer science, our world is built on patterns. Smithsonian Magazine’s Patterns in Nature slideshow shows some of these amazing patterns. Look through the pictures, talk about what patterns you see, and guess what is being shown. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/science-behind-natures-patterns-180959033/
● Blast videos are made just for you about all the topics you have ever wondered about. Check out Discovery Mindblown https://www.discoverymindblown.com/mindblown-blast for quick and engaging videos.
Wednesday, April 15 Health and Wellness
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Feelings Check-In. Use or create pictures of people expressing various feelings (e.g., cut pictures from a magazine, draw some faces, or use emojis on a tech device) to check in on how everyone is feeling. Try doing morning and afternoon check-ins. Ask questions such as, “How are you feeling? Why do you think you feel that way?” If someone is experiencing a difficult emotion, consider asking, “What will help you right now?” If you like, you and/or your child could draw a picture of the mood.
● Community Agreements for the Home. How can we treat each other kindly at home? Come up with a list of ideas that you can all agree to. For example, “say please when you need something” or “clean up our messes when we are finished with something.” Write/draw out 3-5 simple Community Agreements and post them in a place that you and your child can easily see and access. Revisit your agreements throughout the day, noting when family members are following them well, or using them as a reminder when family members are having a hard time.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Help Sesame Street friends “grow their colors” as they grow healthy fruits and vegetables for their picnic. https://sesamestreetincommunities.org/topics/eating/?activity=grow-your-colors-2
● Cosmic Kids Yoga: Try yoga, mindfulness, and relaxation exercises with your child through this unique story format! https://www.cosmickids.com/category/watch/
Thursday, April 16 World Languages
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● World Music Dance Party. Have a dance party together! Start your party with music that is familiar to your family/culture/heritage, then explore music in other genres, cultures, and languages.
● Connect and Share. Call or video chat with a family member, classmate or friend. Share one of your favorite family activities or traditions, and ask them to share one of theirs. If they speak a language that you are not familiar with, ask them to teach you a few special words in their language, and vice versa.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Move your body and learn how to say “hello!” in different languages with this song https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/hola-bonjour-hello . from GoNoodle. When the song ends, practice the call and response from the song with your little one, and hear their favorite way to say “hello!”
● Join the 92nd Street Y for a Cuban Dance party https://www.92y.org/archives/discover-music-pedrito-martinez to the music of Grammy-nominated Pedrito Martinez. Consider watching a portion of the video, and creating your own drums at home to play along!
Friday, April 17 Music and Visual Arts
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● DJ for a Birthday Party. Plan a virtual party together. Select a family member or friend with an upcoming birthday, then select a party theme. Create a Spotify or YouTube playlist around the party theme, and record yourselves singing and/or dancing to one of the songs. Share the video with the birthday honoree.
● Family Art Exhibition
Create a family art exhibition over the course of a day or several days. Start by thinking together about what types of art you might like to create and display. Will it be two-dimensional (drawings or paintings)? Will you include three-dimensional art (using glue, playdough, etc.)? How big or small will your art objects be? Be creative and celebrate all artistic efforts! Pick an area of your home where you will display your art. As art is created, add it to your gallery or exhibition.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Chrome Music Lab makes learning music more accessible through fun, hands-on experiments. Create your own beats or songs and share them with friends!
● Listen together to “Welcome My Baby,” https://academy.jazz.org/Video/Patrice+E+Turner+Swings+Welcome+My+Baby+for+WeBop/ sung by musician Patrice E. Turner, an educator in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s WeBop early-childhood jazz education program for young children. Feel free to sing, stomp, and swing with your little one to the joyous jazz rhythm of this song.
● Explore the Met with #MetKids, a digital feature made for, with, and by kids. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/online-features/metkids/videos/channel/all
Thursday, April 9 College and Career
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Pretend to be a Community Helper
Talk with your child about community helpers (e.g. fire fighters, letter carriers, etc.). Share that community helpers are people who have special jobs that help keep us safe and healthy and make our neighborhood better. Encourage your child to choose a community helper and act out that role. Feel free to gather props around the house to enhance their dramatic play. Encourage use of imagination!
● Thank you, Community Helpers! Write or draw a thank you card for a community helper who your family knows or another helper in your community. This can include tracing your child’s hand to show that we appreciate the “helping hand” that community helpers give. After you are finished, deliver the card, post it in your window, or take a picture and send it to your teacher. Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Meet some of the people who keep NYC moving. These MTA elevator and escalator operators make sure New Yorkers can get to where they need to go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCfMxYwbkVw
● Meet the Crew Behind Your Local NYC Bodega. Step into an NYC bodega, meet the staff, and learn about each of their roles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unmwOHa97Qw
Friday, April 10 Dance and Theater
3-K/Pre-K Activity Ideas
● Put On a Show. Choose an area of your home that can be a stage, and help your child decide what kind of show they might like to perform. Will you act out a story? Sing a song? Take turns being the audience and performer, and have fun!
● Create a Family Dance. Put on your favorite music and explore different body movements. Will you move quickly? Slowly? Stretch high in the air or move low to the ground? What shapes will you make with your body? Have fun exploring movements and talking about your dance.
Optional Online Resources for 3-K and Pre-K Children
● Create an interactive dance together! https://www.92y.org/dance/at-home-with-the-harkness-dance-center#interactiveTaryn Kaschock Russell, director of the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center, walks you through fun, new ways to move your body.
● Learn more about theater! In this PBS Learning Media video, https://ny.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/20d7ea1d-cf9a-44ec-8351-1661eab9b7df/what-is-theater-kids-clubhouse-adventures/#.XpOTdFNKjfYyou’ll take a virtual trip to a theater, and learn about the roles needed to stage a production, including the cast, crew, and audience, as well as the interesting things that happen backstage.