6-10, 2020 Focus: “It Takes a Village: Parents As Partners” Monday

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Week of April: 6-10, 2020 Focus: “It Takes a Village: Parents as Partners”

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: “Mama, Do You Love Me?” “The Family Book” “Are you My Mother?” “The Invisible String” “The Relatives Came” by Barbara M. Joosse By Todd Parr by P.D. Eastman By Patrice Karst by Cynthia Rylant

Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. aloud. read aloud. Use this link to hear the story aloud. Parent Tip: Create a family Parent Tip: Have children retell the Parent Tip: Share childhood Parent Tip: Discuss- “How Parent Tip: Have a discussion book about your family—don’t story in their own words. memories of your child with are the relatives in the story with your child about what it forget to include your family them. similar or different from your means to “love each other, no pet! Illustrate many of the fun family relatives?” matter what.” things that you and your family enjoy doing together.

Virtual Field Trips • Learn About Wall Murals Music and Movement • If You’re Happy and You Know It • A Field Trip to the Animal Shelter • Music and Sign: “We Are a Family” by Jack • A Trip to the Zoo Hartmann • Animals and Their Babies Video • Watch the Letters Get Down Outdoor/Indoor Play & Music and Movement Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

Encourage children to move like Have children “paint” using water Bake a favorite family treat different zoo animals. Example: Play a game of hopscotch! and paintbrushes on the sidewalk or Play a game of “Simon Says” with your child. Yummy, hop like a kangaroo, etc. cement area. enjoy!

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Dolly at Night Parents School Age

Dolly and her Imagination Brianzy – Reading and Library will inspire you to Math games for kids help the children in your What To Do? Lakeshore- Pre-K to 5th grade community to Dream Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline: lesson plans More, Learn More, Care Parent Tool Box Kindermusik – FREE Home More and Be More! Talking to Your Infant During Indoor Play Activity Kits for ages 1-7 Link Khan Academy for Kids (Ages 2- 7) Sensory Activities for Infants and Toddlers Next Generation Science – Enjoy some Science Fun!

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Week of April 20-24, 2020 Focus: “A Healthy Earth for You and Me”

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: “The Earth “The Lorax” “The Air We “I am Earth” Book” By Dr. Breathe” By “Compost By Todd Parr Seuss By Irene Rebecca Stew” Ladd and James By Mary McDonald McKenna

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Use this link Use this link Use this to hear the story read aloud. to hear the story read aloud. link to hear the story read aloud. Use this link to hear the story

Use this link to hear the story read aloud. Parent Tip: Today, practice ways read aloud. Parent Tip: Recycling Scavenger Share with your of cleaning the Earth : Parent Tip: Hunt: Quickly walk around your family and friends ways that Get Creative! 1. Turn off the lights Parent Tip: Parent Tip: Discussion: How home collecting recycled items. they can also help in keeping Make a Recycled Collage 2. Save your leftovers would you help the Lorax take Count your items. Then place the the earth clean. using recycled items: toilet 3. Clean up trash care of the Earth? items in different places and repeat paper tubes, egg cartons, old the game. buttons, paint, etc.

Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement • Playing in the Forest Song • Explore the Rainforest • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Song • Farm Tour • Save the Planet Song • Learn About Butterflies • Walking in the Jungle • The Great Lakes

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

Infants: Hold a rattle out for Infants: To minimize your baby’s Infants: Finish feeding time with your Infants: During feeding time, your baby to take. Dance and distraction during feeding time, try a infant with a hug, letting them know Infants: Play a game of Peek-a- hold your infant’s foot in your sing along as he/she shakes darkened or quiet spot. how strong they have become and boo by hiding behind your hands, hand and count his toes in a the rattle. how much you love them. a blanket, a stuffed animal, or sweet, sing-song way. Toddlers: Fly Swatter Painting-use even a door. Toddlers: Create your own a fly swatter, paint, and paper to Toddlers & Preschoolers: Make a Toddlers: Investigate your yard water play table—you will create a masterpiece. Bird Feeder- Use this link to learn Toddlers: Stack and balance with a magnifying glass-have a need a plastic tub, beach more on how to make a bird feeder. rocks- try other objects to see if discussion about what you see. toys, turkey baster, funnel, Preschoolers: Plant a garden with they can be stacked or

your child- you will need seeds, balanced. measuring cups, etc. Enjoy! Preschoolers: Continue individual planting pot/ container, planting and grooming your Preschoolers: Make potting soil or seed sorting mix, Preschoolers: Have your child garden. Use this link to learn playdough together with your gardening tools and a water pail. take drawing paper outside to more about gardening with child—Playdough Recipe and Use this link to learn more about draw a picture of the clouds. children demonstration. gardening with children

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Join Dolly at Night! Parents School Age

Amazon Rainforest- Animated movies and interactive activities Dolly and her for K-12th Article: “The Eight Ps of Parent Engagement” Imagination Library

will inspire you to Brianzy – Reading and Math Video: “Everyday Fun with Counting” games for kids help the children in your community to Video: “Everyday Fun with Spatial Awareness” Khan Academy -

Dream More, Learn More, Care More and Be More! Khan Academy for Kids (Ages 2- 7) Link Article: “10 Ways for Parents to Help Teachers” National Museum of Natural History – Educacional games and videos for kids

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Week of May 4tht-8th, 2020 Focus: Every Day Is an Adventure!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“The Way “ “Watch “Harold and “Rooster’s Off ““All the Back Out” the Purple to See the World”” Home” By Jan Crayon” World” By Liz By Oliver Fearnley By Crockett By Eric Carle Garton Jeffers Johnson Scanlon

Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. read aloud. aloud. read aloud. aloud.

Parent Tip: Speak in different Parent Tip: Talk about how Parent Tip: Find out the distance Parent Tip: Discuss being Parent Tip: Use your imagination voices for each character while the artwork makes the poem from the Earth to the moon. How present and listening to each and a purple crayon to create a reading. into the story. long would the rope need to other. In what ways can you world uniquely to you. stretch that far? practice being safe? • Hello Song Virtual Field Trips • Music and Movement Marineland Dolphin Adventure • We Are the Pirates • Vancouver Aquarium • Cutest Baby Sloth EVER! • Colors Everywhere • Dinosaur Exhibit Field Trip • Sight Words Remix II Outdoor/Indoor Play

EL of Orange County_ May 2020

Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

Infants: Encourage your infant to explore different textures. Infants: Sing the nursery rhyme Infants: Pay attention to “Where is Thumbkin?” Infants: Encourage your baby whatever your baby finds funny, Toddlers: Take Drawing Outside: to explore a mobile while on Infants: Build your baby a sensory and repeat it. Use props like Spread a shower curtain liner or an old Toddlers: Include your child in their back. bin from stuffed animals. funny hats, big sunglasses, and sheet on the lawn and use a meal preparation by allowing mirrors to make your baby giggle. cardboard box as writing surface or an them to help measure or stir Toddlers: Encourage your Toddlers: Take turns kicking and easel. ingredients. Explain what you are child to try out ride-on toys like throwing balls; set up baskets with Toddlers: Use a rolling pin or cooking and how you are balance bikes that will help plastic containers or boxes. cookie cutters to design play Preschoolers: Keep paper, crayons, preparing the foods that you will them get ready for trikes and dough art. Talk about what you pens, and markers handy for your be eating. bikes with pedals. Preschoolers: Melted Crayons- Use are making with your child and child to color and draw. Talk to your the link to learn more about making ask what she is making. child about their drawing. Write the Preschoolers: Use old socks to Preschoolers: Pack a picnic Melted Crayons in the Sun. words she says about his/her picture make hand puppets. Draw on and your bikes, enjoy the Preschoolers: Go on a leaf on the paper. This lets your child see faces with a marker. Tell a story afternoon at a local park. hunt! – With an adult find, sort, you write the words he/she is saying as you make puppets with your and make a leaf scrapbook. and helps them begin to read. child, or make up a story using new puppets.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

“Mondays with Michelle Obama!” Parents School Age

Join us for “Mondays with Article: ”8 Tips to Minimize Youtube Kids – Kids videos Distractions When Driving With a and more! Michelle Obama!” Newborn” As part of the PBS Virtual Field Trip: Nuclear KIDS Read-Along Article: Tips on Playing With Babies and Toddlers Reimagined

series, Michelle Obama will read four of her favorite Article: “Managing Your Own Emotions…” AdaptedMInd – Math Games for K-6 children’s books (one book every Monday through 5/11!) @ Article: “The Next Generation of Fathers” Cooking with Kids - Kid-friendly recipes and 12 PM Eastern Time. Link ideas.

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Week of May18th-22nd, 2020 Focus: “What’s On Your Plate?”

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Growing “Rah, Rah, “Monsters “Eating “I will Vegetable radishes!” Don’t eat the never Not Soup” By April Broccoli” Alphabet” EVER eat By Lois Ehlert Pulley By Barbara By Lois a tomato” Sayre Jean Hicks Ehlert By Lauren Child

Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story aloud. Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. read aloud. Use this link to hear the story aloud. read aloud. Parent Tip: If you had a garden, Parent Tip: Have a little fun what vegetables would you Parent Tip: Choose a and try a new vegetable. Discuss your plant? vegetable and look up a recipe Parent Tip: Be a role model and eat Parent Tip: for ways it can be cooked. your fruits and vegetables favorite fruits and vegetables. Share the letter and the sounds. • Coco Magical Guitar Surprise Virtual Field Trips • Trip to the Grocery Store Music and Movement • Our Favorite Food Songs For Kids! • Chocolate Factory Field Trip • The Yum Song! • Bake Shop Field Trip • Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy! • Making Smoothies with Zhuri

Outdoor/Indoor Play Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

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Infants: While your baby eats, Infants: Finish feeding and hold his foot in your hand and burping with a hug. Hold your Infants: While feeding your baby, count his toes in a sweet, sing- baby close to you and tell them sing your favorite lullaby. song way. how big and strong they are Infants: Talk about what your Infants: Feeding your baby in a becoming, and how much you baby is eating, the tastes and Toddlers: Fill and Dump—Allow Toddlers: darkened, quiet spot may help to keep love them, smells of the food. Respond to your toddler to fill up boxes and Vegetable them from being distracted during her them when they make noises, buckets with blocks and small toys, Stamping/Painting- Cut a variety feeding. Toddlers: — gestures, and speak words. and then dumping them out again of veggies (e.g. celery, corn on Pasta Play This

and starting all over the cob, broccoli, bell pepper, activity will help your toddler Toddlers & Preschoolers: Tissue Toddlers & Preschoolers: etc.) in half and encourage your develop their fine motor skills. Paper Painting- Use the link to learn Pack a picnic and your bikes to Preschoolers: Plant a vegetable child to make imprints Use the link to learn more about more about painting with tissue paper. the activity. visit a local park. Enjoy lunch garden. Watch the short video to Preschoolers: and some physical activities. learn more about planting a garden Continue Preschoolers: with children. planting and grooming your Stack and garden. Use this link to learn balance rocks- try other objects more about gardening with to see if they can be stacked or children balanced.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

¡Los zombis no comen verduras! Parents School Age

Join Jaime Camil as he reads to us – Resource: Learn Language For Exploring the Coral Reef “Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies!” This Free adventurous story is about a Zombie Why Are Bees Important? Article: “Why is Your Toddler named Mo Romero who loves nothing Climbing on Everything?” Why Beavers Are the more than growing, cooking, and eating vegetables. However, his parents seem to Article: “Bond with Your Baby Before Birth” Smartest Thing In Fur Pants differ that vegetables are for zombies. Let’s read to see if Mo Romero can get his parents to change their mind. Article: “Mindfulness is Parent Superpower”

Spanish! English!

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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities

Week of May 25th-29th, 2020 Focus: “It All Adds Up…!”

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Who Stole “Counting “Snakes “Ten Apples “Math the Cookie Crocodiles” Long Up on Top” Curse” from the By Judy Longer By Dr. Seuss By Jon Cookie Jar? Sierra Longest” Scieszka By Christine By Jerry and Lane Schneider Pallotta Smith

Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. aloud. Use this link to hear the story read aloud. aloud. read aloud. Math is all Parent Tip: Listen to the story Parent Tip: Draw any snake of Parent Tip: Parent Tip: Read the book for a and identify the patterns being your choice and discuss what you Parent Tip: Practice counting around you! Discuss a math second time and add your name represented. have learned. along this stacking adventure. problem that you solved and your friends’ names to the What can you balance on your today. story. head?

• Minibeast Adventure- Virtual Field Trips Ladybirds Music and Movement • One, Two Buckle My Shoe • Math & Numbers Learning • Five Senses for Kids • Ten Little Indians • Centipedes For Kids

Outdoor/Indoor Play Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

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School Age Infants: Infants: Talk to your child about All Gone!- At the Infants: — Infants: — More Please! During how tall, heavy, big, etc. they are Counting Songs conclusion of feeding, use the Sequencing As you feeding time use the phrase “more phrase “all gone” to help your getting. are getting your infant dressed, please” to begin helping your baby baby understanding “no more, Field Trip to the narrate your actions (e.g. first, zero, etc.” understand quantity and adding. Toddlers Color Search—While Money Factory next, then, after etc.).

enjoying a day out, have your Toddlers & Preschoolers: Sorting Toddlers & Preschoolers: toddler search and identify things Brianzy – Toddlers & Preschoolers: and Graphing Toys—Use painters Outdoor Math Action Cards of a particular color. Reading and Math games for kids Shapes Search in the Park- Visit tapes to sort and graph the many Exploring Size—Use the link to a park look for and identify the toys your child has, sort by color, learn more and get a free copy Preschoolers: Play a game of AdaptedMind- Learn K-6 Math and many shapes around you. Talk shape, category, etc. of action cards. hopscotch—switch up the Reading about the similarities/differences number order (e.g. 2s, 5s, etc.) in of the shape(s), name another each square! object with the same shape, etc.

“A Quote to Ponder…”

Article: “Helping Your

Child Develop Early Math Skills” Math Games: (English and Spanish) JOKE: Why aren’t DOGS good Matching Shapes and Sizes dancers?

Shoe One and Two

Talking Throughout the Day feet. left two

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Week of June 8th- 12th, 2020 Focus: Colors

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Brown Bear, “My Many “Cat’s Colors” “Little blue “Planting a Brown Bear, Colored By Jane and little Rainbow” What Do You Days” Cabrera yellow” By Lois See?” By Dr. By Leo Ehlert By Bill Martin Seuss Lionni Jr and Eric Carle Use this link to hear the story read aloud. Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. aloud. read aloud. aloud. Parent Tip: Review the plants and colors of the Make a “Sun Parent Tip: Make a “Feelings Parent Tip: - rainbow. Create your own Parent Tip: Sing and dance along Parent Tip: Have a “Color catcher Bag”: zip seal bag, hair Book” from construction paper Scavenger Hunt”. Use the book as rainbow. to the rhythm of the book. gel, blue and yellow food followed by acting out your a guide to locate colors. favorite emotion. coloring, packing tape. Mix colors.

Virtual Field Trips • Learn About Wall Murals Music and Movement • Primary Colors Song • Field Trip to the Art Museum • Learn Colors & Objects Song • Field Trip: How to Draw With • 10 Pececitos Chalk Art

Outdoor/Indoor Play Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

ELC of Orange County_ June 2020

School Age Infants: Hold a rattle out for your baby to take. Dance and sing Infants: Infants: Babbles and Coos: Give your baby some much along as he/she shakes the Make a needed “tummy time” to strengthen copy the sounds your infant rattle. Rainbow- Infants: your baby's neck and upper-body Provide a space for your makes. infant to explore, crawl, pull-up, muscles. Science Toddlers Have children “paint” etc. Be sure that the space is safe Toddlers & Preschoolers: Experiments for Kids and clutter free. Play a game of sponge target. Toddlers & Preschoolers: using water and paintbrushes Encourage children to move like on the sidewalk or cement Draw a target with washable area. ARTSWIN Studio Tour Toddlers & Preschoolers: Play a paint on a plastic surface. With different zoo animals. Example: a wet sponge, aim for the bull’s hop like a kangaroo, etc. game of “Simon Says.” Preschoolers: Have your child eye. take drawing paper outside to What Color is the Sun? draw a picture of the clouds.

Family Table Time “A Quote to Ponder…”

Looking to continue learning during the summer

months? Consider these inexpensive digital learning- Kindermusik Resources. JOKE: What did the red light say to the green light? Resource: (English and Spanish)

Article: Everyday Ways to Support Your

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Child’s Early Learning I’m look, Don’t

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ELC of Orange County_ June 2020

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Week of June 15th- 19th, 2020 Focus: Exploring America

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Is “Amelia “Blue Sky, There “My “I Am and White Really a Country, America” Eleanor Stars” By Human ‘Tis of By Go for a Sarvinder Race?” Thee” Charles Ride” Naberhaus By By R. Smith By Pam Jamie Scholastic Jr. Munoz Lee Ryan Curtis and Laura Cornell

Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story aloud. read aloud. aloud. read aloud. read aloud.

Parent Tip: Have a discussion Parent Tip: Make an American Parent Tip: What is one lesson Discuss the many Parent Tip: Make a paper about the colorful pictures in Parent Tip: Flag - using glue, scissors, that you can take away from this unique ways that make you a airplane. Discuss the meaning of the book - draw a picture of markers and red, white and book? proud American. the following words: Aviator, your favorite scene. cockpit, solo, daring, etc. blue construction paper.

Virtual Field Trips Learning About Seminole Indians Music and Movement If you're happy and you know it! Pioneer Days Field Trip This land is your land African Dance & Music Field Trip Hickory dickory dock Hawaiian Dance Veo veo

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age

Infants: Encourage your child to Infants: Grab a blanket and Infants: While feeding your baby, crawl from one side of the room to some books or toys and take Cahokia Infants: Sit in front of your baby gently sing America the Beautiful. the other. playtime outside. Mounds State and blow bubbles. Point out the Historic Site sizes of each bubble. Toddlers & Preschoolers: Toddlers “Colorful balls in the Toddlers & Preschoolers: America The Beautiful Snack - Get ready mud”! Give the red, white and Make an “American Snack” using to play Red, White, Blue! - also Toddlers & Preschoolers: Have blue balls a good bath. African American Culture blueberries strawberries graham known as Duck Duck Goose! (same an American Scavenger Hunt! Find Contributions objects that are red, white and blue crackers, frosting or cool whip. instructions) Be safe! Preschoolers: lay a game of around your home. Enjoy! “Red Light, Green Light” with family. Good Citizenship

Family Table Time “A Quote to Ponder…”

Looking to continue learning during the

summer months? Consider these inexpensive digital learning- Kindermusik Resources. JOKE: What did the flag say to the other flag? Resource:

Article: Home Learning for Young ! waved

Children: A Daily Schedule just it Nothing,

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Week of June 22nd- 26th, 2020 Focus: Bugs, Bees, and Butterflies

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“The Very “The “Over in Hungry “The Ants “A Fly Went Grouchy the Garden” Caterpillar” Go By” Ladybug” By By Eric Marching” By Mike By Eric Jennifer Carle By Child’s McClintock. Carle Ward Play

Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story aloud. read aloud. hear the story read aloud. read aloud. read aloud.

Parent Tip: Discussion: Why Parent Tip: Guess which Parent Tip: Invite your child to Make a FLY! Parent Tip: Write a story using are the ants marching and Parent Tip: number comes next on each count the food that the hungry Materials: tape,1 empty toilet different words that describe the where are they going? page and count along. caterpillar eats each day. paper roll (body), 3 pipe cleaners Grouchy Ladybug meeting (limbs), white paper (eyes), 1 black different animals. crayons (draw on features), and 1 zip lock bag (wings).

Virtual Field Trips Butterfly World Field Trip Music and Movement Five Little Bees Inspect An Insect Mariposita Bees For Kids Little Bug's Songs Mix

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: While feeding your child Infants: Encourage your child to “ gently sing The Ant Go Infants: walk while holding their hands for Marching”. How a Caterpillar Encourage your baby to Infants: “ ” Tie “Kick those legs” as support. Becomes a Reach for the Spider! you excitedly a string to a plastic spider and count every movement. Toddlers: Pretend to be an Ant Butterfly encourage your child to reach for it. crawling or marching around Toddlers & Preschoolers: Toddlers & Preschoolers: Pretend collecting food. Place various plastic bugs to be a butterfly exploring trees Toddlers & Preschoolers: How to draw a outside and have your child go while at the same time, flipping your Preschoolers: Encourage your child to move like Parade Time! Monarch Butterfly the animals in the book “The on a hunt for the bugs. Next, sort wings and running around outside. Place hands on shoulders and Grouchy Ladybug”. buys by color and size. march singing “The Ants go marching”. Create zig zag The Age of Giant Insects Music patterns.

“A Quote to Ponder…

JOKE: What letter can hurt you Outdoor Experiences if it gets to close?

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Week of June 29th- July 3rd, 2020 Focus: Transportation

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Goodnight, “My “Engine, “Mighty, “Pete the Goodnight, Truck Engine, Mighty Cat Go Construction is Stuck” Number Construction Pete, Site” By Kevin Nine” Site” Got!” By Sherri Lewis By By Sherri By James Duskey Rinker and Stephanie Duskey and Dean and Tom Daniel Calmenson Tom Lichtenheld Kirk Lichtenheld

“Traffic Light Parent Tip: Paint with Parent Tip: Reuse bubble wrap Parent Tip: Put together a train Parent Tip: Simply add a few Parent Tip: Create a Snack” Vehicles! Add some trucks, tractors, for a road. Drive some big with your chairs and invite your vehicles to some play dough and Cut strawberries, bananas, and cars to some paint and paper vehicles on it to hear the Pop! stuffed animals to ride in the train make a construction site. and green grapes into circles now and compare the tracks that they cars! place them on top of graham make! crackers. Enjoy!

Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement The Wheels on the Bus Field Trip to a Bus Depot Medios de Transporte Railroad Museum Field Trip Let's Be Planes How to Draw with Chalk Art Field Trip

Outdoor/Indoor Play

ELC of Orange County_ June/July 2020

Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: Let’s read a Infants: “Car Stacking” Stack 2 Infants: Play a game of Peek-a- Infants: Create a “Shaker Bottle” “Transportation Book” Point to the or 3 cars, encouraging your child boo by leaving part of a An Animated using an empty 16oz bottle, colored pictures as you read while engaging to knock them down. transportation vehicle showing. your child by changing your voice to History of rice, or pasta. Glue the top back on. Then ask your child, “where is it”? Hear want happens as you make different vehicle sounds. Transportation and encourage him/her to look for Toddlers “Tip Like a Dump encourage your child to shake, it. Truck” Tip side to side! rattle, and roll the container. Toddlers & Preschoolers: “Create Transport has changed a Sensory Table”: Use sand (or dirt) Preschoolers: Tape a maze on Toddlers & Preschoolers: “Petal Toddlers & Preschoolers: Set out and add small cars or other means your floor/ground and add some your Bike” Sit in a chair and move some flour to explore and play with. of transportation. numbers. Have your child drive your legs or lay on your back and History of Transportation Add vehicles for some hauling and and count their way through the pedal your legs above your head! track making! maze.

“A Quote to Ponder…”

JOKE: How are cars Learn Letter Names and Sounds with Fun like elephants? 50 Best Indoor Activities

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Week of July 6th- July 10th, 2020 Focus: Community Helpers

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“Officer “Harvey Hare “Police “Police “Penguin Buckle and Postman Cars” Officer” Post” Gloria” Extraordinaire” By Chris By By Debi By Peggy By Kevin Oxlade Scholastic Gliori Ruthmann Lewis and Daniel Kirk

Parent Tip: Create a safety Parent Tip: Write a thank you Parent Tip: “Drawing with Cars” Parent Tip: “Paper Officers” Use Parent Tip: Field Trip! Draw a poster. Write out a few safety tips letter to your Postman and construction paper- cut into picture for someone special. Show Tape a marker or crayon to the your child how to address the on star shaped sheets of paper. decorate the envelope. Hang it different shapes (for bodies), on your mailbox! back of your car and zoom around letter, etc. Take a walk to the Discuss tips with your family. a piece of paper to make art. circles (for faces), markers, wiggly mailbox and mail it! eyes, and glue.

Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement Los Oficious Field Trip to the Fire Station Garbage Truck Field Trip to the Recycling Center My Neighborhood Field Trip to the Doctor's Office

Outdoor/Indoor Play

ELC of Orange County_ July 2020

Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: “Push and Pull” Attach a Infants: “Texture Crawl” Tape a Infants: Give your baby a string on some toys and long piece of butcher paper to the sturdy magazine and let him/her Teachers for Infants: “Tummy Time” Place your encourage your baby to pull the floor. Put it in a safe play area for crunch and rip pages. baby on his/her stomach to help Kids string and then push the toy away. your child to explore. strengthen their neck and back

Toddlers Have your child walk muscles. Toddlers & Preschoolers: “ Toddlers & Preschoolers: “ Community Dog Badge on a homemade balance beam. ” Cookies” Use sugar cookie dough, Walker Tie a ribbon around the Helper's for Kids Toddlers & Preschoolers: Play middle of an animal. Model “taking roll it out and use a star shaped Preschoolers: Pretend to be a “Follow the Officer” The officer an animal for a walk”. Your child cookie cutter to make a badge. Postman and deliver gives everyone instructions - when will quickly imitate you walking Bake as directed and frost! Bakers - Workers in the mail/packages to every room in to cross the street, or hop across back and forth and across your your home. Community the room, etc. home.

“A Quote to Ponder…”

JOKE: What’s the best time Make Peace Rocks to go to the dentist?

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ELC of Orange County_ July 2020

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Week of July 13th- 17th, 2020 Focus: Fairy Tale Mix-ups

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“The true “Goldilocks “The “Big Bad “Very little story of the And the Princess Wolf is Sleeping 3 little pigs” Three and the good” Beauty” By Jon Dinosaurs” Pea” By Simon By Scieszka By Mo By Rachel Puttock Teresa Willems Isadora and Lynne Heapy and Chapman Heap

Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story aloud. read aloud. aloud. read aloud. Use this link to hear the story read aloud. Parent Tip: “Bowl of pudding” Parent Tip: Act out what you Parent Tip: “Seed Collage” Glue Parent Tip: Discuss the would say and do if you were the Pretend to stir in a small bowl difference between good and bad Parent Tip: How do you like Goldilocks. Now, pretend rows of various seeds and dried prepare for bedtime? What pig in the straw house, stick house beans to paper to form the stack of characteristics? Give examples of and brick house. to stir in a big bowl like the both. special routines would you like dinosaurs. mattresses. to add?

Virtual Field Trips How Chocolate is made Music and Movement Who took the Cookie? How to speak like a Pirate Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun The Fairies Pin Pon un Muneco

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: Clap your hands three Infants: Show your baby his/her times while saying “clap, clap, clap” Infants: Look at family photos and then take your child’s hand and How To Draw A Infants: reflection in a mirror, then ask, pointing out who people are and Put on one of your favorite “Who is that?” Repeat with your help him/her make the clapping what they are doing. songs. While holding your baby Cute Fairy own reflection and/or stuffed motion while saying clap, clap, clap. gently move around together to the animals. Toddlers Run in place and run music. How To Make A across the room to get away Toddlers & Preschoolers: Toddlers & Preschoolers: “ Pigs in a from the dinosaurs. Magic Wand Toddlers & Preschoolers: “Paper “Hopscotch” Use painter’s tape or Blanket” Heat hotdogs up and roll Plate Skating” Grab a couple of sidewalk chalk to draw an outline them in a slice of bread. Pretend to Preschoolers: “Be seated” plates, step on them and skate of hopscotch. be wolves eating the pigs. How To Make A Paper Dragon Pretend to sit in a chair and around the house! Enjoy! notice how low you can sit down.

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Educational Games for Kids JOKE: How did Jake know how many beans his cow was worth? Healthy at Home Sano en Casa

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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities

Week of July 20th- 24th, 2020 Focus: Under the Sea

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

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“There was an “Fish is “Ten Little “The Pout- “There was Old Lady Who Fish” Fish” Pout Fish” an old Swallowed a By Leo By Audrey By Deborah Mermaid Shell” Lionni Wood and Disesen that By Lucille Bruce Wood Swallowed ” Colandro a Shark! By Lucille Colandro

Parent Tip: Choose 4 verbs Parent Tip: After you have Parent Tip: “Sand Art” Draw a “Field Trip” Take a trip Parent Tip: “Calling All Singers!” (action words) from this story Parent Tip: read the book, review the picture and outline the picture with to your local pet shop. Walk As you read the book try to sing glue. Sprinkle sand over glue, tap and act those verbs out. Be along with the chorus displaying animals that the mermaid creative! around and explore the various swallowed in order. off excess and allow to dry. fish groups. your pout-pout face.

Virtual Field Trips Trip to an Oceanographic Center Music and Movement Down in The Deep Blue Sea Sea Animals A Sailor Went to Sea Did you know the green Moray? 10 Pececitos

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School Age Infants: “Food Outdoors” Take your Infants: Lay out a blanket and Infants: Spread out a blanket meal outside. Enjoy the sun, the Infants: “Making A Splash” Head dance with your baby while cool breeze, the car noises and under a shady tree and crack Marineland listening to “Baby Shark”. Relax open a few of your baby’s into your backyard with a sensory watch the birds. Have a Dolphin water bin- fill a plastic tray with a outside and enjoy your favorite conversation about everything you favorite books. Adventure couple inches of water and add a grooves. see. few plastic toys and let your baby Toddlers “Wet Chalk Drawing” splash. Toddlers & Preschoolers: Toddlers & Preschoolers: “Wash the Create a masterpiece on the Exploring the “Ocean Yoga” Move your body toys!” Grab some toys (dirty or not), sidewalk. Toddlers & Preschoolers: “Pass like all the different creatures of Coral Reef add some soap and go to town the Pearl” Use a ball or a beach ball the sea/ocean such as a crab, Preschoolers: Gallop Like a washing. to pass the pearl with your feet octopus, and a whale. Be Seahorse. Who will make it to around the circle. creative! the finish line first? Ocean Animals for Kids

A Full Time Working “A Quote to Ponder…” Mom + Homeschool Teacher

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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities

Week of July 27th- 31st, 2020 Focus: Pet Love

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

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“I Wanna “Pet Show” “Puppy Love” “Not “Who Will Iguana” By Ezra By Madeline Norman” Be My Pet?” By Karen Jack Keats Sunshine By Kelly By Stan Kaufman Bennette Tusan Orloff

“Pet Portrait” “ Parent Tip: Discuss the reasons Parent Tip: Draw Parent Tip: Have you ever dog- Parent Tip: Design your own Parent Tip: Mixed-up !” First, read through why Alex wanted an iguana. Mark a picture of your favorite sat or pet-sat for a friend? Make a dream aquarium for a new fish! Sounds a six-foot length in an open area animal or pet. list of the things that you would do What special features will the fish the book and make the animal to see how long an Iguana can to take care of their pet? tank have? sounds. Next, read the book grow to be. again and mix-up the sounds. Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement How to Feed Classroom Pets The Goldfish Field Trip to an Animal Shelter Wag Your Tail Field Trip to an Animal Hospital I Have a Pet Virtual Pet Store Field Trip Cat Party

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: “Walk the Dog” (push toy) - Infants: “Puppy Kisses” Cuddle Infants: Crawl like a turtle – Leg strength Infants: “Where did puppy go? up with your baby - shower Encourage your baby to crawl to Animal Sounds for Kids Play peek-a-boo with a variety of him/her with hugs and kisses. you. Toddlers: Hop like a Bunny! stuffed animals. Toddlers: Bark and walk like a Toddlers: Teaching Kids Preschoolers: “Pet House” If you Encourage your child Toddlers: Crawl and meow like a dog. have a large appliance box, help to paint a picture of their pet, or a to Care for cat. your child decorate it and turn it into pet they’d like to have. Preschoolers: “Pet Toss” Place Pets a pet house. Have your child take Preschoolers: “Guess My move!” pillows out and provide stuffed the pets for a walk, runs, etc. and Preschoolers: Plan to visit a pet animals. Have your child practice store. When you return, discuss, Let each child take a turn then place them in the house to rest. The Best Pets for Kids pretending to be an animal and let tossing a stuffed animal onto the and make a list of all the pets pillow. you saw. the other children guess!

The Link Between Pets and Human Health “A Quote to Ponder…”

The Benefits of Pets

Child wants a Pet: 8 Important Factors to JOKE: What dog keeps the Consider best time?

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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities

Week of July 27th- 31st, 2020 Focus: Pet Love

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading:

“I Wanna “Pet Show” “Puppy Love” “Not “Who Will Iguana” By Ezra By Madeline Norman” Be My Pet?” By Karen Jack Keats Sunshine By Kelly By Stan Kaufman Bennette Tusan Orloff

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

The Link Between Pets and Human Health “A Quote to Ponder…”

The Benefits of Pets

Child wants a Pet: 8 Important Factors to JOKE: What dog keeps the Consider best time?

Pets and Mental Health

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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities

Week of August 10th- 14th, 2020 Focus: Friendship

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Story Reading Reading and sharing stories can help your child get to know sounds, words, language and develop early literacy skills!

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“Ladybug Girl “Llamaste “One Love” “Boy + Bot” “Rhinocorn” Plays” and By Cedella By Amy By Elanor By David Friends” Marley Dyckman Best Soman and By Pat-a- Booker Jacky Davis Cake

“Frien ” Parent Tip: What activities do you Parent Tip: dship Yoga Parent Tip: Discuss the many Parent Tip: Retell the story in Parent Tip: Look at the front of love to do with your best friend or Act out your favorite yoga ways in which you and your child your own words. Make a toilet the book- what do you predict your best pet friend? Draw a poses that helps you all feel can help in transforming your paper tube robot using wiggly the story will be about? After picture that captures your best calm, relaxed, and happy. neighborhood for the better. What eyes, glue, red paint, markers, reading the story, describe memories together. ~Namaste can you do today to get started? and recycled materials. Create! what makes you special? Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement What Makes a Good Friend Make New Friends Friendship You've Got A Friend in Me The Importance of Friendship Let's Be Friends Good Friends Friends Song

Outdoor/Indoor Play

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Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them.

School Age Infants: Playing with Pots and Infants: Encourage your child to Infants: “Giving Hugs” Learn a Infants: Finger Paint Fun! Explore Pans. Make music using reach for their toy to learn cause new way to show love. How to Make Friends and effect. new textures on the hands. something new.

Toddlers “Friendship Train” Toddlers & Preschoolers: Toddlers & Preschoolers: International Toddlers: Practice taking turns Place your hands in your friend’s “Follow the Dance Leader” One “Friendship Shadow Dance” On a Friendship kicking a ball to a friend. shoulders and walk around child would go into the middle of sunny day, go outside and have the listening to music. Dance Preschoolers: “ the circle and show us their children find each other’s shadows Friendship Beanbag Toss” Toss a beanbag moves and then they would and “dance with the shadows”! Preschoolers: Gallop Like a from hand to hand while singing the return to the circle and another Horse. Have a three-legged Friends song “Make New Friends”. friend would show their moves. race.

Make Friendship a Part “A Quote to Ponder…” of Your Routine

Friendship Lessons for All Ages and Stages JOKE: Why did the kid throw his clock out the window?

Kids Who Need a Little Help to Make

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